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iPhone Ios 8 jailbreak reduces battery life?
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I updated my 5s from 7.0.3 to 8.1(clean restore from ipsw), jailbroke it(Pangu on Mac), then restored from backup and the battery drain today was quite bad, up to around 1% every minute. Also, around 45 apps vanished because their iap files were missing, but hey ho.
I installed three Cydia apps/tweaks - f.lux, NoSlowAnimations and StatusHUD 2(to move volume to the status bar).
From what I understand, NoSlowAnimations just edits a setting so maybe StatusHUD caused it.
Anyway, this afternoon the battery hit zero and the phone turned off.
When I turned it back on it got stuck on the Apple logo - the regular boot logo, not the iTunes restore logo - and I couldn't revive it without doing a restore, which I did. It's jailbroken again, with just Pangu and Cydia installed(no tweaks), and the battery seems fine.
Tonight I'll be restoring from the backup again and I expect the battery drain will return which is interesting because I thought Cydia tweaks aren't backed up via iTunes. Unless some other app is doing it...
I installed three Cydia apps/tweaks - f.lux, NoSlowAnimations and StatusHUD 2(to move volume to the status bar).
From what I understand, NoSlowAnimations just edits a setting so maybe StatusHUD caused it.
Anyway, this afternoon the battery hit zero and the phone turned off.
When I turned it back on it got stuck on the Apple logo - the regular boot logo, not the iTunes restore logo - and I couldn't revive it without doing a restore, which I did. It's jailbroken again, with just Pangu and Cydia installed(no tweaks), and the battery seems fine.
Tonight I'll be restoring from the backup again and I expect the battery drain will return which is interesting because I thought Cydia tweaks aren't backed up via iTunes. Unless some other app is doing it...
Cydia tweaks aren't backed up via iTunes but all the other jailbreak related junk might
For example, preference files are backed up
Thanks. I figured as much but wasn't sure. So junk preferences files are reused if I reinstall a particular tweak? Maybe I'll go through and see what's there.
So far after restoring from back up again and it seems fine, battery-wise.
I haven't installed either of those two tweaks yet so I'll keep an eye on things before deciding. I'm pretty sure noslowanimations just edits something and doesn't stay running. Maybe it was Status HUD 2 or even something else altogether.
Mind you, my battery has dropped 3% just while typing this post!
I'll try and calibrate the battery as well today.
So far after restoring from back up again and it seems fine, battery-wise.
I haven't installed either of those two tweaks yet so I'll keep an eye on things before deciding. I'm pretty sure noslowanimations just edits something and doesn't stay running. Maybe it was Status HUD 2 or even something else altogether.
Mind you, my battery has dropped 3% just while typing this post!
I'll try and calibrate the battery as well today.
Any way to "clean up" any files, etc that may be left over from some jb apps we may have used in the past but no longer use? I only have a few jb apps installed at this point but used many more in the past and can only assume that there are some left over files I no longer need since I always restore from a backup.
iCleaner is your best bet. There's a Pro version with additional features in the dev's repo. It's a very useful utility. Highly recommend it.
Ah - icleaner. I had forgotten about that one - thank you! Is it safe to run the unused dependencies option? The help guide says that it should only be used by experienced users. Is it harnless?
You're very welcome. I turn on that feature every once in a long while. I've never had any issues with it. I believe it runs a simple terminal command (apt-get autoremove) which removes unused dependencies.