iPhone 16: Battery problems reported under iOS 18
According to individual user reports, the iPhones launched at the end of September can lose battery power (too) quickly under iOS 18. Does iOS 18.1 help?
An iPhone 16: trouble with iOS 18?
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Following reports of crashes and random restarts on the iPhone 16, there are now also complaints about possible problems with the battery performance of the new Apple smartphones released in September. The reduction often occurs in stand-by mode, i.e. when the iPhone is not being used. However, it is still unclear whether this is simply an iOS 18 problem, as there are also reports about older models. The update to iOS 18.0.1, which Apple released at the beginning of October, apparently does not provide a remedy.
Beta of iOS 18.1 gives hope
Most of the reports come from new buyers, for example on Reddit or in a now 22-page thread in Apple's official support forum. One user writes that he has lost 20 percent battery power over three hours in idle mode, while others speak of a halving halfway through the day. Battery losses of between 10 and 20 percent occur overnight. Some users report losing one percent of battery power every five minutes.
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Some have said that the public beta of iOS 18.1 can help. Otherwise, you can try the usual tricks: Activate battery saving mode, switch off background activities, reduce the number of widgets. It is also important to know that new devices that have just been backed up from an old device always need several days to run through all important system processes (including Spotlight search). This means that the battery is heavily charged in the first few days after the setup, but usage then returns to normal. However, this should be completed after a week at the latest.
Operating system not yet perfect
iOS 18 is also still causing difficulties in other areas. For example, the App Store application regularly takes up the entire available bandwidth of the device when updating apps and thus slows down other programs from –, a behavior that did not exist before. As mentioned, there have recently been reports of spontaneous resets and freezes on iPhone 16 & Co. Here too, there are apparently no differences between iOS 18 and 18.0.1.
Setting up the device as a new one seems to be able to eliminate the problem, but this is not an option for many users due to the high effort involved. Otherwise, this is also a tip for an excessive battery load, as an (almost) empty device naturally draws less power.
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