Hello, guys! 10 hours ago I left my iPhone 5 (iOS 8.3) on airplane mode. I just picked it up and it went from 26% to 16%. Is... this normal?!
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What? 10% in 10h of airplane mode?
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Yes. It was still powered on right? Why would you not expect it to use power? It just consumes it at a lower rate than it would otherwise.
To fix problems like this, I run the phone until it turns off . Then let it charge to 100% without using it.. Rinse and repeat a couple of times.
I am guessing we need to retrain the battery periodically.
I am guessing we need to retrain the battery periodically.
Nope, I do remember leaving it at 60% (example), going to bed and finding it at 58-59% in the morning...
1% an hour is too much with regular sleep, let alone airplane mode.
Check your battery health first.
Check your battery health first.
Any process running in the background uses energy. It's possible that an app was doing something this go-round, or worse trying to access data while the phone was in airplane mode (and not reacting well when it couldn't).
If you;re not using your phone for a few hours and don't want it to use any energy at all, shut it off.
If you;re not using your phone for a few hours and don't want it to use any energy at all, shut it off.
Usually not at the rate of something like 1% an hour (while it's asleep in airplane mode).
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Coincidentally just had an iPhone 5 (with an older worse battery) that I fully charged and left for overnight on airplane mode--just checked it about 12 hours later and it's still at 100%.
View the battery usage for the last 24 hours and see if there is an app that's trying to do things in the background but can't because of no network.
Though a friend has an iPhone 4s running iOS 8.3 and in aeroplane mode it drained more than just 1% an hour.
Though a friend has an iPhone 4s running iOS 8.3 and in aeroplane mode it drained more than just 1% an hour.
I left my iPhone 4 on airplane mode for 3 days. It drained only 3% (it already had 11 minutes of YouTube usage).
I also have an iPhone 5S (loaded with apps that use location services and notifications). During 8 hours of sleep time, the phone drains anywhere between 2 - 3%.
Maybe certain became corrupt with recent update. Like someone said, look at the battery usage percentage, and find out which is app is using most battery.
I also have an iPhone 5S (loaded with apps that use location services and notifications). During 8 hours of sleep time, the phone drains anywhere between 2 - 3%.
Maybe certain became corrupt with recent update. Like someone said, look at the battery usage percentage, and find out which is app is using most battery.
I have my iPhone 4 on airplane mode for as long as 12 days, without any further use.
However, I can only use it 2 hours in total, in normal use. I can only use it less than an hour if I use it heavily. Relatively not tolerable. Performance is also another issue.
It might be your battery
Is your phone eligible for the battery replacement program
Actually, I do the same. I place my iPhone 5S on Airplane Mode overnight and keep it that way for well over 10 hrs and still have 100%. It's over 1 year old if that helps.
I'm having similar battery issues.
I have a 5S (purchased at launch), that had been working perfectly normal up until recently.
I went to bed with battery level of 97%, put it on airplane mode, and awoke with a battery level of 60%. I tested it a few other times with similar results. In the past, I would lose max 2-3% over a 7-8 hour period on airplane mode.
I checked the battery usage in settings and nothing appeared to be out of the norm, but obviously losing 37% on airplane mode is abnormal. Is it a new app I downloaded? A new widget I'm using? I can't tell.
I'm thinking that I'll need to "restore as new" and see if that helps, but I hate to lose all of my imessages, app settings, game progress, etc.
I have a 5S (purchased at launch), that had been working perfectly normal up until recently.
I went to bed with battery level of 97%, put it on airplane mode, and awoke with a battery level of 60%. I tested it a few other times with similar results. In the past, I would lose max 2-3% over a 7-8 hour period on airplane mode.
I checked the battery usage in settings and nothing appeared to be out of the norm, but obviously losing 37% on airplane mode is abnormal. Is it a new app I downloaded? A new widget I'm using? I can't tell.
I'm thinking that I'll need to "restore as new" and see if that helps, but I hate to lose all of my imessages, app settings, game progress, etc.