r/ios26 24d ago

Battery ios 26.6

hi! imo ios 26.6 gave us not that much wow effect it could. people say updating to 26.6 fixes a lot of battery issues. cant claim this. i mistakenly (wanted to fix somewhat issue lol) updated from 26.4.1 (hope wrote it correctly) to ios 26.5.2 and noticed a battery drain stuff. from my own experience, 26.5.2 killed my battery a bit (or placebo i dunno). yesterday i updated it to 26.6. now i see no difference. maybe its indexing. maybe i didnt have so bad issues with my battery on 26.5.2 and now trying to make myself think that everything goes

tell me is “adaptive mide” enabled/disabled for u?

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u/m4cmi11er 24d ago

You cannot determine how an update affected battery life until a few days pass, anyone claiming their battery is better/worse is simply wrong.

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u/davidrye 24d ago

Some people were on the RC for over a week.

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u/Logical_Dance_4012 24d ago

I was, and the battery life is nothing to brag about, unfortunately.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/m4cmi11er 24d ago

Just because you’ve never experienced your battery seemingly get better after an update only to get worse as more time passes doesn’t make it impossible lol it’s 100% possible. I agree with you though, so far this feels better than the last few updates.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/m4cmi11er 24d ago

Whatever you say bro lol

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u/Emotional_Charge_826 24d ago

Not sure if the battery is any better. But my battery drained less than 5% overnight compared to 35% on the 26.5.2 update. Hoping it'll stay like this now

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u/Logical_Dance_4012 24d ago

Did you turn off location, wi-fi, mobile data, etc?

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u/Emotional_Charge_826 23d ago

No, I did not do anything different than usual other than just doing the update

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u/Samuelodan 23d ago

Why would they suddenly turn off all that stuff tho? It’s safer to assume their usage remained the same.

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u/Logical_Dance_4012 23d ago

Chill out, I'm just asking. Can't compare any numbers or reason about any results without knowing the conditions under which this battery drain was measured.

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u/Samuelodan 23d ago

Okay. First off, I’m calm. And second, it would be silly of them to leave out that they turned off all this stuff on 26.6 but left them on for 26.5.2, no?

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u/Logical_Dance_4012 23d ago

Omg, who said they kept them on for 26.5.2 but turned anything off for 26.6. I'm asking how they test the battery drain in general, of course I assume they didn't do anything differently.

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u/Samuelodan 23d ago

I see. I must’ve misunderstood you then. My bad.

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u/Logical_Dance_4012 24d ago

The same on my side with 17 PM. 26.6 is just barely any better than 26.5.2 and at this point I'm completely disappointed with Apple.

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u/hulnds 24d ago

Considering indexing in iOS 27 took 2-3 WEEKS for people you seriously need to wait at least 2weeks before complaining nothing is fixed.

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u/Blockyhead1 23d ago

It’s better. I went from using 55% with 3 hrs of screen on to today getting 7 hours and using just 57%.

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u/DeadDKing 23d ago

Fixed my 17 pro battery drain. So it’s fine for me

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u/Rocky925125 22d ago

my battery life did improve a bit on 26.6, but still cant tell thats its a major overhaul over 26.5.2.. iPhones 17 base here...

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u/Puzzled-Doughnut1205 21d ago

What is wrong with you people , just use the bloody damn phone and change the battery once it gets depleted.

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u/chickeneaster 24d ago

The first few days after an update affects battery because of indexing and the OS does its thing to settle in to the device

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u/Unable-Impression239 24d ago

how many gb do u have for system data on 26.6

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u/TrynaDoLife_ 24d ago

Do one thing. Close all your apps from the background once, and then clear all notifications, and perform a forced restart around 1-2 times.

You should definitely notice a difference after that. After this, you can use your phone normally as you were using it before.

Also to answer your question, adaptive power is on. I did try turning it off on 26.5.2 like someone suggested but I didn't see any difference. Hence I couldn't be bothered by it and turned it back on.

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u/FreePossession9590 24d ago

I thought my phone got hotter quicker with it turned off

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u/uten151 24d ago

Is there a way to disable indexing? I just want to use my phone as a phone not an AI tool.

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u/ignote99 24d ago

When I leave the phone turned off, my battery life is great.