14 DAY TRIAL // iOS 11.4 was without a doubt a welcome update a couple of weeks ago when it received the green light, but despite bringing new features, it looks like it also causes battery issues on a number of iPhone models.
While Apple has remained completely tight-lipped on this glitch, because this is pretty much the thing that the company does nearly every time a problem in its products is discovered, hundreds of customers are complaining of major battery drain after updating devices.
A post reporting iPhone battery problems after updating on Apple’s own forums has nearly 850 “I have this question too” votes, which means that there’s a chance this could be a widespread issue hitting a significant number of devices.
No magic workaround
No pattern has been discovered so far and a workaround does not exist. Users are complaining that their iPhones now last half the time they did before the update.
“I have the same issue with my 6S+. It was fine before the update. And my battery health is at 90% yet I just watched my battery % drop from 50% to 20% in a matter of minutes while not using it. I’ve looked through all the settings and can’t see anything I’ve previously had turned off turn back on with this new update in regards to saving battery life,” one user explains.
“My iphone 6s has the same issue after updated to ios 11.4. I charged it up to 100%, rebooted it then let it stand by for 4 hours, the battery indicator dropped to 40%. It has been 3 days since I updated to ios 11.4 and this issue happened every day,” another one added.
With no official solution available, users have turned to all kinds of workarounds, but none of them seems to be making a difference on all devices. For what it’s worth, downgrading is no longer possible either, as Apple has recently stopped signing 11.3.1, which means that if you’ve already updated your iPhone, you have no other way to go. All iPhone models are said to be affected, including the 2017 generation.