Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
General 6.1 battery thread (merged)
- Thread starter Knockoutjosie
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
See my attached picture. Almost the same use, albeit with almost 2x battery. Might be something with your usage. Always have music playing, 3G on for the majority of the time. Auto brightness.
Attachments
I have had serious battery drain issue and I am on my second iPhone. Yes I got my first one replaced. This one is no better so I was waiting for 6.1. After about 35 minutes of usage my battery reads 98%. Please note that I am experiencing battery drain only when I on 3G. Keeping my fingers crossed.
That's like 20 hours of usage...what are you complaining about?!?
4h43 usage,17h05 standby and its at 29%,it was draining like crazy on 3G(using iMessage and text plus and 3G in my house is very poor,like 1/2 bars) dropping 1% every 3 minutes so i reset network settings and then reset all definitions and got me that(disclaimer I did sync a new song with my mac and it got an extra 2% after:36% pre-sync->38% after-sync) so I'd say its pretty good if you take into account the pre-resetting drain(it was restored from a backup) and I'm on wifi so its pretty good i think,I think i can get 5h usage with 15/16h on standby if I use 3G only so thats pretty good on my book.
Those of you complaining about battery drain issues, have you all done an iTunes update/restore? If not I would recomend doing that, seemed to solve my battery issues going from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 on my iPhone 5.
I did an iTunes update for 6.1 last night and let the battery drain down to 1% before plugging it in to charge. So far today i am at 1 hour 11 minutes usage, and 2 hours 6 minutes stand buy and battery is down to 92%.
Not bad did some emailing facebook and twitter this morning with a few text as well. I also work in an area with spotty wifi and no cell reception most the day so it is always looking for some sort of signal.
If I have time later today I will post back with more details
Just my $.02
I did an iTunes update for 6.1 last night and let the battery drain down to 1% before plugging it in to charge. So far today i am at 1 hour 11 minutes usage, and 2 hours 6 minutes stand buy and battery is down to 92%.
Not bad did some emailing facebook and twitter this morning with a few text as well. I also work in an area with spotty wifi and no cell reception most the day so it is always looking for some sort of signal.
If I have time later today I will post back with more details
Just my $.02
On this sample size???
No problems here (4s, 73% remaining, 2:10 usage, 16:11 standby, last put on charge yesterday evening). Pretty much the same as before.
Just posting how long the battery usage time and the percentage really is useless.
Exactly what kind of usage is it? Anything involving GPS? What you are doing makes a huge difference.
Exactly what kind of usage is it? Anything involving GPS? What you are doing makes a huge difference.
i noticed with ios 6.0.2 i was only getting 5.5 hours of usage on my iPhone 5 and then i did a hard reset meaning holding down the home button and the power button and my battery life improved drastically, got around 8+ hours of usage after doing that and has gotten better so far with iOS 6.1
I just downloaded onavo to test it out to see how well it works with saving data, and am streaming pandora in the background, Facebook, Tweetbot, Instagram, and email. Anyone and everyone would want better on a 4S, but frankly, this isn't bad. Considering I'm doing a little more than I usually would to really test it out, usage should be on par with 6.0, which is what I was on before.
Attachments
100% at 8:30am, 77% at 3:16pm. Upgraded over wifi. I'll give it a day or two before I decide to restore. I think it's crazy to have to restore when you have the option of over the air upgrades.
Here are my battery usages before and after the update . I'm not sure if its much better, what do you all think?
Mines got a lot better.
iPhone 4s.
Saying that, some days 6.0.1 would have the same battery drain, although a little worse.
Other days I would have Standby of 4 hours, usage around 1 hour and it would be around 50%. Gonna give it a few days before deciding.
iPhone 4s.
Saying that, some days 6.0.1 would have the same battery drain, although a little worse.
Other days I would have Standby of 4 hours, usage around 1 hour and it would be around 50%. Gonna give it a few days before deciding.
