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iPhone 7 battery life
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No not yet.. it's not as bad as the 'bad' cases on here, and it doesnt drain fast while I'm actually doing something with the phone.. but ..it still shouldn't lose 2% per hour while the phone is on standby with all apps closed and background refresh off, especially after a dfu restore set up as new! So I probably will contact them about it if it doesn't settle down. I'm experimenting at the moment though., just reset network settings this morning and I've left my wifi network settings etc off the phone for now just to test with only the default cellular network settings installed only.
Got the same issue on an iPhone 7 running iOS 10.1.1. Over night, battery is draining 2% per hour with BT disabled, background refresh turned off (except for Notes, Messenger & Whatsapp), notifications disabled for 90% of apps, and several location services disabled.
The battery drain is also worrying in normal use; listening to a 5 mins podcast with speakers makes me lose 2%.
Should I take an appointment at the Apple Store?
Edit: Bought the iPhone 7 on release day, and set it as 'new'. Didn't restore any backup.
The battery drain is also worrying in normal use; listening to a 5 mins podcast with speakers makes me lose 2%.
Should I take an appointment at the Apple Store?
Edit: Bought the iPhone 7 on release day, and set it as 'new'. Didn't restore any backup.
Mines a release day one as well with the 2% drain problem .. looks like we got rotten apples .. the iPhone 7 I had delivered a week after release drains 1% every 2 or 3 hours on standby, which is the most I believe that a none faulty one should drain.
U should install XCODE on the mac. U can get it from the Mac App Store and run instruments, it'll tell u exactly which processes are using the most CPU on your phone
I'm away for work otherwise I would do thar
As I mentioned I got amazing battery life the 3-4 days on this phone. On the 5th day it went downhill
I'm away for work otherwise I would do thar
As I mentioned I got amazing battery life the 3-4 days on this phone. On the 5th day it went downhill
Hey, thanks for the quick reply. Did you take your former iPhone to the Apple Store for an exchange? The stats of your 2nd model look normal indeed.
Had the iPhone on my desk for 4,5 hours from 100%, it's at 95 already. Only received some iMessages in the meantime. This is with my old iCloud again installed since Apple wanted me to do that.
Airplane mode drains 3 percent overnight, without airplane mode it drains 7-9 percent overnight. Not liking this standby time. Up to 10 days, more like up to 2,5 days.
Airplane mode drains 3 percent overnight, without airplane mode it drains 7-9 percent overnight. Not liking this standby time. Up to 10 days, more like up to 2,5 days.
No I'm still using the launch day rotten apple .. the 2nd phone that works how it should wasn't for me
whaaat? my Plus is a beast compared to my 7 in both Usage and Standby. it's hard to image they can even be compared in that area.
His 7 plus must suffer the phantom battery drain problem I guess and his 7 is a good one
I got a replacement from apple. Had the gps bug and a significant draining of 4% p hour in airplane mode. Before the replacement I tried everything like setting up as a new phone etc. nothing really helped. Got with my 7plus only 5-6 hours of usage with a maximum of 24 hours standby.
Now the new one is perfect. No hissing perfect gps and amazing battery. I installed my old iCloud backup and have everything activated.
Good luck to all of you
Now the new one is perfect. No hissing perfect gps and amazing battery. I installed my old iCloud backup and have everything activated.
Good luck to all of you
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On my third iPhone 7 now. The first night I drop from 100 percent to 75 percent in mostly standby. 15 min of usage and 12hr 24 min of standby. I have no idea what to do now.
Let me add...I got the first one on launch day but returned it before the 14 day return period and went back to the 6S which was perfect. Got the 7 itch again and picked up another one on October 20 but had the same issues. The Apple Genius told me my battery was perfect so I went to T-Mobile and they exchanged it for me. Now the same issues again.
Let me add...I got the first one on launch day but returned it before the 14 day return period and went back to the 6S which was perfect. Got the 7 itch again and picked up another one on October 20 but had the same issues. The Apple Genius told me my battery was perfect so I went to T-Mobile and they exchanged it for me. Now the same issues again.
it's a software problem! well, not a problem per se -
when the iphone is on standby, depending on the way you have it set up - it's not really on standby in the way you're thinking
mail, notifications, background app refresh - all sorts of things go on in the background and a 25% drop over 12 hours is totally understandable. you don't have a broken iphone, rest assured
google why does my iphone battery die and there's a walkthrough of how to optimize your phone
also
you should probably expect to charge your iphone every night
I've literally done everything you can do. I'm hoping a software update down the road will fix this. It's so funny when the Apple Genius says "this is the first time I've heard of this." I just laugh. I know they're told to say that every time. I even told her that and just smiled.
