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Obligatory "Awful Battery on iOS 6" thread
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Did you use your phone for 4 hours hours straight, or was it draining while you had it in standby?
No problems for me here. When I first did my restore it stayed awake for awhile downloading my apps, music and movies.
do you have either of the facebook apps signed in ?
if so, sign out. i doubled my battery life by doingg this
if so, sign out. i doubled my battery life by doingg this
So far mine is much better, standby is at 1 hour 12 mins and still 100%, usually its been down to 95% within 45 minutes.
Like you signed out of the facebook integration and signed out of the facebook app? Wouldn't it be easier to just close and kill the app in the background?
4s
Since i 1st got the 4s on release day my battery life compared to my ip4 has been shocking. So far so good with this update
here are my specs... iPhone 4S.
Should I b disappointed...?
Logged in on twitter only, no facebook account. Mainly phone calls and twitter browsing... :-/
Should I b disappointed...?
Logged in on twitter only, no facebook account. Mainly phone calls and twitter browsing... :-/
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On my ipad 2 21% of battery (from 100 to 79) got me 3 hours and 50 minutes of usage with wifi on all day. So it's great.
Same for me. My father has the 4, and I the 4S and I am always amazed at how much better battery life the 4 has. Looking forward to this update!
My battery is [messed] up after upgrading to GM. I was in class for 3 hours never used it during that time and all the apps were closed. Battery drained after 3 hours. Any suggestions ? I am thinking of downgrading to iOS 5 
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Doesn't feel like the battery on my 4S has changed significantly on the GM compared to 5.1.1; maybe a bit better in standby but the new maps app rinses my battery, especially when using the 3D mode. (I suppose that's to be expected considering it will likely use a lot more processing power than regular maps). Same goes for panorama.
There is definately something wrong with mine. %90 drain in 3 hours without even using the phone and all apps closed. Anyone has a similar case ?
I posted a screenshot a few posts above, right after installing ios6 GM. But that was the first cycle under iOS 6. It actually shut off at 7%...
After a full cycle, it seems to be going better. I'm at 11h of standby, 2:30h of usage and 54% left... So it seems a lot better than my first cycle under iOS 6...
Give it another cycle.
Same here on my iPhone 4s.
I did full restore and after that I selected "new iphone."
This is how mine has been since the day I bought it under iOS5. Feel privileged that it was at one point better.