My iPhone 6 needs to be charged more often then usual ever since the new update... Has anyone else noticed their battery is draining faster with the new iOS 11 update ?
iPhone 6, iOS 11
One step that can ultimately tell if your issue is your actual battery or software is to back everything up to iTunes/iCloud and restore to factory settings using iTunes.
If you restore using iTunes (more specifically iTunes on a computer, not going to Settings > General > Reset), it takes the entirety of your software off the phone and puts a "fresh" copy on. You can then set up the phone as new and sign into iCloud or add your internet accounts to get your contacts etc. back.
If your battery is fine after that then you know that your software was causing the battery drain.
You can call AppleCare and ask them to run a battery diagnostics and don't be surprised when they tell you your battery is fine, because most likely software is causing your battery drain.
I can confirm this works because I had the same issue and tested this per advice from an Applecare advisor and turns out this was true. The last time I backed up my phone was months ago so it was nobody's fault but mine for not backing up information that I needed.
Hope this clarifies things!
True, my bad. Though I find it strange every heavy file access or read/write causes heavy batt drain.
I’m going to try this one!
this reset/reboot has not helped. This draining battery is very unproductive, battery looses 3% just looking at settings. There needs to be a solution.
Did you try any of suggestions in the link i listed a few lines up? I had pretty good success with them.
I tried Dah-veed’s and your solutions with your’s working. Like you said it’s not perfect.
Does anyone know if Apple are actually doing something about this?
User Dah-veed said that he tested a beta of 11.1 and there was no battery problem
That sounds a bit like good news.
Oh me too
When will we get that update ... my phone loses a full charge after 1 1/2 hours...
It is a safety feature to prevent a battery from being overcharged.
This is not acceptable. Shame on Apple because of this. If Apple is not able to fix it then Apple should allow us to go back to iOS 10.3.3.
I did this same but its not increase the battery life
Apple better do something. Completely unacceptable. I am burning thru 1/2 battery in 2-3 hours without any real use of phone or data. Even replaced battery to be sure. This version of the OS *****.
I am have the same problem and I know it’s not the battery as it was just replaced 2 months ago. Apple-Please fix this issue !
iOS 11 draining battery...
