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14.5.1 Battery RIP? iPhone 12 pro max
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I have that issue too. The problem is HomeKit!!! When I switched off family members from home they stopped having a problem
Battery life has been garbage since 14.5 betas and so on, was flawless on 14.4, 12 pro max here, getting 2 hours less battery life.
Doubt latest beta fixes anything.
Doubt latest beta fixes anything.
based on iAppleBytes battery testing method, iOS 13.4.1 had the best battery recorded, luckily my iphone 12 Pro Max downgraded a couple days ago to 14.5 due Multicore throttling issues with 14.5.1 and battery drain.
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I agree - battery drain still exist. homekit consumed 2GB of cellular data for 2 days (out of home)!!! WTF Apple...?
I also had disappointing battery life on my 12PM on 14.5.1.
A week ago I installed 14.6 public beta 2 and the battery was pretty much back to normal, about 10 hours per charge.
Too early to say how 14.6 public beta 3 is on battery, but it's an "a" build and it's hard for me to imagine it's worse than beta 2. In all other respects, 14.6 betas have been running absolutely great on my 12PM, which is my daily driver. So I am comfortable recommending it to all but the most risk-averse iPhone users at this point.
A week ago I installed 14.6 public beta 2 and the battery was pretty much back to normal, about 10 hours per charge.
Too early to say how 14.6 public beta 3 is on battery, but it's an "a" build and it's hard for me to imagine it's worse than beta 2. In all other respects, 14.6 betas have been running absolutely great on my 12PM, which is my daily driver. So I am comfortable recommending it to all but the most risk-averse iPhone users at this point.
would love a battery update maybe tomorrow. Ive been thinking about jumping on the beta
Is it easy to install beta and then just remove it when the final version comes out?
Yes. Just google iOS beta profile and the apple site will show you how to do it. Super easy to install and remove.
Here…https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/
I was curious about the testing methodology so had a wander over to this channel. Looks like they don’t account for battery age, so all other things being equal battery life will decrease over time anyway.
Updating to 14.6 RC via IPSW fixed my battery life issues.
Not really sure if it's 14.5.1 related but i recently encountered a really strange behaviour on my 12 mini - the battery got drained from full to empty in 6-7 hrs, but what is really strange there was almost no on screen or even background activity during that time. It was a few days ago and hasn't happened again since.
We don’t know :
- your use case,
- if the apps you use are optimised,
- if your use increased
- battery capacity pre and post update,
- background usage on apps,
- signal strength,
- signal quality,
- maybe few more things.
If I ”update” via IPSW to the iOS version that’s already installed (download IPSW, hold option and hit update), it doesn’t wipe the phone right? If so, I’m thinking about giving this a try to see if it resolves my issue with Safari causing my phone to get hot and crushing the battery…started in 14.5, and still can’t shake it in 14.6 RC 2.
My iPhone 11 pros battery has also nose dived after 14.5.1. I think some people are lucky, or refuse to admit the problem. I’ve forty percent left after having the phone off charge for five hours. I used to finish the day with 60-50% left.
I have the same issue on my iPhone 11. The phone never goes to deep sleep and keeps consuming a lot of power when unused.
It does not happen in airplane mode and the largest background power consumer is Find My so I'm kinda suspecting it may be an AirTag related but since I updated to 14.5 and set up my AirTags just before noticing the issue.
Hopefully 14.6 will fix it.
It does not happen in airplane mode and the largest background power consumer is Find My so I'm kinda suspecting it may be an AirTag related but since I updated to 14.5 and set up my AirTags just before noticing the issue.
Hopefully 14.6 will fix it.
I meant 14.7. I have been using 14.6 since it came out, and it has not made any difference.