iPhone battery life

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June 8, 2017
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I know there are topics about the battery life of the devices running the Sonos app, but each have been dismissed. I am telling you that there is a battery life problem when the Sonos app is running. I have very specific daily usage requirements which average about 72% battery life left at the end of the day, unless I run the Sonos app. Then, at the end of the day, I have an average of 37% left.

If Sonos wants to continue to blow this problem off, fine, but it is unacceptable to a long time user and overall fan. Not to mention a professional software developer. Get your head out of the sand boys and fix this usage problem. It is widespread and easy to duplicate.

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Kumar

I don't have anything to contribute since I use Android; and there the widget is always on and I charge the phone once a day. So that isn't any help in identifying if there is a similar issue with Android Phones as well...have there been any such reports here?

jgatie

The way I understand it is the iOS lock screen widget requires Sonos to spoof an audio player in order to operate, because iOS only provides lock screen controls for on-board players, not direct-to-hardware streamers like Sonos. This seems to burn up battery life. Turning off the lock screen controls should increase battery life. Not sure how Sonos can get around the on-board player requirement, as it seems to be an iOS limitation. So the choice is to turn off the lock screen controls, or live with the battery problem.

Either that, or I'm not understanding the problem.

BCMAuthor

I think you nailed it, j. The lock screen was on for about an hour and a half last night. I just ran Sonos without the lock screen and battery life seems fine. I just enabled the lock screen again to see what happens over the next hour and a half.

Airgetlam

The fly in the ointment is why does that occur only on some devices, and not others? I've got 3 iOS devices, and don't have this issue. That confuses me. There's got to be some other additional piece we haven't identified.

Bruce

BCMAuthor

Its definitely the lock screen. Had it running for exactly two hours and it dropped my battery to 60% from 92%. The phone had no other usage during that time.

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alinajetly

Lyricist I

I have found some tips for how to Improve iOS 11 Battery Life On iPhone :8 https://www.howtoisolve.com/improve-ios-11-battery-life-iphone-ipad/

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frogstar

Contributor I

the SONOS App on iOS 11 is really an issue and needs some work. Well - iOS is in beta itself, so not really blaming Sonos - yet 🙂 .
However, the way it is currently, once i launch the app once it draines the batteries on all my devices over night. I started to always forcequit the app every time, but the tip with disabling the lockscreen feature is worth a try. Even though i really like that feature generally.

@alinahetly: thanks for the link, but this tips are not really good. many of them are unnecessary and will not improve battery life a lot, but definitely reduce the fun with the device. Typically my battery lasts the whole day, mostly 30-40% left in the evening. And i have them all enabled but background synch.

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Coolspec

Lyricist I

Bought a Play 1 yesterday. Just about to repack it and return it because there is a massive battery drain on my phone ( an SE) I'm ne to this game and I don't know how to disable the lock screen widget. Can someone help me with this? Thanks

Airgetlam

Open up Apple's Settings app.

Scroll down until you find the name Sonos and click on it.

Under App Settings will be a switch for Hardware Volume Control and Lock Screen Controls.

I'd recommend turning them both off (not green).

Bruce

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rjohns1967

Contributor I

This topic was MOVED from the "No sound on certain channels after system update today" forum which began 5 days ago, which is also when this HIGH BATTERY usage started. Since this issue began, I have noticed that my iPhone 7 Plus has been eating through my battery MUCH faster than ever before. When I look at my battery stats, it is showing that the main cause of battery drainage is Sonos app with Audio and background activity. Under settings, "Background App Refresh", the Sonos app doesn't even appear, so that I could disable that background activity. Something doesn't seem right here, as this has never been a big battery resource hog in the past. I am showing Sonos app using 42% of my battery in the last 24 hours and 25% over the last 7 days. The latest version of the app is installed. Is this only happening to anyone else? Any suggestions?

Moderator Note: This was moved from a different thread.

I will disable Hardware Volume Control and Lock Screen Control as mentioned by the other posters, BUT I actually LIKE and USE those features, and this NEVER ate through my battery BEFORE 5 days ago, so why is this issue just starting at the same time that your UPDATE broke everything 5 days ago????

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