great thanks I will restore it to new and if that doesn't work I'll take it to them maybe it's a faulty battery
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great thanks I will restore it to new and if that doesn't work I'll take it to them maybe it's a faulty battery
Reporting back as promised. Deleting my account from the built-in Facebook settings has definitely improved battery life. Used my phone a lot more than normal today. I'm convinced after making this change that the built-in Facebook is a battery hog.
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I had a defective phone.
With wifi on I would get barely 5 hours of standby out of it. Apple of course shows up with their standard answer that Push from Exchange is causing it, yet it never caused it before.
Hot spot connectivity was spotty, the wifi symbol would disappear at times.
Still, no hassles, gave me a new phone, after a good solid days usage, with wifi on the entire time I was at 12 percent, which is similar to my 4S, but I am a heavy user. Probably 2 hours of the day is spent tethering, 3 hours on the phone, 90 percent with BT. Plus probably 30 emails a day.
It did not matter if wifi was connected, just if it was turned on.
With wifi on I would get barely 5 hours of standby out of it. Apple of course shows up with their standard answer that Push from Exchange is causing it, yet it never caused it before.
Hot spot connectivity was spotty, the wifi symbol would disappear at times.
Still, no hassles, gave me a new phone, after a good solid days usage, with wifi on the entire time I was at 12 percent, which is similar to my 4S, but I am a heavy user. Probably 2 hours of the day is spent tethering, 3 hours on the phone, 90 percent with BT. Plus probably 30 emails a day.
It did not matter if wifi was connected, just if it was turned on.
Ok see that is good input. Thank you very much. I used to plug my phone in a few times a day as well but I am trying to do my best with just once a day now, when I go to bed. Most of the time I am at 50 - 70% still left. I unplug it at about 4:30 am and plug it in at night around 8:30pm. Some phone calls, some emails, text, light Internet browsing, blutooth on, wifi on, LTE on, location services on.
I do not use twitter, Facebook, brightness is about 1/3, I have push off for email (set to fetch hourly). That mostly works for me.
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Battery solution: just slap a 1/2 pound 1/4 inch thick Mophie Juice on the ridiculously slim and light iPhone 5.
My results were similar to this 5 hours use, 2 days 17 hours standby
I did not restore my ip4S data onto my 5, just started fresh. I keep the brightness at 50%.
No issues at all with my phone or its battery life. If you restored from a backup, I would consider starting fresh.
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You can selectively restore contacts during sync but not messages. I used a mac app to backup my messages on my 4S and just started new on my 5.
History has proven that those who restore older backups onto newer phones have all kinds of issues.
I always start new phones fresh (No restore) unless its a replacement phone of the same make and model, and IOS version.
FINALLY FOUND SOMETHING THAT PROVES THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG!
My wife's 4S on iOS5 is the first phone, the second is my iphone 5 on iOS 6.
Both were charged to 100% last night and taken off the charger where they sat near a STRONG wifi signal.
NEITHER PHONE WAS TOUCHED BY ANYONE.
Repeat: NO ONE EVEN TOUCHED THE PHONE.
Just look at the usage stats. SOMETHING IS CLEARLY WRONG WITH iOS 6 and/or the IPHONE 5.
I actually hope this helps with a remedy, I'm getting tired of plugging my phone in....if I didn't have a macbook, this 5 would be returned by now.
My wife's 4S on iOS5 is the first phone, the second is my iphone 5 on iOS 6.
Both were charged to 100% last night and taken off the charger where they sat near a STRONG wifi signal.
NEITHER PHONE WAS TOUCHED BY ANYONE.
Repeat: NO ONE EVEN TOUCHED THE PHONE.
Just look at the usage stats. SOMETHING IS CLEARLY WRONG WITH iOS 6 and/or the IPHONE 5.
I actually hope this helps with a remedy, I'm getting tired of plugging my phone in....if I didn't have a macbook, this 5 would be returned by now.
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Holy *****ki my battery life has gotten amazing.
I'm not sure what I did, but yesterday as I was going to sleep I noticed the battery was still at over 60%. I decided not to charge it overnight.
This is just now. And I haven't really avoided using it either! I think the battery circuit conditions itself over the first week or so of use and things improve.
I'm not sure what I did, but yesterday as I was going to sleep I noticed the battery was still at over 60%. I decided not to charge it overnight.
This is just now. And I haven't really avoided using it either! I think the battery circuit conditions itself over the first week or so of use and things improve.
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iPhone 5 Battery Life
So I got my new iPhone 5 32GB a couple of days ago. It's great, I've been enjoying it.
One thing though, the battery life seems less than I anticipated for a brand new phone.
Last night when I went to sleep it had a 50% charge. After 7 hours of non-use it was down to 5%.