Most of the time I charge my phone to 100 percent before I go to sleep. I'll just have to keep it on airplane mode all night where it'll stay at 100 percent.
Let me add that losing 25 percent battery over 12 hours of standby isn't totally understandable. I've had every iPhone except the 6 and all others would lose 1-2 percent max during this same 12 hour period. It's definitely a software or hardware issue.
i feel your pain
but you said the apple genius (feel free to insert expletives, they are often warranted) said the battery was fine
then you went to t-mobile and they said OK, here's a brand new phone
you're having the same problem over and over with different hardware
this is definitely a software issue
something is burning through your battery. do you have a mac? if you do, download xcode from the app store and open the instruments app, and plug in your iphone. it's kindof like activity monitor for your mac or task manager for the pc. you'll see exactly what's going on when your phone is asleep.
it's unfortunate that apple makes it so difficult for people to look at the processes because the probelm would stick out to you like a sore thumb. but you'd see it... i promise
but you said the apple genius (feel free to insert expletives, they are often warranted) said the battery was fine
then you went to t-mobile and they said OK, here's a brand new phone
you're having the same problem over and over with different hardware
this is definitely a software issue
something is burning through your battery. do you have a mac? if you do, download xcode from the app store and open the instruments app, and plug in your iphone. it's kindof like activity monitor for your mac or task manager for the pc. you'll see exactly what's going on when your phone is asleep.
it's unfortunate that apple makes it so difficult for people to look at the processes because the probelm would stick out to you like a sore thumb. but you'd see it... i promise
Totally agree 25% battery drain over 12 hours is not normal .. my iPhone 5s with 29% battery wear loses about 4% on standby in 12.. that is more typical of iOS from experience (providing the cellular signal isn't too weak).
My iPhone 7 however loses 2% every hour on standby even after a dfu restore set up as new with background app refresh off ..that's a rotten apple/faulty phone in my opinion
That's great that means there are bum phones out there
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Log out of iCloud and see if that's the issue
Ok so I have background app refresh on, don't shut down apps when I go back to the home screen and I get 0%/hr drain. Between the time I typed my last response to this thread until now which is about 2 hours and 15 minutes, I started at 40% and it's still 40%. I even received a text and responded to it during that time.
This is with a 7+ that I restored from a backup of my 6+.
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Gee...like nobody knows that at all. That's not even the problem and I don't know if you even read through the thread before responding. The problem is that some people have worse battery life on a brand new iphone 7 or 7+ than their previous iphone with the same usage patterns. They don't have more stuff on and aren't using it any more than they did their previous device but the battery life is worse. That's clearly a hardware or software issue. I'm guessing hardware since I'm getting pretty good battery life and someone earlier replaced their phone with a new one and no longer has the issue.
I sometimes wonder if people just can't admit that Apple like any other company out there can have a few faulty products here or there.That's natural for any product released to market.
This is with a 7+ that I restored from a backup of my 6+.
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Gee...like nobody knows that at all. That's not even the problem and I don't know if you even read through the thread before responding. The problem is that some people have worse battery life on a brand new iphone 7 or 7+ than their previous iphone with the same usage patterns. They don't have more stuff on and aren't using it any more than they did their previous device but the battery life is worse. That's clearly a hardware or software issue. I'm guessing hardware since I'm getting pretty good battery life and someone earlier replaced their phone with a new one and no longer has the issue.
I sometimes wonder if people just can't admit that Apple like any other company out there can have a few faulty products here or there.That's natural for any product released to market.
Totally agree with that!
There's seems to be some faulty iPhone 7/7+ handsets particularly early launch day ones. Sure in some cases it is software related in some way (maybe a bad backup from a previous phone), but I'm 99.9% convinced that some of these 7s with excessive standby drain are actually faulty handsets.
I've played with Instruments for one hour, let it run with phone locked or unlocked, unfortunately logs don't show anything abnormal. Should I try a factory reset? Or a DFU?
It actually got worse the past couple of days. It was 12 hours of standby but only 30 minutes of usage and was at 40% today. So took it and they are trying to convince me that it is "normal" after running the diagnostics. I wiped it again and asked them to set it up new, charge it to 100%, put it in airplane mode and check on it after 6 hours and he agreed that it shouldn't lose more than a percent or two. So hoping it shows more drain that that in pretty much the lowest use you could have without it being off.