I think I can confirm that 4.3.2 finally fixes the 4.3 short battery life problem... at least on the itouch 4g
Battery life observed running 4.3 with
wifi off
bluetooth off
location services off
music confirmed off
all apps manually closed or device rebooted
zero use...
...battery would always be critically low at 2 to 2.5 days
This is compared to an identical 4gen itouch running 4.2 which shows no perceptable battery drain after the same period under the same conditions and would regularly go over a week with no charge.
I called for a warranty appointment and got one. I discussed the issue with the apple rep who assured me that the os could not impact battery life as I described it so he set the appointment for a battery replacement with no hesitation after the symptoms were described.
After the call, I installed 4.3.2 which would allow me a week before the appointment to observe the upgrade's impact.
That unit's battery consumption now appears to be in line with our first 4gen's battery consumption. Overnight after a full charge would always show a 10-20% drain on the unit running 4.3 and it now shows no perceptible drain.
I'm assuming that I will cancel the warranty appointment.
I'm very surprised that apple would continue to set (expensive) warranty appointments without first asking users to try the upgrade to 4.3.2 to see if that addresses the problem.
Hope that this information is of value to others running 4.3 and 4.3.1.
Beverly Howard
Battery life observed running 4.3 with
wifi off
bluetooth off
location services off
music confirmed off
all apps manually closed or device rebooted
zero use...
...battery would always be critically low at 2 to 2.5 days
This is compared to an identical 4gen itouch running 4.2 which shows no perceptable battery drain after the same period under the same conditions and would regularly go over a week with no charge.
I called for a warranty appointment and got one. I discussed the issue with the apple rep who assured me that the os could not impact battery life as I described it so he set the appointment for a battery replacement with no hesitation after the symptoms were described.
After the call, I installed 4.3.2 which would allow me a week before the appointment to observe the upgrade's impact.
That unit's battery consumption now appears to be in line with our first 4gen's battery consumption. Overnight after a full charge would always show a 10-20% drain on the unit running 4.3 and it now shows no perceptible drain.
I'm assuming that I will cancel the warranty appointment.
I'm very surprised that apple would continue to set (expensive) warranty appointments without first asking users to try the upgrade to 4.3.2 to see if that addresses the problem.
Hope that this information is of value to others running 4.3 and 4.3.1.
Beverly Howard