IOS 7 is a battery-drainer for iPhone 5!

[ms341547]

Upgraded yesterday to IOS 7, but since then my iPhone's battery has gone low much faster, than it did with IOS 6. Even with Wifi turned off and all apps closed...

Others that have the same problem?

 

[StefanWolves]

Have had iOS 7 throughout the betas and think completely the opposite

 

[madsci954]

Not me, I'm seeing either the same or slightly better battery life. Updated OTA and reset my phone to start fresh.

 

[wxman2003]

No problems whatsoever. Battery life is the same for me. 24 hours after switching to ios 7, I'm still at 67% battery. Turn off background App refresh in Settings, General if you haven't already. I started with 100% battery and updated through itunes.

 

[iceman027]

battery life seems better on my 5

 

[ms341547]

battery life seems better on my 5

Damn, seems it's only my iPhone, but glad you guys don't have the problem however. Hope it will get better!

 

[Makaveliarts]

Maybe it's the facebook app, I've heard that it might be draining battery for some users.

 

[yegon]

Had it on mine since GM appeared, been fine on mine.

 

[Lucille Carter]

Nope. My battery seems about the same.

Are you sure you are not just using it alot more with the new OS?

 

[Blackforge]

Kill some of your apps that use location services if they're in the background (includes FB). May also want to go through your "Background Refresh" apps and disable some of them.

Battery life has been better for me than 6.1.3.

 

[Jon1323]

Hasn't effected mine.

 

[Scott6666]

Seems to have affected my ipad mini. Went to bed thought I had 65% work up with 43%.

Will check carefully tonight.

 

[SSonnentag]

Mine is no worse than 6, and perhaps even a bit better with 7.

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If you turn auto-update on for the apps, you may see a bit of battery drain you haven't previously experienced, especially at this point in time when everyone is updating their apps.

 

[eye.surgeon]

Within 12 hrs up updating my 5 the battery was totally gone. however today after a full overnight charge it seems to be using the normal pre-update amount of battery.

 

[blhoward2]

Within 12 hrs up updating my 5 the battery was totally gone. however today after a full overnight charge it seems to be using the normal pre-update amount of battery.

Not saying this is the case here...but there is a known phenomenon in the industry where essentially you play with your newly updated (or brand new) phone much more than you normally do so it causes the false impression that the battery is draining faster.

 

[mallom]

My battery was good when iOS7 GM was released. A week later it has become a pain… Not sure why. I noticed that location service is constantly On. I have only a few of them On.

It usually drops 3 to 5% in 15 minutes without usage. Thats not normal.

 

[blhoward2]

My battery was good when iOS7 GM was released. A week later it has become a pain… Not sure why. I noticed that location service is constantly On. I have only a few of them On.

It usually drops 3 to 5% in 15 minutes without usage. Thats not normal.

Has anyone else noticed location services hits on every single wake of the phone? Anyone have an idea why?

You may want to look at the Google app. Their new thing caused a lot of drain when I first updated to it before ios 7.

 

[veedubshafer]

My 5 seems a little better quite frankly. I was expecting it to worse because I've experienced that with other new iOS's.

 

[SouthsideJohnny]

Anyone who complains about battery life being lower should feel obligated to provide a complete list of the apps they use and the jailbreak status of their phone.

Or not complain.