Why does Apple pull this crap?
My 12 pro used to last all day with heavy use. Ever since iOS update 14.5 the battery drain has gotten worse.
14.7 is atrocious. 2 hours in only using safari with an ad blocker, no background apps open, and LTE only (no 5G) and down to 74%. Battery health is 99%.
I wish I could downgrade to 14.3.
Apple needs to get their bugs cleaned before sending out these battery killing updates.
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14
Try updating to iOS 14.7.1, that is the latest. Check your battery statistics and see what app(s) are using the highest percentage of battery and troubleshoot from there.
A hard reboot worked for me, so something was definitely causing it to drain for a few DAYS after the update. It wasn’t my phone, as repeatedly and frustratingly keeps being suggested. It was the update. And now it’s fine.
The time includes the OTA, standby, and solely Safari use. 5G is disabled to conserve battery. Screen brightness at 2”30%. Within 3 hours of only this, the battery is at where it would otherwise be after a full day of use. Standby is contributing.
Do you have any recommendations? There hasn’t been any other app updates or changes to the phone since the update.
Hoping 14.7.1 helps.
This has been stated earlier.
Thanks again.
I just went from 14.6 to 14.7.1 (bypassed 14.7 all together). I usually smirk at people who complain of battery drain issues. I never experience that.
Until now.
Not as bad as some of you, but I’ve never in my iphone life (since 2011) had 93% battery before I went to sleep and wake up 8 hours later (with zero activity in the Battery usage tab, btw) at 63%.
Just rolled the dice on a hard reboot. We’ll see…
The battery drain is happening just because of the new update. Earlier it was fine, but soon I updated it to ios 14.7.1, battery started dying very fast.
Tell us is there any way to downgrade to the previous update? And if not then how long will apple take to fix this issue?
Since the 14.7 I have had similar to the above but I am now left with no phone as mine switched off with 96% battery and won't turn back on even with using force reset or any other method on the Apple support page.
Now having to send off for repair. :(
8 hours on Safari not enough for one day?
Maybe continuously.
Something ain’t right. If I were using multiple apps, 5G, and brightness above 30% it would be at 50%. This is very conservative use.
Way off.
Thanks. Battery just took a 7% doing the OTA update. 3 hours and down to 64%. I’m usually at that 4 hours from now.
Will keep posted regarding 14.7.1
At your stated 9% per hour that accounts for the 7% OTA and 3 hours.
11 hours use on 1 charge?
Seems OK to me.
It’s not. 64% at 3 hours. Was never this bad. Not under intermittent use during that time. I’d rarely get below 70% by evening time.
You said that 3 hours included OTA update at 7% and compared it to 4 hours normally.
That is almost the same.
If you are going to put forward forensic evidence, you really ought to do the math first.
See the recommended post above yours.
It's your phone that needs attention not the iOS which is fine on my 3 iphones.
Something on your phone was aided by a forced restart.
Nothing on my phone needed it.
Hence its your phone that needed the attention. Suggesting that you look to attend to your phone was correct rather than frustrating.
14.7 iOS update killing battery on 12 pro worse than 14.6!
