The battery drain is reported to be the result of continued running of background processes by the client even with background app refresh disabled.
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Or if you have to check Facebook through an app, try out the seldom mentioned Facebook Paper.
This is an option available to people using iOS9 and turning it on is easy – simply select Settings, then Battery, then Low Power Mode and hopefully you’ll see a noticeable difference in the life of your iPhone battery.
He wrote: “Because the app isn’t “sleeping” properly when I hit the home button, it continues to drain”. But, as regards background battery drain, still showing the Facebook app to be rather too thirsty vs how much it’s actually being used. I don’t use push notifications and Facebook still registers more background activity than it does screen time. Ironically, the best way to reduce the battery and data consumption of the Facebook app in the background is to switch Background App Refresh back on.
“Multitasking Apps may only use background services for their intended purposes: VoIP, audio playback, location, task completion, local notifications, etc”.
While critics have slammed Facebook for failing to address the issue – one tech blogger called it “user-hostile” – it’s unclear whether Facebook is doing this intentionally and if so, what the reason behind it is.
The impact on you: If “soon” is not soon enough, you may want to consider uninstalling the iOS app until Facebook fixes the battery-draining issue.
Delete the Facebook app. Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a way to keep Facebook from running in the background and draining battery life on the iPhone.
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“We have heard reports of a few people experiencing battery issues with our iOS app. We’re looking into this and hope to have a fix in place soon”, a Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch.
