After installing iOS 11, the battery of my iPhone 6 began to drain drammatically. iOS 11.0.1 solved the problem, but unfortunately 11.0.2 and 11.0.3 brought the problem back again. I have been using iPhone for years and I have never seen a problematic iOS update which kills battery life so badly. Is Apple aware of the battery problems? Is this problem going to be solved with the next update?
iPhone 6, iOS 11.0.3
http://bgr.com/2017/10/24/ios-11-1-battery-drain-fix-iphone-8/
“Apple is currently in the final stages of testing iOS 11.1, and the fifth beta was released the other day, a few days after Apple rolled out what looked like the golden master of iOS 11.1. If you’re a developer or a registered beta tester, you can easily install iOS 11.1 beta 5. And the best thing about it is that it brings massive battery improvements.”
Article claims battery fix came with the 4th beta version. Let us pray.
Hi
If your battery is 2 /3 years Old it will need replacing make an appointment at Apple store For a battery check Or go to Support.apple.com for posting details.
Go to apps store download Battery life it will test your battery condition.
Cheers
Brian
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I avoiddd iOS 11 due to the Exchange email reported issues. Went straight for 11.0.3 and battery drain was excessive, the culprit was background activity with e-mail and safari. The last 7% dropped instantly to power lost.
Me to on my iPhone 6s Plus. Turn off background app refresh saves abit.
Hello Brian,
I dont't aggree with you concerning that a battery after 2 or 3 years of use is worn out and has to be replaced. My iPhone 6 is years old and with iOS 10.3.3 battery still was great with it's 1550mAh.
Concerning the drain problem I wrote in some other threads:
For me it's not a problem of draining but a problem of charging the battery.
With iOS 10.3.3 the battery of my iPhone 6 at 100% of charging had a capacity of 1550mAh (reading of app "battery life"). After upgrade to 11.01 "battery life" tells me 1000mAh, after upgrading to iOS 11.02. 1400mAh; same after upgrading to 11.0.3.
I checked the capacity always after 100% charging and the capacity of the same battery in the same iPhone differs within hours so much before and after the upgrade. I can't believe that it's fact of normal wear.
I believe the charging process stops before the battery has it's real 100%. And that's software-/ iOS-related.
My conclusion is that, when the battery charging process stops before the battery is fully charged but tells me 100%, it seems to drain fast because it never was charged to it's full capacity.
Clearly it is the update. Odd posts in this thread essentially blaming the victims—weird. Ignore ‘em. I hope 11.1 is the real fix. My 5S is sucking amps at a remarkable rate since .0.3. Settings fixes aren’t helping. DON’T INSTALL 11.0.3 if you can avoid it. Wait.
The point was that the battery lasted before the software update. Therefore, software is causing the degradation, not the age of the battery. I upgraded to 11.0.3 two days ago and my battery life is way, way down, despite controlling location services and screen brightness. Most of my use is at home on a network with wi-fi calling, but I spend more time using apps than talking. I have a 6s with a battery that is about a year old since Apple replaced it due to a defect.
My battery status shows Apple News is consuming most of my battery. DuckDuckGo is pretty high too, and Play Fi always consumes a lot, but that has not changed. News is the biggest change plus general drain while sitting. I do read a lot but it did not consume so much prior to the upgrade. It reports no background refresh. In the time I typed this with the screen on low brightness, I only used 1% though.
Honestly, if I had any of the problems indicated in the forum, I'd be at an Apple Store demanding a repair. I wouldn't waste my time at a forum shouting that I know the cause of the problem. I wouldn't care about the cause. I'd be at the Store demanding a repair.
Then take your broken phone to an Apple Store for repair.
From what I have read IOS 11.1 should correct this issue.
Tried another power adaptor and cable?
Apple slows some older iPhones because of flagging batteries https://tribune.com.pk/story/1589360/8-apple-slows-older-iphones-flagging-batter ies/
Some folks are having severe battery drain issues, I know I am. Check out twitter if you don't believe me - there are several posts every hour with people complaining about this. Apple - please fix this ASAP.
iOS 11.0.3 battery drain problem
