8 plus worse battery life after iOS update

[rjdoc74]

I have been using 8 plus with great battery life for a few days before I made a mistake of upgrading to 11.0.3. Now I see battery draining in front of my eyes even in low power mode. I am still within my return window until this coming weekend. Should I just return the phone, re-buy and hope it doesn't have new 11.0.3 installed? Just really at a loss on what to do.

 

[Barrett85]

I have been using 8 plus with great battery life for a few days before I made a mistake of upgrading to 11.0.3. Now I see battery draining in front of my eyes even in low power mode. I am still within my return window until this coming weekend. Should I just return the phone, re-buy and hope it doesn't have new 11.0.3 installed? Just really at a loss on what to do.

How did you do the update? OTA or through iTunes?

 

[rjdoc74]

OTA. Does that make a difference?

 

[Phone Junky]

I have an 8 Plus and am on 11.0.3. Right at this moment I'm at 92% battery with 8 hours 4 minutes of standby and 1 hour 49 minutes of usage. I don't think 11.0.3 is your problem.

 

[jojomexi]

Opt in for the public beta at beta dot apple dot com, backup your phone (just in case), and update to 11.1 beta 3.

 

[Falhófnir]

That is odd, you would expect this going from 10.3.3 to 11.0 but a point update shouldn't make that much difference? I'm hoping by the time 11.1 comes around that battery life will be better across all devices.

 

[rjdoc74]

Ok, thanks guys. I am going to return it and get another phone. I am not taking chances with a $1000 phone.

 

[Barrett85]

OTA. Does that make a difference?

Some say it does, others say it doesn’t. I updated my phone one time OTA and had all sorts of problems. Ever since I have done it through ITunes doing a clean install. iOS 11.0.3 is running great for me

 

[rjdoc74]

I updated to iOS 11.1. We will see.

 

[Volusia]

I am on an 8 Plus running 11.0.3 and currently have 51% of my battery left after 33hr 27min of standby and 7hr 46min of usage.

 

[Sinistah]

I am on an 8 Plus running 11.0.3 and currently have 51% of my battery left after 33hr 27min of standby and 7hr 46min of usage.

Screenshot? That’s insanely good

 

[Shadowbech]

I'm currently on 11.0.3 and currently 82%. Usage at 4 hr, 41 min. Standby at 20hr 22 min.

 

[rjdoc74]

I updated to 11.1 last night and battery seems a lot better this am.

Sorry for dumb question, but where do you guys see standby and usage statistics? When I go to battery in settings all I is "time since last full charge" at the bottom.

 

[AttilaTheHun]

Ok, thanks guys. I am going to return it and get another phone. I am not taking chances with a $1000 phone.

Did you ad or change any Apps after the update? some time those updates draining battery

 

[rjdoc74]

No, changed nothing. No app updates since 11.1 installed.

 

[Shadowbech]

I updated to 11.1 last night and battery seems a lot better this am.

Sorry for dumb question, but where do you guys see standby and usage statistics? When I go to battery in settings all I is "time since last full charge" at the bottom.

If you see the " - " on both, means you probably need to charge it full (or at least 90%) to get that numbers.

 

[rjdoc74]

UPDATE: So I went to Apple Store last night and exchanged my phone. Transferred all my data last night. Took it off the charger this morning at 5 am. Did my usual radio streaming and Waze in the car for about 40 min, 1 hour of video streaming at the gym. At 8 am, I am down to 79%. WTF is going on? (this was not in low power mode).

P.S. Background refresh is turned off. Most location services set for "never".

 

[Sinistah]

UPDATE: So I went to Apple Store last night and exchanged my phone. Transferred all my data last night. Took it off the charger this morning at 5 am. Did my usual radio streaming and Waze in the car for about 40 min, 1 hour of video streaming at the gym. At 8 am, I am down to 79%. WTF is going on? (this was not in low power mode).

P.S. Background refresh is turned off. Most location services set for "never".

A) Different phone...give it a few days to settle
B) Both GPS and streaming are notoriously terrible for your battery
C) It would also help when you’re complaining about battery to post a screenshot of your usage

 

[deivydas]

More than happy with 8 Plus and 11.0.3

 

[rjdoc74]

A) Different phone...give it a few days to settle
B) Both GPS and streaming are notoriously terrible for your battery
C) It would also help when you’re complaining about battery to post a screenshot of your usage

 

[Lobwedgephil]

UPDATE: So I went to Apple Store last night and exchanged my phone. Transferred all my data last night. Took it off the charger this morning at 5 am. Did my usual radio streaming and Waze in the car for about 40 min, 1 hour of video streaming at the gym. At 8 am, I am down to 79%. WTF is going on? (this was not in low power mode).

P.S. Background refresh is turned off. Most location services set for "never".

Umm, you realize Waze is a battery killer on any phone?

 

[Mlrollin91]

Facebook and Low signal strength will eat through your battery. Make sure you are on WiFi when you can be.