Anyone else experienced this? It seem weird I'd have to give it a full-charge every day on only light use.... that's what I was doing with my 2 year old iPhone 4.
So I got my new iPhone 5 32GB a couple of days ago. It's great, I've been enjoying it.
One thing though, the battery life seems less than I anticipated for a brand new phone.
Last night when I went to sleep it had a 50% charge. After 7 hours of non-use it was down to 5%.
Anyone else experienced this? It seem weird I'd have to give it a full-charge every day on only light use.... that's what I was doing with my 2 year old iPhone 4.
How long the battery last depends on so many things. What you have running that constantly polls the server and even if you are in an area with poor reception will drain the battery.
Why not plug it in while you are sleeping?
For what it's worth, my 5 battery life is pretty good. I'd say it's at least as good as I got on the 4S, maybe a tad better.
I'll definitely plug in in while I sleep , I was just trying to give it a couple of full drains and charges out of the box. I've turned off Raise to SIRI, maybe that will help too.
It's an awesome phone though, feels like a big step forward from my iPhone 4.
LTE is just ridiculously fast too, holy crap!
, I was just trying to give it a couple of full drains and charges out of the box. I've turned off Raise to SIRI, maybe that will help too.It's an awesome phone though, feels like a big step forward from my iPhone 4.
LTE is just ridiculously fast too, holy crap!
How long the battery last depends on so many things. What you have running that constantly polls the server and even if you are in an area with poor reception will drain the battery.
Why not plug it in while you are sleeping?
I get about 9 hours of usage everyday. Between phone calls, text messages, browsing under both wifi and LTE. I got about 8 hours of usage with my iphone 4 so this phone is the best iPhone yet in terms of battery. My 4S was about 7 hours of usage.
I get pretty good usage on my iPhone 5 as well. I get about 8 or so hours really using the phone and when I don't use it as much, I get about 2 1/2 days on Standby. Not bad in my opinion.
Granted I do watch out for all the notification things that I try to disable.
Works great for me.
Granted I do watch out for all the notification things that I try to disable.
Works great for me.
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16GB AT&T LTE and WiFi. Safari, text, email, Facebook, no games and no music. pretty damn good if you ask me. I actually couldn't get this thing to die and I was at 1% for 20mins until I decided to take a screen shot then plug it in. I love this battery.
16GB AT&T LTE and WiFi. Safari, text, email, Facebook, no games and no music. pretty damn good if you ask me. I actually couldn't get this thing to die and I was at 1% for 20mins until I decided to take a screen shot then plug it in. I love this battery.
If you're losing that much overnight, there's an issue.
I put Do Not Disturb on at night, and if it's at 100% when I go to sleep, after 7-8 hours it's at 98-99% when I wake up.
The cell reception at my office is pretty bad, so I'm consistently holding on to a weak LTE signal, or going between 3G and LTE, and I get 5-6 hours of heavy use (including some games/video/music) and 20+ hours of standby before I plug the phone in at 10-20% left. When I'm at home on WiFi on the weekends, I'll get 7-9 hours of use (depending on what I'm doing) and more than a day of standby.
Coming from an Android phone that would lose 80% of it's battery between 7am and 5pm with minimal usage, the iPhone 5 battery is amazing for me.
I put Do Not Disturb on at night, and if it's at 100% when I go to sleep, after 7-8 hours it's at 98-99% when I wake up.
The cell reception at my office is pretty bad, so I'm consistently holding on to a weak LTE signal, or going between 3G and LTE, and I get 5-6 hours of heavy use (including some games/video/music) and 20+ hours of standby before I plug the phone in at 10-20% left. When I'm at home on WiFi on the weekends, I'll get 7-9 hours of use (depending on what I'm doing) and more than a day of standby.
Coming from an Android phone that would lose 80% of it's battery between 7am and 5pm with minimal usage, the iPhone 5 battery is amazing for me.
Can Verizon users with LTE and a signal of 1-2 bars give me your rate of battery drain while browsing the web and using tapatalk like apps?
I'm trying to put together some figures to see if it is my phone or just reception and the power hog LTE radio. The thing is that some days it last much longer and others it drains rapidly. The inconsistent drain is what I need to figure out. This is strictly limiting to web browsing via LTE at 1-2 bars.
I'm trying to put together some figures to see if it is my phone or just reception and the power hog LTE radio. The thing is that some days it last much longer and others it drains rapidly. The inconsistent drain is what I need to figure out. This is strictly limiting to web browsing via LTE at 1-2 bars.
I went a head and restored and set up as a new and this was the result, should i be content with this or should I be able to squeeze more?
I tried to have the phone on just to see how fast it will drain, played music, apps. Radio
