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iPhone 5 battery life [Merged]

JonMPLS said:
Just a thought . .. are you backing up to iCloud? On a wifi to DSL (like I have) it would take hours. This would be in the background, but would show up as usage.

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no i'm not backing up anything to icloud. even though i'm signed in using my apple id to icloud, everything is turned off.

i charged my iphone 5 again to 100% last night, i just got home 14 hours later, now battery life is down to 85%.

my iphone 4 was charged to 100%, used approximately 40 minutes of usage time during those 14 hours, battery life was down to 91%.
 
Is this considered good battery life?

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If you reset/turn off your iPhone

Does your battery "Time since last full charge" lose its data? I turned mine off and now my info has gone xD.
 
I just turned off my iphone and it did not get erased.
Can anyone tell me if my iphone 5's usage is correct?
 
AznTakumi said:
I just turned off my iphone and it did not get erased.
Can anyone tell me if my iphone 5's usage is correct?
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Looks about right, still seems a little on the low side :p
Can you try a reset and see if it deletes the data? (Home + Power button)
 
I'm getting exactly around there as well..On wifi most of the time which bothers me because we are suppose to be receiving 10 hours on wifi.
 
aohus said:
if you're getting crap battery life and haven't done the following, best to do it:

start from scratch. do NOT restore from a backup. most battery drain issues are due to users restoring from their backup.

limit the amount of apps you have on your device. i only have a handful of apps and ensure the apps are not constantly using data

set phone to manual brightness and at around ~15% brightness

make sure to use WiFi whenever possible.
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I've done this and no improvements
 
Played lots of apps. Extremely happy with battery life considering other posts here xD.
 

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I turned off cellular data and I didn't have to charge for almost two days, with about 10 hours usage. ( wish I took a couple of screens)

With 3G on, even in the background battery life is doo doo. I heard 6.1 fixes it thogh
 
For some odd reason today I fully charged my iPhone 5 at work. I took it off the charger. For about 17 minutes the percentage dropped to 97%. What the hell? And now my battery is lasting a lot longer tonight. Same cycle. I guess it dropped because the backlight was high because I was outside.

But there is even times when I wake up in the morning. Surf a little and listening to music on my way to work and by the time I get to my job. The precentage dropped to 98% in 15 or 20 minutes. Granted I don't have the battery percentage indicator on but it is still annoying knowing with light use it is dropping.
 
I gave in and bought mophie battery pack case. It's so much fun playing with my iPhone so instead of worrying and disabling almost everything, i bought it. It's also more comfortable to hold if you like playing with your iPhone for a good length of time, absorb the warmness very well.
 
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Need people's opinions on the below battery usage.

  • 80% of usage is on WIFI
  • Minimal Gaming
  • Minimal Phone Calls (1-2 calls a day lasting 5-15min)
  • Check Instagram / Facebook throughout the day lasting 5mins at a time
  • Watch 1-2 Youtube Video's lasting 10min each
  • Update an app now an again
  • Light Safari (mainly forums/news tech sites)

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Guys this happens every single time a new phone comes out from Apple. It usually takes to a point release before it improves as it takes time to optimise the phone.
 
Risco said:
Guys this happens every single time a new phone comes out from Apple. It usually takes to a point release before it improves as it takes time to optimise the phone.
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If this happens every time, then they should know better and have everything ok for a release. This is not a good thing to have happen to your (now) flagship and a lot of their business is focused on the phone so they need to avoid this.

We have a new iphone 5 received on Monday and it's going from 100 to 0 % in four/five hours with light use. That is pretty worrying.

My Iphone 4s still has the interference sounds coming out of it every time I place a call which is unbearable and no fix as yet. You would have thought I learned my lesson, eh?
 
Real-world usage on iPhone 5

I've had a 'feeling' that the iPhone 5 has bad battery but finally remembered today to measure a real world use case.

I had my iPhone charging overnight, used it a bit in the morning and then charged up again until midday; full charge.

I then, read the news for 5 minutes. Got on the underground for 20 minutes with phone in pocket. Used GPS and Google's map website to find a client's site (Apple Maps couldn't find it), this took about 15-20 minutes of GPS usage.

Used Personal hotspot tethering to use my iPad writing and sending some emails, for around 30 minutes.

Send 2-3 text messages.

At around 6pm, used map again to find Tube station. Read news offline underground for 15 minutes. Got home, Phone died.

Shocking really. I'll be buying a battery case from Mophie as soon as they're released I suppose. If the phone takes so much power; please apple, just make it thicker; i'd rather have something that can last a full business day + an evening.
 
Ibtechsavvy said:
I turned off cellular data and I didn't have to charge for almost two days, with about 10 hours usage. ( wish I took a couple of screens)

With 3G on, even in the background battery life is doo doo. I heard 6.1 fixes it thogh
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Of course turning off data will improve the time the battery takes to deplete. You know what? Turning the whole thing off will have an even better improvement :p
 
Why should we have to turn everything off to get reasonable battery life?

I want my phone to manage its power effectively.

Using maps for 15-20 minutes and half an hour of tethering should not wipe out a large chunk of battery.
 
Add me to the list

I am in India. My iPhone 5 is 20 days old. I am generally on 3G all the time. We do not have LTE and I am hating the battery of my phone. I feel cheated. The usage never goes beyond 5.5 hours with almost everything disabled. I have paid close to $850 to get a 16 GB version and I feel duped. I thought my Dell Streak 5 had the worst battery of all - but I was so wrong until I met iPhone 5.

In India, even the support sucks.
 
lostjournal said:
I am in India. My iPhone 5 is 20 days old. I am generally on 3G all the time. We do not have LTE and I am hating the battery of my phone. I feel cheated. The usage never goes beyond 5.5 hours with almost everything disabled. I have paid close to $850 to get a 16 GB version and I feel duped. I thought my Dell Streak 5 had the worst battery of all - but I was so wrong until I met iPhone 5.

In India, even the support sucks.
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I second this. You have to blame the network too though for horrible battery life. The same phone when I used in my trip to Dubai last week had great battery performance.
 
Something is wrong with y'all's battery life if your phone dies that quickly. I can go for two days, if I wanted. 2 hours usage on WiFi, 20% battery gone. Almost no standby drain.
 
lostjournal said:
I am in India. My iPhone 5 is 20 days old. I am generally on 3G all the time. We do not have LTE and I am hating the battery of my phone. I feel cheated. The usage never goes beyond 5.5 hours with almost everything disabled. I have paid close to $850 to get a 16 GB version and I feel duped. I thought my Dell Streak 5 had the worst battery of all - but I was so wrong until I met iPhone 5.

In India, even the support sucks.
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I took my AT&T iPhone 5 roaming in Southern India. With data turned off, the phone would last 4 days before needing charging with occasional call use + frequent music use. Data roaming was too expensive for me, so did not use 3G.

Back in AZ, I would be lucky for the phone to make it through the day. I have only marginal LTE leaking in from neighboring Phoenix - causing the horrible battery suck.
 
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Heres after a full day of use

No LTE (thanks sprint)
Wifi for about half of the phone's life - I use wifi in school and at home and 3g everywhere else

Apps I use:
Reddit
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Gmail
Heavy Texting and iMessaging
one-two phone calls
Slight video watching
 
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