Apple iOS 11.2.1 Is Causing Serious Problems

[respiration]

I upgraded to iOS 11.2.1 last night, now my iPad battery is draining like crazy. Damn it, I should have googled first.

*A word to the wise, iPhone and iPad owners don't upgrade to iOS 11.2.1. It's been causing battery drain issues across multiple devices.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordon...tooth-wifi-crashes-apps-carplay/#14d870a11f4b

Gordon Kelly , CONTRIBUTOR

Welcome to the saga Apple cannot (or will not?) fix. After early signs of hope, five days later a flurry of familiar negative feedback has hit Apple iOS 11.2.1…

Terrible battery life is again front and centre for iPhone and iPad owners after upgrading to iOS 11.2.1 with some devices lasting just minutes in a full charge. It’s a mess and the sooner Apple gets off this iOS 11 rush-and-release strategy the better.

Gordon Kelly
Apple iOS 11.2.1

Here are just a few examples of the problems users are posting on the social media and Apple’s official Support Communities forum:

“When the device is in idle with display off, there is no battery drain and as soon as you turn the display on and unlock the device without running any applications not even in background the battery percentage decreases 5% in less than 2 minutes this continues till the phone is dead with 0% battery within an hour.” - source





“@AppleSupport Seven Hells iOS 11.2.1 is HORRID on my battery. Worse than 11.1. WTAF? I have a 6S with a replaced battery a year ago that was going from 50% - 0% in 5min. I'm a true iKoolaid drinker - but please fix this!” - source

“just upgraded my 6S Plus to iOS 11.2.1 and got the worst ever battery performance: within 30 minutes, from 70% down to 10%” - source


“Ios 11.2.1 is really Bad.... It drains my battery a lot.... in minutes if I fully charge [my] phone it drops to 50%” - source

“@AppleSupport, better fix the battery life in the ios 11.2.1 !! , it's draining as I type. using an iPhone 6s Plus” - source

“@AppleSupport After updating 11.2.1 battery is draining much faster. Any suggestions? iPhone 7 128 GB” - source

“Dear @apple @AppleSupport. Please stop making new iOS that drains the battery life. My iPhone 6s battery is becoming a challenge again with 11.2.1” - source

“I want to downgrade my IOS from 11.2.1 to ios 10 please help @AppleSupport After ios 11 battery has started to drain at lightening speed.” - source

“@AppleSupport iOS 11.2.1 has gotten so much worst with battery life on my iPhone 6S” - source

“So, I updated my iPad Pro to IOS 11.2.1 and the battery drains in minutes. Anyone else? @AppleSupport” - source

“This new iOS killed my battery, not only of the iPhone but all my Apple things too” - source

“@AppleSupport iOS 11.2.1…damn! Terrible battery life on #iPhone6S . Any normal usage drains battery by 5-10% at a time. I’ve had to charge my phone several times today. #Help #fail #battery #Apple” - source

“@AppleSupport Upgraded to 11.2.1 on my iPhone 6s and battery life is abhorrent. Today alone it’s down 30% in two hours. No issues prior to the update from 11.1.1. Please fix !” - source

While battery life problems continue to be by far the number one issue with iOS 11.2.1 (and iOS 11 in general), there are multiple additional problems including repeated restarts, CarPlay dropouts, disconnected WiFi and multitasking errors.

One iPhone 7 owner tweeted me a video on the latter issue showing a glitch which blacks out all the app cards in the multitasking view. He enquired: “Maybe 11.2.2 coming soon?”, one look at Apple’s rate of iOS 11 releases and I’d suggest that’s inevitable.

The bigger question, however, remains battery life. Given how long these battery issues have persisted for so many, I wonder whether this is something Apple can eventually address or whether it will degenerate into the iOS 10 farce where users were simply told they needed new iPhone batteries. Some iPhone users managed to get free replacements, others did not.

Either way something has to give soon…

 

[saundman]

IMO: It's the downloading of all the APP updates after you do the IOS update that is draining the batteries and DATA.

So many IOS updates have been released lately in the last month.

