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iPhone battery

glb613 — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:56:28 GMT

Since I updated to the newest iOS, the battery loses percentage at an alarming rate. While on standby, my phone dropped from 100% to 1% in less than 24 hours. This is completely unacceptable. I've gone into the settings and turned off as much as I can and still use it. Has anyone else noticed this? I'm tempted to go to our local Apple service center and see what a new battery would cost. I don't need a new phone (although I would like a better camera) and I don't want to spend the money.

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millieshops — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:25:58 GMT

@glb613I'd go and explain the problem without asking the price of a new battery - let them tell you what the solution is and then deal with the awful price! I finally had to break down and buy a new phone a few months ago although Ifought it out with my old phone for a long time.

When I think about the dollars I spend on tech, I'm appalled. It's not like I'm using it to produce anything beyond my social/entertainment life, but I know I'm crazed when things are not working right.

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Q4u — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:39:54 GMT

It shouldn't be doing this, especially a new battery.... sometimes if I forget to double click and slide running apps off my phone it will really deplete the battery fast...... good luck, hope it's something simple.

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2blonde — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:46:41 GMT

@glb613 It really sounds like you have apps running in the background......that will suck the life out of the battery very quickly. If it turns out you do need a new battery, though, I'd look for one on Amazon. I've always gotten great deals there on all kinds of batteries.

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Alison Wonderland — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:00:21 GMT

I haven't yet updated, but I've had that issue a few times past. It's never lasted more than a few hours when I've experienced it and the numbers would flip all over the place, like when you go to download something and it says it will take 20 minutes.... 40 minutes......27 minutes.... 35 minutes.....25 minutes. I would panic and make plans to go to the Apple store near me ASAP, but it always fixed itself.

I think I had it happen on both my iPhone 6 and the 6S, but I can't remember. I went in to have the battery tested and a diagnostic run and each time the phone and the battery both checked out as fine.

If yours hasn't righted itself in a few hours, I would get it checked out. Batteries are about $80 without Apple Care, I think. I got a new battery for $29, which is what they arranged to give people after it came out they were slowing down phones older than either a 7 or an 8 when they released the new iOS for the iPhone 8 and X.

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jaxs mom — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:53:51 GMT

They're offering discounted battery replacement for certain iphone6 and later models, including the SE, through the end of this year, it's 29 dollars.

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glb613 — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:58:00 GMT

@jaxs mom wrote:
They're offering discounted battery replacement for certain iphone6 and later models, including the SE, through the end of this year, it's 29 dollars.

Mine is an iPhone 6 and I'm going to get it checked.

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Montana — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:49:18 GMT

There are discussions on the internet about battery problems after installing iOS 11.4. Of course I had already installed it when I read about it. I was actually just looking for more information about the upgrade and the battery problem was a surprise.

So far my battery doesn’t seem to be draining faster on either my iPhone or iPad, but I’ll know better tomorrow.

The update did fix a strange glitch in my emails, so that’s good.

These Apple bugs never seem to affect everyone. Odd.

ETA: 6/13/18 - Batteries on both iPhone and IPad are draining normally.

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jaxs mom — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 03:14:12 GMT

I finally got mine replaced today, although I wasn’t having issues with 11.4 I had previously been getting reboots when I was heavily using my phone. I have a 6 plus. My friend had his 7 battery replaced under the new program a couple months ago. I figured since no new phones were announced at last weeks WWDC I’d probably have this phone for awhile longer so I went ahead and replaced it.

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Mindy D — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 00:12:29 GMT

DISCOUNTED WAS CHANGED TO FREE BATTERY REPLACEMENT ON SOME IPHONES. There are articles about this online. Check them out. FREE

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Lilysmom — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:00:19 GMT

@glb613 et al, did the update and I find my 6+ battery draining much faster as well. I think I a, going to go for the new battery as well. LM

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glb613 — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:03:25 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
DISCOUNTED WAS CHANGED TO FREE BATTERY REPLACEMENT ON SOME IPHONES. There are articles about this online. Check them out. FREE

I went to our local Apple repair business, was told I need to go through the Apple support app, downloaded the app, tried to make an appointment and none have been available. In the meantime, the battery life has improved since I posted this thread. Perhaps the update needed to do some changes or apps needed to update and were running in the background that drained the battery but, it's much better. For now, I'm going to try to get a new battery at the reduced price and keep my portable charger with me just in case.

Re: iPhone battery

Lilysmom — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 08:52:36 GMT

@glb613, I made an appointment for Tuesday. LM

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glb613 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:00:39 GMT

@Lilysmom wrote:
@glb613, I made an appointment for Tuesday. LM

I still can't make an appointment. I'm beginning to think I'll never get an appointment to replace the battery.

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Lilysmom — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 09:07:48 GMT

@glb613, I went in once to have the battery changed because it was shutting down in the cold. They talked me out of it. Not this time. I find I am charging much more frequently with the software updates. They just want to sell me a new phone. LM

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willdob3 — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 15:12:40 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
DISCOUNTED WAS CHANGED TO FREE BATTERY REPLACEMENT ON SOME IPHONES. There are articles about this online. Check them out. FREE

@Mindy D

Can you share the title of some of those articles? My searches bring up no articles about free batteries for any iPhones. Only for some Macs.

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jackthebear — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:48:16 GMT

@glb613 wrote:
Since I updated to the newest iOS, the battery loses percentage at an alarming rate. While on standby, my phone dropped from 100% to 1% in less than 24 hours. This is completely unacceptable. I've gone into the settings and turned off as much as I can and still use it. Has anyone else noticed this? I'm tempted to go to our local Apple service center and see what a new battery would cost. I don't need a new phone (although I would like a better camera) and I don't want to spend the money.

mine too, and I have a replacement battery.

but now I remembered this

new upgrades will do this and it sorts itself out after a few days.

I will try to find the article about it and post.

I reset my phone, and went into "background" and turned off everything I didn't need--other than find my phone

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jackthebear — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:50:53 GMT

As annoying as battery issues can be, my first advice is to just ride them out. New iOS updates can throw the iPhone or iPad's battery calibration settings off, and it can take a few charge/recharge cycles to fix this. The best thing you can do during this period is just use your device normally and charge it up when it needs charging up.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/iphone-battery-life-bad-after-installing-ios-11-heres-what-you-can-do/

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Lilysmom — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:08:50 GMT

@jackthebear, thanks for posting. I have decided to defer my visit to the Apple store for a month and see what happens. LM

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glb613 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:11:21 GMT

@Lilysmom wrote:
@jackthebear, thanks for posting. I have decided to defer my visit to the Apple store for a month and see what happens. LM

My iPhone's battery life has improved since I posted this thread. It's a good thing since I can't make an appointment to get the battery replaced.