Battery issues: Trying a complete restore

[JerTheGeek]

Ugh. Never thought I'd say this, but, I am currently doing a complete restore, and will not be restoring from my backup. I have heard that it can really help battery life.
This hole issue started on my previous iPhone, a 4s, which was also restored from a backup. My first iPhone, a 4, had fine battery as far as i can remember; I don't ever remember it being bad or complain about it. So, i think my backup was bad. Well, now I'll start fresh. Anyone else had to go this far to help battery issues? Or is it maybe an 8.1.2 bug?

 

[bandofbrothers]

Personally I've always used my back ups and have had no noticeable battery issues.

Using iPhone 6 plus on iOS 8.1.2

 

[JerTheGeek]

Personally I've always used my back ups and have had no noticeable battery issues.

Using iPhone 6 plus on iOS 8.1.2

Im the same on iPad mini, but I think it was just something in my old 4 backup, that messed things up. Will see.

 

[Applejuiced]

It's better to avoid old backups from previous iOS and device versions.
Bugs can be passed down if previous backups have issues.

 

[JerTheGeek]

It's better to avoid old backups from previous iOS and device versions.
Bugs can be passed down if previous backups have issues.

So far I'm at 90% with 52 minutes of usage!!!!! Couldn't be happier about this!
Plus a lot of this battery has ben used downloading my photo and videos from iCloud PL. So, the restore worked!

 

[Applejuiced]

Great.
Use it for 2-3 days and you'll get an average feel for it.
But looks like you'll be fine.