7 Surprising Reasons Your iPhone Loses Charge Fast And How To Fix It

You’ve Recently Updated iOS

Sometimes updating your iOS can lead to battery drainage, but don’t worry: Apple says this is temporary when it happens and will resolve itself. It’s certainly not a reason to skip updates, which are important.

You’re Updating Your Apps

Updating your apps is also important — failing to do so can make your phone more susceptible to bugs. But while your apps are updating, your phone’s battery can take a toll. A good solution is to update apps when your phone is charging or has been charged so that you don’t leave yourself in need of a charger.

You’re Overtaxing Your Phone

If you’re running several resource-intensive apps at once, such as those that require GPS or Bluetooth, you could be asking your phone to do too much at once time. As a result, it may lose battery power faster. Try cutting down on the tasks you require of it at one time.

Push Notifications Are On

Push Notifications is a setting that alerts you every time an app updates. Is is truly necessary for you to stay connected to all apps all of the time? If your answer to this is “no way,” go to Settings > Notifications and turn off notifications for all of the apps that you want.

Location Services is Turned On

Unlike Push Notifications and Background App Refresh, you will need Location Services to be turned on sometimes if you use GPS or apps like your Weather app. But that doesn’t mean you need them turned on all of the time for every single app — doing so is a real drain on your battery. Take back control over this setting by heading to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services. Decide which apps, If any, get access to your location all of the time, and which can be turned off or set to “While using the app.”