I've done a full cycle 3x, and had the battery to around 10% or a little less the other few times i've charged. My standby lifesucks, and when I use the phone it sucks even more.
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I've done a full cycle 3x, and had the battery to around 10% or a little less the other few times i've charged. My standby lifesucks, and when I use the phone it sucks even more.
I've "CALIBRATED" several times now. Mostly because the iPhone just dies everyday.
i think it might be a little bit of misreading of the %'s and also other flaws because i have been at 1% much longer than the other percents right now.
Stop killing yourselves
It's very obvious the calendar in notification center is the issue. Turn that off, and watch your battery life go back to normal. Several people have notised the flashing in the notification center, and as soon as you turn calendar notifications off, your battery life will be anew.
Today, my stats:
68% battery life left...
Usage: 2 hours, 18 minutes
Sandby: 4 hours, 12 minutes
Not bad...
However, one thing still noticing... Had about 90% battery left after a full charge last night, unplugged overnight, and my battery had dropped to 30% by this morning. So for 8 hours, my phone sat and did nothing yet drained 60% of battery.. Not cool.
It's very obvious the calendar in notification center is the issue. Turn that off, and watch your battery life go back to normal. Several people have notised the flashing in the notification center, and as soon as you turn calendar notifications off, your battery life will be anew.
Today, my stats:
68% battery life left...
Usage: 2 hours, 18 minutes
Sandby: 4 hours, 12 minutes
Not bad...
However, one thing still noticing... Had about 90% battery left after a full charge last night, unplugged overnight, and my battery had dropped to 30% by this morning. So for 8 hours, my phone sat and did nothing yet drained 60% of battery.. Not cool.
I have a 4 and a 4s conifured exactly the same way on ios5 on the same network, when used exactly the same way the 4 loses 8-9% per hour and the 4s loses 13-14 per hour usage. the 4 consistently gets 11 hrs and the 4s 7.5 ( 8 max).
overnight from 100% the 4 will lose nothing nd the 4s will be at 96%.
if there are 4s's getting 10+ hrs usage the my unit is defective.
are there 4's getting 10+ hrs with everything except I massage turned off?
didn't want to believe it...
I kept reading that if you set up as a new phone, you would get better battery life. I was getting 6 hours of usage with 16 hours of standby. I backed up the phone and thought i would give it a shot...unfortunately, it actually worked and i've had 2 days of 8 hour usage with similar use profile. I guess I won't go back to my backup but now i've lost all my accomplishments in Angry Birds
I kept reading that if you set up as a new phone, you would get better battery life. I was getting 6 hours of usage with 16 hours of standby. I backed up the phone and thought i would give it a shot...unfortunately, it actually worked and i've had 2 days of 8 hour usage with similar use profile. I guess I won't go back to my backup but now i've lost all my accomplishments in Angry Birds
They would've but I have an e13ctron case and they didn't have a hex key small enough to remove them haha. That was my fault for not remembering to take the case off in the chance that they swapped me out.
i'm interested in knowing your serial now and after the swap, mine begins with DNP...i read some posts showing better battery stats with a different serial number
I've posted this other places before, but wanted to throw this out there. I had issues with my 4S for a few days (It would be dead by 1PM after taking it off the charger at 5AM). After investigating, it was actually my calender from Exchange that was causing the issue. I had numerous meeting requests that did not have end dates, so my phone was constantly hitting the exchange server trying to get the next meeting time. I manually went in and changed all my meetings to occur for the next 3 years, as opposed to no end date and it worked. I'm now getting 28 hours stand by with 5 hour usage at 4%.
The weird thing is I've seen multiple people with endless meeting requests, and they haven't had any issues. I can say that it's not just the 4S or iOS 5 cause I had the issue with my iPhone 4 on the original iOS 4, which is why I was able to track it down pretty easily with the 4S.
The weird thing is I've seen multiple people with endless meeting requests, and they haven't had any issues. I can say that it's not just the 4S or iOS 5 cause I had the issue with my iPhone 4 on the original iOS 4, which is why I was able to track it down pretty easily with the 4S.
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Update mine is FIXED! I took it in to apple today and got a replacement phone. What I did before I went in was do a factory install and I did NOT recover from backup. I than charged my phone all the way up. I left it unplugged all night and woke up with 73% battery left. Perfect evidence I have a problem with the phone. Interestingly enough my usage showed nearly the same as my standby. That without ever unlocking it after restore!
Once Apple saw this they gladly replaced the phone. Magically it is working the way it should now! If you are having really bad standby time and you can prove it just get a new phone and quit fighting it. Worked for me.
Not sure if this helps or not but no battery issues, first three of serial is c39
setup as new phone
I would probably try to setup as new phone, if I wouldn't lose all my folder structures. Is there some way to keep that as a backup/profile in itunes that would then allow me to efficiently copy that over to the new setup phone?
