iPhone 5 - Poor Battery Life - Page 2

jw77777 · Oct 1, 2012, 05:57 PM

An update on my battery... Ever since draining my battery completely, waiting 30 minutes before charging, charging with the phone completely off, and then deleting iCloud from my phone... my battery life has greatly improved, a lot better than its ever been. I was at least able to make it through an entire day without charging.

LastZion · Oct 1, 2012, 07:11 PM

I can't get through a full day. I did the calibrate but i didn't do the 30 min gap in between with it drained. I'll try that again.

BFizzzle · Oct 1, 2012, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LastZion

I can't get through a full day. I did the calibrate but i didn't do the 30 min gap in between with it drained. I'll try that again.

Bluetooth has always killed my iPhone. 4/4s/5

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Originally Posted by jw77777

An update on my battery... Ever since draining my battery completely, waiting 30 minutes before charging, charging with the phone completely off, and then deleting iCloud from my phone... my battery life has greatly improved, a lot better than its ever been. I was at least able to make it through an entire day without charging.

What exactly do you mean deleting iCloud? Just disabling it?

n8236 · Oct 1, 2012, 07:26 PM

No problems here.

From my anecdotal testing, it's the same as my iP4, which is good considering the 5 is using 4G/LTE. Also, a year battery tends to have reduced capacity.

This shows that the 5's battery life is quite strong

LastZion · Oct 1, 2012, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BFizzzle

Bluetooth has always killed my iPhone. 4/4s/5

Ya. Maybe that's it. But I can't live without that. So sweet auto syncing with my car.

jw77777 · Oct 1, 2012, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BFizzzle

Bluetooth has always killed my iPhone. 4/4s/5

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What exactly do you mean deleting iCloud? Just disabling it?

Yeah, deleting the account from the phone... I know it sucks cuz I can't use the phone the way it should be, but until Apple fixes it, i'd rather have a longer battery life.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LastZion

I can't get through a full day. I did the calibrate but i didn't do the 30 min gap in between with it drained. I'll try that again.

Let me know if it works for you.

BFizzzle · Oct 1, 2012, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by LastZion

Ya. Maybe that's it. But I can't live without that. So sweet auto syncing with my car.

Me either man! Just so much safer driving too. When talking

Quote:

Originally Posted by jw77777

Yeah, deleting the account from the phone... I know it sucks cuz I can't use the phone the way it should be, but until Apple fixes it, i'd rather have a longer battery life.

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Let me know if it works for you.

Ah ok I'll have to try it out tomorrow. Going to be busy waiting for re6 to come out at midnight

groupersandwich · Oct 1, 2012, 08:48 PM

I'm charging mine every 2-3 days. Best battery life I've ever seen on a mobile device.

spazma7ik · Oct 1, 2012, 08:50 PM

This is how mine is holding up today thus far. I have been nothing but impressed with this phones battery however I have tweaked the settings a bit to get results like this, albeit nothing crippling. I still use LTE, 50-60% brightness etc.

jlake02 · Oct 1, 2012, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LastZion

I can't get through a full day. I did the calibrate but i didn't do the 30 min gap in between with it drained. I'll try that again.

Jeez, you must have long days. Your battery life doesn't seem to bad TBH.

GL!

LastZion · Oct 4, 2012, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jlake02

Jeez, you must have long days. Your battery life doesn't seem to bad TBH.

GL!

Ya it's 7am til midnight. I need my phone always. But was hoping to not hAve to charge til night.

theanimaster · Dec 7, 2012, 09:47 AM

I just did the whole reset-all-settings-and-let-battery-fully-deplete thing with the 2-hour battery recharge and so far I've played around with it for 15 minutes without it dropping a single percent. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

However, in those 15 minutes I was tuning my settings -- turning off location settings for things like system diagnostics and other stuff like iAds etc etc also turned off iTunes cellular data syncing (YES I HAVE IT ON 6.0.1 .... this is an unlocked iPhone in Asia so that report about it in 6.1 ain't such a biggie... this is just like internet tethering -- the Asian phones had it all along before the ones in the States... but then again, I don't see any LTE controls in the settings -- must be dependent on the SIM card).

