Battery Life Improvements with iOS 17.0.2

When it comes to battery life on iOS devices, one thing that Apple likes to avoid discussing is overheating issues. However, with the recent release of iOS 17.0.2, it seems that Apple has finally addressed this issue, and as a result, we may see an improvement in battery life. The number one enemy of your battery is heat, and if we can reduce the amount of heat generated by our devices, then we should expect to see an improvement in battery life.

The creator of the video notes that their own device still feels warm to the touch, but they are willing to run a test to confirm whether this is a genuine improvement or just a placebo effect. They also mention that if you were experiencing issues with your iPhone's battery drain, you should definitely update to iOS 17.0.2, as it may resolve those problems.

Upcoming Updates from Apple

With the release of iOS 17.0.2, we can expect more updates to come in the near future. Apple has already released several betas for iOS 17.1, and we can anticipate that this update will include a number of new features, changes, and bug fixes. While it's difficult to predict exactly what these updates will entail, we can be sure that they will address some of the issues that users have been experiencing with the latest version of iOS.

The creator of the video suggests that we may see an official release of iOS 17.0.0 in the coming weeks or months, although this is not a guarantee. One thing that is certain, however, is that we can expect to see an update in the form of iOS 17.1, which will likely be released at the end of October.

Should You Update to iOS 17.0.2?

When it comes to deciding whether or not to update to iOS 17.0.2, the creator of the video has a clear answer: absolutely. The security fixes and patch for the overheating issue are reason enough to make the switch, especially considering that this problem was actively exploited by attackers.

