Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 to Address Battery Life Issues [Updated]

[hakr100]

I updated to 5.0.1 yesterday.

This morning, I pulled my phone off the charger at 7:45 am and when I just checked it at 10:45 am, the battery meter was still at 100%.

I've got wi-fi on, "network" off, and most of the locater services off. I always leave wi-fi on, but don't flick on "network" unless I'm away from wi-fi.

So, three full hours in standby at 100%. I don't know whether that is good, bad, or average.

 

[xii]

This Update (5.0.1) does not help, in optimizing the battery life, in any kind.

 

[DotCom2]

My battery is actullay WORSE after update.
I got 5.5 hrs of use on wifi only and my battery dropped 9% overnight just sitting there idle. It would only drop 1-3% overnight before.
What kind of a fix is that?

 

[DotCom2]

Some tips:
Switch off various system services like automatic timezone and location-dependent iAds (using GPS all the time will drain the battery), switch off Push-eMail, if not needed switch off iCloud services (like e.g. backup).

Doesn't the backup work when it's plugged into a Power Source?

 

[Dun Properly]

After 5.0.1 OTA install, battery still drained fast if not faster. This AM it was dead. I charged using my iPad charger to 100%. Then I went to Settings-->General-->Reset All Settings

After phone reboots, it goes through setup. I setup as "new phone". All my apps and data were on phone when I logged in. The good news is battery seems to be holding very nicely now with no rapid drain!! Give it a shot, good luck!

I want to hear more about this. Please explain again. Thanks.

 

[DotCom2]

The battery meter is only a volt meter and therefore only a good guess at remaining battery capacity.

The only real way to test is to charge over night and then use the phone till it switches off and see how long you get.

That's exactly what I did. Updated my iphone 4S, rebooted, charged to 100%.
Got 5.5 hrs usagage on wifi only. Charged back up to 100%, went to bed, got up and was down 9% overnight!
UNACCEPTABLE!
This is not a FIX!

 

[Jantelagen]

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[Mazda 3s]

No improvement on my iPhone 4S. I've made two quick phone calls and that's it since I took my phone off the charger. I'm at 94%

Is this normal?

 

[Retrostarscream]

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Amen - thanks from one Vet to another!

I just wanted to say thank you for your service, time, effort, & bravery.

May* God bless you & your families.

 

[sotorious]

HOW DO YOU CANCEL THIS OTA, i just now read its the same if not worse. id rather stay on the firmware im at.

 

[trossoma]

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Check system activity. There is prob some process chewing up CPU and draining the batt. There was mention online about an icloud syncing issue that causes batt loss. The issue w/ the time zone setting in the location services has been fixed in 5.0.1. My batt life is back to normal now.

 

[ronf129]

Updated my 4S last night. Woke up this morning to find my battery at 90% ( from roughly 95% after update). Thats a huge improvement. Before update it would have been int he 40-50% range.

Hopefully it stays that way.

 

[mattburley7]

I am at 88% right now so I guess this is good.. it was at 100% as of 4:00 CST yesterday.

 

[London Lad]

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Check system activity. There is prob some process chewing up CPU and draining the batt. There was mention online about an icloud syncing issue that causes batt loss. The issue w/ the time zone setting in the location services has been fixed in 5.O0.1. My batt life is back to normal now.

Not on my ip4s it hasn't! gps is constantly on if 'setting time zone' is on.

 

[ruzz1141]

Are you sure you didn't click "Erase all Content and Settings" and do an iCloud restore by mistake? I'm almost positive if you choose Reset All Settings it goes through the original setup, but doesn't give you the option to set up as a new phone because all you did was like it says, reset your settings.\

Yes, positive.

 

[vitzr]

I performed the update the moment it went live online.

After six hours I was elated. Then the battery began to fade. Disappointment set in, but I was determined to give it time, since perhaps it's just a one off situation.

This morning after being on the charger all night it read 83%. I will be honest and admit I went into denial. Yep. I simply couldn't believe that it didn't fix it.

