Last week Apple launched a new version of iOS 14, specifically 14.0.1. This intermediate version corrected certain bugs presented in the first version, as well as included performance improvements. Among the latter, although not mentioned, a battery optimization was included. In general lines, a large mass of users has experienced an improvement in this regard, but if this is not your case, you can refer to our guide to save battery on the iPhone and also follow some recommendations that we leave you below.
Although it sounds absurd, restart the iPhone
An easy joke that computer scientists adhere to is to always recommend turning computers on and off to solve their problems. This is obviously an exaggeration, but to a certain extent it makes sense considering that many times background processes are created that hinder the proper functioning of a device. That is why we recommend that you turn off your iPhone for several seconds and turn it on again, if you have not done it before after updating.
Calibrate the battery
Batteries are often slow to settle down to user use or new software release. IPhones are prepared not to suffer problems in this regard, but there are always exceptions and therefore calibrating the battery of your iPhone can be a way to solve it. This, in short, consists of completely unloading the device, leaving it off for several hours, then charging it to 100% and leaving it connected for another few hours and finally disconnecting it.
Restore iPhone
Possibly this solution is not very pleasant, since this would make you lose all the settings and applications downloaded on the device, but it is the most convenient way to eliminate software problems. For this, it is recommended to connect the device to a computer and restore it using iTunes or Finder and then put it as new without backup. You can save some data synchronized with iCloud such as photos, contacts, calendars and others that you can find in Settings> your name> iCloud.
Maybe the iPhone battery is dead
If you have been noticing alarming battery life for a long time, before iOS 14.0.1 and even iOS 14, it is most likely that the battery is already worn out or that it has been defective from the factory if the phone is new. For this, the most advisable thing is to go to Apple or an authorized technical service to make a more accurate diagnosis about the health of the battery, more complete than that found in settings. Once the failure is found, a battery replacement will be proposed to you, which could vary in cost depending on the terminal, whether it has a warranty or AppleCare +.
In any case, you can always wait for iOS 14.1 or iOS 14.0.2, which will continue to implement improvements in this regard. However, we insist on emphasizing that the current version of the system has already corrected this problem in a large part of the users, so it is possible that the following versions will not do much on your iPhone either.
