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iOS 4.3 battery drain

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I've been having similar issues here too. Upgraded to 4.3, no change in usage (with the exception of trying out new 4.3 features, but only briefly) and battery life is terrible! NEVER had a problem with battery life before. Often found that I could go well into a second day without the battery getting low. Now I have full charge when I get up and nearly dead by early evening! If not before.

The only thing I noticed though is my Usage time since last charge in the settings app is always exactly the same as the standby!

I've did a restore first, then restored from backup about an hour ago and seems to ok, fingers crossed. Well the standby and usage are now different..... Will have to wait and see.
 
I see where you are coming from Julian-and recall the ipad wifi issue. I just want to point out this should be settled in a scientific manner as far as is possible. Your poll shows almost as many saying no change as those saying significantly worse. Granted with those who say "somewhat worse" it is a majority-there is room for further investigation.
 
decafjava said:
Ditto! Besides this is not a new issue:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1060874/

Granted this was for the ipad but wondering if this is perception. Possibly. Most likely updates reset certain services that may have been turned off before or add new ones like ping and that's the cause of battery drain seen by some.
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You're right in that this is not new. It's not new for the iPhone either. Almost every dot release seems to spawn a "battery life is worse after upgrade" thread for the iPhone that gets some traffic but to me this one feels different. Previous threads seemed to me to have a high number of "no problems here" posts, somtimes more than the posts about problems, but on this thread there seem to be comparatively few of the "no problems here" posts. OK, the thread title encourages people with problems to post but there really does seem to be a much higher ratio of complainers to "no problems here" posters this time around.

Sorry to relentlessly plug my own poll but I'm trying to move beyond vague impressions so please vote, especially if you have no problems. The poll will probably still have bias towards people with problems, but probably less bias than this thread. The poll is here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1114005/

- Julian
 
I hate 4.3 so much now, ergh, it's so annoying having my speakers buzz from interference every minute or so, what the hell is my iPhone even doing to keep using data.

I blame Ping, iTunes or something, even disabled they keep doing this, have restored multiple times, screw Apple for ruining my phone
 
Ashin said:
I hate 4.3 so much now, ergh, it's so annoying having my speakers buzz from interference every minute or so, what the hell is my iPhone even doing to keep using data.

I blame Ping, iTunes or something, even disabled they keep doing this, have restored multiple times, screw Apple for ruining my phone
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Has anyone here filed a support ticket with Apple on the battery drain issue?

A few people have reported the constant interference with speakers which does seem to imply that the issue is related to something/things on the phone using the data connection more than they did before. If a lot of unwanted data traffic is happening then that would kill battery life. 3G traffic is one of the biggest hits on the battery, even worse than watching videos or playing FPS games.

- Julian
 
Why is this happening?!!! Ughh! I have Ping turned off, never turned on Home Sharing what is the freaking deal?!

See the data going when I open the iPod...never happened before!
 

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I am too experiencing battery issues on my 3GS since I upgraded to 4.3.

Last night, it drained 25% (from 75% to 50%) only on an 8-hour standby. NO 3G, NO Wifi and NO Data Connections enabled. Before the update, it used to be 2% MAX.

I did the Ping thing, no results whatsoever. Already did a restore from backup, and it's a no go.

I've read on Apple forums that a complete restore+setting as a new phone can fix this issue. But I still think I don't need to reset ALL my data (saved games, etc.) just because of a faulty update.

Waiting for 4.3.1... While it's not out, I'll walk with a charger in my pocket...
 
Roger;

I'm not experiencing that. I had my phone on airplane mode last night and it lasted on 100% for about 25 minutes and then it stayed a whole 100% through 10pm to 9am. Now, there wasn't any data flowing but I think mine is how it used to be except the part where the iPod is using a little bit of data upon open.
 
I usually fall into the group that doesn't have problems, and therefore tend to poopoo the naysayers.

This is a real issue for me. My 3GS tanking at least twice as fast as it did before the update. As my phone serves as my pager on call, this is huge. Where is 4.3.1!?
 
ozzyman500 said:
Roger;

I'm not experiencing that. I had my phone on airplane mode last night and it lasted on 100% for about 25 minutes and then it stayed a whole 100% through 10pm to 9am. Now, there wasn't any data flowing but I think mine is how it used to be except the part where the iPod is using a little bit of data upon open.
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I've never tested my battery on airplane mode since 4.3, but I'll give it a go now. After the update, I've experienced drains of 10-20% per HOUR, depending on regular use (not heavy use, just a few tweets, sms, etc.)

The iPod data usage is really strange indeed...
 
Yeah, it's really pissing me off. I downloaded a fresh copy of 4.3 last night and did a dfu restore and it's still doing it. We need 4.3.1!!
 
