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iPhone 5 battery life still lousy on 7.1.1
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It's about poor battery life *still* existing, not a typical 'update ruined my battery' thread.
The battery problems are due to a small battery on the phone and also batteries that are worn. Replacing it will help. Apple putting in a bigger phone battery would fix it. It's not the ios that's the problem.
Battery suddenly becoming worse after an update or dying earlier at random percentages (as some people have had) is related to a smaller battery? Seems like that might be related to some wear on the battery in some cases, but the size of the battery doesn't mean it would start working noticeably worse or unpredictably when it's still not that old or used up.
I have to say, as a big fan of IOS 7 on my iPhone 5 generally, I felt my battery life take a slight hit on 7.1 and if anything 7.1.1 has made it worse. It may well be that I'm suffering from some issue arising from update process rather than the update itself - but either way the confidence I used to have that the phone will get through the day is gone now. And this is still quite a new phone - a refurb I got in September - so it's not a question of the battery ageing.
6 hours usage is normal. Battery life degrades over time. If you got 7 hours usage on iOS 6 and you're down to 6 hours usage now....that's about where you should be based on normal wear and tear of a battery. 6 hours of usage time is a good number for moderate / heavy users.
I just put it down to battery degradation over time.
I have to charge mine most days during the day now, whereas I never used to.
5s so it's still only 6 months old, and has always ran 7.xx.
I have to charge mine most days during the day now, whereas I never used to.
5s so it's still only 6 months old, and has always ran 7.xx.
9 hours on iOS6 SUDDENLY going to 5 or 6 hours is normal? My battery has been lousy ever since iOS7.0, not just recently since 7.1
That's exactly like what happened to me.
Except now, it's 4-5 hours normal usage, 1-2 hours if I'm gaming.
9 hours of usage on a consistent basis? Did people really have that even with iOS 6? I don't recall that with a couple of devices with iOS 6 that I had.
That's possible. I can get 8+ hours consistent usage with iOS 6 if i don't do any gaming or music.
People just seem to have accepted that 5-6 hours battery is normal whereas that's 2-3 hours less than iOS 6.
I don't know, I recall getting the same typical 6-8 hours that I do with iOS 7.
My using of my device (iphone 5) on ios 6 with really a lotof usage of facebook, what s app, text messages and calling. That s the reason i will not upgrade to ios 7.
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Those are nice numbers. Certainly only came close to those once in a rare while with iOS 6 or 7 (about the same with either one).
Sad to hear there are issues with iphone 5, but have to say, my god, on iphone 5s it's performed miracles with the battery life.
I am still on ios 6 and my numbers vary between 9-10-10.5 hours. So it s always like this. And i am really happy to have these numbers, because i am so used to rely on my phone for 10 hours of usage, and i can t imagine that i can only use my phone everyday for 5 hours when i am always using what s app, facebook and so on... It s the same like if i go out in the evening and i have only 30% (on ios 6) of battery then i know that if i get home i will still have battery on my phone in comparison with ios 7 what wouldn t be possible....
Just updated tonight so will report after tomorrow.
I got pretty decent battery life with 6.x. 7.0.x was about the same. 7.1 has been noticeably worse. Although I have classes in different buildings this semester. More concrete and interior classrooms with no windows. LTE is spotty. It's a lot of 3G with even some 1X on Verizon when I'm not logged into the wifi.
I got pretty decent battery life with 6.x. 7.0.x was about the same. 7.1 has been noticeably worse. Although I have classes in different buildings this semester. More concrete and interior classrooms with no windows. LTE is spotty. It's a lot of 3G with even some 1X on Verizon when I'm not logged into the wifi.
Didn't do much for me. Did a full restore and set up as new phone and I'm still getting crap battery life. I lose about 1% of battery life per 2 mins of usage (usage meaning the screen is on).
Battery life on 7.0 was beautiful. I would easily get 10 hours of usage (screen time) per day.
note: the battery health of my iPhone 5s is 99%
I have a 5 on 7.1.1 and I feel it has been better. I am at 43% with 4h12m usage and 18h22m standby. I just replaced a deteriorating battery last month. So that might have something to do with it too.
Obviously its all to do with your usage, I havent been playing games or listening to music. so....
Obviously its all to do with your usage, I havent been playing games or listening to music. so....
There's definitely something going on with 7.1.1 on my phone as my "usage" is consistently higher than I expect it to be. Last night, after a pretty quiet day where'd I done little more than send a couple of texts and browsed for an hour or two, it was trying to tell me I'd used it for 8hrs plus - which would have been impressive with 10% battery left, had it been true.
Either it's reporting background app refresh (which I do have on) differently, or something's just screwed up and running longer than it should. I've done the obvious things like logging out of iCloud and other mail accounts, switched off and on etc, so my next recourse is a full restore.
I'm not getting into switching everything off, and I won't be restoring as new either - those things should bev's be necessary in my book. But we'll see..
Either it's reporting background app refresh (which I do have on) differently, or something's just screwed up and running longer than it should. I've done the obvious things like logging out of iCloud and other mail accounts, switched off and on etc, so my next recourse is a full restore.
I'm not getting into switching everything off, and I won't be restoring as new either - those things should bev's be necessary in my book. But we'll see..
I'm annoyed with this now and have wasted a whole weekend with no joy.
I deleted my iCloud account in case it was 'corrupted', wiped iTunes from my pc, reinstalled it and did a DFU clean install of iOS7.1.1 on my iPhone 5.
I then set it up as a new phone and spent the weekend laboriously downloading apps, photos, videos and setting up my 'new' phone.
I have ALL the iOS7 new features switched off and am now experiencing even worse battery life than before I did all this!
Seriously considering Android now. This is a joke. iOS7.1.1 has a notifications centre bug on the i5 and it drains my battery even faster than 7.0 through 7.1 (which were shocking compared to iOS6.1.4 anyway!!)
iOS7 just plain isn't designed for the iPhone 5. I think the fact Apple don't sell it anymore is very telling.
I deleted my iCloud account in case it was 'corrupted', wiped iTunes from my pc, reinstalled it and did a DFU clean install of iOS7.1.1 on my iPhone 5.
I then set it up as a new phone and spent the weekend laboriously downloading apps, photos, videos and setting up my 'new' phone.
I have ALL the iOS7 new features switched off and am now experiencing even worse battery life than before I did all this!
Seriously considering Android now. This is a joke. iOS7.1.1 has a notifications centre bug on the i5 and it drains my battery even faster than 7.0 through 7.1 (which were shocking compared to iOS6.1.4 anyway!!)
iOS7 just plain isn't designed for the iPhone 5. I think the fact Apple don't sell it anymore is very telling.
Petty much everything so far is pointing to there being something wrong with your phone. The only realistic thing left for you to try is another phone.