Does anyone else have an iPhone battery which continues to die quickly after WDW trip

[poohj80]

This may be completely coincidental, but ever since our WDW trip in May where I used the My Disney Experience app a LOT, my iPhone battery has continued to die quickly when it never did before. I have logged out of the MDE app thinking it may still be trying to update info in the background but that didn't help. I'm talking about an iPhone sitting on my desk not being used and having a completely dead battery by lunch time when the battery never used to drain even after a full day.

Just curious if this has happened to anyone else and, if so, does anyone have any suggestions?

Many thanks!
PJ

 

[MistyD]

That happened to me in 2012 pre-MDE and FP+. I would leave the resort with my battery at 100% and by noon it would be dead. I wasn't using it for pics, just occasionally texting my DH or sister if we splt up. It really made me mad! I can't even imagine trying to use MDE on that phone, I would have ended up throwing it in Bay Lake!

 

[poohj80]

I understood it happening while at WDW, but it's still happening now that I have returned home and am not checking wait times or looking up FP+ all day when it never happened before our trip.

 

[wdwfan1]

We go fairly often (averaging 3 times a year)and I have not had any problems at all. Sorry you had so many problems.

 

[erionm]

Have you force closed all running apps?

 

[poohj80]

We go fairly often (averaging 3 times a year)and I have not had any problems at all. Sorry you had so many problems.

Thanks, so do we and this is the first time it has been an issue but this was also the first full Magic Band/MDE/FP+ trip as well.

Have you force closed all running apps?

Yes I have and am running out of ideas.

 

[southcarolinagirl]

Try to master reset and restore from iTunes or I cloud.

 

[sharksfinatic17]

I haven't gone yet, but since loading the app (or the update?) my battery is going down quickly. Since we aren't going for three weeks, I turned off the location part of the app to see if that helps.

 

[poohj80]

I haven't gone yet, but since loading the app (or the update?) my battery is going down quickly. Since we aren't going for three weeks, I turned off the location part of the app to see if that helps.

I'll give that a shot. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[jtowntoflorida]

I understood it happening while at WDW, but it's still happening now that I have returned home and am not checking wait times or looking up FP+ all day when it never happened before our trip.

I'd guess it's still running in the background. I was having similar issues with my phone, and I discovered that MDE was running in the background, even though I hadn't used it in months (and had shut down and restarted the phone several times). So I uninstalled the app. I don't need it unless I'm actually at Disney anyway. If I want to obsess over wait times, I just do that via easywdw.com's wait times page.
http://www.easywdw.com/waits/

 

[IamJBo]

Might want to check your settings as well..

Such as automatic updates, bluetooth, wi-fi, etc.

I would notice my battery drained on some days because I had set to them to automatically update (in this case all of them.)

 

[JRawkSteady]

I don't think it has anything to do with WDW... But the degradation of the IPhone battery is pretty common. It's too bad you can't just replace it like with other phones

 

[gofordrew]

It could just be a coincidence maybe? How long have you had the phone? I've had my Iphone 4S about a year and a half and the battery is no where near what it used to be. Do you have an Apple store anywhere near you they can do a diagnostics test on it?

 

[poohj80]

Might want to check your settings as well..

Such as automatic updates, bluetooth, wi-fi, etc.

I would notice my battery drained on some days because I had set to them to automatically update (in this case all of them.)

Thanks, did that but nothing has changed recently to cause such a dramatic change in battery life.

It could just be a coincidence maybe? How long have you had the phone? I've had my Iphone 4S about a year and a half and the battery is no where near what it used to be. Do you have an Apple store anywhere near you they can do a diagnostics test on it?

Thought it was probably a coincidence but figured I'd ask the expert DIS nation. Didn't know the Apple store could run a diagnostic so will give that a shot. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[Starwind]

Is location services/GPS running ? This is a serious battery drain.

Shutting down bluetooth and wi-fi if they are not needed helps too.

Also, make sure all apps are actually turned off.

-SW

 

[Polydweller]

Have you done a restart or a hard restart. For a restart hold the power button until it gives you the shut down message. For a hard restart, hold the power button and the home button for at least 10 seconds until the screen goes black. Then hold the power button until it starts to reboot (Apple logo shows).

Basically any app that shuts down unexpectedly can cause system database issues that can cause any number of problems. Usually a restart fixes it but very occasionally a hard restart is required. If anything doesn't work on an iOS device try the restart fix.

 

[Figment Mom]

There are apps that will diagnose what is draining your battery.

My Galaxy has something similar in settings so I'd imagine the iphone does, too. Might be worth trying.

 

[Lynne M]

I don't think it has anything to do with WDW... But the degradation of the IPhone battery is pretty common. It's too bad you can't just replace it like with other phones

It's generally not the battery itself. it's usually poorly-written apps that don't release location services or make excessive server queries. For example, the FB app was notorious for sucking iPhone batteries dry, I finally removed it. Don't know if they ever fixed it.

OP, try turning off Location Services in your settings, that'll break the connection for any apps that have glommed onto your GPS. That's helped me in a similar situation. Before you put it back on, go through the list of apps that are allowed to access location services and turn off any that you really don't need to have that access. I would guess MDE is on that list. If you're not at WDW, MDE doesn't need to know your location.

Once you've got that sorted out, reboot the phone (completely power it off, then back on) and turn on Location Services again.

 

[mom2rtk]

I blame FP+.



Seriously OP, sounds very frustrating. I hope you figure it out. How old is your phone?

I do have this vision in my head of your phone in your hand on the way out of the park with smoke pouring from every corner, begging for mercy.

 

[mickey1968]

Is location services/GPS running ? This is a serious battery drain.

Shutting down bluetooth and wi-fi if they are not needed helps too.

Also, make sure all apps are actually turned off.

-SW

This is what I was going to suggest. Every time I find my iPhone battery running down really quickly it is the location services. The WDW app and a lot of others use the location services to show you options "near you." A lot of shopping apps and the Google maps functions use this.

Go under settings then under privacy and turn off location services.