App Store (audio) Draining Battery

I had the exact same problem as everyone is describing. Was told to do a factory reset so I did that then restored an old backup to get all my old data back. The problem persisted so I took it to the Apple store today and they said I should do a factory reset again but instead of restoring it from a previous backup, go to settings, general, reset, 'erase all content and settings' . Then when it starts back up click 'set up as new iPhone'. DO NOT RESTORE AN OLD BACKUP. It is a bit of a pain to have to re-download everything but if you store data in the cloud its not too much hassle. It worked for me, hope this helps!

I had this problem too on my iPhone 7 Plus that Is not even a year old. I called apple support twice and the first time they said to turn off any battery draining stuff and I was left with 3 apps and my battery was still draining then they said to get the battery replaced which was ridiculous because it’s still a new phone. I spoke to a senior advisor and he told me to restore my phone using iTunes. So far it has worked and although the App Store was still there where the battery usage shows it decreased a lot to 1 percent when it used to be 40% and today the App Store stopped showing up.

To do this open up iTunes and go to summary and click restore.

Although it’s been working for me for about a week now I wouldn’t say this is permanent fix but this is better than having to wake up with my phone completely drained. I hope this works for others .

I have turned background app refresh off and it has fixed mine

Settings

General

Background App refresh

Now the App Store doesn’t show under battery.

Try to turn off the AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS (Settings->iTunes & App Store) for

• Music
• Apps
• Books & Audiobooks
• Updates

I had same issue on iPhone 6 when turn on for options: Apps and Updates, while not seeing such issue when those 2 options are off on iPhone 7P. So I guess this might help.

Update:

I updated to iOS 11.4 and it seems to have fixed the problem :)

If the problem comes back anyway log out from App Store completely and login only if you’re downloading an app and then log out again. I did that and now when I go in to battery and look the percent of App Store battery used actually decreases so try that if the problem comes back!

Tried one of the suggestions posted and so far so good. Go to settings>Apple id > iTunes and App Store> Video auto play and turn off.

Yesterday, I installed the iOS beta Profile so I could update from iOS 11.3.1 to iOS 11.4 beta and this fixed the problem for me. Now my battery does not drain anymore due to the AppStore. Hope this helps people with this issue

I’m having the exact same issue. Got 8 plus about 5 months ago and the battery was terrific. The new iOS 11.4 update has been draining my battery due to App Store audio by about 65-80% everyday! Definitely bug issue as I can say nothing else change in my phone except the update. Apple needs to fix this!!! $1000 for new phone and I could have kept my 6 with the same battery issues!! Apple your quality is slipping!

deactivate your apple account, then restart your phone or ipad. Now you can activate your apple account again. I hope it works. Soorry about my englisch😀

What works for me for my phone won’t drain at night is leaving it on low power mode or airplane mode

Same issue on my 8+

Tryed a factory reset at first and did a backup, second time I set it up as a new iPhone and the problem accured right away. Did a soft reset and for now that seems to work but it will come back, it has done like this sens 11.3.1 update. It's very frustrating because you don't know when it will happen so you have to keep an eye on the battery so it don't drains

Apple really need to figure this on out

I agree the backup was a restore which has fixed it. Speaking to Apple they thought it was an App Store bug in the latest download which is my belief too and Apple need to do an update to fix the App Store (if correct). Anyway i Appreciate the debate but I still believe that an update from Apple will correct this as it’s software driven. i look forward to 11.4 final version but I’m confident will correct my phone. Thanks

Restoring never replaces iOS with an earlier version. It restores the current version, then the latest user data backup, which can be from an earlier version. If you go to Settings/General/About or to Settings/General/Update what version does it say you have?

While it may be a bug in iOS, what triggers it? Clearly, it doesn't happen on all (or even most) phones. So what are the actual conditions that cause it? For example, an incomplete app update, Apple Music (if you are using it), etc. It would be valuable to know the conditions under which it happens. On my phone if I go to Settings/Battery App Store doesn't even appear, meaning it's less than 1%. I don't have Apple Music.

I have the solution.

I had the problem in iOS 11.3 / 11.3.1 and to fix this you can do one of the following:

- Wait for iOS 11.4

- Join the beta program and get iOS 11.4 Public Beta 6.

I am currently on the public beta and that solved my problem.