Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Battery life iPhone 5
- Thread starter wesk702
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Yeah I just decided to try erasing all settings and whatnot from the phone and start from scratch, so I set it up as a new phone and manually downloaded everything and set all the settings, so no backup file was used. It'll take a day or so to figure out if that does the trick but I have hopes. Although, deep down I don't think it'll accomplish anything.
That's what they said about my iPhone 4S and MacBook Air 11" and most every product people feel an inexplicable need to defend. And you know what happens a week later? the battery life is just as bad.
Yesterday my battery drained pretty quick but it was during intensive use and restoration. Today I'm at 38% and I barely touched it. I have little faith in the battery lasting any longer next week, I'll probably just continue my habit of charging more than I should.
i can only wish for that on wifi only.I think the battery life is amazing. Lte phones drain battery like crazy. My thunderbolt used to only get about 8-10 hrs max if I used it regularly. Plus at work my signal goes in and out because I work in a hospital. This new chip apple uses is much more efficient. It's impressive the amount of life they can get out of a 1400mah battery. This phone can match the droid razr with a much larger battery.
Attachments
Not good so far. Significantly worse than my 3GS which I've been using for three years!
Early days.
Early days.
Sorry i know this isn't exactly super valid info, but i didnt take a screenshot yesterday. Yesterday, after i got home and charged it fully to 100%, i got 3 hours 28 minutes usage and 9 hours standby. 51% left. 2 hours of that was at my friends house with terrible reception.
Today, this is what i have so far. I have been using it normally. I suspect a lot of people with bad battery have just been going nuts with exploring stuff.
screenshots from today: Decent?
Today, this is what i have so far. I have been using it normally. I suspect a lot of people with bad battery have just been going nuts with exploring stuff.
screenshots from today: Decent?
How do you put screenshots in a reply when posting from the mobile site?? On topic, mine is better than my 4S so far
Last edited:
Continue using LTE, don't go on Wi-Fi. Then post the battery results. Using Wi-Fi really conserves my battery, too much so. With cellular data I can only get like 4 hours of usage, maybe.
All phones do. Wifi is a battery saver.
My battery has been terrible today (day 2). I thought it was ok for day 1 considering all the setting up and downloading I was doing.
But i am showing:
3'43'' for usage
and 6'17'' for standby
@61%
noticed 10% drop in the first hour alone with only a little web browsing and watching those 5 apple ads for the iphone 5 via youtube.
From my 4s to 5 the 5 outlasts the 4s i charged it only once from 12 pst to 4:41 pst the next day and I'm at 77%
Agreed. I drive for my job and started at 10am today. With constant gps, couple calls to the job, some pulse reading on downtime- by 2-3 was at 25%. Now you can say 5 hours and almost drained not great. But I literally mean constant gps so battery took a hit. On normal usage I could most likely last all day.
Speaking of I charged it to 50% when it hit the 25%. Stopped charging and driving around 5. Been on it constantly(wifi) since the. And still at 46% with brightness about half way.