However, if you're already running the beta version of iOS 17.1, then you won't be able to update to iOS 17.0.2 just yet. In this case, you'll have to wait for a future update to receive the fix. The creator of the video notes that they themselves couldn't tell a difference between their device and an iPhone that was experiencing overheating issues, but they are willing to run a test to confirm whether the update is genuinely improving battery life.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the release of iOS 17.0.2 marks an important step forward for Apple's latest operating system. With its patch for the overheating issue and security fixes, this update is definitely worth considering for users who have been experiencing problems with their devices. While we can't yet confirm whether the battery life improvements will be noticeable, it's clear that Apple has made efforts to address some of the most pressing issues facing iOS users. As always, we'll continue to monitor developments and bring you updates on any new features or changes that come out in future iterations of the operating system.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys my name is Brandon and today Apple released iOS 17.0.2 for all devices and this is going to be a pretty big update if you are facing any type of overheating issues whether you're on an iPhone 15 or any other device on iOS 17 so if you take a look at the size for this update it came in at around 423 megabytes on my iPhone 15 Pro which was coming from 17.0.2 and if we take a look at the build number for this update it's 21 a360 and if we go down to the modem firmware that is 1.0.3 okay so now let's talk about what's new with iOS 17.0.2 and it seems like every single week we're getting a new software update it's crazy but you could not go anywhere on the internet for the past couple of weeks without hearing about the iPhone 15 overheating some people even reported that their brand new phones got so hot that they would just simply shut down and this is like a day after after they bought it but this update should end all of that because Apple has addressed the overheating issue with iOS 17.03.2012 the iPhone 15 specifically it just says that may cause iPhone to run warmer than expected so I would assume that this not only applies to the iPhone 15 and that you could also see a you know kind of temperature decrease no matter what device you're on if you were having any type of overheating issues after installing iOS 17 now me personally I have not had any type of overheating on any of my devices I have the iPhone 15 Pro I have the iPhone 15 Pro Max I have multiple iPhone 15s and I've really tried to kind of replicate this overheating issue that everybody's talking about but I could not do it so I will be doing a temperature check here I will be updating one of my iPhone 15s and using this Thermo Imaging camera here to see if there is any difference in heat and of course I will report back to you guys in a future video but so far you know I'm not really telling a big difference I can't really tell a big difference just from holding the phone after updating which I didn't expect to but this should fix that issue for those that were facing this issue now I will say that if this update does not fix overheating for you there have also been videos that show and kind of prove that Instagram could actually be the culprit for this whole iOS 17 iPhone 15 overheating issue and maybe it wasn't an issue with the iPhone 15 Hardware it was just the Instagram app after all and it's more related to the actual account on the Instagram you know application which I will link that video in the description below if you want to see that but I will say that ever since I started switching over to using Instagram in my Safari web browser or just on my desktop computer I've noticed that my device not only you know gets better battery life but it also does not heat up as much so if this update in general does not fix that overheating issue for you you may just want to kind of avoid Instagram for a while until they sort this out and there's also another reason that this update was not pushed out just for the iPhone 15 series and that's because we do have some security patches in this update and one of them is actually pretty important so first off we have this web RTC bug that has been ped and it says the impact is a buffer overflow may result in arbitrary code execution but the important one here is this kernel bog where it says the impact is a local attacker may be able to elevate their Privileges and that apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6 so this bug this exploit was being used out in the wild and that was not fixed that was not addressed until iOS 17 1.0.3 so just keep that in mind as well always a good reason to update oh and if you're wondering if iOS 17.0.2 brings back the custom ringtones under the ringtones and the text tones section it does not they are still missing here in 17.0.2 now they did return in iOS 17.1 beta 2 so we should see those custom ringtones return in the iOS 17.1 update but unfortunately they are still not back in 17.0.2 now as far as any type of performance Improvement I would not expect anything whatsoever to change in terms of performance on iOS 17.0.2 I would expect this to remain pretty much exactly the same as iOS 17 and iOS 17.0.2 which you probably updated from but as far as the battery life goes battery life could actually see an improvement here with iOS 17.0.2 so if you were not getting good battery life this update could resolve that and you guessed it it's because of the overheating issues potentially being resolved because as you guys know as I've I've talked about many times here on the channel the number one enemy of your battery is heat and if we have a reduction in heat that means that we should have an improvement in battery life so and you know earlier I did say that I could not tell a difference in my device it still felt you know the same as always but I will say and this could be Placebo so I will report on this again you know later this weekend and next week but my device feels like cool to the touch it feels really cool right now like not even a hint of Warmness is coming from my iPhone 15 Pro so again that could be Placebo and I will I will you know let you guys know in an update if it's actually getting cooler and I will do that test but so far it feels pretty good and I would expect that to potentially slightly improve battery life if you were having battery drain issues now I did also want to talk about what to expect next from Apple because ever since we got iOS 17 released in mid September we've had 17.0 17.0.2 17.0.2 and now 17.0.2 and we also have the iOS 17.1 betas going on right now for beta testers so a lot of updates have been pushed out and you might be wondering you know are we going to see a 17.0.0 and I would say that's not completely out of the question I mean we could see that in the next coming weeks however that is not a guarantee the only guarantee is that we will see an iOS 17.1 most likely at the end of October potentially on the week of the 23rd or right there on October 30th the day before Halloween and that new 17.1 update will include quite a few new features changes and Bug fixes so that is something to look forward to and then if you're wondering if you should update to iOS 17.0.2 or not I would say this is an absolute no-brainer especially if you had any type of overheating issues and I think anytime that Apple mentions the words you know may cause iPhone to run warmer than expected like I said earlier that is something very rare apple does not really say things like that in their release notes you know they don't like to kind of admit things like that or kind of put that out there for everybody to see so with that being said you know I think that pretty much everybody should go ahead and update to 17.0.2 for that reason alone but the security fixes on top of that especially including one that had been actively exploited I think it's a pretty easy decision to go ahead and update to 17.0.2 now I will say if you're on these 17.1 betas of course you cannot get 17.0.2 because you're already on 17.1 which comes after 17.0.2 however this fix right here you know the fix to fix the overheating that should come in the next iOS 17.1 beta potentially even the one after that but it will be there eventually in 17.1 as well so that is IOS 17.0.2 I hope you guys enjoyed this video please let me know in a comment down below if this fixes your overheating issues since I wasn't facing this issue myself on any of my devices it's really hard for me to say if it has been fixed or not like I said I will run a test you know just in case maybe I my hands are just like burnt and I can't actually feel when phones are getting hot