On the 4s without listening to music I can't get anymore than this is this normal or is my phone defective I have tried and read all the tips and tricks on this issue. I have iCloud in my mail because I need it for find my iPhone but that is inactive and backup is off could this be a reason. Also I have emoji on my keyboard.
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How does anyone get more than 5-6 hours of usage
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I get about the same usage. Not sure how others get so much out of their phones. Maybe we're just really heavy users? I know I am.
Unless I'm either playing a graphically intensive game or doing something that requires an active GPS, I also average between 5-6 hours.
Now, if I were to open Waze, put in in the background and then start playing Infinity Blade 2, I'd get far, far less.... likewise, I could get a day or so if I set it to Airplane Mode, set a song to repeat, and turned off the display.
Now, if I were to open Waze, put in in the background and then start playing Infinity Blade 2, I'd get far, far less.... likewise, I could get a day or so if I set it to Airplane Mode, set a song to repeat, and turned off the display.
You're not going to get better than that while surfing the web. All the stats you see are totally dependent on how you use the phone. The only stats that matter to YOU are those where they use the phone the same way.
Intell please tell me your secret settings and everything I'm so serious lol. Do u have find my iPhone and emoji on your phone.
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I might be on the safari too much I use it the most out of anything.
Launch day iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0.0, jailbroken. Did get same battery life when not jailbroken.
Settings:
WiFi - off
Push notifications - on
Location services - on
Find my iPhone - on
Cell Network Search - on
Compass Calibration - on
Diagnostics & Usage - on
Location-Based iAds - off
Setting Time Zone - off
Traffic - off
Vibrate - on
Ringer switch - mute
Brightness - 25%
Auto brightness - off
Don't send diagnostics and usage data
Siri - on
Raise to Speak - off
3G - on
Cellular Data - on
Data Roaming - on
VPN - none/off
Bluetooth - off
iTunes WiFi Sync - off
Spotlight search - applications only
Auto-Lock - 2 minutes
Passcode Lock - Immediately
Ping - off
In-App Purchases - off
Multiplayer Games - off
Adding Friends - off
Set Date/Time Automatically - on
LED Flash for Alerts - off
iCloud - off
Fetch email for 7 email accounts once per hour
Fetch calendar data for 5 calendars once per hour
Twitter - off
FaceTime - on
iMessage - on
iTunes Match - off
Home Sharing - off
PhotoStream - off
Automatic Downloads - off
That's about everything. I attribute my good battery life to having restored my 4S from my 3Gs' backup, which itself was based off of my iPod Touch 1G's backup. Thus, my 4S has settings and data that where set in 2007.
Settings:
WiFi - off
Push notifications - on
Location services - on
Find my iPhone - on
Cell Network Search - on
Compass Calibration - on
Diagnostics & Usage - on
Location-Based iAds - off
Setting Time Zone - off
Traffic - off
Vibrate - on
Ringer switch - mute
Brightness - 25%
Auto brightness - off
Don't send diagnostics and usage data
Siri - on
Raise to Speak - off
3G - on
Cellular Data - on
Data Roaming - on
VPN - none/off
Bluetooth - off
iTunes WiFi Sync - off
Spotlight search - applications only
Auto-Lock - 2 minutes
Passcode Lock - Immediately
Ping - off
In-App Purchases - off
Multiplayer Games - off
Adding Friends - off
Set Date/Time Automatically - on
LED Flash for Alerts - off
iCloud - off
Fetch email for 7 email accounts once per hour
Fetch calendar data for 5 calendars once per hour
Twitter - off
FaceTime - on
iMessage - on
iTunes Match - off
Home Sharing - off
PhotoStream - off
Automatic Downloads - off
That's about everything. I attribute my good battery life to having restored my 4S from my 3Gs' backup, which itself was based off of my iPod Touch 1G's backup. Thus, my 4S has settings and data that where set in 2007.
Thanks alot I'm on 5.1.1 I'm not sure if that could have something to do with it but I'm about to change my settings ASAP.
You just said you have light use. Why are trying to compare your phone to his? Of course you get 8 - 10 hours of use. If all I did was listen to music, I could get more than that.
Unlikely. Most of the features you mention, didn't exist prior to the iPhone 4. Restoring from an old backup from devices that share very little in common with the current phone, both hardware and software wise, would have minimal to zero impact on battery life.
The simple fact is, the only things you have running are the cell radios on 3G or HSPA+ (still slow and not much of a battery hog), with Siri and Facetime in standby and screen brightness at 25%. That isn't much to tax the battery,,especially in standby mode. I would argue that if you were getting less use than you are, there is something wrong with your phone.
Wait until LTE arrives. Anyone thinks the iPhone 4s sucks at battery life now, is in for a treat.
LOL. Don't expect one. Carriers will want you to go over your data limit (in the US anyway), so they can get more of your money. The new bare minimum for LTE users is gonna be 3gb per month, just watch. And that can go very quickly. I already have an LTE phone and I love having 18mb download and 12 mb upload speeds and so will everyone else, right up to the point they stop monitorig their data usage on a daily basis and then get bent over (without lube) by the carrier!
From morning 8 am till around 7pm I have 60-70% batter left. I have 100% signal most of time (5 bars) on 3G on the VZW iPhone 4.
I should mention that I do not use the phone part as much (mainly use the data from incoming/outgoing emails and instant messages and push from various apps).
Since I listen to music in my car - I know my car charges the phone - but at a very slow rate.
I should mention that I do not use the phone part as much (mainly use the data from incoming/outgoing emails and instant messages and push from various apps).
Since I listen to music in my car - I know my car charges the phone - but at a very slow rate.
There's more then the settings I've mentioned that are carried over. Over the years I've manually set settings via plists to save battery life. These settings can't be set in the Settings app and most where set in 2008 and have been forgotten. That along with older settings for things like the system configuration.plist have migrated across all my devices and were initially set for a device with encredibily poor battery life. Thus, they are set to maximize battery life, not waste it away like the default setting in iOS 3.2 and newer.
Wow, how do you deal with only 25% brightness?
I don't like searing my eyes. Most of my screens are all the way down or close to it. I offer wish my iMac could go even dimmer.
Interesting concept, but any code from 2008 wouldn't take into account, a larger mA battery, complete software rewrites and upgrades to the OS to accomodate facetime, led flash, imessage, itunes match, changes to the radio hardware, hspa, Locations services, camera hardware upgrades, and so on. Software is only half the equation. This is like keeping code from Windows 95 on a laptop running Windows 7 and proclaiming the old code saves the battery. Doubtful. Running your screen at 25% brightness is your biggest battery saver.