Ios 10.2 draining battery FAST!

Can apple just stop updating the iOS for not f***** our phones

It's not as simple as "fast battery drain" or apps running in the background that are draining the battery. This is a code issue somewhere. My phone isn't draining the battery in an unusual way, I'm seeing abnormal battery drain till the mid 50% area and then a sudden drop to the teens immediately. It's not a rapid progression like something is draining the better, it's littlerally a sudden and immediate drop from 55% to a "low battery" warning. I have seriously watched the screen multiple times and seen this happen while I'm watching it. Nothing I can do in settings is going to solve this problem. I've changed nothing on my phone or how the apps behave other than updating the OS. This issue did not exist prior to the iOS 10 series updates. It's a code issue.

and Apple have to solve it soon..... !!!!

I have the same issue here with an iPhone 7 plus. Last night it was 100% (12:30 am), when I woke up (7:15 am) the battery was on 6%. No apps were draining battery (according to the info you get on iOS), so what is it? This never happened before 10.2.

Apple should acknowledge this issue ASAP and fix it.

From what the people told me at the Apple Store it more of a app not liking the new update and just running in the backround and draining the battery and the phone cannot figure out what app it is, so they wiped both phone I brought in using iTunes on a laptop and having me just sign in iTunes and redone loading all my apps and photos individually and not recovering the cloud save I had on the phone. I also went over a friends who had the same problem and perform the same thing and his phone has not had a issue since

obviously they never admit an error ... i have restore the phone like new with no extra apps at all ....

and the draining is not stopping

What does the Battery usage of the last 24h tell you?

Sadly no company ever Admits there product is broken but for them not to talk about it or release a fix for it shows me they are having a hard time fixing the problem. And if that not helping you I'm sorry if you can why don't stop by a Apple Store if there one close too you I sadly had to drive 30 mins for the closet one to me. Also make a appointment online if you can will save the headache of waiting around a few hrs waiting for a wall up call like I have done before

At this point, it is obvious that the battery saving-tips you posted do not address the current issue. After 3 hours of normal usage, my battery is down to 46% when before the 10.2 update it would be around 85-90%. Do you have any more thoughts about Apple fixing their issue?

Hi everyone,

I did have exactly the same problem. I don't know if it started directly after the upgrade to 10.2, but a few days ago my phone started to drain the battery fast. I couldn't figure out what was differet from before. I didn't do anything different and it's the same hardware.

Then yesterday I found a solution. Turn off Siri!

After I've done that, the phone works as before. Hardly any battery consumption at all. Did a charge last evening and I still got 94% battery left after almost 15 hours.

So my advise. Turn off Siri if you don't absolutely need her.

Hello, I'm having the same problem with the battery, seems like since I updated to 10,2 my iPhone is turning off when it's below 49% battery level, I went to a authorised apple technical support and they didn't find out anything wrong with my iPhone so I think it's a software problem. 😝

I got the same thing, but in an iPad Air - if the battery gets below 30% - whoosh, it's gone.

Finally some one found with an idea to fix this issue, I'll turn off Siri to see results & report here.

Thanks for sharing your experience

I just tried it and it didn't work for me. I was at 100%, turned off Siri while still at 100%, and 20 minutes later I'm at 81%. That's FAST drain. I should note I still have all perceived battery drain features off and I have an iPhone 6. Nothing seems to help. This is dangerous, for Apple to make us depend on her iPhone for everything and then we can't be without a wallplug for more than an hour. I've been stranded three times already well doing errands unable to call Uber, use Apple wallet, use a map, reference a website or yelp, you name it I'm completely dependent on the phone that doesn't allow me to be away from a plug.

Tried this and it seems to be working on my SE.