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iPhone X Facebook App Battery Drain?

C DM said:
Weird indeed. It seems like all/most of the usage is then from on screen usage. Do you use Facebook that much?
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Nope, it gets checked 1-2 every 1-2 hrs for notifications. it seems as something is making iOS 11, think that its all SOT when in the main battery menu its says "background activity" and total @ 50%.

98.9% of the time its sitting unused in the background in the app switcher.
 
i had commented on various other threads about battery issues coming from an 8+. Ever since i deleted the app and used it via safari, my battery has been night and day. It's shocking really. My battery is way better and I never worry about it as i did for the first two weeks.
 
haruhiko said:
I understand the rationale of it. Tap and hold is not good because the holding time is uncertain and you need specific visual clue ie the (-) icon to know that the close app mode is enabled, unlike the old model where you always know you could do it.
[doublepost=1511399030][/doublepost]Stop the Facebook addiction and you’ll find the world to be so beautiful and quiet. Battery life on your phone is just a bonus. I used a year to quit posting on Facebook. Another year to stop reading it frequently. You can too.
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We're not here to discuss moral reasons to stop using Facebook. We're discussing battery impact. Ever think that a lot of people utilize Facebook for their small businesses? Social media is a hell of a tool for small business owners.
 
Facebook must have the worst programmers on the planet. It's apps are always buggy and always drain the battery. Use a browser.
 
Maybe it's because Facebook is using your mic in the background and transcribing everything you say, to later advertise to you?

 
trifid said:
Maybe it's because Facebook is using your mic in the background and transcribing everything you say, to later advertise to you?

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Always check the Privacy permissions in Settings and see if any app is granted more permissions than they needed.

For me, Location services for Facebook = "Never".
 
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I use the Facebook app quite a lot and get about 10 usage on my 8+. I don’t think it’s as bad as people say imo.
 
Simacca said:
I use the Facebook app quite a lot and get about 10 usage on my 8+. I don’t think it’s as bad as people say imo.
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Very interesting, I can only get 5-6 hours on my X with the latest facebook app update.

I used to (when I first got, the X on the 3rd) could easily get 9-10 hours from 100 to 18%.. after the latest app update total usage went down the toilet and cut in half.

100 to 18% in about 5-6 hours now this is, with facebook running in the background 98% of the time and only checking it 1-2 every 1-2 hours.
 
UCDHIUS said:
Very interesting, I can only get 5-6 hours on my X with the latest facebook app update.

I used to (when I first got, the X on the 3rd) could easily get 9-10 hours from 100 to 18%.. after the latest app update total usage went down the toilet and cut in half.

100 to 18% in about 5-6 hours now this is, with facebook running in the background 98% of the time and only checking it 1-2 every 1-2 hours.
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I’m on the latest version too. Maybe it’s something else that’s draining it. I never usually swipe it out of memory either, only if I remember to.
 
Facebook app is a battery hog. Period. Use Safari. Save it to the phone desktop...looks just like the app, but no battery hog.
 
It's been happening to me the past few Facebook versions. I noticed a it few weeks ago with one of their updates when my 7+ battery took a hit. The background activity showed MORE time than the usage. Location services has always been off. I believe that Facebook is taking advantage of some loopholes in iOS that allow apps to run in the background without needing explicit permission (i.e. Music). They acknowledge an issue a year or so ago when it's background usage hit mainstream tech sites. IIRC, they were using the background video processing to get around it.

I just make sure I close it now immediately after using.
 
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