“Apple launched iOS 10 back in September to mostly positive reviews, but with the recent release of a 10.1.1 update, something has gone wrong,” Matthew Humphries reports for PC Magazine. “A growing number of users are reporting that their battery is no longer functioning correctly, and there’s no obvious reason as to why.”
“As News.com.au reports, the issue stems from how quickly the battery is draining coupled with the battery percentage readout no longer being accurate,” Humphries reports. “A discussion on Hacker News describes multiple instances of the battery issue occurring, with reports of an iPhone 6$549.95 at Amazon running extremely hot and the battery usage list offering no clue as to what is causing the huge increase in power draw.”
“All eyes are now on Apple to track down the problem and issue a fix,” Humphries reports. “Hopefully that can be done before iPhone batteries start failing.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: As you can see below, this is q recurring iOS issue for Apple. In a nutshell: SNAFU.
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Both my iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6S Plus are drained within 3-4 hours. Normally I charge my phone at night and is usually at 30%. This is not gooed (again). Apple come on, fix this asap.
Me to. All weekend I was wondering why my phone was draining so quickly.
Not having any issues with battery life on my 7+
I doubt these reports are a “SNAFU” or anything new. This phenomena has occurred rarely in several of my iPhones over the last 9 years. Usually quitting all open apps and then doing a hard restart (hold down power and home/volume key button until the Apple logo appears) will resolve the issue. In a system as complex as an iPhone with the unpredictable interactions of billions of possible combinations of apps with the system software, it’s not unreasonable to encounter occasional instances when an infinite loop, or similar, occurs with runaway processing causing heating and battery drain. For me this problem has never required a trip to the Genius Bar to resolve.
Stop using common sense and basic troubleshooting skills.
How are websites supposed to make money suckering people in without click bait?
Why do you hate the internet?
I call it “The Apple Tax”.
Yes, it’s unfortunate that after interacting with a few iphone apps you have to quit all open apps and do a hard reset to avoid iphone battery drain. That sucks.
iPhone battery drain isn’t rare, it is a sure thing, it happens every time after interacting with a few apps. That sucks and it is a big problem that needs to be addressed.
It isn’t Apple’s fault necessarily but, it is unreasonable to encounter instances of apps causing battery drain very often, whether cpu abusive, network abusive, or infinite loops. Simply, loading the built-in Stocks app alone can drain your battery very quickly.
So, welcome to the Apple iphone ecosystem with billions of mobile apps, where battery drain is here to stay, unless Apple and developers fix it or you have to do a hard reset to avoid it.
10.2 is better, but your mileage may vary depending on your usage. I am always at 50 percent at the end of the day.
Unrelated…but my nephews iPhone 7 wouldn’t charge past 10%. It had a lot of pocket lint in the port. Cleaned it out and now it is fine. Wonder how many people have this issue and take in for repair 😉
This is the first I’ve heard of this. My 6 Plus and my wife’s iPhone 6 are running just fine on10.1.1. In fact, I’ve really been impressed with mine playing my Apple Music all day at work, and in the car.
Same here, no problems with my 6+
Has Apple trademarked “AppleShit” yet? They should. “CookShit” would be another good one.
I’ve had some issues with this update. First, iTunes keeps trying to RE-install the update…and failing. When I check on the phones themselves (I have three in my family), they report they’re already at 10.1.1. Also, one night I went to bed with my phone at 90%. When I woke up eight hours later, my phone was at 13%. Huh? Let’s hope a fix is coming soon…
Leave it to Cook to screw up another update. This guy can’t do anything right. At least it didn’t brick the phone. I suppose.
Apple quality has dropped way, way, way down. Jobs would cry if he could see how Cook has destroyed Apple. But hey, who needs quality when you have a cool UFO campus?
I have this exact problem with my 5s that started about a month ago. Get to 30% or so, then the phone suddenly shuts down or I get to 30% and the battery % drops like a rock suddenly down to 10%, then 7% then 3%, then dead in a matter of about 15 minutes.
While “tight integration and control of hardware and software” sounds effective in theory, clearly it doesn’t quite work in practice. For as much deserved grief MS gets with Windows, they support the universe of hardware. Apple only needs to support a handful of models and still, stuff like this happens.
The key phrase here is “some”. If this was a major iOS bug, you would think that millions of users would be reporting this. Most likely it is a bug that shows up with certain other apps and settings that are set a certain way.
How many users have forgotten to update all their apps to be iOS 10 compliant?
How many bother to check background app refresh or cellular data use after updating an App?
With millions of iPhones in use out there, the possible software app and iOS preferences combinations is in the billions.
Takes a while to track down.
My iPhone 6s battery is draining big time . Something is very WRONG here. I am almost dead at the end of a work day where I was at 50% normally.
Happened to me over the thanksgiving weekend. Shut down at about 30%, showing the battery warning. Restarted after plug-in right away with about 30% juice. Battery has been a real drag lately. I thought it was time for a new one. I guess I’ll wait for an ios update instead. Sigh… wish there was more positive news coming out of Apple these days.
No, it’s not.
I’m having these exact issues. My phone is dead after every work day. I used to have 1/3-1/2 life. Also spontaneous shutoffs, inaccurate battery life and crashes. Fire Cook and put Phil in charge. All Cook wants to do is use the company to push his gay agenda.