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Battery Usage/Life Screenshots iPhone 6
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You might want to calibrate the battery of your iPhone. Did that as well, because mine drained very quick at the first 24 hours. After the calibration it became much better.
You might want to calibrate the battery of your iPhone. Did that as well, because mine drained very quick at the first 24 hours. After the calibration it became much better.
How do you calibrate I've noticed as I'm writing this it dropped from 31 percent to 29 percent instantly with no time on 30 percent if that makes sense
Just use your iPhone like you always to until it turns off by itself (so when the battery is 'dead'). Then fully charge it to 100%.
Afterwards you should be able to notice a difference. If not, then I recommend you to reset your iPhone.
By the way, in case you've set up your iPhone 6 from a back-up, then I would recommend you to reset your iPhone as completely new anyway. It's always the smartest move to set up a new iPhone or iPad as new so not from a back-up, I have experienced.
Just use your iPhone like you always to until it turns off by itself (so when the battery is 'dead'). Then fully charge it to 100%.
Afterwards you should be able to notice a difference. If not, then I recommend you to reset your iPhone.
By the way, in case you've set up your iPhone 6 from a back-up, then I would recommend you to reset your iPhone as completely new anyway.
I set it up from new I'm coming from a galaxy s5. So you had the same quick drain because at the rate it's going then Internet browsing on wifi would only be about 5 hours and not the stated 10
I indeed had the same quick drain (exactly the same in fact). The first 24 hours, maybe longer, I wasn't able to get four hours of low to average usage, as well as a full day of stand-by.
Even though I knew that's very common when you have a new device (because you want to try all the new features out like you've never done before and of course you're searching and installing a lot apps). Al that stuff needs a lot power as well. But still I decided to calibrate and it really worked. I mean, I just finished one full day and 18 hours of stand-by and 7 hours of average usage.
Just use your iPhone like you always to until it turns off by itself (so when the battery is 'dead'). Then fully charge it to 100%.
Afterwards you should be able to notice a difference. If not, then I recommend you to reset your iPhone.
By the way, in case you've set up your iPhone 6 from a back-up, then I would recommend you to reset your iPhone as completely new anyway. It's always the smartest move to set up a new iPhone or iPad as new so not from a back-up, I have experienced.
How do I set up as new w/out losing my : contacts, notes, calender, text messages, and one app (text message app) that has texts on it..how do I not lose all of this stuff? how can people start fresh w/losing everything? I don't understand it. I have years worth of photos, texts, and notes. I don't want to lose this stuff.
Well, unfortunately only your Contacts, Calendars and Notes will be still there when you set up as new (at least, if you're using iCloud and login with your Apple ID)....
What you could try, it making a back-up of your phone right now and then put that one back. But I'm not sure whether that will make any difference in terms of battery life.
So my battery life on 6 plus SUCKS. HORRIBLY.
I unplugged at 6:30 TODAY, and by 1pm I'm at 8% with only 3:45 usage and just under 5 hrs standby.
Have NO idea why it sucks so bad. I will say I keep my brightness on 100% and my home screen usage is about 30%, by far the highest, by about 15%.
I went in and checked background app refresh and only 3 or 4 apps have it on.
My email is set to push on two boxes and fetch on one. I changed it so only my work is push and the others are fetch. Mail is just 9% usage though.
Anyone got ideas?
This is mine at the minute with the issues I said regarding battery drainI indeed had the same quick drain (exactly the same in fact). The first 24 hours, maybe longer, I wasn't able to get four hours of low to average usage, as well as a full day of stand-by.
Even though I knew that's very common when you have a new device (because you want to try all the new features out like you've never done before and of course you're searching and installing a lot apps). Al that stuff needs a lot power as well. But still I decided to calibrate and it really worked. I mean, I just finished one full day and 18 hours of stand-by and 7 hours of average usage.
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Well, it doesn't look really bad, does it? I mean, 51% of Safari usage is quite something. And still 23% left.
why are you crying bruh? Yours looks good. You're on track to get about 8 hours which is normal..I can't even get 7.. You don't have batter problems bruh, stop acting like you do.
Yours is fine. 8 hours is about what you'll get on the 6.
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Your usage time sucks because you have the screen at 100%. Turn on auto-brightness or turn it down.
So this is my battery usage for today after restoring my Iphone 6Plus as new.
What do you think?
I don't know, I am still not very impressed with the iphone 6 battery life. I was expecting 10 hours as listed, but i fall short every time despite neutering the phone (using only 3G, no BT, no background refresh, no location services, no video, no push, only forum/reddit browsing). I'm sure Apple didn't come to those figures based on a screen dimmed to 20% and many of their features turned off. I should not have to neuter the phone to get close to what they list. I'm leaning towards returning it and waiting for the next iteration.
Let me know what you think. iP6 btw.
Let me know what you think. iP6 btw.
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I think that your batt life is really good and a hell of a lot better then mine...I started poor then did a restore was better now it's going back down hill but I'm not getting that much usage time so I would be happy with that....
I don't think it matters because unless you cut on Airplane mode he radios are still working and having to work harder to have reception. So the battery still gets taxed.
You're falling 30 minutes short and using a 3rd party browser. I would call that successful.
They do their battery rating based on stock apps, not App Store apps. If I went by all apps I could call my 6+ defective for getting 8 1/2 to 9 1/2 hours even watching Netflix and playing games all day.
You seem to have ignored the fact that i am also using the phone in such a way that Apple likely did not use their phone during their battery life tests. I had to turn my screen down to 20% to get those numbers. If i did anything intensive, i'd get much worse numbers. If i turned on LTE, i lose about 3-4 hours.
I did not call the phone defective. I said i was unimpressed that i had to turn off so many settings aka neuter the phone in such a way to even get remotely close to the listed figures.
