Whatsapp drain battery very very fast!

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kurtzchong Author

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Whatsapp drain battery very very fast!

Hi,

My iPhone 6 recently draining battery very very fast. I’m using iOS 11.3.1.

After checking battery status in setting, I found that “WhatsApp” app is the battery killer.

As the picture above, you can find that WhatsApp using 42% battery usage.

I get my phone full charge in the morning and left home around 9am.

Within 1 hour, my phone battery only left 15%.

This happen occasionally around 2 times a week. Starting 2-3 weeks ago.

I’d tried turn off the background app refresh, uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp app, turned off WiFi Networking, reset Network setting, turned off Wifi Assist, restart my device & etc. But the problem still remains.

Anyone can help? Please..

By the way, my iPhone battery health is in maximum capacity 89%.

iPhone 6, iOS 11.3.1

Posted on May 12, 2018 8:42 PM

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Answer 1

Marsai

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Aug 21, 2018 6:31 AM in response to kurtzchong

I had the same problem, I found that it is the icloud bakcup. Although I had the chat backup of the whatsapp disabled, I was constantly trying to background.
While you have active the icloud backup and have no space will continue trying.

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Answer 2

LACAllen

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May 12, 2018 8:52 PM in response to kurtzchong

Not sure why you think this is a problem.

The last screenshot shows you used WhatsApp onscreen for almost 2 hours and and an hour in the background.

If your battery health is 89%, your battery is not new and is on its way to being depleted from regular use. Good health is 80%, so you are mathematically almost halfway to depletion.

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kurtzchong Author

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May 12, 2018 9:14 PM in response to LACAllen

Thanks for your reply.

Why not a problem? Battery drop from 100% to 15% within 1 hour!

And also, I use WhatsApp only last night before sleep.

The last screenshot is showing battery usage within 24 hours,

the 2 hours of usage probably is from yesterday.

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Answer 4

Jun 27, 2018 12:17 AM in response to kurtzchong

I am experiencing the same problem. It started a few weeks ago, that I noticed drastic loss of standby time. For example last night I had the phone fully charged before going to bed. This morning, even in flight safe mode it went down to 10 % on my not even 2 year old 6s. Battery status showed me 62% were used by WhatsApp. And I did not use WhatsApp during my sleep at all. ;) I think this started with the last iOS update.

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brunasly

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Jun 27, 2018 5:02 PM in response to nilsfivmo

I have the same problem here. My battery usually reaches 40 ~ 30% at the end of the day, and now ends before 5pm. Today WhatsApp has 1hr on screen and 3.5hrs on background. :(

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deggie

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Jun 27, 2018 5:17 PM in response to brunasly

It sounds like the WhatsApp app has a problem. Contact them and report it and wait for an update from them.

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Answer 7

Jun 29, 2018 3:53 PM in response to deggie

I have the same problem. For me this started after recent iOS upgrade. Watsapp has not been upgraded recently. Looks like something for both Apple and Watsapp to work together.

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Answer 8

Jul 7, 2018 12:20 PM in response to kurtzchong

I have the same problem with my iPhone 6s. Are you guys using iPhone 6? could it be the iPhone model that is causing the problem?

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Whatsapp drain battery very very fast!

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