iPhone X Cellular reception and battery life...

[Libertas]

I was half hour away from uploading IOS as new, from scratch, doing it with Apple using iTunes having a complete picture of my phone, etc as a result of bad battery life, then...

I decided not to go thru with this drastic step because while I did notice a drastic drop off in battery life immediately after downloading 11.4.1, it might have improved a tiny bit since that time.

Since my use is mostly podcasts on WiFi and since I get about one hour usage per 13-15% of battery life, and since I see people reporting vastly better stats than that all the time, I thought about CELLULAR reception as another area to discuss.

I am Verizon and on my X there are a total of 4 bars (I guess all cell phones have the same icon for signal strength and all are 4 bars) and I would say that at my HOME I get one bar/LTE and most of the rest of the time it is between 2 and 3 bars/LTE.

So I assume I will get less battery life than someone who is constantly in 4 bars? I use WiFi calling at home, but other than that there is not much I can do to limit the battery use other than turning cellular off, which obviously I dont want to do most of the time, or is there?

 

[BugeyeSTI]

It might be a hassle but, I’d restore and setup as new.. I’ve only had battery issues twice after updating, once in iOS 10 and once in iOS 11. Both times it straightened out after a clean install.. I just took screen shots of all my settings and used that to get the phone back to my liking. It took around an hour but, I think every once and awhile something gets corrupted during an update and it causes headaches.. I’ve been getting normal battery life(for my usage and setup) on all my devices using 11.4.1

 

[Libertas]

It might be a hassle but, I’d restore and setup as new.. I’ve only had battery issues twice after updating, once in iOS 10 and once in iOS 11. Both times it straightened out after a clean install.. I just took screen shots of all my settings and used that to get the phone back to my liking. It took around an hour but, I think every once and awhile something gets corrupted during an update and it causes headaches.. I’ve been getting normal battery life(for my usage and setup) on all my devices using 11.4.1

My question was if there was an issue with this update as to my phone, and I wait for the NEXT update, does that new update magically resolve the issue?

The answer is not necessarily from what I am hearing, that something can still be left behind?

Screen shots, so you would go into all of your screens and do that, sounds like a lot.

When I googled how to do screen shots as I forgot on the X I saw this as part of the explanation

1. Set up everything exactly the way you want it for the shot.

What is it you can do here?

So you mean all areas like notifications, location services, etc? When the page goes down the screen how do you shoot those?

Hell, I even need a tutorial on how to take pics as in holding camera sideways then wanting to see it that way later or video so that you can watch it the way you taped it, etc.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

When I purchased my first iPhone(iPhone 5) all the way to my 6S I never setup as new I just restored from backup when I bought a new phone. When my battery issues started during iOS 10, I went through several updates with no luck and someone suggested a clean start. After restoring using iTunes and setting up as new my battery life went back to normal. I only took screenshots of things that were important to me in settings. Some enjoy going through all the settings and adjusting as necessary but, since it takes so long to go through the process I just took pics. There’s always a chance that what you’re experiencing is a problem that a fresh install won’t correct but, when you go to Apple to get it looked at they always want to wipe the phone and start over. They way I see it, if you do a fresh install and it doesn’t fix it, you can always restore from a backup and your phone will be back to it’s current state

 

[Libertas]

When I purchased my first iPhone(iPhone 5) all the way to my 6S I never setup as new I just restored from backup when I bought a new phone. When my battery issues started during iOS 10, I went through several updates with no luck and someone suggested a clean start. After restoring using iTunes and setting up as new my battery life went back to normal. I only took screenshots of things that were important to me in settings. Some enjoy going through all the settings and adjusting as necessary but, since it takes so long to go through the process I just took pics. There’s always a chance that what you’re experiencing is a problem that a fresh install won’t correct but, when you go to Apple to get it looked at they always want to wipe the phone and start over. They way I see it, if you do a fresh install and it doesn’t fix it, you can always restore from a backup and your phone will be back to it’s current state

How do you take screen shots of a page that runs on and on, do you have to manually scroll down to get each screen shot?

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Unfortunately yes. Most people leave things at default so it’s not a big deal, if you like having your phone a certain way like most on this forum it’s more of a hassle. Like I said, if it fixes it, the trade off of the hassle of going through the setup process is worth it. If it doesn’t, just restore from backup and your back to where you started.. I just did a clean install on my iMac and it was much worse!

 

[NoBoMac]

Yes, weak cell signal will eat into the battery. I live in a weak zone and the battery report will report 2-3% battery burn due to that.

Playing podcasts on wifi could be eating into the battery burn as well as the phone is seeking the wifi signal, and depending on who else is using wifi at the moment, what else is going on with the phone (eg. Safari, Notifications, email check/pull), you might be getting variable wifi signal. Could maybe help matters by downloading the podcast to the device, delete when done.

Also, the app battery usage report might be not the most reliable thing to go off of, imo. From what I've seen, I have a health app that seems to drain the battery when idle. Ditto App Store, but neither shows much battery usage. Seen threads where others report under System tab that iTunes Media component eats battery and cellular. When I have the two mentioned apps completely stopped, battery life is long. Past threads where people believe Facebook, Reddit, and other social media apps are battery hogs.

I also do not go overboard on Notifications. It should not eat that much, but if phone is constantly processing Notifications, can see where it might add up.

If [setup as new] doesn’t [work], just restore from backup and your back to where you started.. I just did a clean install on my iMac and it was much worse!

This. Setup the phone as new and try to avoid installing anything but stock Apple apps and run with that for a couple of days. If things are working well, start to add apps back. Might track down the issue to a specific app or setting that is not playing nice. Otherwise, can always restore the backup.

 

[C DM]

How do you take screen shots of a page that runs on and on, do you have to manually scroll down to get each screen shot?

There are some apps that can do longer continuous screenshots of something that doesn't fit on a single screen. Need to take a look into using one myself for essentially these types of purposes.

 

[JackieInCo]

I have barely one bar of signal on AT&T while I am at home and to keep my phones battery from draining here, I have to keep my phone on WiFi and use WiFi calling. While on WiFi and using the phone to do all the things I normally do during the day, my 7+ will easily last as long on battery life as my 8+ does on T-Mobile with WiFi turned off 24/7. I get five bars on T-Mobile.

I would try setting up as new like the others have said because using WiFi calling at home should improve your battery life and still the cellular radio from constantly looking for a signal and drawing the battery excessively.

A few weeks ago, I fell asleep with my 7+ on AT&T with WiFi off and when I woke up, I could see the phone was looking for a signal and had used about 8% in just 3-4 hrs.

 

[Libertas]

I have barely one bar of signal on AT&T while I am at home and to keep my phones battery from draining here, I have to keep my phone on WiFi and use WiFi calling. While on WiFi and using the phone to do all the things I normally do during the day, my 7+ will easily last as long on battery life as my 8+ does on T-Mobile with WiFi turned off 24/7. I get five bars on T-Mobile.

I would try setting up as new like the others have said because using WiFi calling at home should improve your battery life and still the cellular radio from constantly looking for a signal and drawing the battery excessively.

A few weeks ago, I fell asleep with my 7+ on AT&T with WiFi off and when I woke up, I could see the phone was looking for a signal and had used about 8% in just 3-4 hrs.

I just thought of something, am I able to put it on wifi calling, turn OFF the cellular completely and still receive and make calls? If I turn off CELLULAR DATA is that stopping the phone from searching for the cell signal?

Just tried it, works.

thanks