iPhone 16 Pro Battery Draining Quickly

The worst battery time I faced even my iphone xs on 76% battery health giving better battery time than my iphone 16 pro. What are you guys doing? The shity battery timing make the worth of the phone as nothing but ****.

Update 2: My battery life has improved significantly on the 3rd day. Only charging it overnight (with nightstand on). It’s 11 am here and my battery level is 93%. Ending my participation here in the thread and all the best to you all. Keep it charging all night.

TroyTroyK wrote:

How does factory resetting your MacBook fix your battery issue with your iPhone? Or did I misread this?

It is not Factory Resetting the MacBook, it is using the MacBook to Factory Reset the iPhone. Restoring iOS from a computer is a different process than resetting through Settings on the iPhone. The computer can perform a Clean Install of iOS on the device.

Honestly the iphone 16 has a battery issue, i will return mine soon and take the iphone 15, i used to change my iphone once it reaches 80% of battery health…i followed all instructions but still the same issues…

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Here are the steps provided by Apple to reset your iPhone using a computer. Should be fine restoring from a backup as you are really just interested in getting the OS installed again. Definitely make sure you have a backup, as the phone will be wiped clean. No doubt some apps are notorious for battery drain, such as Meta apps, but restoring the OS may help as it did with TAS22.

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Hello,

I'm writing here with the hope to finally find answers and solutions to my problem...

I had an iPhone 13 with great battery life and after changing my carrier and switching to a 5G contract, battery life was getting worse. I thought maybe it couldn't handle the new 5G technology and then switched to an iPhone 15 Pro. I had a terrible experience, the phone was always getting so warm, the battery was absolutely draining and it didn't get through the day. I had contact to Apple Support, they did diagnosis but said everything looked fine and I should turn off all the features like background app refresh, location services and AOD. Nothing of that really helped. Then I switched to another 15 Pro thinking it maybe was a faulty battery. But bam, same symptoms and I hadn't made any progress regarding the problem. I even reset it via my MacBook and set it up without any backup, costed me much time and the problem was still there. I thought maybe there were some problem with the 15 Pro line so I sold it and went for a 14 Pro and setting up from the 15 Pro backup because I had no nerves to freshly set it up again. And again, all the same problems still existed.... I went for that for a few months and now switched to a 16 Pro and set it up freshly without a backup thinking that can't happen again. And now having this brand new device for 10 days, it's still not giving me the battery life which was advertised...

Here are a few observations:

• I now had 4 different phones in the last time and it can't be a hardware defective battery. It has to be something software related
• when charging, the phones often got really warm without it being used
• the animations, swiping on homescreen or through lockscreen, swiping out of apps or activating the dynamic island music widget when swiping out of playing music app is really laggy and stuttery and not like when I tried out a an iPhone 16 Pro on display in the store
• when looking at my battery consumption graph, "home & lockscreen" is consuming a massive amount of battery. I compared to my family's and friend's phones and its proportion is about 2% when mine is about 18%. It could have something to do with the laggy animations on home & lockscreen. Maybe something in the background is slowing everything down and consuming energy.
• on all phones, camera is eating battery really fast. Like taking 1-2 24MP pictures, it immediately dropped 1%.
• while being on cellular data outside, the drain is even more apparent. And since I'm away for working, the battery on my commute does not hold up well.
• I think for standard tasks it's taking much more energy and resources than needed, which results in a heavy battery drainage
• generally the consumption does not correspond to my usage, meaning that after ~ 4h SOT the battery is down to 20%
• And for example, if I put it in my pocket while waiting at a traffic light, and then take it out after crossing the street, I sometimes notice a 1-2% drop without any significant activity.
• the problem is chasing me over iOS 17 and 18 as well as different (some of them reset and freshly set up) Pro models flagship iPhones. I just don't have the time and money to buy new phones or setting them freshly up when the majority of users can enjoy their perfectly working phone.
• Since I did the test and set a 15 Pro as well as a 16 Pro freshly new up, it either has to do something with the software, the data like Notes, Reminders, Photos I downloaded over iCloud or the SIM which has been in all phones? I even switched to a new phone number thinking it was related to it but no really improvement. Could it be the carrier providing bad quality physical or eSim resulting in the poor battery life on cellular data?

