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iPhone 5 battery life has no chances
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I think this theory has been confirmed many times over. Two year old phones on the latest ios don't last as long as they did on the version of iOS they were designed for. Still, the numbers you are seeing aren't bad.
He's speaking about 2-3 hrs of usage .... That's not normal
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Typical usage is some phone calls, some sms, quite a lot of whatsapp, internet browsing and music. No games.
I get crap battery life too from moderate usage. Standby times are fantastic though. I turned push off, and set fetch to 30 mins (though manual could be even better).
Back with iOS 6, we didn't have as battery intensive apps as we do now. Snapchat and Tinder for example destroys your battery.
Back with iOS 6, we didn't have as battery intensive apps as we do now. Snapchat and Tinder for example destroys your battery.
Yes. If I am out I get 2-3 hours of usage because 3G is a hell of a battery killer, and outside brightness is always pretty high. If I'm at home I can reach 5 hours of usage thanks to wifi and lower brightness.
For example right now I am at 2 hours of usage, 4 of standby and I'm at 40%. I Have been in edge for 2 hours.
For example right now I am at 2 hours of usage, 4 of standby and I'm at 40%. I Have been in edge for 2 hours.
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Indeed I will. I was just trying to understand if it's frequent on iPhone 5 (so the only solution is to change phone) or a specific unlucky case. The fact is that I got this terrible battery life on two different iPhone 5s. The first one was good with iOS 6, and decent with iOS 7 for what I remember. iOS 7.1 started to kill it, iOS 8 gave the coup de grace. I'm pretty sure it was not immediate, but gradual. So same battery life on the first days with the new OS, worse and worse over the weeks.
Are 3 dots really that bad? It works pretty good for data actually, jumping around pages and all. 3 dots (-108 db) of LTE got me 20 Mbps on Verizon, perfectly sufficient for basic browsing, especially smaller mobile pages (my 3 mbps 3G signal, yes, 3 dots (-88 db), was only slightly slower on this website).
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Trust me, -108 dBm are a very weak signal (still 3 dots), while -88 dBm are an acceptable signal (still 3 dots displayed).
I never get more than 2 or 3 dots and I get horrible battery life, but nothing EVER says "Low Signal" or "No Cell Service" in the battery usage list. So I am still just quite skeptical that 2 or 3 dots of service in my area is really causing such horrible battery drain, especially when the service is pretty good quality when actually being used.
Oh and I just wanted to add that I used parenthesis inside parenthesis before and didn't realize it until now, feel kinda of stupid now haha.
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Weak signals do drain batteries more, but in my own experience it isn't by massive amounts. If you have a fast battery drain my reckoning would be that it isn't due to having two or three dots of signal, because I get excellent battery life with the exact same.
Define awesome battery life.
Poor signal strength is universally known as the primary cause for battery drain.
Before you replace it. Did you try restoring with clean software (i.e. not from a backup)? If you never actually did a factory restore or if you did but then put your backup back on to the phone you didn't go through all of the troubleshooting steps that are available before getting another replacement.
If you already did a restore, try to remember if you had used a previous backup and if you didn't and already set it up as new then yeah definitely head to the store to find out what's going on. I would say 6-8 hours is normal usage but definitely compare however you're testing the battery to how Apple tests the battery to see if yours is working properly. https://www.apple.com/iphone/battery.html
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What I did many times was:
1) DFU restoring the phone
2) loading the backup
3) erasing all the settings to default (everything)
I can't set it as new without a backup because I have some very important data I can't loose.
I never had problems with this backup, it's all about iOS 8.1.2 I guess. I clearly remember it was ok with 8.1.1.
I may try to restore it as a clean iPhone and see if it improves, but it would not be the same thing without apps because I may encounter the same problems later after redownloading apps and data (even without loading the backup).
If it worked, it would be even worse because it means that I can't use my backup on a 839 phone. Seriously.
This is the problem, you'll never know if your issue is because of a corrupted backup because you never set it up as new. Apple can replace the phone for you 100 times but if you continue to restore from a backup that issue that is affecting your battery life will continue to come back on each and every iphone. I understand that it's a HUGE inconvenience to have to start over from scratch but if you really want the issue resolved or at least to troubleshoot properly, you're going to have to wipe that data.
Now, what you can do seeing as that data is obviously very important is that you can make a local backup on iTunes so that data is saved, then restore the phone to factory settings and SET UP AS NEW so that you can actually test the unit with clean software. Don't worry this is only so you can test out the phone for the next few days to monitor the battery life. If it seems to be functioning normally then that means your backup was corrupted and you need to figure out how to save anything meaningful from that backup and DELETE it because it's not doing you any good. If it does continue to have the same battery life issues then definitely get the phone replaced and now you know that the software wasn't the issue.
From what you're telling me though and the fact that you already recently got the phone replaced the issue looks like it's in your software backup.
Yes, I will try. I really hope it's not the backup because it would be a catastrophe. I have a lot of important data from apps which can't be saved otherwise. I would lost my messages, too. Not even talking about how much time I would spend to load everything up again. Wow, man. I almost prefer the battery problems to this.
I'm sure there are plenty of ways to recover at least most of the information that you'll need saved in that backup. There is third party software out there that lets you dig into your phone's database and save certain information. http://www.copytrans.net/ is one that I know of.
Software corruption is one of the most annoying issues to have because it seems like the hardware is malfunctioning but it's really not and the only way to resolve it or even test it is to wipe the data.
I'm not sure it's convenient to use one of these apps. They may transfer part of the corrupt code or something. If I have to do this, I can't risk.
Anyways why doesnt apple develop a way to "clean" a backup from this kind of pain? I mean, I chose apple because I don't want to care about these problems...
Anyways, thanks for your kind help.
I would add something. A friend of mine told me that a corrupt backup usually has some symptoms: glitches, bugs, slow performance.
I don't have anything like this.
He also told me that he gets 4 hours of usage out of his 5s, and he already restored it as new.
I'm really thinking I do not have a corrupt backup problem. I have this backup since 2009 and it never gave me a problem until iOS 8.1.2.
When I bought the phone (in 2012, same backup) I could get 9 hours of usage.
I don't have anything like this.
He also told me that he gets 4 hours of usage out of his 5s, and he already restored it as new.
I'm really thinking I do not have a corrupt backup problem. I have this backup since 2009 and it never gave me a problem until iOS 8.1.2.
When I bought the phone (in 2012, same backup) I could get 9 hours of usage.
