BETA
This is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by clicking here

More From Forbes

Edit Story

Apple iOS 11.2.1 Is Causing Serious Problems

This article is more than 6 years old.

Welcome to the iOS 11 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

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…

___

Follow Gordon on Twitter, Facebook and Google+

More On Forbes

Apple iOS 11.2.1 Release: Should You Upgrade?

Apple iOS 11.2 Is Causing Serious Problems

Apple iOS 11 Has 25 Great Secret Features

iPhone 8 Vs iPhone 7: What's The Difference?

iPhone X Vs iPhone 8 Plus: What’s The Difference?