Its like they are trying to stop something from happening.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

I remember when conceited rapped about apple being free of viruses.

 

[respiration]

IMO: It's the downloading of all the APP updates after you do the IOS update that is draining the batteries and DATA.

So many IOS updates have been released lately in the last month.

Its like they are trying to stop something from happening.

I hope that's the case.

What do you think they might be trying to stop from happening?

 

[smz]

IMO: It's the downloading of all the APP updates after you do the IOS update that is draining the batteries and DATA.

So many IOS updates have been released lately in the last month.

Its like they are trying to stop something from happening.

It doesnt do that automatically. That actually why some apps dont work after an IOS update as you have to manually download a compatible update of the app. The only way is will download all the apps is (1) if you have app updates set to to automatic in settings, but most people dont and leave it to its default of manual or (2) if you put the ios on a new device, then it will download all the apps you previously had on other ios devices to your new one when you restore from back up.


Anyway, on a related note, I got the new iPhone X the other week and was pissed. It installed with iOS 11.1 i believe (or maybe 11.2.0), a few hours after installing the fucking phone kept restarting. It wouldnt stop doing this, it just went in a cycle of rebooting every 15seconds. I was like WTF??? It was fresh out the box too.

Anyway done some googling and turns out theres a "Dec 2nd" bug where when it turned dec 2nd, all (or most) iphones running that ios kept rebooting!!! And it wouldnt even stay on long enough for me to try do update again or try any of the suggested fixes. Turned out the only way to fix it was as soon as it turned on quickly go into settings and set it to a date BEFORE Dec 2nd. That stopped the reboot cycles, then I had to download 11.2.1 which ultimately fixed it.

I cant believe apple are fucking up like this, what with this Dec 2nd bug, the 11.2.1 battery drain issues (I dont have that issue though) and then the stupidest of all, the "I" character issue.

It's a severe lack of quality control on there part and seems like a rush job.

 

[respiration]

It doesnt do that automatically. That actually why some apps dont work after an IOS update as you have to manually download a compatible update of the app. The only way is will download all the apps is (1) if you have app updates set to to automatic in settings, but most people dont and leave it to its default of manual or (2) if you put the ios on a new device, then it will download all the apps you previously had on other ios devices to your new one when you restore from back up.


Anyway, on a related note, I got the new iPhone X the other week and was pissed. It installed with iOS 11.1 i believe (or maybe 11.2.0), a few hours after installing the fucking phone kept restarting. It wouldnt stop doing this, it just went in a cycle of rebooting every 15seconds. I was like WTF??? It was fresh out the box too.

Anyway done some googling and turns out theres a "Dec 2nd" where when it turned dec 2nd, all (or most) iphones running that ios kept rebooting!!! And it wouldnt even stay on long enough for me to try do update again or try any of the suggested fixes. Turned out the only way to fix it was as soon as it turned on quickly go into settings and set it to a date BEFORE Dec 2nd. That stopped the reboot cycles, then I had to download 11.2.1 which ultimately fixed it.

I cant believe apple are fucking up like this, what with this Dec 2nd bug, the 11.2.1 battery drain issues (I dont have that issue though) and then the stupidest of all, the "I" character issue.

It's a sever lack of quality control on there part and seems like a rush job.

Damn. Yeah this is not cool. They're slipping.

 

[pookie]

I still have my IPhone 7 Plus, was supposed to send it back when I upgraded to Note 8, and I updated to that IOS 11.2.1 and the battery does drain like crazy. I've been checking it, when I go to work it will be at 35% or something and when I get back home at pick it up it is dead. So the battery is draining like that just sitting at my house not even being used

 

[respiration]

I still have my IPhone 7 Plus, was supposed to send it back when I upgraded to Note 8, and I updated to that IOS 11.2.1 and the battery does drain like crazy. I've been checking it, when I go to work it will be at 35% or something and when I get back home at pick it up it is dead. So the battery is draining like that just sitting at my house not even being used

The shit is maddening, man. I use my iPad for a gang of stuff. Apple needs to rectify this like yesterday.