iPhone SE (2022) iPhone SE 2022 suddenly nose-dived in terms of battery life!

[Keukasmallie]

Bought the iPhone SE in February, 2023, battery life seemed fine for about four months. Suddenly the battery would only last eight hours from 100% to 30% with NO phone calls, NO great texting, little actual use at all. I've followed the advice of YouTubers regarding how to improve battery life by changing settings, and checked Battery in System Settings, found apps that were using more battery time and deleted them...all to no avail.

Suggestions, please!

 

[Nermal]

Something that seems to have worked for me in the past is that once it goes "into the red", double-click Home and manually close every app. Once you've done that, shut down the phone. Next, plug it into the charger (it'll automatically turn back on) and let it charge uninterrupted all the way back up to 100%.

 

[Keukasmallie]

Nermal, thanks for the reply and the suggestion. I'm happily running my battery to red, which should take another hour or two from the 100% at 5:30 this AM. Then I'll follow your directions and hope for the best.

Thanks!!

 

[Keukasmallie]

Nermal, followed the procedure: At 2:23 this PM iPhone was taken off charger at 100%; at 9:22 PM it was in the red at 20%. No joy. I think I'll try to get a Genius bar app't when I get home, I believe my battery is bad.

 

[Keukasmallie]

WHOA! Apple sent out ios16.6 last evening. Today, my iPhone SE that was bleeding battery power will hardly move off 100%!! Not sure if 16.6 is the cure, but something good happened. From 7:00 AM when I unplugged my phone to the present time (5:27 PM) my phone battery %age has gone from 100% to 98%.

Whoooot!