So I really need help from an expert ASAP, I have done literally everything possible you can think of and Apple Support wasn't really helpful.

I appreciate any kind of help that contributes to solving my problem.

16 Pro:

23 min of home & lockscreen is taking more energy than 32 minutes of Instagram, this is absolutely ridiculous and normally home & lockscreen is a component which has a very low proportion of battery consumption.

14 Pro:

15 Pro:

It might be the 3 main reason of iPhone battery drain:

1. Hardware issue - resolved by changing the phone.
2. iOS software issue - fixed by manipulations with the phone.
3. Corrupted file / app issue - fixed by deleting the files / apps and resetting the system.

Log of the fixing iPhone battery drain issue (if previous doesn’t help try the next):

1. Restart phone.
2. Soft reset phone.
3. Change different settings:

• Always On Display
• Background apps activity
• cellular settings
• Siri settings
• etc (a lot of video and articles)

4.Update iOS.

5.Reset phone and restore from iCloud.

6.Reset phone and set from scratch.

7.Reset phone with MacBook/PC.

8.Update iPhone firmware.

After each measure take time (couple of days / weeks) and observe phone behaviour.

If all of this doesn’t help - change the system (iPhone to Android “).

If it’s too doesn’t help - throw smartphone, use dumb phone and be happy ))

eknoor68 wrote:

Sir, I have been using iPhone 16 pro from last 18 days and the battery backup is not that much . And sir everybody have bought phone for some purpose and work if my work is on Instagram then how can I delete it . I again tell that this is not problem with instgram sir if Instagram is responsible then all the iPhones have this problem but few of iPhone is facing this battery draining problem sir I am again requesting you to kindly provide us contact no so that we can contact with customer regarding this big issue cuz everyone have spend a lot of money on these iPhone and no one is expecting this kind of service from a company who is world wide no 1 kindly resolve our problem not blaming others sir problem is with iPhone not with Instagram I am telling this and if there is no other way then I can do it but atleast find another way sir

• I did provide the contact number for you.
• I also provided a link to show you that it is not specific to your iPhone 16 and also a problem on Android phones as well.
• It is up to the developer of an app to provide updates for any bugs, Apple cannot do that.
• Apple does its part by showing you exactly what apps are the problem and you can see that very clearly.
• The test to delete and compare results is simple and you can always download the app again. It's almost like you do not want to know where the problem is coming from.
• After you are able to confirm your battery improves when the apps are removed, then you have the choice of determining how you want to proceed. If the app is essential and the developer refuses to offer any changes to ease the battery drain, they you will have to live with it. Contacting the developer should be done immediately, and it may take a backlash by users before you will see a change. They are perfectly happy using your battery to gather the information about your activities so they can sell it to advertisers as long as you continue to use their service.

i have been having my 11 Pro for about 4 weeks now. Battery drains so quick. for 2 days I only have about 4.5 hours screen on :(.

I dont know which phone to get if I am returning my 16 Pro

Absolutely.. When will apple come out with an update.. It’s frustrating.. My apple 13 after 3 years had better battery backup than a brand new iphone 16 pro.

I listened it a podcast for an hour or so in the morning, checked and replied to emails and texts throughout the day, and had a phone call. Typical use for me and I think about the same as my iPhone 13 when I traded it in.

sheetalgaurang wrote:

Please try and lodge a complaint.Ask for email address where you can write to. If they refuse please come back to forum. This is a genuine problem and Apple got it wrong. I am hopeful- it will be fixed.

There is not email address for assistance. You can:

• Send Feedback - Product Feedback - Apple
• Contact Apple by phone or start online support request - Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support
• Schedule Genius appointment - Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

If you have a computer, reset the device with that and set it up as new and compare the results. That is what Apple will do when you take it in for service.

197_b wrote:

I had the same issue with my 16 pro max. It would drain to 30% within a few hours of screen time. I tried this fix via my Mac and now the battery is working well. I charged my phone 6 hours ago and after intense use of social media apps, It still has 85% left. Thanks for this mate!

Thanks for the update. That has been found to resolve the issue. For those without a Mac to reset the phone, it can also be done at the Apple Store or using a friend's computer. This will also be the first thing that is done when requesting support. Enjoy your phone and the impressive battery performance.