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How's your iPhone 5S battery life
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The first cycle charge I did if got what seemed to be decent battery life for me....was over a day and a half of standby and 7 hours usage or close.
I was just about to go to sleep and started a game of Running With Friends and my phone just rebooted, apple logo popped up and then phone restarted. I played my game and then charged the phone, next morning I unplugged and used as normal, I check battery % about mid day and my standby and usage were the same. Last night I got home and had about 30% battery and I went to sleep about 11....woke up at 8am and the phone was dead. Strange to me since it seems it should have made it thru the night since the phone was just sitting there
For those that have battery problems turn off frequent locations under privacy and location services it's under the system services section. This prevents the ios from turning on gps to save location data every time you move or drive.
Coming from a 4S, battery life on the 5s has been fantastic. I've noticed that when I am not using my iPhone, the drain is minimal. My 4S would just eat battery while I was doing NOTHING.
Posting a pic without info on how you achieved that is pointless. Help us out here!
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Did you restore or setup as new?
Sorry!! My phone is plug to the wall all night, fresh iOS 7 install, wifi everywhere, BT off, 30% brightness, location services is on but only the stuff (Find my phone,Weather, Siri and maps) I use, system services only Cell Network Search is on, frequently locations off, background app refresh off.
That's about it... my usage is all Pandora, iHeart, some Twitch steaming, text, few calls, facebook and 2 exchange accounts plus gmail.
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Turn off your cell network search. During my testing the most significant drainer is poor cell coverage, especially with LTE.
Thanks i will try for sure...
And for the battery (drop to 99 or 98% when i unplugged the phone), do you have an idea ??
Mine does that too. But if I power down the phone right after I unplug it, when I turn it back on, the battery reads 100% and seems to drain at a normal rate.
I never experience that, sometimes even it stays at 100% for almost like half hour usage before drop to 99%. I believe it's battery reading issue.
drain it till totally off and charge for 8 hours, see if it works
Much, much better than iPhone 4S on iOS7
The battery life on my 4S was marginal when I upgraded to iOS6 (and stayed that way through iOS6.3), and was probably even worse on iOS7. I even went to the Apple Store to have them check the battery under Apple Care+, and they claimed the battery was fine.
The battery life of the 5S is significantly better. I generally leave BT and WiFi on all the time, turn off background updating, and try to keep apps with location services on to a minimum. I also keep LTE off as the AT&T faux-4G speeds are plenty fast for what I need when off WiFi (and I suspect that's a huge part of the power savings, but the 4S didn't have LTE.) Whereas I sometimes couldn't get through the morning without feeling the need to recharge the 4S (have cords at home, at the office and in the car, plus an external battery pack for emergencies), that's not the case with the 5S. I'm not sure it's an all-day battery with heavy usage, but it's a lot better than the 4S (and the 5, from what I gather), and I've been pleasantly surprised. I can't quantify the additional run-time, but I know it's better just by how less frequently I am charging.
Ironically, I bought a Mophie Juice Pack Plus case for the 5S. It's quite nice without being too bulkly, and the added weight is not too bad given that the 5S feels quite a bit lighter than the 4S. But now I can use it mainly for trips/weekends when I'll be away from an outlet, and that's all good.
I'm glad I waited for the 5S. Will wait for the 6S (or equivalent two years from now) before another upgrade. For the form factor/size, the iPhone is just about perfect. I couldn't use a larger phone with one hand. TouchID is it or miss for me, though, which is disappointing.
The battery life on my 4S was marginal when I upgraded to iOS6 (and stayed that way through iOS6.3), and was probably even worse on iOS7. I even went to the Apple Store to have them check the battery under Apple Care+, and they claimed the battery was fine.
The battery life of the 5S is significantly better. I generally leave BT and WiFi on all the time, turn off background updating, and try to keep apps with location services on to a minimum. I also keep LTE off as the AT&T faux-4G speeds are plenty fast for what I need when off WiFi (and I suspect that's a huge part of the power savings, but the 4S didn't have LTE.) Whereas I sometimes couldn't get through the morning without feeling the need to recharge the 4S (have cords at home, at the office and in the car, plus an external battery pack for emergencies), that's not the case with the 5S. I'm not sure it's an all-day battery with heavy usage, but it's a lot better than the 4S (and the 5, from what I gather), and I've been pleasantly surprised. I can't quantify the additional run-time, but I know it's better just by how less frequently I am charging.
Ironically, I bought a Mophie Juice Pack Plus case for the 5S. It's quite nice without being too bulkly, and the added weight is not too bad given that the 5S feels quite a bit lighter than the 4S. But now I can use it mainly for trips/weekends when I'll be away from an outlet, and that's all good.
I'm glad I waited for the 5S. Will wait for the 6S (or equivalent two years from now) before another upgrade. For the form factor/size, the iPhone is just about perfect. I couldn't use a larger phone with one hand. TouchID is it or miss for me, though, which is disappointing.
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Sure! I turned off frequent locations just recently since it doesn't really apply for me.
Only system services that I allow Location to is Compass Calibration actually.
Auto brightness, haven't touched that setting.
Connected to Wifi and bluetooth headset a lot, turn it on airplane mode when I am in class.
Anything else I'm missing?
Not bothered. I have chargers everywhere I go.
At home, both upstairs and downstairs, in the car, and at work.
I don't think my 5s battery has gone down past 90%
At home, both upstairs and downstairs, in the car, and at work.
I don't think my 5s battery has gone down past 90%
Battery draining excessively
I followed all of the instructions in previous posts regarding what to turn off except for WiFi. But even with my phone not being used overnight, as I check it every few hours, it drains an average of 2% per hour.
I drained it to zero three times and recharged it fully plus an hour but nothing has helped.
I bought my phone through AT&T--do I need to go to an AT&T store or an Apple store?
I followed all of the instructions in previous posts regarding what to turn off except for WiFi. But even with my phone not being used overnight, as I check it every few hours, it drains an average of 2% per hour.
I drained it to zero three times and recharged it fully plus an hour but nothing has helped.
I bought my phone through AT&T--do I need to go to an AT&T store or an Apple store?