Battery life after 11.1 - Reports

[OldCorpse]

I know it's a bit early to say what the impact of 11.1 is on battery life, but this is a thread to report your experience as it becomes available. It's important to include 3 pieces of info:

1)What device and model this pertains to: iPhone, iPad etc. which model, generation and so on.

2)What you are making a comparison from: are you going from 11.0.3 or 10 or what.

3)What is your experience of the battery life from 11.1 compared to what you had before.

Battery life is a super important thing for most people, so this would be helpful in letting people know what they can expect.

 

[tripleh3lix]

I know it's a bit early to say what the impact of 11.1 is on battery life, but this is a thread to report your experience as it becomes available. It's important to include 3 pieces of info:

1)What device and model this pertains to: iPhone, iPad etc. which model, generation and so on.

2)What you are making a comparison from: are you going from 11.0.3 or 10 or what.

3)What is your experience of the battery life from 11.1 compared to what you had before.

Battery life is a super important thing for most people, so this would be helpful in letting people know what they can expect.

Not too early. A lot of people were on Beta 5. I had about 7 and a half hours on the 8+ , now I'm getting about 8 and a half hours from 100% to 0. That's music with the screen on and doing stuff on the phone, FaceTime audio calls while doing things, snapchat videos, etc.

 

[jrdatrackstar1223]

Iphone SE Verizon 16GB:

Battery hasn’t changed from 11.0-11.0.3, as in it is absolutely horrible and definitely has me looking for a Pixel. Usage hasn’t changed nor settings from iOS 10.3.3 and I only get 2.5 hours of usage before hitting 50% consistently (every single iOS 11 version, including 11.1).

10.3.3 I would have 4 hours of onscreenusage before hitting 50% consistently.


Been on this public beta 5, which is the same as today’s version so I have used it for a while.

 

[Barnfather]

Horrible on my iPhone6. Not used phone at all and went from 100% to 20% in 7hrs

 

[C DM]

Horrible on my iPhone6. Not used phone at all and went from 100% to 20% in 7hrs

So just pure 7 hours of standby and no usage listed at all?

 

[sundog925]

iPhone 8 on Verizon 11.1- fabulous battery life! Coming from 11.0.2.

Usually disconnecting at 830am, school finishing at 630pm, battery is around 40-50%. Right now it’s at 76% with the same usage.

Standby at 10hr 10min.
Usage 2hr 11 min.

 

[axboi87]

iPhone SE w/ 11.1. No improvement over 11.0. No new apps, enabled features, or usage diff vs 10. Used to end day with 40-60%, now <10%

I know it's a bit early to say what the impact of 11.1 is on battery life, but this is a thread to report your experience as it becomes available. It's important to include 3 pieces of info:

1)What device and model this pertains to: iPhone, iPad etc. which model, generation and so on.

2)What you are making a comparison from: are you going from 11.0.3 or 10 or what.

3)What is your experience of the battery life from 11.1 compared to what you had before.

Battery life is a super important thing for most people, so this would be helpful in letting people know what they can expect.

 

[AndreiDaviid]

iOS 11.1 ( Clean flash)
Model IPhone 7 Plus

Usage:

Screen on : 9:25 H
Stand by : 16:05 H
Battery left : 6%

BT Off , 4G 50%, wifi 50% And some GPS service Off

APP Usage ( minutes/hours)

Facebook : 34 Min screen / 1.1 H Background
Messenger : 1,6 H screen/ 1,3 background ( lot voice/ video call )
YouTube : 1,2 H screen
Whatsapp: 34 Min screen / 58 min background
Music : 1,3 H background
Instagram : 30 min screen

Cheers

 

[joeblow7777]

Ever since 11.0 my iPad Mini 4's battery life has diminished and the percentage reading is inaccurate/inconsistent. It'll change by 15-20% in an instant. Today it died completely while saying 17%.

I'm pretty sure this is a software problem, but what's Apple's policy for battery diagnostics after Apple Care has expired? That is, how much does just the diagnostic cost?

 

[pvmacguy]

IPhone SE user. No change in battery life since 11.0. Phone is still running warm as well.

 

[Seanm87]

iPhone 7. No change still terrible. So pissed off about this. Wish I’d never updated.

 

[Flynnstone]

I’m not sure it’s a “battery” problem. I think it’s a reporting problem.
On my 6s+, 10. Was good. 11.0, the battery % was all over the place. It could spend hours at 1% and not die.
11.1 seems better, but jury is still out.