I would probably try to setup as new phone, if I wouldn't lose all my folder structures. Is there some way to keep that as a backup/profile in itunes that would then allow me to efficiently copy that over to the new setup phone?
Here's an update:
These are standby mode...4 hours at 100%...before..it was losing 1% every 2 hours. I don't know if it's a fluke or not, but let's see how far it goes on standby mode with the changes that I made....
10:25am = 100%
12:30pm = 100%
2:20pm = 100%
These are standby mode...4 hours at 100%...before..it was losing 1% every 2 hours. I don't know if it's a fluke or not, but let's see how far it goes on standby mode with the changes that I made....
10:25am = 100%
12:30pm = 100%
2:20pm = 100%
Here's an update:
These are standby mode...4 hours at 100%...before..it was losing 1% every 2 hours. I don't know if it's a fluke or not, but let's see how far it goes on standby mode with the changes that I made....
10:25am = 100%
12:30pm = 100%
2:20pm = 100%
well yea, you made it into a dumb phone
it was a dumb phone before too with the same configuration being off and it was still eating 1% every 2 hours on standby
Keep in mind, i'm just testing it to find out the root cause. Once I do, then I'll make it a smart phone...this is all trial and error test...
Keep in mind, i'm just testing it to find out the root cause. Once I do, then I'll make it a smart phone...this is all trial and error test...
Here's an update:
These are standby mode...4 hours at 100%...before..it was losing 1% every 2 hours. I don't know if it's a fluke or not, but let's see how far it goes on standby mode with the changes that I made....
10:25am = 100%
12:30pm = 100%
2:20pm = 100%
You should not be required to do this in order to get good battery life. That could only be masking a real problem imo.
then how do I find out the real problem if I don't go back to default?
I went through all the recommendation in the thread disabling this and that...it didn't help one bit. I didn't buy this phone just by turning everything off. Right now, I'm just trying to find the root cause. Again, each phone might behave differently....but so far, it's a fact that after 4 hours on stanby, the 100% is still at 100%. If it last longer, then I can conclude my 3G configuration that I restored over caused something in the background to eat the battery.
If that's the case, then I'll stick with my default and start enabling things on...at least I know I got rid of whatever was in my 3G side that caused the unnecessary drainage.
I went through all the recommendation in the thread disabling this and that...it didn't help one bit. I didn't buy this phone just by turning everything off. Right now, I'm just trying to find the root cause. Again, each phone might behave differently....but so far, it's a fact that after 4 hours on stanby, the 100% is still at 100%. If it last longer, then I can conclude my 3G configuration that I restored over caused something in the background to eat the battery.
If that's the case, then I'll stick with my default and start enabling things on...at least I know I got rid of whatever was in my 3G side that caused the unnecessary drainage.
One persons "usage" is not the same as another's. Hard to compare unless they breakdown exactly what they did during that time (email, web browsing, 3G? Wifi? Gaming? Music? Etc). Lots of variables here
Whatever fix works for one person likewise won't work for another. I believe this is a software issue for the most part. If it was really a bad battery you would know and the genius could tell it was a bad battery when hooking up their diagnostics.
Whatever fix works for one person likewise won't work for another. I believe this is a software issue for the most part. If it was really a bad battery you would know and the genius could tell it was a bad battery when hooking up their diagnostics.
I totally agree with you on that..and that's why I'm using the standby mode to gauge my battery performance.
Here is what I would do and did.
1) I would do a restore but not from backup.
2) Charge phone to 100% before bed
3) Unlpug from charger and sleep
4) Check phone when you wake up. If it has gone down more than 4-5% than check the usage. If it is showing a decent amount of usage even though you haven't used it take the phone back to Apple and have them replace it. I did and the problem went away.
5) If Usage is low and you are 95% or higher than you can start enabling things.
I would eliminate the hardware first before you give yourself a headache playing with settings. None of those settings should have to be disabled.
true...just because I disabled those setting from my previous 3G port configuration...I wanted to use the same configuration in the default restore so that I have apple to apple comparison. If I can rule out that the 3G configuration I had on my old phone as the culprit, then I have accomplished my testing and then I can start enabling things and enjoy it.
I just want to eliminate that 1% every 2 hours on standby mode that made me so curious about... When I restore from my 3G, I had about 10 apps that it complained about...and the iphone froze several times when I was playing music. Maybe I had one bad music files? Maybe I had a bad application files? I'm trying to avoid going back to Apple and wait in line to tell me that the battery is fine
Again, I'm just reporting my test result...maybe someone will find it useful or not...it doesn't matter to me.
I just want to eliminate that 1% every 2 hours on standby mode that made me so curious about... When I restore from my 3G, I had about 10 apps that it complained about...and the iphone froze several times when I was playing music. Maybe I had one bad music files? Maybe I had a bad application files?
I'm trying to avoid going back to Apple and wait in line to tell me that the battery is fine Again, I'm just reporting my test result...maybe someone will find it useful or not...it doesn't matter to me.