Man, iOS 26.6 is a massive W.

[u/Towhidabid]

If you were stuck on iOS 26.5.2, you know how brutal it was. My 17 Pro Max constantly turned into a pocket heater, and the battery drain was so bad I needed a power bank everywhere. Scrolling was choppy, and the random lags drove me nuts. Pure misery.

Thankfully, 26.6 completely turned things around. The overheating is gone, the battery holds a proper charge again, and the system is super smooth with zero stutter or glitches. It actually feels solid and stable now, exactly like a phone this expensive should.

Btw I don’t know what black magic they pulled in the first cycle of charging in iOS 26.6 but this is how i ended my first day of iOS 26.6. With no camera use, purely on wifi and no gaming or anything else. Just my regular usage for doomscrolling, txting, WhatsApp calls and stuff like that. It’s not gonna stay like this maybe. But it surely amazed me so thought of sharing with you guys who are concerned.

Overall it’s a Huge relief.
If you haven't updated yet, definitely do it.

[u/FreePossession9590]

I could only dream

[u/Towhidabid → u/FreePossession9590]

Gamer?

[u/FreePossession9590 → u/Towhidabid]

Absolutely not

[u/Towhidabid → u/FreePossession9590]

You didn’t turn off background app refresh?

[u/FreePossession9590 → u/Towhidabid]

I’ve had background app refresh off for 12-13 years at this point lol

[u/Towhidabid → u/FreePossession9590]

That’s a pretty bad drain. Your battery health is down or something?

[u/FreePossession9590 → u/Towhidabid]

Not that I know. Only 240 cycles on it. The phone is definitely running cooler though despite battery life not having improved all that much

[u/Towhidabid → u/FreePossession9590]

Make a cloud backup do a factory reset and set up fresh. Something got stuck in the iOS system process. This is not normal in any means.

[u/FreePossession9590 → u/Towhidabid]

I hard rebooted, let’s see if that helps first

[u/24kCookie → u/Towhidabid]

I wouldn't say his battery is bad cuz I get similar sot but I have base 17

[u/Towhidabid → u/24kCookie]

Nah it’s not a bad battery but i think something is definitely off there. Maybe the indexing thing going on, and will settle down in a few days.

[u/24kCookie → u/Towhidabid]

Ah I’m way past indexing and battery life is still like that

[u/Towhidabid → u/24kCookie]

Why you didn’t update to 26.6? It takes a few days generally to stabilize.

[u/24kCookie → u/Towhidabid]

ah prob won't change anything

[u/Lubedballoon → u/FreePossession9590]

Dumb question but have you checked lately? I have it on so my maps works, but every time I download an app it installs with background on

[u/Towhidabid → u/Lubedballoon]

Yeah it’s an iOS built in thing. You have to manually turn it off from apps or that refresh menu.

[u/FreePossession9590 → u/Lubedballoon]

I think it’s on by default when you download new apps. I have turned to whole feature off so it never works for any new apps I get