Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
So battery life so far is :(...
- Thread starter chdwil
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Same. A friend of mine is also having the same issue...drains extremely fast since installing ios 7, despite having read and followed all of the battery-life tips for ios 6 and 7 (old and new tricks). My phone is about as battery-friendly as it gets, yet it still loses about 1% every few minutes, regardless of whether it's being used or not.
I even ran into a strange bug where it was 19% and jumped literally to 1% within the span of a 3-4 minutes, before immediately shutting off. Generally, my phone turns off at around 10% battery life (which is ridiculous in itself), but somehow it made a drastic jump from 19% to 1%. Very odd...
I even ran into a strange bug where it was 19% and jumped literally to 1% within the span of a 3-4 minutes, before immediately shutting off. Generally, my phone turns off at around 10% battery life (which is ridiculous in itself), but somehow it made a drastic jump from 19% to 1%. Very odd...
Twice ? Apple and their no good batteries !!! 10% improvement is a joke. Should have been 200%!!!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2
Yeah, this is my only complaint. I love everything else. I got the phone home and full recharged probably around 11am. By 10pm it was fully drained with typical occasional use (it was a work day today, then some games and pics at home). My iPhone 4 would last past a full day with that use. I just went through and shut everything done that wasn't needed, to see if I can eek out some more charge. Might need a quick charger.
Still, lovin' the blazing speed and power.
Still, lovin' the blazing speed and power.
Mophie will collect your $$$ now. Apple will collect some royalties on the officially licensed lightning connector. Everybody gets paid. 
For the moment, until new technology arrives, the only solution is a bigger battery, and Apple won't risk humiliation by making a 5s thicker than a 5.
For the moment, until new technology arrives, the only solution is a bigger battery, and Apple won't risk humiliation by making a 5s thicker than a 5.
My 5 did that two weeks before the warranty was up. Took it in and it was a bad battery. Apple replaced it under warranty.
The biggest battery drain of all is because of "New Toy Syndrome."
Put it down and treat it as you would a regular smartphone and it will last all day
Put it down and treat it as you would a regular smartphone and it will last all day
The biggest battery drain of all is because of "New Toy Syndrome."
Put it down and treat it as you would a regular smartphone and it will last all day
Haha that is so true! I'm going to give it a few days. Too funny.
Actually, it's not. Many people including myself are experiencing slightly better battery life.
Battery life is determined by what you did (restore vs new), where you are (signal strength), what you're doing, and what apps are doing (visible or not). In almost every complaint about the battery running down quickly it is a rogue process or app. Resetting the phone will stop it until the process (maybe) starts again. Things like the phone attempting to retrieve mail over and over or log into or access something because of a credential issue. Yes, iOS 7 has some features that will consume more battery but I'm talking about the battery running down quickly. Lots of good threads on this but I don't have any links handy.
I have been running iOS 7 on most of my devices for a while now. The dev builds and GM. Trust me when I say, battery life after iOS 7 is really bad.
I have tried turning off mail, notifications, bluetooth, wifi, gps, and no apps with background refresh.
Honestly, every single iOS .0 version has this problem. Nothing new.
That's true. Hopefully iOS 7.1 will improve things like before. Just such a pity that this happens EVERY time!
My silver 64GB AT&T is draining way to rapidly. I am doing its first fresh charge from total drain. I had disabled parallax, not used dynamic wallpaper and most all location services have been turned off for almost everything.
About all I haven't done is to turn off the background apps and the automatic app updating.
I'll see how it goes in the next few days after a few battery drains/charges.
About all I haven't done is to turn off the background apps and the automatic app updating.
I'll see how it goes in the next few days after a few battery drains/charges.
Allow a week or so for the battery to calibrate. Right now it may drain fast down to 1% and stay at 1% for an hour. This happens with every new device with a battery that shows charge level.
The biggest battery drain of all is because of "New Toy Syndrome."
Put it down and treat it as you would a regular smartphone and it will last all day
This. Its a well known phenomenon. Also, run it down and charge it fully to calibrate the software.
(And yes, this is still recommended and required even for the new batteries.)