I wanted to post my experience so far after reading some of this.

I noted my battery level as 89% last night when I went to bed. Left the wifi on, mail set to push and did not charge. Slept for 8 hours and when I woke up, I had 86% Seems pretty reasonable to me.

Not doubting you guys are having issues, just wanted to share my results.
 
I think it has something to do with Personal Hotspot (regardless of whether it is enabled or not) Ping, iTunes... I dunno anymore, it'd hard to pinpoint
 
RodgerBR said:
I am too experiencing battery issues on my 3GS since I upgraded to 4.3.

Last night, it drained 25% (from 75% to 50%) only on an 8-hour standby. NO 3G, NO Wifi and NO Data Connections enabled. Before the update, it used to be 2% MAX.

I did the Ping thing, no results whatsoever. Already did a restore from backup, and it's a no go.

I've read on Apple forums that a complete restore+setting as a new phone can fix this issue. But I still think I don't need to reset ALL my data (saved games, etc.) just because of a faulty update.

Waiting for 4.3.1... While it's not out, I'll walk with a charger in my pocket...
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I setup my phone from scratch and to make sure i didnt carry any settings forward and im having these issues. So thats a load of crock!
 
I'll add my voice in here in case folks from Apple are watching and say that my battery life is WAY worse after upgrading to 4.3. There's definitely a problem with drainage. The battery life on my 3GS has never been great, but now it's almost unusable.
 
I say moral of the story is to not update right away without hearing about the problems first. Could be a point of no return if you don't know how to downgrade the firmware. iOS is closer to perfection while Android needs those updates for better polishing. If iOS has a better notification system in iOS 5.0, then I would understand updating. Most updates are incremental with gimmicky features I don't need. I wouldn't sacrifice battery life for 1-2 second difference at web browsing. Apple may even just find a way to bog and bloat your iPhone down and make certain aspects worse (like battery life). Why? To make profits by enticing you to get the next iPhone. If anyone gets iPhone 5, don't update too often except for the early bug fixes. I say 1 out of 3 or 4 updates is worthwhile within that year.
 
Joined forum just to post my experience with 4.3 battery life. 100% charge going to bed at 10PM, morning 8AM 9% with all the settings I had from 4.2.1. On that release I would usually get about 2 1/2 days before having to charge.
 
Well I'm sure there won't be any more updates until 5.0 so that's gonna be pretty hard not to jump the gun.

I have a charger at work and I leave it on the charger at home so I'm sure I'll live. It's just annoying.
 
Btw, people saying they are having good battery life and usage, did you bother to actually check the usage stats before and after going to bed?

My phone is adding on 30 minutes of "usage" a night, which would make people believe their usage stats are great, but it's not actually
 
on 4.2 I would take my phone off the charger and it would go from 100 to 99 is about 12 minutes...now its 12 seconds....and data is going on my iPod like the other guy. It doesnt matter bc i have unlimited data but still it never did that.
 
Ashin said:
Btw, people saying they are having good battery life and usage, did you bother to actually check the usage stats before and after going to bed?

My phone is adding on 30 minutes of "usage" a night, which would make people believe their usage stats are great, but it's not actually
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Hmm I'll do that the thing is I usually power my phone down at night and leave it plugged in the second night so maybe my statements about 4.3 not affecting my battery usuage are "useless" at least not really measurable? :confused:
 
SomeDudeAsking said:
Guys, I know what is causing your battery issues. It is the new Ping curse that Apple integrated deep into iOS 4.3 and is turned on by default. It uses push notifications so it is always running and using data. To disable it, go to:

Settings->General->Restrictions->Ping and kill the beast.
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I followed these instructions and they worked a treat for me :D Once ping was turned off my battery consumption has gone back to what it was pre 4.3, as opposed to the results in my previous post! "Thanks SomeDudeAsking" :D
 
Battery Loss with Update 4.3

I too have been experiencing battery loss. I never have had a problem till I updated the IOS to 4.3. Now, I have had my phone off the charger for 3 1/2 hours, and it is down 60%! None of my settings are different, and I have nothing running in the background like Skype, etc. There definitely is an issue with this update, and it needs to be brought to Apple's attention. This is not normal behavior, and I still have not found a viable solution to fix the problem. Everyone who reads this, needs to file a work-order complaint to Apple to fix this problem ASAP! Also, the people who say this IS normal behavior are very wrong. They either do not know what they are talking about, or they have not experienced the problem. The only thing I could say that it may relate to, is the airplay feature. My guess is that even when you do not use the feature, it tries to continually use it or search for a device to connect too. That is my guess, but I really have no idea honestly. Hope someone else has an idea or a solution to fix!!
Thanks!!:confused:

Well...I have just turned Ping off by way of previous post.. We will see if it works.... "fingers crossed"
 
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