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Battery tip for the iPhone 4s that works!

Siren is right that part was a bit confusing. But the thread is still important to all the new users. If it helps 1 out of 100000 people its a useful post. And reading through 2 pages sounds like he has helped a few. We are here to help whenever possible right? So maybe editing that one line is necessary in case someone searches for this in a few months and doesn't understand.
 
thesiren said:
Not quite. Re-read your OP:



See that part in bold? That's you instructing people to keep the phone off.
That's nonsensical and incongruous with your subsequent posts.
Now you're saying it doesn't need to "stay off", instead "just let it drain completely and charge it to 100%."
That's called calibrating the battery.
You've discovered nothing new.

You've obviously realized your flawed logic regarding "keeping the phone OFF", so it would behoove those you intend to "help" to edit your OP to remove the conflicting, confusing and incorrect info.

;)
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Perfect, very succinct. First of all, I would thank the OP to provide instructions on how to calibrate the battery, for those new to it. But his advise on keeping the phone off simply is of no help, and in fact serves as a hindering information for those who want their phone in the "3 hours" he mentioned.
 
I did a restore, it worked for my phone.

I restored my iPhone as a new phone and set up everything on the phone manually, using iTunes and synced my things back to the iPhone. So far the battery is doing great. Over two hours of Internet, text, photo browsing and the battery is at 84%. Much better than earlier today where it dropped 53% in three hours! So, try a restore as new.
 
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ToddH said:
I restored my iPhone as a new phone and set up everything on the phone manually, using iTunes and synced my things back to the iPhone. So far the battery is doing great. Over two hours of Internet, text, photo browsing and the battery is at 84%. Much better than earlier today where it dropped 53% in three hours! So, try a restore as new.
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I tried the restore as new and it didn't improve mine at all. I can't figure this mess out.
 
Theres nothing that you can do. This drain is just iOS 5 related, prob related to iClouds initial implementation, i'd wager background processes or something of the sort.

first iOS patch will address this issue, i'd guess by nov 1.
 
Thanks OP.

Your initial thread is kind of confusing as it conflict with your instruction below vs. the first original post. You mention about "OFF"...so people would assume that they need to power it off manually.

Maybe this should help others....

1. Use the phone until it dies completely as the phone itself will power off.
2. Charge the phone via outlet immediately.
3. The phone is going to turn itself back on when it reaches 5%.
4. Leave it alone (do not touch) and let it continue to charge for about 3.5 hours.
5. After 3.5 hours, unplug the phone from the outlet.
6. Enjoy.

I'm currently draining my battery right now buy leaving an apps on and play music at the same time :)

BGTHEMOGUL said:
You use the phone until it dies completely and turns itself off. Then you plug it into the wall immediately, no waiting 30 minutes. When it turns itself back on that's fine don't touch it let it sit there and continue to charge. Once it reaches 100% charge let it sit on the charger still for a little bit longer, maybe an extra 30 minutes give or take. Then unplug and enjoy!
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It isn't placebo. You are calibrating your battery. My battery originally dropped very fast until it reached 1% then stayed at 1% for over 30 minutes streaming netflix. So upon calibrating the battery things are much more normal now. Still not up to the iPhone 4 but only have had 4s for a couple days. You need to calibrate the battery on anything that gives you a percentage.

Here's what I did:
~Let the battery die.
~I left mine sit for 3 hours dead. Apple suggests 6 hours while calibrating the macbook pro.
~Plugged phone in and charged over night.

I then did a hard reset afterwards even though most likely not necessary.
 
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I wasn't getting very good battery life on my 4s and I tried this plus only leaving on the apps I need in notifications and my battery has lasted the longest out of any iphone I have ever had and I have had all the iPhones.

I tried it and it improved plus my battery doesn't drain as fast on standby.

It doesn't hurt anything for us to try this. So give it a shot. After over 24 hours on standby I still have 25% battery left with over 6 hours of usage.
 
MayBee said:
Thanks OP.

Your initial thread is kind of confusing as it conflict with your instruction below vs. the first original post. You mention about "OFF"...so people would assume that they need to power it off manually.

Maybe this should help others....

1. Use the phone until it dies completely as the phone itself will power off.
2. Charge the phone via outlet immediately.
3. The phone is going to turn itself back on when it reaches 5%.
4. Leave it alone (do not touch) and let it continue to charge for about 3.5 hours.
5. After 3.5 hours, unplug the phone from the outlet.
6. Enjoy.

I'm currently draining my battery right now buy leaving an apps on and play music at the same time :)
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Exact steps to follow!
 
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