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In less than 4 hours of full use my iPhone 5 battery has decreased to 20%. Is it in t
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Well if you're streaming audio while walking, no wonder it burns through the battery. During those two hours, as you're walking block to block, from cell tower to cell tower. Signal going up and down and then hands off to next tower. Any mobile device would drain the battery with an audio stream and moving from tower to tower. Try the same test when you're staying at a single location. That constant searching for a new cell tower big battery drainer.
That doesn't explain the problem at all. 2 hours of music streaming doesn't consume 80% of battery. It's just absurd.
My guess would be a faulty battery. @tobeornottobe Are you using an iPhone 5?
Huh?
Sure it could, if he was walking around. I've drained my 5 in a couple hours while leaving Maps running with the phone not plugged in while driving.
Now if he wasn't walking around, that's different.
Sure it could, if he was walking around. I've drained my 5 in a couple hours while leaving Maps running with the phone not plugged in while driving.
Now if he wasn't walking around, that's different.
Could, possibly. Streaming audio typically doesn't use as much battery even walking around unless reception was quite bad pretty much all the time which wouldn't rally be typical (and would have likely affected the streaming too).
yup
What I'm trying to say is that judging battery life by the amount of drain caused by streaming audio while you're moving isn't the best way to do it.
Far too many variables.
What I'm trying to say is that judging battery life by the amount of drain caused by streaming audio while you're moving isn't the best way to do it.
Far too many variables.
Yes it is an iPhone 5. This is why I'm planning to get a big iPhone later this year like the iPhone 6s+. Carrying an external battery with cable is just too annoying.
Iphone 5 user here, the secret was to stay in iOS7.
Normally I get one whole day (24 hours), but recently have been turning cellular data off, and I can easily get 3 days.
The iphone 5 is still an excellent phone, with a very nice camera and fast processor. no need for an upgrade.
Anyway, I think I may move to android, I am tired of the overpriced apple experience right now. (15 years is enough)
Normally I get one whole day (24 hours), but recently have been turning cellular data off, and I can easily get 3 days.
The iphone 5 is still an excellent phone, with a very nice camera and fast processor. no need for an upgrade.
Anyway, I think I may move to android, I am tired of the overpriced apple experience right now. (15 years is enough)
My iPhone 4 gets way more battery life on stand by than my iPhone 5 purely because it has nothing on it. After one night of sleep my 5 would get down to 75% from 100% while My 4 would get down to 97%. I'm sure the iPhone 5 is still an excellent phone But you can't use a phone with no email accounts, apps, cellular running. The real issue is to do with the battery capacity.
How's your network? If your network is bad, your iphone constantly tries to connect to it and that eats a lot of power, more then apps.
Also are you connected with something on bluetooth? if not, might turn it off.
I have an iphone 5 too, and when trying to connect in an area with almost no connection, I see the battery percentage go down by the minute. It's even worse when I use an app that uses my location.
Also are you connected with something on bluetooth? if not, might turn it off.
I have an iphone 5 too, and when trying to connect in an area with almost no connection, I see the battery percentage go down by the minute. It's even worse when I use an app that uses my location.
Streaming music doesn't drain as much battery as constantly using GPS.
Of course there are many variables. However, you can tell by the fact that his battery lasts 2 hours that definitely there is something wrong.
Perhaps you could just replace your battery like I did? If you are still covered by the warranty do that.
I totally agree. I laugh at all those kind of advises like "turn off this and that".
What's the point of having a smartphone if you can't have email or access to the Internet? Sometimes those actions might be useful to diagnostic a problem though.
There is a battery recall for quite a few iPhone 5 phones, so perhaps that might be in play in situations like this as well.
It must be said, that the 5S battery is just as awful. I have a ton of apps on my phone but dare use hardly any of them for fear of running out of battery before the day is out. Which is a regular occurrence, with regular check of emails and half a dozen calls. Twitter is a right *&^% for battery life too, but I stopped using it because of that.
This has been happening to me as well. It will go from 98% to 86% to 70% to 56% to 24% (or similar) in a matter of an hour with only texting being done. Then I'll plug it back in and it will bump back up to 50% and then into the 80% area almost instantly. It's so infuriating.
BTW, have you cleaned out the port hole on the phone? I was having same charger issues and took a paperclip and gently cleaned out the lint (I was SHOCKED at how much was in it) and no problems since.
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After a couple of weeks I'm happy to report that now my iPhone can make it until the end of the day. Before the battery replacement I had to charge it twice a day.
It looks like it was just a hardware problem. These crappy batteries...