I was getting that on my 4 and I get 8-8.5 on overage on my 6, a few 9+ hours I have got too
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I was getting that on my 4 and I get 8-8.5 on overage on my 6, a few 9+ hours I have got too
So close to double on a good day, huh? Pretty nice.
Also, anyone know how the different methods of measurement compare on android v. iphone? The android I'm using gets about 16 hours "battery usage" on stand-by, 5 hours "Screen time on". Is screen Time On like 'usage' in iphone?
Nope. Usage time = screen on time + background music + push notification + background refresh + other OS background run time.
Okay. Now do compare and contrast all this with Android's 'battery usage' and "screen time on'?
I battery life is awful and i'm doing normal usage like you all. I have an iPhone 6. I did restore from back up. Why do you recommend setting up as a new iPhone? You all don't want your pics/msgs/apps/etc??? There's gotta be a way to fix this issue. HELP anyone lol.
It wasn't dead yet, but wow. I'm just a freshman in high school, so you should get the general jist in usage patterns. Lunch, study hall, and in my case, English, because we literally do nothing in that class.
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And yes, I was using Instagram a lot today. I pretty much went through a lot of Instagram accounts/explore section, and looked through the Internet for various funny pictures for a good 35 minutes. The total was 13 photos, not that much, really. 4-6 hours is generally my average amount of usage time on a full charge. It really sucks. Never has been good since I got my phone on October 6th. Not sure what to do now that I would like to exchange my phone but I passed my 2 week return period, the Apple store is 2 and a half hours away, and my parents would rather not deal with a Genius Bar appointment, a long trip, possibly being sent away with "Nothing is wrong with your iPhone", etc.
My parents also swear that nothing is wrong. Well, my dad does. My mom doesn't really know about this sort of thing, and doesn't exactly care. My dad thinks he knows, but he doesn't really to be honest... He just upgraded from a droid bionic he had for 2 years, it had atrocious battery life. He said if it was at 65% when he went to sleep, it was dead when he woke up. Making it through the day at work wasn't possible, but it was his first smartphone, so he didn't know anything was wrong with that.
Anyway, kind of not sure what to do with this whole situation. Battery also went from 31%-23% just from reading through a couple pages of this thread, and composing this long post.
And yes, I was using Instagram a lot today. I pretty much went through a lot of Instagram accounts/explore section, and looked through the Internet for various funny pictures for a good 35 minutes. The total was 13 photos, not that much, really. 4-6 hours is generally my average amount of usage time on a full charge. It really sucks. Never has been good since I got my phone on October 6th. Not sure what to do now that I would like to exchange my phone but I passed my 2 week return period, the Apple store is 2 and a half hours away, and my parents would rather not deal with a Genius Bar appointment, a long trip, possibly being sent away with "Nothing is wrong with your iPhone", etc.
My parents also swear that nothing is wrong. Well, my dad does. My mom doesn't really know about this sort of thing, and doesn't exactly care. My dad thinks he knows, but he doesn't really to be honest... He just upgraded from a droid bionic he had for 2 years, it had atrocious battery life. He said if it was at 65% when he went to sleep, it was dead when he woke up. Making it through the day at work wasn't possible, but it was his first smartphone, so he didn't know anything was wrong with that.
Anyway, kind of not sure what to do with this whole situation. Battery also went from 31%-23% just from reading through a couple pages of this thread, and composing this long post.
Can you try troubleshooting via teleophone with Apple or your phone carrier? I know Verizon has some nice and smart people in their tech support department. Also read internet articles on 'battery saving tips for iphone' and implement them, perhaps most importantly screen brightness and location related apps.
And if you can't improve your battery life, just accept it. You're fortunate to even have an iphone 6 at all. 4 to 6 hours a day using your phone is plenty. So put down the phone, do some school work, talk to some girls, play some sports, and count your blessings, young fella.
Don't listen to them.
Usage is highly dependant on what you're doing.
Playing 3D games all day? You'll probably get 3 hours
Watching movies? You'll get 11
Web browsing? Around 8 hours
Reading a book? ~10 hours
Music? 50 hours
You get the point...
You have 7 hours of usage which is perfectly reasonable. If you're using your phone like a normal human being and are getting 7 or more hours of usage, you have no reason to be concerned.
2 weeks old iPhone 6 (64GB, SG) running impressively.
My settings:
Translation for screenshots: Päivä=Day, Tunti=Hour, Minuutti=Minute.
My settings:
- Every app has right to refresh, update and sync in the background when they need.
- LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth and Location are on all the time. Every app installed that can use/need to use these has a permission.
- Spotify streaming is set to highest quality.
- 147 Apps installed.
Translation for screenshots: Päivä=Day, Tunti=Hour, Minuutti=Minute.
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Here's mine. Unplugged at 7 am, used whole day until about 23 pm. 3G the whole time, brightness at about 55%. Really happy with the battery.
However the "usage" counter doesn't make all that much sense to me. I was trough 45% of the battery with 7h standby and 2.5h usage, then end up having three times as much with the remaining battery...
I'd replace the "Last 24 Hours" with "Last Cycle" or similiar, the current set of statistics is pretty useless. The "Last 7 Days" is nice.
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However the "usage" counter doesn't make all that much sense to me. I was trough 45% of the battery with 7h standby and 2.5h usage, then end up having three times as much with the remaining battery...
I'd replace the "Last 24 Hours" with "Last Cycle" or similiar, the current set of statistics is pretty useless. The "Last 7 Days" is nice.
You and i seem to have the same battery usage. My standby is good but i don't care about that as much as i do about the usage. How was your iPhone 5 battery life? After the iOS 8 update, my iPhone 5's battery usage was 5 hours max and an average of 4 hr 45 mins. I also restored form backup via iTunes, and now my iPhone 6 has a battery life usage of 7 hours max. Its a bit disappointing because i don't do anything too extraordinary with it, it seems most people are getting around 9 hours before the phone dies.
edit: i should mention that i toggled reduce motion, toggled off background app refresh, etc but no luck
its deceiving listen to more music and do everything else the same as you are now and you will get closer to 9
