Yes, if you are leaving the phone on, it will run down. Another issue is since your phone is no longer connected to a network, it will spend lots of time and phone energy trying to connect to a non-existent network. My iphone 8 did that and was always running down really quickly once I got my Iphone 15. Once you create a new line for the phone, this issue should improve. In the meantime, try putting the iphone in airplain mode when you are not using it. That also helps because it stops the phone from searching for networks.
On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Janet, > When you say that you’re not using your phone for a few days, do you > actually power it off or do you just lock the screen and you’re not using > it? If you’re not completely shutting the phone off, your battery will in > fact go away. It will drain down to nothing. Been there done that. If you > accidentally leave the screen unlocked of course, it will be faster > draining. But if you just leave your phone with the screen locked for a day > or two your battery will run down. So, power it off completely when you’re > not going to be using it for a few days. You can also probably get a new > battery installed in that phone which would give you back to 100%. I don’t > know what a new battery for that phone would cost. But if you are turning > the phone off and then turning it on in a few days and it went from 100% to > zero, Then there’s definitely something going on that shouldn’t be. And > then probably you do definitely need a new battery. Good luck. > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 26, 2025, at 2:34 PM, janet gross <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I have my old XR iPhone, and I want to keep it as my second phone as a > backup. > > The problem I have with the phone is it keeps losing the battery charge > even though I’m not currently using it, and I haven’t used it since > December of 2024. > > The battery health on the phone says it is at 81 percent when it is > charged, it also says the battery level is at its normal peak as when it > was new, so I again charge the phone, but when I put the phone away for a > few days, and I check the phone battery the battery is completely dead. > > I didn’t use to have this much problem with the battery on the phone when > I used it daily. > > Can someone please tell me what causes the battery to lose charge like > mine is doing? > > I’ve checked everywhere on the phone through the setting App to see what > might be running in the background, and I can’t seem to find anything that > would cause the phone to lose the entire charge. > > I want to call my phone carrier to get a second line, but not the way the > phone batteries are losing charge like they are. > > > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you all in advance. > > > > Kindly, > > > > Janet. > > > > > > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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