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TK42

macrumors newbie
Jan 27, 2013
26
0
Still garbage.

See my attached picture. Almost the same use, albeit with almost 2x battery. Might be something with your usage. Always have music playing, 3G on for the majority of the time. Auto brightness.
 

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iforbes

macrumors 6502
Dec 21, 2011
327
1
I have had serious battery drain issue and I am on my second iPhone. Yes I got my first one replaced. This one is no better so I was waiting for 6.1. After about 35 minutes of usage my battery reads 98%. Please note that I am experiencing battery drain only when I on 3G. Keeping my fingers crossed. :confused:

That's like 20 hours of usage...what are you complaining about?!?
 

humar

macrumors 6502
Feb 17, 2012
406
11
Italy
Updated my 4s yesterday evening. Full charge during the night.
2h 19m usage
6h 15m standby

54% left.


This is not good.
 

DMH3006

macrumors regular
Jun 16, 2011
231
0
4h43 usage,17h05 standby and its at 29%,it was draining like crazy on 3G(using iMessage and text plus and 3G in my house is very poor,like 1/2 bars) dropping 1% every 3 minutes so i reset network settings and then reset all definitions and got me that(disclaimer I did sync a new song with my mac and it got an extra 2% after:36% pre-sync->38% after-sync) so I'd say its pretty good if you take into account the pre-resetting drain(it was restored from a backup) and I'm on wifi so its pretty good i think,I think i can get 5h usage with 15/16h on standby if I use 3G only so thats pretty good on my book.
 

rocknblogger

macrumors 68020
Apr 2, 2011
2,346
481
New Jersey
Here's a screenshot of my average. Take note it was only plugged in for a minute or two since last charge.
 

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jutte64

macrumors 6502
Apr 28, 2009
282
150
Fort Recovery , OH
Those of you complaining about battery drain issues, have you all done an iTunes update/restore? If not I would recomend doing that, seemed to solve my battery issues going from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 on my iPhone 5.

I did an iTunes update for 6.1 last night and let the battery drain down to 1% before plugging it in to charge. So far today i am at 1 hour 11 minutes usage, and 2 hours 6 minutes stand buy and battery is down to 92%.

Not bad did some emailing facebook and twitter this morning with a few text as well. I also work in an area with spotty wifi and no cell reception most the day so it is always looking for some sort of signal.

If I have time later today I will post back with more details

Just my $.02
 

AJTC

macrumors regular
Jun 8, 2012
231
440
Mine doesn't seem too bad so far (iPhone 5 6.1)
 

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ToyGun1

macrumors 6502
Oct 13, 2012
260
0
Just updated my iphone, ipad mini and ipad 4 to iOS 6.1.
Hoping no battery problems fingers crossed.;)
 

njchris

macrumors regular
Sep 14, 2007
248
21
Huntington Beach, Ca USA
Just posting how long the battery usage time and the percentage really is useless.

Exactly what kind of usage is it? Anything involving GPS? What you are doing makes a huge difference.
 

Delorean2006

macrumors 6502a
Feb 4, 2012
978
588
i noticed with ios 6.0.2 i was only getting 5.5 hours of usage on my iPhone 5 and then i did a hard reset meaning holding down the home button and the power button and my battery life improved drastically, got around 8+ hours of usage after doing that and has gotten better so far with iOS 6.1
 

Chocolatemilty

macrumors 6502a
May 17, 2009
653
113
Los Angeles, CA
I just downloaded onavo to test it out to see how well it works with saving data, and am streaming pandora in the background, Facebook, Tweetbot, Instagram, and email. Anyone and everyone would want better on a 4S, but frankly, this isn't bad. Considering I'm doing a little more than I usually would to really test it out, usage should be on par with 6.0, which is what I was on before.
 

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jbachandouris

macrumors 603
Aug 18, 2009
5,773
2,892
Upstate NY
100% at 8:30am, 77% at 3:16pm. Upgraded over wifi. I'll give it a day or two before I decide to restore. I think it's crazy to have to restore when you have the option of over the air upgrades.
 

WillFisher

macrumors 6502
Feb 19, 2011
387
16
Mines got a lot better.
iPhone 4s.

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Saying that, some days 6.0.1 would have the same battery drain, although a little worse.
Other days I would have Standby of 4 hours, usage around 1 hour and it would be around 50%. Gonna give it a few days before deciding.
 

TK42

macrumors newbie
Jan 27, 2013
26
0
See my attached picture. Almost the same use, albeit with almost 2x battery. Might be something with your usage. Always have music playing, 3G on for the majority of the time. Auto brightness.

A follow up of my battery use. Pretty good.
 

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