Its funny how some folks get better battery life, others worse, and yet others no noticeable change...
WTF... APPLE?
WTF... APPLE?
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[Poll] Did 5.0.1 solve your battery problems?
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Took iPhone4 off charge with 100% at 7am - its now 2pm and its on 80%, i listened to music for 30 mins, sent 2 txt messages, received 2 txt messages and received 4 emails!
^^ have all of you drained the battery fully and recharged it, seems to have fixed most people who did the upgrade's "worse" battery life.
Yes, numerous times. And most of those times it was intentional because I managed to hit 0% by 3PM. Battery seems worse with 5.01
My battery life was good on 5.0. Not much difference to 4.3.3. So I was happy! But after updating to 5.0.1, it has become much much worse. Just using the phone for a few mins drops the percentage down. Even on standby, it is dropping. I can barely get through a full day.
I know mine is the same. good on ios 5 but just awful on 5.0.1. From 7-10 probably goes down to 80% not even touching the phone. and thats with all location stuff turned off and 3g turned off. wtf?
I've also noticed that my data usage is much higher than normal. Could this be because of the use of iCloud? Which is resulting in the use of more 3G usage, hence poor battery life?
The good news is, it didn't take Apple all that long to release this update, even though the results are mixed.
With the next rev being announced already, we are seeing a new more open Apple that's keeping the customers informed.
That's a big improvement of great significance in my opinion. A great reflection on Tim Cook, and confidence inspiring.
Suddenly I have a new optimism about Apples treatment of bugs & regular issues that are part and parcel of any new revision of software and hardware.
I'm really liking "Tim Cook's Apple"
With the next rev being announced already, we are seeing a new more open Apple that's keeping the customers informed.
That's a big improvement of great significance in my opinion. A great reflection on Tim Cook, and confidence inspiring.
Suddenly I have a new optimism about Apples treatment of bugs & regular issues that are part and parcel of any new revision of software and hardware.
I'm really liking "Tim Cook's Apple"
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iPhone 4 ticking down at about 1% per hour on standby, 3G and all location and notification stuff enabled. What's all the fuss about!
iPhone 4 ticking down at about 1% per hour on standby, 3G and all location and notification stuff enabled. What's all the fuss about!
i deleted icloud which seems to be the biggest reason for this battery drain. so far it seems like its been improving
I'd like to report again that my battery life has been absolutely fantastic. I can go pretty much 2 days now with no charge.
Standby:2 hrs 42 mns. Usage: 41 minutes. I'm at 88% already from sitting here on the web on a wifi connection. No doubt I'll be dead by the evening. I'm watching the percentage go down every couple of minutes. It wasn't good before but is now worse. And this is my second 4S. I took my first one in because it was giving me faulty usage stats and draining even faster...I was dead by about 3:00 in the afternoon. This one is better so far but still not good. Oh...as I've been typing I've dropped to 87%.
I answered "no difference" and for my iPhone that is still accurate. But I've noticed that my iPad battery life is much worse. The issue really shows up in standby. It used to be able to hold a 100% charge overnight. It now loses about 5% of charge just sitting there doing nothing for 8 hours or so. Never had this problem on my iPad before. And it's wifi only, not 3G.
I think I found my battery drain. I used to use an app called "Data Usage". It's to keep track of my Wifi and Cell data usage. But, in order to keep track, it uses background processes. Ever since I deleted it, I've noticed a better battery improvement.
I run my phone with almost everything on, including GPS. The only things thats off right now is:
Wi-Fi = Off
Siri's raise to speak = Off
Auto-Brightness = Off, Brightness set to 1/2
I run my phone with almost everything on, including GPS. The only things thats off right now is:
Wi-Fi = Off
Siri's raise to speak = Off
Auto-Brightness = Off, Brightness set to 1/2
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I've been testing my battery on my 4S for weeks now. My daily logs go back to October. I recorded the battery percentage and usage time. So my numbers aren't just what I *think* I'm getting, I actually know what I am getting.
Other than the defaults;
- the battery has been full-cycled (full charge to auto shut down) at least 5 times.
- all System Location Services are disabled (Setting Time Zone, Location-Based iAds, etc).
- brightness set to 33%-40%.
With both 5.0.0 and 5.0.1, I've yet to hit the 7 hour mark (420 minutes) of use. 396 minutes has been my longest time up before the phone shut down. Upgrading to 5.0.1 made NO difference.
This is mostly on WiFi, but some 3G usage. Mostly text messaging and web browsing. Very light game usage, if any (uptime is of course way less than 6 hours if I do play games).
Apple's web site lists 6 (3G) to 9 (WiFi) hours of "Internet usage". I'd think I'd be getting closer to the 7-8 hour mark, instead of *barely* 6 hours.
This isn't terrible, but of course I wish it were better.
Other than the defaults;
- the battery has been full-cycled (full charge to auto shut down) at least 5 times.
- all System Location Services are disabled (Setting Time Zone, Location-Based iAds, etc).
- brightness set to 33%-40%.
With both 5.0.0 and 5.0.1, I've yet to hit the 7 hour mark (420 minutes) of use. 396 minutes has been my longest time up before the phone shut down. Upgrading to 5.0.1 made NO difference.
This is mostly on WiFi, but some 3G usage. Mostly text messaging and web browsing. Very light game usage, if any (uptime is of course way less than 6 hours if I do play games).
Apple's web site lists 6 (3G) to 9 (WiFi) hours of "Internet usage". I'd think I'd be getting closer to the 7-8 hour mark, instead of *barely* 6 hours.
This isn't terrible, but of course I wish it were better.
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I had no battery problems until I downloaded 5.0.1. During the day at work, I check email a few times. Play a little words with friends maybe. 10 minutes worth of We Rule, and I was down to 25 % yesterday after lunch. It;s driving me crazy.
I just took my turn on words with friends with 2 people and during that time my battery went from 90% to 87%, using 3G. No wifi at work.
I just took my turn on words with friends with 2 people and during that time my battery went from 90% to 87%, using 3G. No wifi at work.