After my recent update from iOS 15, my iPhone 13 mini and watch 6 (watchOS 9.3.1) had temperature excursions, and neither battery makes it through the day whereas previously I could go about 48 hours without charging them. Any others have similar experiences? Of note, randomly this occurred while driving 2 hours and traversing a military base.
Apple advised me that I should get battery replacements which clearly makes no sense. 2 batteries failing suddenly after OS update? Most battery usage in log is due to HomeKit (35-45%). Of note, phone failed to recognize air tags for about 48 hours but I understand this is common after update to iOS 16.x. I know that’s not much detail but the whole thing is baffling, seems undoubtedly software related and I do not want to reward Apple by purchasing new hardware. Any ideas? I’ve turned off all background access and location tracking except for critical apps to no avail. There must be some vampire drain somewhere that I am missing.
In the 10 days since this has occurred I have unpaired watch 3 times and set up as new watch, soft reset phone 4 times, wiped iPad and set up as new device and am still struggling with battery life. If watch can’t make it to dinner time it’s pretty much worthless.