you know if that's the case or whatever the case may be I will run a test and see if I can tell a difference in temperature between 17.0.2 and 17.0.2 but I'm also relying on you guys to tell me your experience as well because my experience may not be the same as everybody else's so anyways looking forward to reading your comments down there in the comments below and if you enjoyed this video I would appreciate if you give it a thumbs up also make sure to subscribe for a lot more iOS 17 and iPhone 15 coverage but anyways guys thanks again for watching and I'll see you soonwhat's up guys my name is Brandon and today Apple released iOS 17.0.2 for all devices and this is going to be a pretty big update if you are facing any type of overheating issues whether you're on an iPhone 15 or any other device on iOS 17 so if you take a look at the size for this update it came in at around 423 megabytes on my iPhone 15 Pro which was coming from 17.0.2 and if we take a look at the build number for this update it's 21 a360 and if we go down to the modem firmware that is 1.0.3 okay so now let's talk about what's new with iOS 17.0.2 and it seems like every single week we're getting a new software update it's crazy but you could not go anywhere on the internet for the past couple of weeks without hearing about the iPhone 15 overheating some people even reported that their brand new phones got so hot that they would just simply shut down and this is like a day after after they bought it but this update should end all of that because Apple has addressed the overheating issue with iOS 17.03.2012 the iPhone 15 specifically it just says that may cause iPhone to run warmer than expected so I would assume that this not only applies to the iPhone 15 and that you could also see a you know kind of temperature decrease no matter what device you're on if you were having any type of overheating issues after installing iOS 17 now me personally I have not had any type of overheating on any of my devices I have the iPhone 15 Pro I have the iPhone 15 Pro Max I have multiple iPhone 15s and I've really tried to kind of replicate this overheating issue that everybody's talking about but I could not do it so I will be doing a temperature check here I will be updating one of my iPhone 15s and using this Thermo Imaging camera here to see if there is any difference in heat and of course I will report back to you guys in a future video but so far you know I'm not really telling a big difference I can't really tell a big difference just from holding the phone after updating which I didn't expect to but this should fix that issue for those that were facing this issue now I will say that if this update does not fix overheating for you there have also been videos that show and kind of prove that Instagram could actually be the culprit for this whole iOS 17 iPhone 15 overheating issue and maybe it wasn't an issue with the iPhone 15 Hardware it was just the Instagram app after all and it's more related to the actual account on the Instagram you know application which I will link that video in the description below if you want to see that but I will say that ever since I started switching over to using Instagram in my Safari web browser or just on my desktop computer I've noticed that my device not only you know gets better battery life but it also does not heat up as much so if this update in general does not fix that overheating issue for you you may just want to kind of avoid Instagram for a while until they sort this out and there's also another reason that this update was not pushed out just for the iPhone 15 series and that's because we do have some security patches in this update and one of them is actually pretty important so first off we have this web RTC bug that has been ped and it says the impact is a buffer overflow may result in arbitrary code execution but the important one here is this kernel bog where it says the impact is a local attacker may be able to elevate their Privileges and that apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6 so this bug this exploit was being used out in the wild and that was not fixed that was not addressed until iOS 17 1.0.3 so just keep that in mind as well always a good reason to update oh and if you're wondering if iOS 17.0.2 brings back the custom ringtones under the ringtones and the text tones section it does not they are still missing here in 17.0.2 now they did return in iOS 17.1 beta 2 so we should see those custom ringtones return in the iOS 17.1 update but unfortunately they are still not back in 17.0.2 now as far as any type of performance Improvement I would not expect anything whatsoever to change in terms of performance on iOS 17.0.2 I would expect this to remain pretty much exactly the same as iOS 17 and iOS 17.0.2 which you probably updated from but as far as the battery life goes battery life could actually see an improvement here with iOS 17.0.2 so if you were not getting good battery life this update could resolve that and you guessed it it's because of the overheating issues potentially being resolved because as you guys know as I've I've talked about many times here on the channel the number one enemy of your battery is heat and if we have a reduction in heat that means that we should have an improvement in battery life so and you know earlier I did say that I could not tell a difference in my device it still felt you know the same as always but I will say and this could be Placebo so I will report on this again you know later this weekend and next week but my device feels like cool to the touch it feels really cool right now like not even a hint of Warmness is coming from my iPhone 15 Pro so again that could be Placebo and I will I will you know let you guys know in an update if it's actually getting cooler and I will do that test but so far it feels pretty good and I would expect that to potentially slightly improve battery life if you were having battery drain issues now I did also want to talk about what to expect next from Apple because ever since we got iOS 17 released in mid September we've had 17.0 17.0.2 17.0.2 and now 17.0.2 and we also have the iOS 17.1 betas going on right now for beta testers so a lot of updates have been pushed out and you might be wondering you know are we going to see a 17.0.0 and I would say that's not completely out of the question I mean we could see that in the next coming weeks however that is not a guarantee the only guarantee is that we will see an iOS 17.1 most likely at the end of October potentially on the week of the 23rd or right there on October 30th the day before Halloween and that new 17.1 update will include quite a few new features changes and Bug fixes so that is something to look forward to and then if you're wondering if you should update to iOS 17.0.2 or not I would say this is an absolute no-brainer especially if you had any type of overheating issues and I think anytime that Apple mentions the words you know may cause iPhone to run warmer than expected like I said earlier that is something very rare apple does not really say things like that in their release notes you know they don't like to kind of admit things like that or kind of put that out there for everybody to see so with that being said you know I think that pretty much everybody should go ahead and update to 17.0.2 for that reason alone but the security fixes on top of that especially including one that had been actively exploited I think it's a pretty easy decision to go ahead and update to 17.0.2 now I will say if you're on these 17.1 betas of course you cannot get 17.0.2 because you're already on 17.1 which comes after 17.0.2 however this fix right here you know the fix to fix the overheating that should come in the next iOS 17.1 beta potentially even the one after that but it will be there eventually in 17.1 as well so that is IOS 17.0.2 I hope you guys enjoyed this video please let me know in a comment down below if this fixes your overheating issues since I wasn't facing this issue myself on any of my devices it's really hard for me to say if it has been fixed or not like I said I will run a test you know just in case maybe I my hands are just like burnt and I can't actually feel when phones are getting hot you know if that's the case or whatever the case may be I will run a test and see if I can tell a difference in temperature between 17.0.2 and 17.0.2 but I'm also relying on you guys to tell me your experience as well because my experience may not be the same as everybody else's so anyways looking forward to reading your comments down there in the comments below and if you enjoyed this video I would appreciate if you give it a thumbs up also make sure to subscribe for a lot more iOS 17 and iPhone 15 coverage but anyways guys thanks again for watching and I'll see you soon\n"