Battery woes continue to plague some iPhone users, and the latest iOS 16.5.1 release didn't bring any relief. While for many, the issues will sort themselves out, for some the problems persist and none of the tips or tricks have any effect.

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I was trawling through the Apple Support Forums the other day looking for a solution to an unrelated problem when I came across a possible solution to the iPhone's severe battery drain issue.

That solution? Reload iOS onto the iPhone, and then recover your data from a backup. Yeah, I know, it sounds like a lot, but if it works -- and a few people responded in the thread to say it did for them -- then it's worth doing.

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And if it doesn't work, you've not lost anything (except for a bit of time).

But, since you are deleting everything on your iPhone in order to be able to do this, it's important that you have a working backup, otherwise you're going to find yourself in a world of pain.

How to implement this solution 

1. Create a backup