I just restored my phone in iTunes, but is it okay to load my backup from iCloud? Or does this defeat the purpose?
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iPhone 5 battery life [Merged]
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I never turn it off either, but BT being used continuously for 1hr is another thing
I setup as new. Figured it was a goodly to clean out the space on the phone for anything else that I don't actually use an just load the apps and data that I do use on a regular basis. I have a 16 GB model which says I have 13.5GB total to use. Still have 11.3 GB free. Might throw some more music on there but otherwise I think the lowest I've gotten on my other iPhones has been 7.X GB free.
Anyone else finding this? I've been up since 7 when I unplugged my phone, its now 10 am. I've checked facebook once, sent two text messages, used audio over bluetooth in my car for about an hour an im already down to 78%
I too was getting horrendous battery life on my iPhone 5, and just like you, I had restored my iPhone 5 from an iCloud backup that I had done on my iPhone 4. To fix my battery life problems I "transferred purchases" from my iPhone 5 into iTunes and then did a backup on iTunes. I then fully restored my iPhone 5 and synced all my "transferred purchases" back to my iPhone 5. So essentially I backed up my apps/songs to iTunes, but NOTHING MORE (an iCloud backup backups apps, songs, and other data specific to that device that can screw up the battery life if that backup is restored to another device. Back upping apps to iTunes and doing a full restore with iTunes erases all of that old data that iCloud backup stores and deletes it all.
Now, for most people this would be a bad thing because they'd be losing all of their apps, but this isn't a problem because if you "transferred purchases" from your iPhone to iTunes, your apps will all be there sans the old data from your past iDevice. Now simply sync all of your apps, songs, etc to your iPhone 5, login to your iCloud account to restore contacts, pictures, message threads and other settings and boom you're all done. Your battery life should jump exponentially.
Before I did this, I could only manage 3-4 hours of light usage, with 10-13 hours of standby before it would die. Now I average 6-8 hours of usage with 18-23 hours of standby depending on how I use it. This is a HUGE increase that others can also achieve if they follow these steps.
This whole process took me only an hour to complete (not including the time it took me to download the entire iOS 6 ipsw file). I'd definitely do this if you're getting bad battery life.
Note: I also have LTE and wifi always on, Bluetooth off, auto brightness on, location services always on for many apps, everything on to sync with iCloud, push notifications on for nearly all 75 of my apps, and push email for one email account.
Below are before and after pictures of my battery life before I did this restore and after I did this restore:
BEFORE (LEFT) AND AFTER (RIGHT):
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I've noticed pandora eats a lot of battery life, seemingly 1% for every 2 minutes which would be about 2.5 horus - hardly the 10 hour battery life promised on wifi.
I've been getting great battery life. I think the issue is related to restore vs. new. One other thread above me showed the before/after of an initial restore, then wiping and setting up new.
It is a hassle, because you need to then add apps manually, etc. But seems worth the extra effort if you avoid the battery issues; IMO.
It is a hassle, because you need to then add apps manually, etc. But seems worth the extra effort if you avoid the battery issues; IMO.
So, I didn't think was possible but after restoring my phone, my battery life has gotten worse!
This morning I took it off the charger and 7 minutes later of browsing twitter, it dropped 1%.
Usually on the subway (no service) I read my timeline, and drop between 5-6%, today it dropped 11%.
Think I might replace my phone today as I have a replacement ordered for my WiFi issue, but that appears to have been fixed.
I usually use my phone for Twitter and Facebook/Browsing. A few photos and games. No streaming, so I would expect 6-7 hours easily, but it drops quickly when in use for 10 min+.
Guys - Here's what worked for me:
Let the battery drain all the way to 0% and let the phone shut itself off. Then charge back to 100%. I did this over the weekend and it's like I have a whole new phone. Battery life is better than my old 4. Before this, I was lucky to be able to baby the phone and make it through the day.
I don't know why this would have an effect, but some has said that it re-calibrates the battery and resets how it determines how much charge is left on it. Could it be that the battery is actually fine, but the way it determines how much juice is left is inaccurate?
Let the battery drain all the way to 0% and let the phone shut itself off. Then charge back to 100%. I did this over the weekend and it's like I have a whole new phone. Battery life is better than my old 4. Before this, I was lucky to be able to baby the phone and make it through the day.
I don't know why this would have an effect, but some has said that it re-calibrates the battery and resets how it determines how much charge is left on it. Could it be that the battery is actually fine, but the way it determines how much juice is left is inaccurate?
I'm not convinced that some of these in-car USB ports aren't actually worse for the battery. I can't place exactly why I feel this way but I think it's cause my phone acted a bit weird after being plugged into my car. I have an 8th gen Honda Civic by the way.
Anyone else finding this? I've been up since 7 when I unplugged my phone, its now 10 am. I've checked facebook once, sent two text messages, used audio over bluetooth in my car for about an hour an im already down to 78%
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because a relatively short amount of BT usage should not deplete my usage that much, thats not what I paid for.
Anyway, seems to be that deleting setting and setting back up again helps, so I've done that, and early indication of the last 4 hours seems to be good, going down about 0.5-1% per hour..... going to run down battery and charge a couple of times. Ill report back in a few days.
whats your LTE signal at?
watching netflix on my LTE 2-3 bars of service i get 4.5 hours.
switching to 3g i get 6.5 hours continuous playback..
I thought I was normal/bad... but found out it was a bum phone. 2.5 hours of "light" usage and it was 0%... with location services turned off. I went back to the Apple store tonight and they set me up for a swap tomorrow morning (I had to run at the time).
I think the battery life perception is aggravated by the lack of good charging options for this new phone. The cables are out of stock. There are no lightning-based car chargers. It just makes for a lot more attention being paid to what the battery can do, when the 4S was also a bit of a slouch in this department.
This is INSANE! I have no idea how you're managing that. If I pull mine straight off the charger (overnight), turn my display on, check facebook for 10 mins, type up a couple brief emails, and check my stocks -probably 20-30 mins of real-time use - my battery is down to no more than 93-95%. Not that I think battery life is particularly terrible (it's pretty much exactly what it was for my previous One X), but I'd LOVE to see what you're doing to get that kind of life.
Mine is pretty good. Around 7 hours of usage and over a day's worth of standby. Just normal internet, music, text/call games. It definitely gets the job done and I'm impressed.
