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Batterygate??
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i have a DNP and mine seems ok. not great but its not terrible. at least not in standby
when its in standby i lose a percent every few hours.
Hey I'm guessing your last question was directed to 4s's and not 4's. I can't tell you definitely, as I'm not having problems so forget to check sometimes. I will show you the best i have captured on my phone so far. Not exactly the heaviest usage but definitely a good bit. I have everything turned on, all of it. Not sure how much of a difference it makes but i have and use iMessage, i saw you mentioned that, but i doubt it would take me from 8-10 hours.The only thing i don't use that is in this thread a lot is exchange server. I also have the led light set to flash for notifications in the Accessibility settings.
C39 on mine as well.
Originally restored from backup and had horrible battery life. Did a restore and set up as new and now I get identical (good) battery life as my (work) iPhone 4.
I have a DNP. And I too have the drain issue.
That said, I have been reading along and trying the various suggestions.
The one, that has left me feeling that there is hope, is within the calenders. I turned off my icloud calender setting, within calender, and wow!
I rechecked my usage, and at 32% battery, I now have 5 hours and 21minutes usage, and 16 hours 9minutes standby.
I have since turned the icloud calenders back on, and it has remained.
Now, I haven't drained it, and force a reset of anything, nor did I have the luxury of have a solid day of full use, or totally not using it today. So nothing scientific, or conclusive, but I'd be happy if I could get 12-ish hours out of a charge. And well, this kind of looks promising.
That said, I have been reading along and trying the various suggestions.
The one, that has left me feeling that there is hope, is within the calenders. I turned off my icloud calender setting, within calender, and wow!
I rechecked my usage, and at 32% battery, I now have 5 hours and 21minutes usage, and 16 hours 9minutes standby.
I have since turned the icloud calenders back on, and it has remained.
Now, I haven't drained it, and force a reset of anything, nor did I have the luxury of have a solid day of full use, or totally not using it today. So nothing scientific, or conclusive, but I'd be happy if I could get 12-ish hours out of a charge. And well, this kind of looks promising.
i tested out another scenario today. With exchange pushing, but siri off, auto brightness on slider set minimum and seems like battery is doing better. 19 hrs standby 3 hours of usage still 40% left.
What do you "VETS" think of this...is it reasonable?
nah, thats android phones range. Unless you do alot of gaming.
What do you "VETS" think of this...is it reasonable?
mine i used wifi alot today, but this is mine. very happy with it honestly. usaully get 8hours use on like 20-30% battery left.
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mine is C37G serial...great battery life for usage.
after break in period I use the phone moderate to heavy all day including imessage, facebook, facetime, push emails, calls, with all location services off (i turn it on only when needed), no icloud and in the evening before i go to bed it's still around 35-40%. If I let it like that and won't use much it will last approx 18-20 hours more!
after break in period I use the phone moderate to heavy all day including imessage, facebook, facetime, push emails, calls, with all location services off (i turn it on only when needed), no icloud and in the evening before i go to bed it's still around 35-40%. If I let it like that and won't use much it will last approx 18-20 hours more!
Can anyone summarize the tips? Typically the Thread Starter compiles them in the OP.
***If you "Restored from Backup" of old iPhone you'll want to "Setup as New" with iPhone 4S, do this before anything.***
1) Turn off Calendar Notifications OR ensure no endless meetings on Exchange.
2) Turn off Apple's Ping by going into Settings > General > Restrictions
3) Turn off items under Notifications that are of no value to you. Calendar, Weather and Stocks seem to make a difference.
4) Under Settings > General > Siri turn off Raise to Speak (we think the proximity sensor is taxing the battery).
5) Wait for iOS 5.0.1 as Dan Frakes (MacWorld smart guy) exclusively blames the latest build.
***If you "Restored from Backup" of old iPhone you'll want to "Setup as New" with iPhone 4S, do this before anything.***
1) Turn off Calendar Notifications OR ensure no endless meetings on Exchange.
2) Turn off Apple's Ping by going into Settings > General > Restrictions
3) Turn off items under Notifications that are of no value to you. Calendar, Weather and Stocks seem to make a difference.
4) Under Settings > General > Siri turn off Raise to Speak (we think the proximity sensor is taxing the battery).
5) Wait for iOS 5.0.1 as Dan Frakes (MacWorld smart guy) exclusively blames the latest build.
Im getting kinda ****** life for what I use my phone for. ran out of juice on me. Im a heavy tester thats it..if my next trial and error occurs I'm calling apple since i need my mba replaced anyways
Make sure to smash your car's speedometer as well and just stop accelerating when it gets into the red. Stop looking at that often inaccurate number
Make sure to smash your car's speedometer as well and just stop accelerating when it gets into the red. Stop looking at that often inaccurate number
denial always wins right?.
That's a placebo effect, I have a DNP serial and the device works great with everything switched on, including polling five email accounts (three on push). It started off bad, but using battery doctor and a restore works wonders for me. There is a software, rather than hardware, issue at play here. Think about it, the original firmware may very well not be the exact same as the ones delivered later. There's plenty of people having issues with the Cxx serials too.
