iPh6ne6
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I don't usually notice a change in battery drain with OS update but mine has been disgusting since updating.
Needing to charge twice a day at least.
Needing to charge twice a day at least.
I've noticed a TERRIBLE drop on 10.1 in overall battery life on the iPhone 7. Wondering what the impressions have been like out there for everyone else. I mean, it's damn near Android drainage rates...
Been about 2 1/2-3 days since I updated. So it should be settled in by now.
I've got a 6s on AT&T and I've resorted to a battery case. My battery life and my daughters has been horrible. No change in usage. My daughters will power off at 40% and say it needs to be plugged in to charge. I'm almost to the point of switching to android.
Jamie, I sent you a PM but your box is full
Another thought is to see what apps are in the background. Like Facebook, I always had battery use with Waze, so I always force quit that one. Don't quit them all, as they should be running in the background (suspended state). If you do, each one will have to run in full when you re-launch it, which affects battery. Like closing/opening an app vs minimizing/maximizing.
(I've had the phone for 2 months now, still has warranty).
Prior to 2 weeks ago, I would be able to get up to like 40 mins of "usage time" before I would see a drop from 100% to 99% (sometimes more). Now, I can only make it 25 mins max before it drops to 99%. On top of that, it would go from 99% to 98% almost right after that (sometimes with only putting the phone to sleep and then waking it again, I would see it went to 98% almost 30 sec to 1 min after with no use between that time after dropping down to 99% from 100%).
I?ve seen that explanation for increased battery drain after a new iOS version before, @Ledsteplin, but I think that that applies more to major version jumps, i.e. going from iOS 9.x to iOS 10.0. Those major updates are the ones which are usually jam-packed with new and ?exciting? features that keep users glued to their phones for inordinately long periods of time.
What is so amazing about 10.1 that wasn?t there on 10.0.x that would cause this gentleman to use his phone so much more that he?s experiencing a ?TERRIBLE? drop in battery life after updating?
(Unless he?s gone crazy with the Portrait Camera feature and has been taking thousands and thousands of that kind of photographs? but I think he would realize that.)