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Resolved Dramatic Boost In Battery Life

Macman45

Macman45

macrumors G5
Original poster
After I re-calibrated my 4S battery. I am now getting something approaching what I had on the 4.

When I say re-calibrate, I mean go the whole hog allow your 4S to shut down due to lack of power.

Charge back to 100% and leave it on charge an extra hour.

Then use as normal....It certainly worked for me.
 
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I like these threads because they always lack so much information.

When you say Dramatic Boost, I don't know what that means.

  • What was your battery like before?
  • What is it like now?
  • Did you change your daily usage? (play more or less games?, made more or less calls? etc...)
 
I POsted My Stats.

saving107 said:
I like these threads because they always lack so much information.

When you say Dramatic Boost, I don't know what that means.

  • What was your battery like before?
  • What is it like now?
  • Did you change your daily usage? (play more or less games?, made more or less calls? etc...)
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In another thread. Same usage, same things off same things on.

Prior to calibration I was getting about 7-8 hours before the battery dropped to 10%

After calibration (and one day's normal use) The battery display's 99%

Happy?
 
Macman45 said:
In another thread. Same usage, same things off same things on.

Prior to calibration I was getting about 7-8 hours before the battery dropped to 10%

After calibration (and one day's normal use) The battery display's 99%

Happy?
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Am I reading this right. You're using your phone the whole day and you're saying at the end of the day it's at 99%?!
 
Clarification

Jordan921 said:
Am I reading this right. You're using your phone the whole day and you're saying at the end of the day it's at 99%?!
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1 day's normal usage after re-calibration=99% left in the battery. It's on all day.

Nothing to due with screen or any other changes. Just a recal.
 
Macman45 said:
1 day's normal usage after re-calibration=99% left in the battery. It's on all day.

Nothing to due with screen or any other changes. Just a recal.
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I find it really hard to believe that your phone only went down 1% after a full day.
 
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lol 99%? are you ocuppying macrumors?
 
Why On Earth

Jordan921 said:
You haven't really posted any proof.
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Would I lie? I'm too busy to take screenshots etc. What's the point of posting a bunch of C***?

I post only for the information of others. Having tried re-charging @ 10% and still getting lousy battery life, I followed :apple: instructions and did the full calibration.

As I said, so far a dramatic improvement, but it's early day's.
 
Well I Can Assure You

saving107 said:
Its a possibility.
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That I have better things to do. With your "Trust Nobody" attitude, why be here at all?

Some people😡

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And battery now shows 91% Hmmm. Might not be such a great fix, but we will see.
 
Macman45 said:
Would I lie? I'm too busy to take screenshots etc. What's the point of posting a bunch of C***?

I post only for the information of others. Having tried re-charging @ 10% and still getting lousy battery life, I followed :apple: instructions and did the full calibration.

As I said, so far a dramatic improvement, but it's early day's.
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Too busy to post screenshots but you're posting just fine.
 
Macman45 said:
That I have better things to do. With your "Trust Nobody" attitude, why be here at all?

Some people😡
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My point is that you have yet to provide any evidence to back-up your claim of Dramatic Boost.

Prior to calibration I was getting about 7-8 hours before the battery dropped to 10%

After calibration (and one day's normal use) The battery display's 99%
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I'm still baffled by what this means? Before you were getting 7-8 hours battery life on your iPhone 4S, but after you calibrated the battery your usage is now 99%?
 
Not Exactly

saving107 said:
My point is that you have yet to provide any evidence to back-up your claim of Dramatic Boost.



I'm still baffled by what this means? Before you were getting 7-8 hours battery life on your iPhone 4S, but after you calibrated the battery your usage is now 99%?
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When I charged the phone at the 10% point (when it reminds you) I charged to 100% and in normal use got 7-8 hours before the 10% point was reached.

The re-calibration was done on Tuesday, and since then the battery seems to be holding a better charge.

Having said that, I just took a ten minute call and it dropped from 98% to 91% 7% per call? It doesn't bode well, but only time will tell.
 
Neither

Arnezie said:
Yup yup 😀
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2 short calls later, and I'm now back in the same boat....now reads 79% It won't last the day.

Are Apple going to fix this? I carry my 4 around with me fully charged, just a sim swap.

But it shouldn't be like this.

Will they make it work? Or have they just loaded it with too much?
 
A State Of The Art

Phone with less than a day's worth of battery life? I like the features, but I'm seriously thinking about returning it.

Back in the day, the old batteries had more go in them...Okay I know they were running less stuff.

It's not good enough. And no folks, I didn't lie or mislead you, just hoped I had cracked it.

I havent.🙁
 
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