 

[dj1891]

6s there was no improvement on 11.1 still horrible, its about 20-30% worse than 10.3.3. My wifes SE has similar results, it used to have brilliant battery life, not anymore. I am due an upgrade soon and I am thinking about Android as I don't think Apple seem to know what there doing

 

[jrdatrackstar1223]

iPhone SE, Verizon 16GB. I had been running beta 5 for a few days and then just went with that since it was the same as the official build. I had been on 11.0 through 11.0.3 and battery life was always horrible on those, and nothing had changed with 11.1.

Yesterday I restored my phone as new and only installed 2 apps: GroupMe and Planning Center Services (as I needed those ASAP). I noticed my battery was back to that of 10.3.3, as I used the phone constant (Safari, browsing, etc). I got the same, if not better, battery than 10.3.3 (4 hours of usage before hitting 50% battery). I then installed Modern Combat 5 and YouTube and set them up. The results were the same, battery was still good. I just recently re-installed my 11.1 backup today and will see if I still get good battery. If not, I will just have to restore as new and install apps one at a time to see which is the culprit.

Hope it helps

 

[joeblow7777]

Battery life on my iPad mini 4 has been wonky on every version of iOS 11. It even died while reading 17% today.

My iPhone 8 Plus, on the other hand... see attached. Seems pretty good to me.

 

[PBz]

48% remaining
Standby - 14:15
Usage - 6:22

I like.

 

[Fissure]

Yes I have noticed more rapid battery drain on the iPad Mini 4 and iPhone 6+ since going to iOS 11. I was hoping 11.1 would improve things but it hasn’t. This is a big deal that Apple must be aware of.

 

[simonsi]

6S from 10.3.3 to 11.0.1 to 11.0.2 to 11.0.3 to 11.1

No change at any stage.

Same for my iPad Mini2

 

[Mlrollin91]

iPad Air 2, 11.1 is better than 11.0.3 which was better that 11.02/11.0.1/11.0/10.3.3.

8 Plus is slightly better than 11.0.3. But didn’t have any issues with battery on any version of iOS 11 on my 8Plus. I set it up as new when I got it.

I’ve had no issues with either device and iOS 11.x.x battery. Both devices were setup as new.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

iPad Air 2 on 11.1 battery has been great. Averaging 13 hours with 5% remaining... 6S has been around 7 1/2 hours with 5%.

 

[rayward]

iPhone 6S. Waited for 11.0.1 and updated thereafter as each iteration came out (so now on 11.1). Battery life currently awful.

I take it off charge at about 7am each morning and, by lunchtime, with very light usage, it's down to <40%. I can no longer trust my phone to last the day. Without a top up it's in low power mode by the time I get home at 6pm, i.e. less than 12 hours. If I actually use it much at all, I need to charge it for the second half of the day.

I have no idea if this is actually bad battery performance or bad measuring of battery performance; i.e. I haven't risked letting it run down to see if it's actually running down or the meter is giving false low readings.

I was going to skip my usual two-year update cycle and get an Apple Watch (with LTE), but the performance of the 6S is so bad now - my wife has the same model and worse issues without updating - that I cannot consider this a viable plan. This happens every time a new phone comes out, so the two thoughts I have for this are that Apple deliberately hobbles old phones with new software to force us to upgrade, or that they make phones that barely last out the two-year purchase plan.

Either way, they are making it hard to stick with an iPhone, which means they're at risk of losing a customer for the phone and the watch at the same time.

 

[cyberone]

11.1 seems to have improved battery things for an iPhone 7. Seems to have more juice again.

 

[dj1891]

From what I am seeing iPhone 7 and above 11.1 seems to have improved battery, below the 7 battery life still dire. I can confirm this on my 6S, No matter what I have tried battery life has been awful.

 

[mrex]

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Battery life on my iPad mini 4 has been wonky on every version of iOS 11. It even died while reading 17% today.

My iPhone 8 Plus, on the other hand... see attached. Seems pretty good to me.

Seems to me that phone has been standby/screen off most of the time... what about on screen time - actual usage time?

 

[joeblow7777]

Seems to me that phone has been standby/screen off most of the time... what about on screen time - actual usage time?

It's hard to say how much of the 14 hours of usage was screen-off. I would estimate that no more that 2-3 hours of it was simply playing music (mostly over Bluetooth). The highest energy users were Facebook and Chrome, but I don't have the numbers any more. All I can say is that I used the phone as I've always used my phones and it took over two days to drain.