iPhone 12 Pro Overnight battery drain No Cell Coverage

I usually plop my iPhone 12 Pro (running iOS 14.6) on it's wireless charger when I go to bed. Last night, I noticed it said it was 100% charged, so I didn't bother. Just picked it up, and it's dead! Plugged into a wired charger, and when it booted up, I went to check Settings / Battery to find out what caused it. Battery says that "No Cell Coverage" used more than 80%!! Say what? I'm in the middle of a large city with fabulous cell phone coverage. Yes, I turned off 5G because that was really draining the battery, and I don't need it. What in the world is the phone doing that it thinks it has to keep looking for cell coverage overnight?


One more detail: I use dual SIMs - the eSIM is for my main provider at home and the physical SIM is for the carrier I use when I travel abroad (but also works on roaming when I'm at home). I usually leave both on because I often get important text messages on the "abroad" SIM. I'll try turning that off tonight to see if that makes a difference.

Posted on Sep 19, 2021 1:42 PM

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Posted on Sep 20, 2021 3:34 AM

@Lawrence Finch - Yup. I charged my phone to 85%, turned off the "roaming" physical SIM, and left it sitting all night. Still had 82% charge this morning, so the roaming SIM is the culprit. I *should* have a signal all night but apparently not. I'll turn it on during the day when I need it and try to remember to turn it back off at night.

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Sep 20, 2021 3:34 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

@Lawrence Finch - Yup. I charged my phone to 85%, turned off the "roaming" physical SIM, and left it sitting all night. Still had 82% charge this morning, so the roaming SIM is the culprit. I *should* have a signal all night but apparently not. I'll turn it on during the day when I need it and try to remember to turn it back off at night.

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