Then I came across this:

"But this morning, some users claim the so-called “battery life fix” hasn’t rectified their troubles—and for a few, it may have made the situation worse."

http://techland.time.com/2011/11/11...ix-at-all/?iid=tl-main-feature?xid=gonewsedit

 

[Burton8219]

Are you sure you didn't click "Erase all Content and Settings" and do an iCloud restore by mistake? I'm almost positive if you choose Reset All Settings it goes through the original setup, but doesn't give you the option to set up as a new phone because all you did was like it says, reset your settings.\

Yes, positive.

Weird, cause when I did Reset All Settings I didn't get an option to set up as a new phone... doesn't really make sense either that they would give you the option to considering all you did was change your settings back to factory.

Also, This update pretty much made my battery problems do a 180... before standby was awful and usage was at least average and now standby is average, but I keep the screen on for 30 seconds to send a text and I lose 1%. Gonna try a full discharge and see what happens, but not holding my breath.

 

[Andy0568]

no significant improvement here

 

[The Phazer]

To be fair following my last comment, my battery has drained much more slowly this afternoon, so I do think either my belief that there's an issue with expending too much energy trying to connect in areas of no signal is correct or that the battery calibration is just still settling down is likely

It's going to need more tests over the next few days.

 

[iMacUser1001]

iPhone 4

After reading about this, I am glad I stuck with the iPhone 4. I've only had it for 2 days so far but I went ahead and did the update to it anyway. Way to early to tell about the battery but I would think the 4 should be fine, sounds like all the issues are with the 4S.

I have Wifi turned on when I'm using it, when I go to bed at night I turn it off, Bluetooth is disabled, and all the other settings are still setup by default. Will do a couple power cycles on it and see what happens.

 

[DotCom2]

After reading about this, I am glad I stuck with the iPhone 4. I've only had it for 2 days so far but I went ahead and did the update to it anyway. Way to early to tell about the battery but I would think the 4 should be fine, sounds like all the issues are with the 4S.

I have Wifi turned on when I'm using it, when I go to bed at night I turn it off, Bluetooth is disabled, and all the other settings are still setup by default. Will do a couple power cycles on it and see what happens.

I'm not sure about that!
Has it been determined that it is an iPhone model # problem or and iOS5 problem?

 

[X5GEE]

this update blows!!!

Had 100% at 10am this morning. Used it for some emails, music, texts, Find My Friends & a moderate word game. Its down to 45% by 1:15pm. Not good! I feel this update made the battery level worse!

 

[iMacUser1001]

iPhone 4

I'm not sure about that!
Has it been determined that it is an iPhone model # problem or and iOS5 problem?

Everything I have read about this has been dealing with the iPhone 4S.

From everything I have read its a battery issue, iOS5 update that was just released was "suppose" to fix the problem and it appears it hasn't. So how do you determine if its the OS or if its the a actual defect of the phone?

 

[haysoos123]

Had 100% at 10am this morning. Used it for some emails, music, texts, Find My Friends & a moderate word game. Its down to 45% by 1:15pm. Not good! I feel this update made the battery level worse!

Definitely not normal. I'm curious though, how many people who are having problems restored from a previous backup when they upgraded? I've read of some problems with exchange accounts... delete those and re-make them and it fixes it?

I went from AT&T to Verizon, so I didn't really do a restore from backup. I have not had problems with my 4S before or after the 5.0.1 update. It seems to last about a day and half with normal usage (I don't use push email, I just check it every now and then, but I have everything else on normally).

People who have problems, have you tried a complete restore, and then just download your apps again and remake your accounts? I know it's a pain, but it could eliminate some possible causes. Then maybe you can just take it in and get it replaced cause the battery might be bad.

 

[dcol]

Hello everyone,

Well, yesterday I updated my 4S via WiFi and after a reboot the battery seemed worse. I let it drain completely, then waited 10 or 15 minutes and finally let it charge completely during the night (in Airplane Mode).

Today I used it with the same configuration as always (see my other post if you're interested to know which configuration I use) and, as of now, I have approximately twice as much battery left as I had yesterday or the day before. I used it today as I usually do... some calls, lots of iMessage/SMS, some emails, Facebook, played Angry Birds for 15 minutes, etc.

It seems that 5.0.1 improved my battery life, but I have all location services off and no push email. Tomorrow I will try leaving push on all day.

Cheers,

dcol