My iPhone 5 feels like it constantly needs to be plugged in to charger?

[Imola Ghost]

I'm exaggerating a little but I've got to say that with this new phone I feel like I constantly need to have a power cord with me at all times. Meaning when I go to work in the morning by mid to late afternoon I am at 24%.

This is on pretty 4-5 bars of LTE with ATT.

Does this seem right?

 

[aleni]

siri is the most rarely used feature for me, so turning off siri really helps the battery life alot for me.

and location services, i only enabled it for maps. everything is turned off because i dont need need and like to post my location to social apps like facebook or twitter. like anybody cares where is your current location. lol

 

[dgstan]

I was having the same issue. I'm wondering what would happen if you do what I did: Let the phone run all the way down until it shuts off. Then recharge it back to 100%.

After I did this, my battery lasts all day without any problem. Normal usage now results on about 70% left at the end of the day.

 

[XboxMySocks]

I had the same issue, caused by a lot of old jailbreak processes from my precious backup. Try a hard restore and see if that fixes the issue. If not, you have a defective battery.

 

[Imola Ghost]

I was having the same issue. I'm wondering what would happen if you do what I did: Let the phone run all the way down until it shuts off. Then recharge it back to 100%.

After I did this, my battery lasts all day without any problem. Normal usage now results on about 70% left at the end of the day.

I was under the impression that letting a lithium ion battery completely discharge is NOT good and they should be charged before complete battery drain. I'm no expert but I did read this about these particular batteries.

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