Happens on my 4S as well, which had an extremely reliable battery percentage for 2 years; now this.
If it was reliable for two years then suddenly not that could be other causes. Like a consumed battery perhaps.
Happens on my 4S as well, which had an extremely reliable battery percentage for 2 years; now this.
had it now since it died with 100% battery..already took it to apple before they refuse to replace cause of my "precious warranty" being expired,
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The Genius tested the phone and found a bad battery. He told me that they could either replace it or give me another phone.
If it was reliable for two years then suddenly not that could be other causes. Like a consumed battery perhaps.
A few too many of the same kind of coincidences to not consider that something else might be involved.my iPhone 5 was doing the same thing. I had the battery replaced a few days ago and now there is NO problem.
I think the timing is just a coincidence with the release of iOS7. If this truly were a software issue, my phone would still be failing after the battery replacement.
If it was reliable for two years then suddenly not that could be other causes. Like a consumed battery perhaps.
A warranty I suspect you knew about from day one, including about Apple Care, etc. So why are you snarking on Apple. You should have gone in the moment something fishy was up. Sounds like you didn't. Any claims to 'help a guy out cause I'm barely out of warranty' went off the menu because of you waiting.
And be thankful it was just a battery. If it had been the logic board that is a full phone replacement of closer to $300.
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Interesting. According to the SO, they are NOT to replace the whole phone for a bad battery. They are to just replace the battery. That Genius and his managers may find themselves in a world of hurt in the future if they are doing a lot of full phone swaps for repair items.
And they are not to comment on frequency of problems, imply something is common etc.
If I had an AppleCare warranty, then they would have replaced the battery only according to the Genius. I think I was given the option since I had a 3rd party warranty. It is a no cost option to Apple if I get a replacement phone or a battery since I am paying either way.
Dusting off an old thread.
A co-worker's iPhone 5 (7.0.4) started randomly shutting down when less than 35%. This morning he tried 7.1 b5 and in a few hours it shut down at 50%. Both times he was receiving a text outside (32F). He's not hopeful that 7.1 is going to resolve it.