You would think that checking battery life would be at the top of the list. It became apparent as soon as the 4S was released. They had to have tested this phone and software extensively prior to release.
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You would think that checking battery life would be at the top of the list. It became apparent as soon as the 4S was released. They had to have tested this phone and software extensively prior to release.
I've noticed a drop in my IPAD 2's battery life as well. Also, the video player hasn't been working correctly. I often have to restart my ipad to get it to work.
Bring on the update!!
Bring on the update!!
Software is always released with bugs. Perhaps Apple thought the power drain wasn't serious enough to delay iOS5 and thus iPhone 4S ; also if the October release window was missed, not all countries would have the iPhone 4S available for Christmas and thus lose potential sales over the period.
If Apple had in fact missed the power drain of OS5 then this is quite a failure of their QA.
Wish that was the case. I picked up my second phone from apple, it hasn't been in the same room with my computer and yet it demonstrates the same battery drain as my first.
Currently the 4s sits in a drawer hoping for a fix.
First one was a C39, second phone was C38.
I know that there are always a few bugs with software. I'm just surprised that with Steve's obsession with perfection that the battery issue was missed just as the antenna issue was on the iPhone 4. For an elite company these seem like problems you would expect from a cheaper product.
Yes...same here. Something seems to be up with the battery. I've not seen it mentioned often so either this is expected or not common.
Seriously
I can't believe you guys don't get it.
Apple will not release a fix until Jailbreakers release the Un Teathered Jailbreak.
That way people will be shut out of a good experience if they refuse to upgrade and keep the Jailbreak.
They do it all the time.
I can't believe you guys don't get it.
Apple will not release a fix until Jailbreakers release the Un Teathered Jailbreak.
That way people will be shut out of a good experience if they refuse to upgrade and keep the Jailbreak.
They do it all the time.
I do it once every fortnight. But till now I have done it a couple of times already and do I believe there are some issues with the 4S battery.
It goes from 5% to 50% in absolutely no time. My previous windows phone would take almost 2-3 hours to do that.
I am not having any battery issues, however, in the past few days, I have lived in a place that has had uncounted numbers of tornadoes, about 12 earthquakes, massive flooding and it even rained fish. (one of the tornadoes ran over a big lake. You could see the plume of water on radar. It covered miles.)
I think the earthquakes were all Apple's fault.
Have dogs and cats started living together? You know, real end of the earth stuff?
Wheres Mine?
Where's my invite apple?? My battery is going down by 0.3% per min. (this is shocking). Release iOS 5.0.1 soon.
Where's my invite apple?? My battery is going down by 0.3% per min. (this is shocking). Release iOS 5.0.1 soon.
I have to say I haven't experienced this issue, nor any bugs with IOS 5 on my iPad 2. I can watch videos for hours at a time, while downloading in the background and connecting to an external speaker via Bluetooth, etc. In "standby" mode, runs for days.
Well my iPad 2 just on standby for 30 mins will use 6% when viewing video it goes down crazy fast. Could I have a bad unit?
Edit: also justing browsing the net I use 1% every minute.
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sending iMessages
I have found my battery goes down quickest when i start sending iMessages or use whatsapp to do the same. Battery drains super fast as soon as I send a few texts.
Does anyone else notice the same thing with iMessages?
I have found my battery goes down quickest when i start sending iMessages or use whatsapp to do the same. Battery drains super fast as soon as I send a few texts.
Does anyone else notice the same thing with iMessages?
I'm seeing the same problem. On a regular basis I will send/receive 2 or 3 text messages or iMessages and lose 1% while no other processes are running in the background. That being said, I'm not worried about it unless it still happens with 5.0.1.
every single iphone has had bugs when released
in fact the infineon radio chips they used to use were so bad in the US market i'm surprised steve jobs allowed the product to ship as is
I hit an all time low now. 100% last night.... wake up this morning and its at 52%!!!
I look at the usage and it says over 8hrs usage! I was SLEEPING. there is something going on in the background killing my phone.
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3gs here and exactly the same case with you
baddj said:
3gs here and exactly the same case with you
LTD tells a different story. They aren't bugs, they are there for our own good. It's the way Apple wants it.
Hmm. I just want the damned Time Zone Setting bug to be fixed. So annoying that it has to track my location for hours on end just to set my Time Zone!
Disable it? Or are you blazing through the timezones day in day out?
That sounds really great, I hadn't noticed a battery drain on my iPhone4 after I upgraded to iOS5 until I went into check on the TimeZone setting. It seems that this setting being set to ON kills the most juice at lest in my testing. I will try the Location Based iAds and see if that does anything, though I think that makes more sense when I'm in apps that use iAds. I have left the Diagnostic info on because I'm hoping these type of info in the diagnostics logs will help Apple improved their code...
btw I use gmail as push on my iPhone, I am getting excellent battery if I leave the timezone off, my usage is as follows
-browse rss feeds and articles for 30min in the morning
-check emails 5-30 min depending on email load for the day
-listen to podcast for 15min (on way to work)
-answer phone calls (about 2-5 a day) on Cisco Mobile @ work
-play Wormz2 @ lunch for about 30min (or templerun or jetpack machinegun or doodle jump)
-listen to podcast for 45min (on way to pickup kids after work)
-follow up on rss feeds/articles in the afternoon for 1hr
-read rootzwiki (usually for 30min) for hacking my android phone
-stream a video for 1hr (excercise)
my usual battery life at the end of the day is between 20% to 30% (with timezone setting to off nothing else changed).
Battery resolution
I went to the apple store for my battery and they ran a diag on it. Found several apps that were constantly crashing. We removed those apps and reinstalled the OS. Since then my battery will go a full day with no problem. iPad has had no issues since the upgrade to 5.
I went to the apple store for my battery and they ran a diag on it. Found several apps that were constantly crashing. We removed those apps and reinstalled the OS. Since then my battery will go a full day with no problem. iPad has had no issues since the upgrade to 5.