Anyone else having this issue? Battery is great when on wifi. When not on wifi, even when wifi is turned off the phone gets hot and burns through about 15% of battery an hour in standby. Anyone else seen this issue? I've restored ( from s backup though, and reset network settings) I may have to just do a fresh restore.
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iOS 5 beta 6 battery issue
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Battery has been terrible for me in beta 5 and 6 wifi hasn't made a difference.
i forgot how good the battery was in 4 i just tried downgrading to see if i could and im back on 4 and for the last what seems like hour i have been at 97%.
Funny thing is, it was perfectly fine until a few days ago. I haven't really changed any settings either.
Same experience here. One day last week (maybe Thursday) battery life got really bad. I'm lucky if I get 6 hours before the battery runs dry, and my iPhone is running very warm.
Question...are those of you having problems with battery life running the Guidebook app?
I just uninstalled it and my phone cooled down. I'll know in a few hours if battery life is any better.
I've noticed that my battery sucked when I updated OTA. I restored as new to Beta 6 and It seems to be about normal.
Nope. You can only downgrade to versions of iOS that Apple is still signing, unless you're jailbroken and have SHSH blobs saved from previous versions.
Nope. You can only downgrade to versions of iOS that Apple is still signing, unless you're jailbroken and have SHSH blobs saved from previous versions.
Well things are weird. Phone was great all weekend. Get back to work and phone gets hot again and battery life goes to crap. Maybe it doesn't like work? I know it's a beta so I shouldn't complain. The nerd in me just wants to know why.
Mine had slightly odd behavior, would get warm under very general use (browsing etc), and the battery would deplete quickly.
I restored as a new phone via itunes and put all my stuff back on again and it has been fine ever since. Back to how it used to behave when iOS4 was installed.
Clearly not everybody has the same amazing experience as you. Besides, if you are so sick of seeing these threads, why do you even bother posting in them at all?
Clearly not everybody has the same amazing experience as you. Besides, if you are so sick of seeing these threads, why do you even bother posting in them at all?
Because people need to realize that battery life will fluctuate from person to person, day to day, on a beta or not, depending on literally hundreds of factors.
I think I'll try a full restore. I removed Guidebook and my iPhone now runs cooler, but battery life is still sub-par.
I charged it overnight, unplugged at 6:35EDT. Now, at 9:25EDT, my battery is at 46%.
I'm also having some high battery drain once in while with Beta 6 and the "fix" I found is to reset Network Settings. Once done, I get a nice battery life for a few days. Then I reset again.
Then don't read and post in them. these are legitmite issues with 6 not like the posts saying such and such app is not working.
i have no issues with 6 besides the battery and it is even better since i restored from itunes.
for me the battery was terrible when i updated OTA on 5 and 6 but when i restored from the computer on each it seemed to help.