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Apple Confirms Battery Life Issues With iOS 5, Software Update Coming
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Dr McKay
macrumors 601
It's random iPhones, this could be something to do with iOS 5. Thats the only common factor with all the phones suffering from it.
They don't technically run on identical software, AFAIK. There are a variety of different iOS builds for each specific device and carrier type (GSM vs. CDMA). Now that the iPhone 4S is a "world phone", they may have just made one build for everything, but I'm fairly sure there are technically still a variety of different builds of iOS5.
woohoo
i am glad my iPhone 4 battery only lasts a day and i think i have a bug with the wifi because if i watch youtube videos on my iPad it stops half way thew the video all the time but works fine on the iPhone 😡😡😡
i am glad my iPhone 4 battery only lasts a day and i think i have a bug with the wifi because if i watch youtube videos on my iPad it stops half way thew the video all the time but works fine on the iPhone 😡😡😡
I'm not too happy that Apple will need few weeks to release the patch. Hopefully the patch 5.0.1 fixed all the battery issue in one shot and will release sooner.
coolbreeze
macrumors 68000
Was your iPhone 4 running iOS5? Because mine is and it loses battery like no other.
wordoflife
macrumors 604
To be honest, the battery on my 3GS with 5.0 have been fine. I won't mind it being better if there's room for improvement though.
sunspot42
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Mileage
Battery life on my 4S is much, much better than it ever was on my 3GS.
Of course, I also switched from AT&T - where my 3GS was constantly struggling to get a signal - to a 4S on Verizon, which pretty much always has a strong signal unless I'm two stories underground beneath dozens of feet of solid concrete.
Seriously, what does Verizon use to get its signal to penetrate so far into buildings and the ground? Subspace?
Battery life on my 4S is much, much better than it ever was on my 3GS.
Of course, I also switched from AT&T - where my 3GS was constantly struggling to get a signal - to a 4S on Verizon, which pretty much always has a strong signal unless I'm two stories underground beneath dozens of feet of solid concrete.
Seriously, what does Verizon use to get its signal to penetrate so far into buildings and the ground? Subspace?
ghostface147
macrumors 601
Xian Zhu Xuande
macrumors 6502a
Already answered, but I'll elaborate. Everyone has different data on their phone and computers. Add iCloud and syncing of things like contacts and you open yourself up to an exceptionally large range of possible complications, right on down to what a person might have entered into the 'notes' field of a contact. As such, people experience a range of different bugs. I'll bet Apple will be cleaning up bugs associated with iCloud for a while (seems like it is connected to numerous battery complaints), and that there will always be people who continue to have problems due to odd data or habits.
I've got a 4S and I'm not having any real problems. I feel like I'm getting a touch less battery life than I did with my 4, but it is still persisting well beyond a day of regular use, and I certainly don't feel as if I'm having the sort of problems others have described.
aristotle
macrumors 68000
This bug will affect people more if you are in areas with really poor cellular/GPS signal throughout the day.
My 4S was draining battery faster than my 3GS was on iOS 5 because of several factors.
1. My 4S is on Telus which has a legacy CDMA network and HSPA+ so my 4S can only use their HSPA+ network as it is registered as an HSPA+ device while my 3GS was on Fido which operated a GSM GPRS and Edge network and 3G HSPA network so when my 3G signal was low, it could fall back onto Edge or GPRS which used less power.
2. My new carrier has a different network and I actually have signal at home whereas my previous carrier did not.
Turning off the Timezone feature stopped the battery drain on my 4S and it has lasted two days so far on a single charge.
My 4S was draining battery faster than my 3GS was on iOS 5 because of several factors.
1. My 4S is on Telus which has a legacy CDMA network and HSPA+ so my 4S can only use their HSPA+ network as it is registered as an HSPA+ device while my 3GS was on Fido which operated a GSM GPRS and Edge network and 3G HSPA network so when my 3G signal was low, it could fall back onto Edge or GPRS which used less power.
2. My new carrier has a different network and I actually have signal at home whereas my previous carrier did not.
Turning off the Timezone feature stopped the battery drain on my 4S and it has lasted two days so far on a single charge.
A welcomed update indeed. Installing the seed on my 4S as I type.
Sometimes this thing would go 1.5 days standby, and others would barely make it through the day -- all with similar usage patterns and identical configurations. Yes there are a lot of variables influencing the battery performance, with the only constant being the hardware itself.
Smelled like a software glitch from the start.
Glad Apple is on top of their game!
Sometimes this thing would go 1.5 days standby, and others would barely make it through the day -- all with similar usage patterns and identical configurations. Yes there are a lot of variables influencing the battery performance, with the only constant being the hardware itself.
Smelled like a software glitch from the start.
Glad Apple is on top of their game!
GoodWatch
macrumors 6502a
It's not 'all' software but specific firmware, namely the latest incarnation of iOs. And it's not a every bug but a specific bug. The fact that not all users are affected by it is indeed influenced by certain conditions but that does not mean the bug is not there. It just should not happen. This is Apple, not Microsoft.
Consultant
macrumors G5
Fine on my end
I've got an iPhone 4s. It's my first iPhone but to date I've been pretty happy with the battery life. I have most everything on (location services, email checks every 15 minutes). I can always get through the day listening to music most of the day even with some video. So hopefully the fix comes soon for those with problems but I would side with Apple in that not everyone has an issue.
I've got an iPhone 4s. It's my first iPhone but to date I've been pretty happy with the battery life. I have most everything on (location services, email checks every 15 minutes). I can always get through the day listening to music most of the day even with some video. So hopefully the fix comes soon for those with problems but I would side with Apple in that not everyone has an issue.
Consultant
macrumors G5
Xian Zhu Xuande
macrumors 6502a
It might actually be. I don't know anyone who is having these problems and I'd assumed it is because most of the people who I know with a new 4S aren't really doing anything intricate with it just yet. They're barely even beginning to experiment with iCloud. I've heard a whole range of solutions through which people have temporarily addressed or fixed their battery life issues so it is hard to pinpoint what it might be, but if it is more frequently associated with intricate features like iCloud, it probably is a 'small number of customers'.
Us forum-participating folk aren't very indicative of the whole.
anberlinairlift
macrumors member
Why do you even have a MacRumors account? All you do is troll. Gtfo and go to bed already.
I can't help but wonder if we would have just gotten the silent treatment from Steve in the same situation...