Model 3 Highland on 2024.3.25
Two Apple iPhones in the household on 17.5.1, both set up as phone keys, running latest tesla app for iPhone
Just changed houses. At previous location, garage was a decent distance from house, so phone keys would show “disconnected” i in app and phone Bluetooth setting would also show disconnected. Phones worked just fine as keys. No battery drain on phones.
At new location, both phones stay “connected” in Tesla app and in phone Bluetooth settings. Even without ever using the Tesla app on the phone, the backgraound activity is at about 30-40 minutes every hour. This happens even with background app refresh turned off. If we move a phone to the far corner of the house where the Bluetooth signal cannot reach, then it disconnects and the phone battery drain goes away. But most of the house is close enough to the car that the phone will connect and drain the battery.
To be perfectly clear: my only concern here is iPhone battery drain. The car’s battery seems fine, and car sleeps fine.
I’ve tried turning off background app refresh, rebooting the phone, turning off, etc. Nothing changes. I have location set to “while using the app” which is how I had it before. But as far as I can tell, none of that matters: when the phone is connected over Bluetooth, it drains the battery. I cannot “fix” this by turning off my phone’s Bluetooth, as I need it for many things (including the phone key, which I would like to use).
I’ve searched and searched and searched and cannot find a solution to this problem.
Any suggestions?
Two Apple iPhones in the household on 17.5.1, both set up as phone keys, running latest tesla app for iPhone
Just changed houses. At previous location, garage was a decent distance from house, so phone keys would show “disconnected” i in app and phone Bluetooth setting would also show disconnected. Phones worked just fine as keys. No battery drain on phones.
At new location, both phones stay “connected” in Tesla app and in phone Bluetooth settings. Even without ever using the Tesla app on the phone, the backgraound activity is at about 30-40 minutes every hour. This happens even with background app refresh turned off. If we move a phone to the far corner of the house where the Bluetooth signal cannot reach, then it disconnects and the phone battery drain goes away. But most of the house is close enough to the car that the phone will connect and drain the battery.
To be perfectly clear: my only concern here is iPhone battery drain. The car’s battery seems fine, and car sleeps fine.
I’ve tried turning off background app refresh, rebooting the phone, turning off, etc. Nothing changes. I have location set to “while using the app” which is how I had it before. But as far as I can tell, none of that matters: when the phone is connected over Bluetooth, it drains the battery. I cannot “fix” this by turning off my phone’s Bluetooth, as I need it for many things (including the phone key, which I would like to use).
I’ve searched and searched and searched and cannot find a solution to this problem.
Any suggestions?