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MacRumors Site/Forums Causing Battery Drain?
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Glad I found this thread. I was browsing the forum two nights ago and my phone got really warm and the battery drained about 1% every minute. I rebooted my phone and it stopped draining fast, but I didn’t come back on the forum after, so I didn’t realize the forum was the issue at the time.
I was just now browsing the forum again and my phone got really warm and the battery was draining quickly like last time. I realized it was MR causing it so I found this thread and just installed an ad blocker. Now my phone is cooled off and the battery draining normally again.
I was just now browsing the forum again and my phone got really warm and the battery was draining quickly like last time. I realized it was MR causing it so I found this thread and just installed an ad blocker. Now my phone is cooled off and the battery draining normally again.
I’ve been experiencing the same issue on all of my iOS devices. I don’t use any adblocker or anything, and I can watch the battery drop off in real time while my iPad or iPhone gets incredibly warm.
A post has raised a question.
Is this an iOS 15 issue? Are those experiencing problems on iOS 15?
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Is this an iOS 15 issue? Are those experiencing problems on iOS 15?
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Yes, there is that issue going on. But I moved my thinking from device to content blocker now, I am sure he is using some or the other blocker, so it might be that his blocker of choice is having issues with the site. (@arn, for your investigation, those having issues might, just might, be...
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This thread suggests that the problem started with iOS 14.5 or 14.6
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If you're getting terrible battery life on your iPhone, it's not because of iOS.
Seeing a lot of people saying they've been having terrible battery life on iOS 14.5 and onwards on their iPhones, I was one of them. Turns out macrumors is having some issues on their site/forums which is draining peoples battery like no tomorrow, they are working on a fix. Decided not to use...
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It’s happening for me on iOS 14.6.A post has raised a question.
Is this an iOS 15 issue? Are those experiencing problems on iOS 15?
iOS 15 Speculation Thread
Yes, there is that issue going on. But I moved my thinking from device to content blocker now, I am sure he is using some or the other blocker, so it might be that his blocker of choice is having issues with the site. (@arn, for your investigation, those having issues might, just might, be...
This thread suggests that the problem started with iOS 14.5 or 14.6
If you're getting terrible battery life on your iPhone, it's not because of iOS.
Seeing a lot of people saying they've been having terrible battery life on iOS 14.5 and onwards on their iPhones, I was one of them. Turns out macrumors is having some issues on their site/forums which is draining peoples battery like no tomorrow, they are working on a fix. Decided not to use...
I am on 14.6 as well. Without reading that thread, I noticed disabling ads seems to have fixed it. I think the issue is that some of the ads being delivered are looping video. For whatever reason, Safari ain’t liking the format or behavior of whatever is happening with your ad exchanges
Yep, this is a definite issue for me on iPhone 11 Pro, iOS14.6 - phone gets hot (hot, not warm) and battery drains. It's almost certainly related to adverts as I have no adblocker on my phone. (Well, I do now
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I can't speak for macOS as I do run an adblocker on that.
)I can't speak for macOS as I do run an adblocker on that.
I've been meaning to put my $.02 in. I've noticed on Safari on 14.7b4 the phone gets slightly warm. My opinion is something within IOS combined with the ads are causing this. My ipad on ios 15 doesn't seem to get warm at all.
I began seeing this in iOS 14.5 I believe; I upgraded to 14.6 beta hoping it would be resolved but it was not, and the problem remains on 14.6 final. When folks began troubleshooting, and focusing in on using an ad blocker to resolve, I was surprised, as I was already using AdBlock Plus in Safari and still seeing the issue. It was suggested that Firefox Focus resolved the issue, so I disabled ABP and installed Firefox Focus and enabled it's content blocker in Safari and lo and behold it worked. So it seems like there is something definitely script/ad related, and whatever it is, was not stopped by AdBlock Plus, but IS stopped by Firefox Focus.
Edit to add: This issue doesn't seem to appear on my Mac or PC at all, just iPhone. I haven't tested on an Android device.
Edit to add: This issue doesn't seem to appear on my Mac or PC at all, just iPhone. I haven't tested on an Android device.
I've noticed my iPhone with 14.6 heating up for the past couple of weeks while browsing MR, however that timing is mostly meaningful because I've had more time than usual to read the forums. Couldn't say if it's been happening longer than that.
I'm a contributor so I don't see ads.
I'm a contributor so I don't see ads.
Mine heated up a ton last night while browsing - iPhone 12 Pro Max on the latest 14.7.1. Thought I was crazy until I came across this thread. It seemed to get better after a phone reboot, but then I was browsing again and it came back. As soon as I closed the tab out on Safari the phone cooled down and battery life was normal.
Problem is back again, phone getting warm and battery draining like no tomorrow, content blockers aren't helping like before, wouldn't hold you breath for a fix, it got swept under the rug last time, it's the ads causing the battery drain.
Shame great forum, not efficient though.
@arn offered to troubleshoot this, I would not call that "sweeping it under the rug". Did you send him a video as he requested?
Posted screen shots the last time it happened, came back and said couldn't find out what the problem is, people have said the types of ads on these forums are very resource hungry, seems like nothing was done about them.
Only way I fixed it was by installing a content blocker, now one user is saying it's not working anymore and the battery drain and heat issues are back.
No need for a video, some users found out what the problem was last time, it's the type of ads on here that is the problem when it comes to heat and battery drain, one of them put up a cpu usage graph with the ads on and off, with them on his cpu load was huge compared to them being off.
Maybe someone can re post the problem.
I'm kind of enjoying the irony that coming to MacRumors to complain about the low battery life on iPhone might actually be the reason for low battery life on iPhone...
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Can we please fix these forums once and for all, even with a content blocker my phone is getting really warm and I’ve lost 3% in 5 minutes while being on here.
Get ads that don’t drain people devices, really over this crap 🤦♂️😡
Just lost 8% in the short time being on here and phone is very hot.
FIX THIS CRAP ALREADY 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Get ads that don’t drain people devices, really over this crap 🤦♂️😡
Just lost 8% in the short time being on here and phone is very hot.
FIX THIS CRAP ALREADY 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I’ve tried a lot of things, even blocking the adds that help run this forum… but I can’t keep coming back on here the way it’s destroying my battery, health and heating up my phone. It’s madness.
why is nothing be done or the site being run this way that it damages the very phones it’s promotes. Madness. 😡
why is nothing be done or the site being run this way that it damages the very phones it’s promotes. Madness. 😡
Have you seen the reviews for taptalk lol, no thanks, the site and forums were working perfectly a while ago, no reason why they can’t again.
If this keeps happening, might be time to retire soon, iPhone, iPad batteries are getting hammered, the heat is another issue all together 🤦♂️😡😡😡
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