Let's see how it goes on Monday when I get back to work...

Saleem97213 · Jan 14, 2013, 01:32 PM

Please HELP ME..my phone is killing me

Saleem97213 · Jan 14, 2013, 01:36 PM

I hope someone has a cure for this!!

AppleFanatic10 · Jan 14, 2013, 07:52 PM

Mine has actually been pretty good.

saberahul · Jan 14, 2013, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by AppleFanatic10

Mine has actually been pretty good.

You do have full signal and wifi connection so that adds to it. For me, the battery life was horrible the first month. The more I use my phone, the better it gets… which makes no sense in the long run but in the short run it always works my devices the same way. I have 58% left with 2 hour talk time and 5 hour standby… I should mention though that I have geo gps (w.e its called) always on due to hundreds of location alarms.

cool5353 · Jan 14, 2013, 08:38 PM

Same.

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Oct 1, 2012, 05:57 PM	#26
jw77777 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2009	An update on my battery... Ever since draining my battery completely, waiting 30 minutes before charging, charging with the phone completely off, and then deleting iCloud from my phone... my battery life has greatly improved, a lot better than its ever been. I was at least able to make it through an entire day without charging. Attached Thumbnails
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Oct 1, 2012, 07:11 PM	#27
LastZion macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2006	I can't get through a full day. I did the calibrate but i didn't do the 30 min gap in between with it drained. I'll try that again. Attached Thumbnails
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Oct 1, 2012, 07:26 PM	#29
n8236 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2006	No problems here. From my anecdotal testing, it's the same as my iP4, which is good considering the 5 is using 4G/LTE. Also, a year battery tends to have reduced capacity. This shows that the 5's battery life is quite strong __________________ MBP Duo Core (02/14/06) : Pro Core 2 Duo (12/23/08) : MBP i7 (04/16/10) : MBP i7 v2 (02/03/11) : MBPr (08/25/12) http://www.speedtest.net/result/405480361.png
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Oct 1, 2012, 08:50 PM	#34
spazma7ik macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2009	This is how mine is holding up today thus far. I have been nothing but impressed with this phones battery however I have tweaked the settings a bit to get results like this, albeit nothing crippling. I still use LTE, 50-60% brightness etc. Attached Thumbnails
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Jan 14, 2013, 01:32 PM	#38
Saleem97213 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	Please HELP ME..my phone is killing me Attached Thumbnails
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Oct 1, 2012, 08:48 PM	#33
groupersandwich macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Tallahassee, FL	I'm charging mine every 2-3 days. Best battery life I've ever seen on a mobile device.
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Dec 7, 2012, 09:47 AM	#37
theanimaster macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2005	I just did the whole reset-all-settings-and-let-battery-fully-deplete thing with the 2-hour battery recharge and so far I've played around with it for 15 minutes without it dropping a single percent. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. However, in those 15 minutes I was tuning my settings -- turning off location settings for things like system diagnostics and other stuff like iAds etc etc also turned off iTunes cellular data syncing (YES I HAVE IT ON 6.0.1 .... this is an unlocked iPhone in Asia so that report about it in 6.1 ain't such a biggie... this is just like internet tethering -- the Asian phones had it all along before the ones in the States... but then again, I don't see any LTE controls in the settings -- must be dependent on the SIM card). Let's see how it goes on Monday when I get back to work...
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Jan 14, 2013, 01:36 PM	#39
Saleem97213 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	I hope someone has a cure for this!! Attached Thumbnails
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Jan 14, 2013, 07:52 PM	#40
AppleFanatic10 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: California	Mine has actually been pretty good. __________________ November 10.2010 - White Unibody MacBook , 2.4GHz, 500GB HD, 8GB RAM Mar 15 2011~Dec 17 2012 Verizon iPhone 4 16GB Verizon White iPhone 5 16GB RIP Grandma 5/10/1930 - 9/24/2012
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Jan 14, 2013, 08:38 PM	#42
cool5353 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	Reply Same. ›
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