iOS 14 Significant Impact to battery life.

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ejeaglesct OP
Created Jun ’20
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I’ve noticed a significant impact to the battery life of my 11 Pro since installing iOS 14. I would average approximately 15 to 20% remaining end of day With average use. Post install I’m seeing between five and 10% remaining end of day.

Average use is approximately 5 to 6 hours per day with non-charge time of 10 to 14 hours.

It’s also safe to note that I’ve noticed a significant increase in the heat output of the back of the phone since installing iOS 14. Enough to become discomfort while in pocket.
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JorgeHS23 OP
Aug ’20
I’m having the same problem, when I was with iOS 13 I could use all day my iPhone 11, meanwhile with beta iOS 14 in o ly 40 min it drained almost half of my battery
Jackhurst OP
Aug ’20
I too am having the same problem, I am running the most recent IOS 14.0 update on my XS Max and have noticed a significant loss of battery life throughout the day. Also I have noticed my phone tends to radiate an excessive amount of heat when doing things on my phone that would usually not cause any amount of heat to come from my device - such as scrolling through social media or reading a book. I had an overheat warning from my device yesterday whilst reading a book, which made my device unusable until it had cooled down. Baring in mind I was sat indoors out of direct sunlight in a room that was maybe touching 18 Celsius. Just writing this comment my phone has started to produce heat and reduce the brightness.
theoobrighton OP
Aug ’20
Remove widgets from your Home Screen and your battery and heating issue should stop. It worked for me! Best of luck

  • Theo x
kaushaln OP
Sep ’20
Same issue with beta 6. Video calling specially facetime and pip mode overheats the phone and alows down the system to a crawl
Zzziad OP
Sep ’20
My iphone xr is heating like it never did before by normal use after ios14,what should I do?
IrtizaN OP
Sep ’20
Same “heating up” issue on my 11 Pro Max too. I’ve turned off widgets from all my screens, phone still heats up when I watch video or scroll for too long.

it’s happening with Facebook, YouTube and also applications rendering and updating maps like Grab and Google Maps.

Battery is dying quicker than the 1.5 day it ran before the update. I have same usage as before, perhaps forcing myself to scroll less.
Denisedal OP
Sep ’20
I’m having the same issue but I haven’t done anything to change my Home Screen. I’m averaging approximately 1% a minute of drain if I’m using my phone in any way. 10% an hour if it’s sitting idly with nothing running. Any fixes for this? I regret updating, which has never been the case before in my 8+ years of iPhones.
Ishthia OP
Sep ’20
Same issue as well. My 11 Pro Max is hot to touch when using and battery drains extra fast.
Before the upgrade with one single charge it will last one whole day of usage, after the "upgrade" a single charge only last till after lunch and a 2nd charge is need to last to end of the day.
Quite Frankly deeply disappoint with the upgrade.
IRDP OP
Sep ’20
On Iphone XR.

im getting the same issue. I dont have apps open. I leave the phone down for 2-4 minutes and then my battery life checks at 80 while not being used. Then my phone is forever overheating. Even when the phone is charging it’s still overheating
Armstrong73 OP
Sep ’20
Ever since downloading the IOS 14 update a couple days ago on my IPhone 11, my phone also gets hot to touch quickly and the battery drains at a drastically increased rate.
Cybertmt OP
Sep ’20

  • 20% battery per night on ios14. Usually it was 1-2% on ios13. 11pro. Battery usage shows screen always on. Phone doesn’t sleep.
Hero123 OP
Sep ’20
The problem occurs with me too. The device becomes very warm and reduce the brightness.
That the brightness is reduced is the biggest problem for me.
esycom88 OP
Sep ’20
Same issue here. Upgraded to IOS 14 yesterday and left it overnight for 6 hours and the battery dropped 15%. In previous version, it was just around 1-2% for the same period of time. My device is iPhone 11 pro max.
Cybertmt OP
Sep ’20
Fixed. On 14 reset to factory, restored from icloud. Updated to 14.0.1. No battery problem. 1% per night. Thx apple for fast fix.
KennChi OP
Sep ’20
My phone’s battery dropped 40% on a 36 minute call.
sd5zen OP
Sep ’20
same issue here, I have an iPhone 11, I upgraded to ios 14 on Saturday and was everthing is fine, but two days ago my iPhone started heat a lot and the battery was drain so fast. I checked the battery status and shows the health app is on 93% of usage but I don't use it. I check the storage and the health app was "11,02 PB". Not GB, but "PB"?!?!
Gimmeapaw12 OP
Sep ’20
Also experiencing same issues. Gets so hot it’s uncomfortable to hold. Battery charge is drastically different since installing update. I’ve put it on low battery mode, turned off location services and background app refresh on all apps, switched to lowest brightness setting, force quit all apps after each use. Despite these efforts, battery went from 100% charge at 8am to 40% charge at 6pm. My phone is under a year old. Functionality of phone has completely changed in a matter of hours after installing iOS 14. This is bait and switch. I shouldn’t have to sacrifice the normal functionality of my phone just to keep the charge for a 12 hour period.
ValerieD OP
Sep ’20
Has anyone found a solution to the excessive heat from the battery? I can’t even charge my phone because it gets so hot. I have to unplug it because it gets so hot and then it looses battery life... When I say hot I mean it’s all most unbeatable to hold it. I asked my son to hold my phone not even thinking and he asked me if I was trying to burn him on purpose!! Not a good thing when you work in healthcare and have to rely on your cell phone...
Mohamrd OP
Sep ’20
My battery performance being down from 97% to 93% immediately after installing ios 14.1
iamcharlie OP
Sep ’20
Ever since the update I had the same problems as well. Re-occurrence of overheating also resulting to slower app interface, battery life significantly decreased even though there's limited usage, and very significant decrease in charging speed. Before the update, it takes me just 2-3 hours to fully charge. But after the update, it took me 5-6 hours to fully charge.

Please help me with these issues. Hopefully this "bug" can be fixed ASAP.
kruegs1982 OP
Sep ’20
I'm having the same issue and now my Iphone won't even turn on. It won't charge. I'm taking it to Apple tomorrow but they mentioned a $100 charge. This is unacceptable. My phone was working perfectly fine before I updated it.
andreyguasin OP
Sep ’20
Im on my promax I have to charge 2 times a day now and have to place my phone on the aircon of my car at times now.. FIX this update please pissing everyone that I know. Im thinking of going back ti android if this continues.
StephenDeMuth OP
Sep ’20
Same here lost 40% in under an hour this morning and phone is VERY hot. FIX THIS APPLE!
GoldenApple9 OP
Oct ’20
Same here. I have no widgets and this thing heats up like no tomorrow.

I have not added new apps or downloaded anything since the upgrade.

very poor performance. Does Apple Unit testing only test with app free iPhone?
eAdnan007 OP
Oct ’20
Same here. I loose my charge within few hours, cannot charge past 80% and can barely even touch the phone for heat. I had to stop using back covers. This is still happening after 3-4 days of update. I tried doing a reset including content and that was no help either.

Currently I have to always keep my low power mode on to use the phone.
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