My solution
My battery IS definitely improving, I've done a complete cycle sometime this week, and often charge at night when the battery gets down to 25-30%, and allow it to stay long enough for trickle and top-off charges.
I've done it all, except for restoring. I went to the Apple Store, battery checked out okay. I turned off iCloud cellular documents, re-did iCloud after hard reboots, including my mail accounts, set the mail settings to manual, use Siri minimally, turned off several location settings, deleted the Facebook app for sometime (that proved better battery life), turned off Stocks Widget, turned Wi-Fi off outside of the house, brightness to 50% auto, Bluetooth, Wifi-Sync, and Ping OFF, system location settings off, you name it.
Like before, my battery is improving. I just think it takes a couple cycles for the Lithium-Ion battery to reach its full potential, like I've had with my 2nd gen iPod Touch, which SUCKED when I got it, and now lasts about 2 weeks on standby.
I'm easily getting about 30 to 35 hours of both usage and standby combined on one single nightly charge. Compared to about only 4 hours of usage, with 12 hours of standby when I first got the phone.
If this doesn't help, then just wait for iOS 5.1 or return the phones. I'm becoming very pleased with my phone, I'm starting to get 'reasonable' times. Just be patient.
The pictures below are my difference in battery.
The first (left) is after my first complete discharge, minutes before the phone died.
The second (right) is tonight, at 18%, minus about 30 to 40 minutes standby from charging.
-William
My battery IS definitely improving, I've done a complete cycle sometime this week, and often charge at night when the battery gets down to 25-30%, and allow it to stay long enough for trickle and top-off charges.
I've done it all, except for restoring. I went to the Apple Store, battery checked out okay. I turned off iCloud cellular documents, re-did iCloud after hard reboots, including my mail accounts, set the mail settings to manual, use Siri minimally, turned off several location settings, deleted the Facebook app for sometime (that proved better battery life), turned off Stocks Widget, turned Wi-Fi off outside of the house, brightness to 50% auto, Bluetooth, Wifi-Sync, and Ping OFF, system location settings off, you name it.
Like before, my battery is improving. I just think it takes a couple cycles for the Lithium-Ion battery to reach its full potential, like I've had with my 2nd gen iPod Touch, which SUCKED when I got it, and now lasts about 2 weeks on standby.
I'm easily getting about 30 to 35 hours of both usage and standby combined on one single nightly charge. Compared to about only 4 hours of usage, with 12 hours of standby when I first got the phone.
If this doesn't help, then just wait for iOS 5.1 or return the phones. I'm becoming very pleased with my phone, I'm starting to get 'reasonable' times. Just be patient.
The pictures below are my difference in battery.
The first (left) is after my first complete discharge, minutes before the phone died.
The second (right) is tonight, at 18%, minus about 30 to 40 minutes standby from charging.
-William
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My battery only gets about 5 hours usage but im pretty much continuously on it so is that good or bad?
Is today, the 28th, the last day I can exchange it(if I got it the 14th) if I have a faulty battery? or is it covered by the warranty and i can take it in whenever? I feel like this battery life is just a little better then my evo. I dont know if its faulty or not and its my first iphone. I usually surf the web a lot, text, and play a little bit of games because its my first iphone im on it a lot playing around with it. It seems to drop about 1% a hour in standby.
So the main question is, is today my last day to swap it out or can I wait cause its covered by warranty?
Is today, the 28th, the last day I can exchange it(if I got it the 14th) if I have a faulty battery? or is it covered by the warranty and i can take it in whenever? I feel like this battery life is just a little better then my evo. I dont know if its faulty or not and its my first iphone. I usually surf the web a lot, text, and play a little bit of games because its my first iphone im on it a lot playing around with it. It seems to drop about 1% a hour in standby.
So the main question is, is today my last day to swap it out or can I wait cause its covered by warranty?
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If that was directed to me, I'm just saying, that's how long the phone lasts in total until it dies. No one really uses their phone to a low percentage (<30%) without locking. I kinda do both just to coincide with Apple's "advertised" times.
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Apple's main 1-year warranty covers only hardware problems, so if the battery is faulty enough, or you believe it is, they should be able to exchange. If you bought Applecare+ with your phone, you should be able to regardless.
I'm pleased with the battery usage on my 4S, certainly not much worse than my 4.
The unit was quite poor the first 3 days which I can only attribute to the initial iCloud sync or the battery needing 1-2 full charge cycles to calibrate itself.
Push on, BT off, Notifications on, Brightness ~40%, Siri raise to speak on, Photostream on, Location services on.
The unit was quite poor the first 3 days which I can only attribute to the initial iCloud sync or the battery needing 1-2 full charge cycles to calibrate itself.
Push on, BT off, Notifications on, Brightness ~40%, Siri raise to speak on, Photostream on, Location services on.
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