How to fix battery draining problem with iOS 10 on iPhone

Battery issue is always a popular talk with every phone user. Since the new iPhone update released the  iOS 10 and introduced a ton of great features, the new iPhone update also has problems. So if you’re having this problem with iOS 10, here are tips to fix battery life problems in iOS 10. Also quite likely that Apple will address iOS 10 problems like battery drain in the subsequent updates, so keep your eyes open for software updates that can help moving forward as well.

Turn off raise to wake on iPhone

If you have an iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, or iPhone 7 you also have Raise to Wake turned on by default with iOS 10. This might be part of your problem, especially if you pick up your iPhone a lot or walk with it swinging in your hand. That iPhone screen constantly turning on will definitely drain your battery unsuspectingly. To turn off Raise to Wake on iPhone here follow the simple steps

• Open Settings.
• Tap Display & Brightness.
• Find Raise to Wake and toggle it off.

Update all the Apps available to update

There’s a beta version of iOS for developers—so that they can prepare and optimize their apps for the latest and greatest operating system. If you don’t automatically update your apps on iPhone, taking the time to update all the available apps could seriously help with battery drain. This is due to the fact that developers are releasing the latest versions of their apps that are prepared to work with iOS 10. To update your apps follow the steps below

• Open the App Store.
• Tap Updates at the bottom right of the screen.
• Tap Update All in the upper right corner.

Reduce the number of widgets on lock screen in iOS 10

With the redesigned widgets for Lock screen will allow you to quickly view information that’s important to you from Lock screen such as the weather, your calendar events for the day, Activity progress, and much more. But all those widgets take power to keep up to date. If your battery is dying too quickly, consider getting rid of any widgets you don’t need. To access the widget screen from Lock screen, swipe right from the main lock screen. To remove widgets follow the simple steps

• Scroll to the bottom of the widgets page; tap Edit.
• You’ll need to unlock your phone to make changes.
• Here you can add or remove widgets.
• To remove widgets, tap the red circle next to a widget name.
• This will reveal a Delete button; tap Delete.
• Then tap Done.

Restart your iPhone

If you ever have any issue with a device, Apple made or otherwise, a simple restart almost always helps. Restarting your iPhone probably won’t fix the issue of battery drain with iOS 10 completely, but it’s likely to give it a bit of a boost. To restart your iPhone do the following

• Hold down the Sleep/Wake button until Slide to Power Off appears on screen.
• Slide to power off the iPhone.
• Once off, hold the Sleep/Wake button to power it back on.

Turn off background App refresh

Background App Refresh refreshes your apps in the background, which is to say your apps continue to update even when you’re not using them. This is intended to save you loading times when opening up apps as the latest information should be ready and waiting since it refreshed in the background. But allowing all your open apps to continually update and refresh in the background is a sure-fire way to drain your iPhone battery. To turn off Background App Refresh do the simple steps as below

• Open Settings.
• Tap General.
• Select Background App Refresh.
• Toggle off Background App Refresh.

Location services keep on when using the App

Lots of different apps want to know and use your location for various reasons, but most of them don’t need to track your location when you aren’t using the app. Yet some apps have the option to always know your location, regardless of whether you’re currently using it or not. Now you might want to leave it that way for, say, a navigation app. But most apps don’t need Location Services on all the time. You can easily go through your apps and choose whether they can use your location Always, Only While Using the App, or Never. If the app never needs your location, feel free to select that. For most apps, it makes the most sense to allow Location Services only while using the app; to do this:

• Open Settings.
• Tap Privacy.
• Tap Location Services.
• Select individual apps to choose when Location Services can be used.
• If the app never needs to know your location to be fully functional, go ahead and select Never.

Leave iPhone facing down

When your iPhone is facing up, the screen illuminates whenever you receive a notification. Also if you receive a lot of notifications, they could easily be part of your battery problem. Especially since notifications in iOS 10 are rich, meaning you can see conversations, images, and more directly from Lock screen. Doing so might mean you’re actually on your iPhone more by virtue of being able to do so much without unlocking the device. Stop yourself from being tempted to reply each time a notification appears by leaving your iPhone face down on your desk or side table. Doing this will preserve battery life since your iPhone won’t light up when you receive a notification.

Turn on Low Power Mode

Low Power Mode is an iPhone life saver. To turn on Low Power Mode you can simply activate Siri by holding the Home button and saying, “Siri, turn on Low Power Mode.” Alternatively, you can turn Low Power Mode on in Settings manually.

• Open Settings.
• Tap Battery.
• Toggle Low Power Mode on.

Turn on reduce motion

While the new, flashy features of the Messages app might be fun, they’re sure to cut into the amount of time your iPhone can stay alive. Beyond the Messages app, the iPhone has animations for everything. Simply switching from an app to Home screen has its own animation—they’re everywhere on iPhone. Each animation may not use much battery life but the little bit each transition uses adds up quickly. To turn on Reduce Motion:

• Open Settings.
• Tap General.
• Select Accessibility.
• Tap Reduce Motion.
• Toggle on Reduce Motion.

Downgrade to iOS 9.3.5

If you make all these changes and it isn’t enough to make your battery life last, you can think of downgrading to iOS 9.3.5. Keep in mind that Apple will likely fix quite a few issues with subsequent updates. However, if you’ve had it with iOS 10, downgrading is a great option to have.

Certainly the above methods will help you somewhat in bad battery problem with your iOS 10 mobile device.