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Battery life: Is 8-9 hours of usage normal
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Lol, this isn't possible. Either your battery isn't collaborated right, or you plugged it in.
OP, yes that sounds about right.
It is possible for my 4S. That's my average battery life. Fun facts: I'm still on 5.0.0 and I've restored it from a backup that has been handed down across my iOS devices since iOS 1.1.1.
Do you have everything turned off? Push notifications, brightness, location services, etc?
I have the following:
WiFi - Almost always on
Ask to connect to WiFi - On
Push Notifications - On
Weather Widget - On
Stocks Widget - Off
Location Services - On
Cell Network Search - On
Compass Calibration - On
Diagnostics and Usage - On
Location Based iAds - Off
Setting Time Zone - On
Traffic - Off
Brightness - 0-25% (I change it often)
Auto-Brightness - Off
Siri - On
Raise to Speak - Off
Bluetooth - Off
WiFi Sync - Off
Ping - Off
Mail - 7 Accounts set to fetch once an hour, all push turned off
Calendars/Contacts - Fetches from three accounts once an hour
iCloud Backup - Off
FaceTime/iMessages - On
Automatic Downloads - On
Plus a few other carryovers that can't be set via the Settings app, but instead came over with my backup.
Nope, I've never setup any of my iDevices as "New".
Games, music, camera, email, web surfing, and texting. I haven't made a phone call on it yet.
The music is the key. I could listen to music for 2 hours and be at 95%. Its an artificial usage driver.
Music isn't my key. I use my 4S mostly for 3G web surfing and emailing with a bit of VNC thrown in for good measure.
Sorry already charging for the night. Maybe tomorrow.
Sorry already charging for the night. Maybe tomorrow.
I actually believe Intell because i get those same battery stats. When i charge my phone every night it's usually at 50% and higher and i use it a lot.
why people using iphone like to adjust brightness 50 %
is that really dark ?
when i use iphone i turn to 70 % or 80 % look more better ?
50 % wow ,
is that really dark ?
when i use iphone i turn to 70 % or 80 % look more better ?
50 % wow ,
Stand by usage I get incredible battery life (sorry haven't really paid attention to quantify it, just leaps and bounds ahead of my DROID devices).
Just like on my DROID devices, I turn nothing off. Save for switching a few apps off from notifications and turning off bluetooth (dont use it), every service is on my phone.
I usually can go from 6AM to Midnight easily without charging my phone (about 8 hours (work) of that time is stand by). The rest of the time it's navigating, light browsing, some calls, some texts, lots of heytell, pics, facebook, etc.
Just like on my DROID devices, I turn nothing off. Save for switching a few apps off from notifications and turning off bluetooth (dont use it), every service is on my phone.
I usually can go from 6AM to Midnight easily without charging my phone (about 8 hours (work) of that time is stand by). The rest of the time it's navigating, light browsing, some calls, some texts, lots of heytell, pics, facebook, etc.
"iPhone has been plugged in since the last full charge" That renders those number inaccurate.
I don't see why you guys are complaining about 7-9 hours of solid usage times. That is very good.
My android phone barely makes past 4 hours usage despite ROMs and kernels being flashed and tested. It is what makes me want to buy an iPhone again.
My android phone barely makes past 4 hours usage despite ROMs and kernels being flashed and tested. It is what makes me want to buy an iPhone again.
i always get between
6 hours to 6 hours 40 minutes usage
1 day to 1 day 12 hours standby
so i'm very happy with my battery life....not much difference to the 4. I got to over 7 hours usage on my 4 a fair few times but it isn't far off...it lasts me a long time so getting 7-8 hours usage isn't a huge issue.
6 hours to 6 hours 40 minutes usage
1 day to 1 day 12 hours standby
so i'm very happy with my battery life....not much difference to the 4. I got to over 7 hours usage on my 4 a fair few times but it isn't far off...it lasts me a long time so getting 7-8 hours usage isn't a huge issue.
I understand that. The phone was "plugged in" only for 2 minutes to sync something. I'll repost a picture at the end of today.
you must be a SuperAMOLED user in the making.
The iPhone 4 battery is capable of more than the 4S because of Siri's 'raise-to-speak' feature! it's a bit of a battery hog - turn it off and I bet you'll see comparable times to the 4.
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