Since updating to 12 and 12.01 the battery on my 6s has been draining rapidly. It was a new battery installed last winter during the recall/replacement
RevDeb,
See the section "View battery usage information" in the link below to see the apps that are consuming your battery:
Maximizing Battery Life and Lifespan
Check “Battery Health” in the link:
Same issue for me, exactly the same circumstances. I’ve been into Apple and they suggested a restore (didn’t work) then a set up as a new iPhone. Didn’t work either. Partner has an iPhone SE - no problem with this. iOS 12.1 has not fixed it. My perfectly good 6S is now totally degraded due to software!!
No. It seems that most of the problem is when I’m using data, not when it’s on WiFi. Will check with the carrier to see if there needs to be anything done by them.
Stabbing in the dark here.
next I’ll see if I can revert to system 11 via a saved back-up.
This is very disconcerting.
Ive got 2 things left to try—going to the carrier to see if there’s a glitch on their end that needs updating. It does the drain when on cell data.
or trying to revert back to a saved backup before I updated to 12. I don’t know if it will work, but what have I got to lose?
Nothing to lose - good luck. I don’t think you can revert to iOS 11, but worth a try.
I am hoping Apple realise the problem and put a proper fix in place - it seems there are lots of us in the same position.
Here is update from my side.
In Croatia there is still active promotion for battery change.
Since I bought XR and planed to pass on 6S+, I decided to use the promotion and I had battery changed.
With new battery drain issue is gone.
It is possible that 12.0.1 added some additional strain to which older batteries responded poorly.
Check you local Apple supplier if there is active promotion, it is 40$ here which looked like a good deal to give 6S+ few more years of life.
I had the battery replaced early in that program. Under “Battery Health” it still says it has 98% of its maximum capacity. I don’t think they will replace it for a second time with that program and that measured battery health.
but thanks.
Hi RevDeb
I had my battery replaced last year and it now has 91% max capacity remaining. When I went to the Genius Bar they said that replacing the battery would have no real effect and that I must restore the iPhone to factory settings with iOS 12.1. I did this and so far, no change! So frustrated with Apple. Hope you get a solution.
Did anyone here ever have your screen replaced?
Just stabbing in the dark here . . . .I broke mine last summer and as the 6s was out of warranty, took it to someplace not Apple figuring I'd be replacing the phone after the new ones came out. I'm now wondering if maybe Apple put something in 12 to jinx non-Apple replacement screens which is what I think may be insanely drawing the power.
The battery health function really is useless.
I had a rapidly draining battery problem on my 6s. Took it to the Genius Bar twice. Twice they used their sophisticated testing thing-y to tell me there was nothing wrong with my battery, just to restore or install newer iOS. Did both. Battery drained even faster. Went back and requested (no, demanded) to replace the battery (both time the Genius guy said i was wasting my money). That completely solved the problem.
DO NOT UPGRADE YOUR OS UNTIL A FUTURE VERSION SPECIFICALLY SAYS IT ADDRESSES THE DRAINING BATTERY PROBLEM ON THE 6s.
Apple couldn't care less if they break your older phone with an OS upgrade. They are on;y fixated on getting you to buy a new, expensive one.
Been there. Done that. It still doesn’t make sense nor did it help, but thanks. I’m hoping that 12.1 may fix it.
12.1 did not fix the issue for me?
Did you have better luck?
I tried all of that before posting the inquiry. It didn’t help.
mblataric,
Thanks for the update. Good post.
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iOS 12 iPhone 6s battery drain
