How to prevent WhatsApp from spending all my battery on OnePlus or iPhone

WhatsApp is one of the most used applications and, as such, it is also one of the ones that is giving users the most problems who make use of it. As you know, an application with so many users must be in constant development with dozens of new features every year and renewing itself with all the demands of the users and the mobiles they use. That sometimes causes problems to arise in certain versions that end up in excessive battery consumption, unexpected closures, etc.

This time WhatsApp is giving problems on many Android phones, especially those of the OnePlus or Xiaomi brand and even on iPhonesAs this is not an isolated problem and it can happen at any time, we would like to give you instructions to solve it, even if the problem is not happening with this particular version that we are going to detail below.

Which versions of WhatsApp are currently giving problems?

Currently problems have been reported with various versions of WhatsApp on both Android and iOS phones. If we take a look at Internet forums or Twitter we will see that they all agree on the same version:

• Problems with Android phones, especially those like Xiaomi or OnePlus in version 2.19.308 of WhatsApp The problem is occurring indifferently on mobiles with Android 9 Pie or Android 10.No matter the operating system, the bug seems to be related to the version of WhatsApp and not the operating system.
• Problems with iOS mobiles, regardless of their version, but especially with iOS 13 and version 2.19.112 of WhatsApp. Users report serious problems and battery drain when WhatsApp is in the background.

If you have a different version but you have battery drain problems because of WhatsApp (you can easily see it in the battery usage statistics when WhatsApp is consuming abnormal battery usage) the solution to apply will be exactly the same that we are going to recommend below. For this reason, this tutorial will help you in any case.

What to do when WhatsApp consumes all my Android battery?

The solution on Android is very easy to apply, and involves installing a different version of WhatsApp than the one that is giving us the problem. If we enter the WhatsApp Settings we can scroll to the section Help – Application Information to see what version of WhatsApp we are using.

Once we have located the version we have installed on our mobile, all we have to do is what we recommend in these lines.

1. Enter the APK Mirror page and look for a different version of WhatsApp (higher than the one we have installed). The best thing is that you decide on the latest beta version and that's it.
2. Download the APK and accept the permissions to be able to install it on your Android mobile.
3. Once this is done, you will have the latest version of the application and the problem may no longer exist.

If your problem is that you are trying to install a previous version of WhatsApp than the one you have (because it is the last one that is causing problems) what you should do is make a local backup of WhatsApp, uninstall the app and install the previous APK as you won't be able to apply a previous update without uninstalling the app

What solution to take when WhatsApp is consuming battery on iPhone?

In iOS the solution is more complicated. Most commonly, you wait for WhatsApp to release an update to correct the problem (it shouldn't take more than 1-2 days). Enter the App Store, search for WhatsApp and if you have a new version update. Otherwise, it is best to wait or even restrict the use of battery in the background to the WhatsApp application.

If you do this you will not receive notifications or messages in the meantime but if you need the battery you will prevent it from drinking it without rhyme or reason.Another solution would be, if you have a jailbreak, to install a different version of WhatsApp, but this is not common in iOS today. Even in the past there was an option in iTunes that allowed you to install previous versions of an app but it seems that Apple has decided to remove it in favor of system security, making it impossible to go back to a previous version of the app in these cases.