My iPhone 5 battery life is awesome. Easily lasts two days. Turning off the Passbook location service helped the most.
My white iPhone 5 had excellent battery life but I got tired of the color because I usually get black. So I traded with a guy off of CL.. did our number swap at a Sprint store.
Now, this black one I have is getting pretty poor battery life. I've done everything mentioned in this thread with no luck. The guy didn't mention this to me and the deal was done through CL so i'm not going to call him back and request to trade back
My next question is, can I take this one to Apple and request a replacement? What does Apple do at the store to test the battery drain?
Did you put the very same apps and settings on your replacement?
You will see a difference I'm sure. Make sure that you don't have something syncing continuously via iCloud in the background like I did with Pages. That might also be the problem. Delete the document if it is.
It means something on the phone--an app or a service on the phone itself (like mail or sync of some sort)--was in fact still running while you weren't using the phone. Sometimes it's just a service or an app wrapping something up that takes a few minutes after your use, other times it can be something that could be stuck or running indefinitely, so it depends.Sorry if this has been asked in this massive thread before but exactly how does the number for usage relate to standby? I've unplugged my phone from a full charge 18 minutes ago and naturally have 18 mins standby, but I also have 18 mins usage, despite the phone being asleep for at least 6 of those mins on two separate 3 minute occasions. I wasn't downloading anything in the background either.