Iphone 6s Battery suddenly draining

Why is my 2 year old iphone 6s battery suddenly draining? Just recently my phone battery has started draining. I kept it on standby overnight starting at 100% and in the morning it was at 1%. The usage was only at 30 min and the standby at 7+ hours so what is draining my battery?

iPhone 6s, iOS 11.4

Posted on Jun 1, 2018 10:59 AM

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Posted on Jun 1, 2018 12:51 PM

Batteries have unpredictable behaviours when they are reaching the critical point of their life.

I would make a full backup of your iPhone as soon as possible, then I'd make an appoitment at your most convenient Apple Store to have your battery replaced.

You certainly know about the reducted price: $29 + taxes

Regards

Giulio

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Jun 1, 2018 9:07 PM in response to ProustGiulio

theres something wrong. With the 11.4 update i have a new battery and had no issues until i got the 11.4 notification is when all of asudden my phone starts lagging and freezing at 50% health. Battery is only at 19% wear. When i did the update it got worse and started at 60% health slow touch response and it even shut off on me couple times. Ive had my 6s for two years with n issues until two weeks ago.

Jun 20, 2018 7:50 AM in response to MSvdWal

I’ve just watched my 6S, less than 1.5 years old, drain from 78% to 65% in the space of 7 minutes. I don’t use iCloud backups and have Siri turned off as well as all the data sharing for “improvements”. I don’t have notifications running in the background for a load of social media as I’m not signed up to any of them and I have background app updates turned off for all individual apps as well as the global switch. Apple, you could at least be somewhat circumspect about your plan to get software updates to make older devices obsolete. Yes, thisbis following the latest update to 11.4. The saddest part, I know you, as a company, don’t really care.

Aug 1, 2018 9:35 PM in response to craigfrompalo alto

I have an iPhone 6 and I keep it up-to-date all the time, I am not low on storage, and I always charge it like I am supposed to. The battery is a new one --I've had it for about a year-- it doesn't stay charged for long and it takes forever to fully charge. I can watch my battery drain without even touching my phone. It didn't start doing this until recently. I'm pretty sure this is all because of the new updates.

Aug 28, 2018 9:10 AM in response to Briansyddall

Not Helpful. Replaced my battery 2 months ago. Beta says 99%. Was fine until about a week ago then all of a sudden the battery drains like a count down timer and even drains while plugged in and in use. tried various bricks and cables, still same issue. Only way to get it to charge is to leave alone and not use whatsoever.


So there is an app issue. And I have even been deleting apps, not adding, so it must be a native Apple app that is doing this. Guess this is how Apple gets us to upgrade, make the older phones so awful you need to spend the $1000 for a new one.

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