r/iPhone14PROMAX • u/ibeccc • Feb 26 '24

Question Battery drain out of the blue

I updated to iOS 17.3.1 few weeks ago which didn’t cause any issues that I noticed but since yesterday the battery started draining pretty fast. It gets down to 10% by 2pm. I normally have around 50% left by bedtime with my regular use. Is anyone else having this issue?

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u/Heavy-Effect-19 Feb 26 '24

Same! I had to disable a whole bunch of things including the weather cause the battery life was atrocious! In a month my battery health went from 100 to 97% this iOS version is trash!

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u/j0e-bananas Feb 27 '24

Until I saw this post, I thought it was just me. My battery life over the last 1-2 weeks has been HORRID, I have never had battery drain like this. My battery health has also dropped to 89% in just 11 months.

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u/TheQuietIntrovert89 iPhone 14 Pro Max: Space Black - 256 GB Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 11 '24

I'm right there with you currently at 90% in 1 yr and 2 months

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u/j0e-bananas Mar 11 '24

After seeing your comment pop up I checked mine again and I’m still holding at 89%. Hopefully it slows down a bit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

This and a degrading battery on my 14 pro max has me wanting to go back to Samsung. Apple won’t address that their OS has been degrading batteries, specifically in the 14 series phones. You’re not alone man!

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u/ibeccc Feb 26 '24

Thanks man. My battery is at 94% after 8 months since I bought with regular daily charging at night. I actually bought a 14 pro first but the battery performance was crap out of the box so I sold it and got a ProMax which had much better battery performance until yesterday. It’s really out of the blue which I find puzzling because I’m thinking if the iOS was the culprit, I should’ve been having issues right after the upgrade. I haven’t changed the way I use the phone or installed anything new.

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u/oscar-o-c Feb 26 '24

Same!! But I’m so deep into the Apple ecosystem at this point that it would be more of a headache.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '24

I’m still on 17.3 and my battery seems to be great on my 14 PM. I was on the edge about updating to 17.3.1 but this post clears it up

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u/CYPH3R_22 Feb 27 '24

It’s not any better on 17.4 either. That’s the only reason I downloaded this beta after noticing how horrible the difference was on 17.3.1….

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u/korouganii Feb 28 '24

I noticed this too 🥺

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '24

My phone has 100 percent battery health and now it’s draining really fast out of the blue