Electronics

[gidgetgh]

I installed iOS 12 the day it came out on my iPhone 6 and two iPads. Installation went fine. 

Boy have I noticed a substantial decrease in battery life on both my phone and the iPad. Especially on my phone. Even in sleep mode, overnight, the battery drains quite a bit. 

Anyne else notice a decrease in battery life since installing the newest iOS?

I’ve tried closing apps and nothing seems to help. 

[LTT1]

@gidgetgh

Hi!

Well, I was reading about IOS 12 last Monday and yes, it is a problem with IOS 12, which I wished I had never installed.

Have not installed IOS 12 on phone yet.

I BELIEVE IOS 12.1 MIGHT correct the battery problem, but I will look this up to verify and I will copy the article’s link here. 

[gidgetgh]

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@LTT1 wrote:

@gidgetgh

Hi!

Well, I was reading about IOS 12 last Monday and yes, it is a problem with IOS 12, which I wished I had never installed.

Have not installed IOS 12con phone yet.

I BELIEVE IOS 12.1 MIGHT correct the battery problem, but I will look this up to verify and I will copy the article’s link here. 

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@LTT1- thanks!  All these updates usually go fine for me and this one did, but boy the battery life....

On my phone, on sleep mode overnight, mine easily decreases by 12-15% every night. I don’t know on the iPad because I charge it overnight every night. 

[gidgetgh]

I’m installing the update now. 

[LTT1]

@gidgetgh

This article may present some help. I hope so. I use my phone rarely, and keep it on the charger at night, so do not notice about battery life.

There is a new update available, 12.1, which the article references.

http://osxdaily.com/2018/09/19/ios-12-battery-life-tips/

Still, I’m going to go onto Apple’s help site, log in, and find some answers.

[GAQShopr53]

The battery life issue with the update is why I have not updated any of my Apple products.  I just push the later button when they try to force me to install the update. I have the 6 plus and an older model Gen 2 IPad and they work fine without the update!

[Krimpette]

I'm the opposite...i do all the updates on my iPhone.  Just did the 12.0 update.  I'm not ready to update the new operating system for my laptop, however.  I'll probably wait a good while before I do that one.

[gidgetgh]

I just updated to 12.0.1.

If nothing else, saner heads prevailed and they moved the 123 button on the keyboard back to the original position. 

[LTT1]

@gidgetgh

Here is another factoid that may or may not be important to anyone...

‘In the midst of the release of IOS 12, my iPad was at the “APPLE HOSPITAL” getting a new screen (mine was cracked)

So, they sent me an entirely new IPad Pro!

Which came with nothing on it so I was starting over and didn’t take the time to look up the new IOS 12 and find out about it.

Hmmmm.... my photo button for FaceTime is GONE and that’s a fact. 😰

[Lilysmom]

@gidgetgh, I have iPhone 6+.  I agree about new updates using up battery life.  I don’t have high phone use normally.  When I first got my iPhone, a charge lasted at least 2 days.  Now, not much more than a day.

In settings, it shows my battery at 98%.  The guy at the Apple Store told me I could get a new battery still at the reduced price til the end of the year but that I would notice little difference in performance.

Anyone believe that or are they discouraging replacement to sell new phones?  Not a cynic by nature but this wouldn’t be the first time they did something like this.  LM