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8.4 Average battery life

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vortex1082

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Just wondering what people are getting on 8.4. I think I am draining a lot. Did a full restore as new didn't seem to help. iPhone 6 with T-Mobile. Thank you.
 

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vortex1082 said:
Just wondering what people are getting on 8.4. I think I am draining a lot. Did a full restore as new didn't seem to help. iPhone 6 with T-Mobile. Thank you.
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That looks like great battery to me your not even at 50% and you have 3.5 hrs of usage at this same usage by 10% you should have close to 6 hrs.

I'm getting 3.5 usage for the entire battery before it dies. I plan to do a 2nd restore of ios8.4
 
MrGuder said:
That looks like great battery to me your not even at 50% and you have 3.5 hrs of usage at this same usage by 10% you should have close to 6 hrs.

I'm getting 3.5 usage for the entire battery before it dies. I plan to do a 2nd restore of ios8.4
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Thanks just wanted a second look to it. The full restore must have helped.
 
I can tell my battery life is down the last couple weeks. My phone is at 63% with 2 hours of usage. It doesn't show usage since last charge, only last 24 hours so I can't get a real sense.

I would also like to see a listing in there for the Apple Watch to know how much of the battery is used by the Watch communicating with the iPhone. I got my watch 2 weeks ago, so I think that is a big part of it.

I know some people said the watch cut down on their usage since they now used their phone less, but I am finding my phone is draining faster.
 
I'm getting better than 8.3 battery life on my 6 plus. I was getting the opposite but then I disabled Apple music. Have you guys tried disabling Apple music? It may make a difference for you.
 
Ipadlover29 said:
I'm getting better than 8.3 battery life on my 6 plus. I was getting the opposite but then I disabled Apple music. Have you guys tried disabling Apple music? It may make a difference for you.
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How do you disable Apple Music?
 
Also make sure iCloud music library is disabled and disable cellular data from the iTunes & App Store settings section.
 
I have all of the above disabled and turned off yet I'm still getting about 1.5 hour battery less than 8.3. I actually did a 2nd restore of 8.4 yesterday and today I got just barely 5 hrs of usage just barely before it shut down and usually on 8.3 I was getting easily 6 hours sometimes 6.5 so something is eating my battery and I can't figure out what. I had my battery replaced for free during the iPhone 5 battery recall and I just checked my receipt and it's been a little over a yr so either my battery is going bad or it's 8.4. I wonder if Apple will replace a 3rd battery for free. :rolleyes:
 
That's looking pretty average. It all depends on what you are doing. Here is mine. I usually get 7-8. Sometimes 6.5 if I'm really pounding away and I'm outside and the brightness is up.

Oh and give it a few days and a few cycles and the meter will become more accurate. Right after a restore it appears to drain faster because iOS hasn't "learned" your battery yet.

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mazdamiata210 said:
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Is that a 6 or plus?

I forgot to mention my usage is probably 95% on screen usage. 6-8 hours is typical real world for all onscreen usage on the regular 6. For the 6plus I think it's closer to 10. Sure if the screen is off and you are on airplane mode listening to music you could get your usage time to say 40hrs!
 
imagineadam said:
Is that a 6 or plus?

I forgot to mention my usage is probably 95% on screen usage. 6-8 hours is typical real world for all onscreen usage on the regular 6. For the 6plus I think it's closer to 10. Sure if the screen is off and you are on airplane mode listening to music you could get your usage time to say 40hrs!
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6+ of real world usage
 
I'm getting two hours less battery life on my iPad mini 2 since the last update. Down to 8 hours from 10. And I have Apple Music disabled.
 
My week long experience with iOS8.4 on my iPhone 5S = smoother in some areas (sometimes opening a folder would have a minuscule stutter), and battery life (especially idle) seems better.

This is with all Apple Music disabled (also disabled in Restrictions).
 
Seems about the same as 8.3 on my 5S. I got 6 hours yesterday. 65% of battery was consumed on Safari browsing on LTE at 80% brightness. 10% home & lock screen, 6% Yahoo news app, 4% Skype video chat, 2% Line, Gmail, weather app.
 
e93to said:
Seems about the same as 8.3 on my 5S. I got 6 hours yesterday. 65% of battery was consumed on Safari browsing on LTE at 80% brightness. 10% home & lock screen, 6% Yahoo news app, 4% Skype video chat, 2% Line, Gmail, weather app.
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What device would that be on?
 
Average of about 8:10 of usage at the 20% warning. This is on an iPhone 6. This includes 2-3 hours of audio playback with the screen off.

I'm getting the same battery as on 9.0 beta 2. 8.4 is better than 9.0 beta 3 for battery life in my experience.

I have many features disabled in the interest of improving battery life (eg. background app refresh off, location services off for all but maps/Yelp/Find my iPhone). 1 Push account, rest manual refresh. No widgets, no Facebook. Cellular data on for a few hours a day. I don't know if this actually makes a difference it's just FYI
 
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