I lost 5% in 35minutes on my iphone 4s
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I lost 5% in 35minutes on my iphone 4s
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You may want to look at some of the thinks in there thread...
http://www.iphoneforums.net/forum/i...your-iphone-80%-10076/?highlight=battery+tips
http://www.iphoneforums.net/forum/i...your-iphone-80%-10076/?highlight=battery+tips
Supahrob
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I feel your pain. My battery life is terrible as well. I don't think there is a way to fix it. This is it (I think). Learn to live with it or move on (it's very hard to convey tone on the internet - I have read your posts and I have pretty much the exact experience as you... I am on your side in all this).
I have always felt, and always will feel, that having to turn off all the features on a phone is just silly. There are two main "selling points" for the 4s. The new chip... and Siri. It amazes me to no end that the advice frequently given is "turn off 50% of the selling points to help battery life!" Ok, it's not a direct quote, but it is the bottom line. Often, though, it goes beyond that into the area of "Pretty much shut off everything except the phone feature... and use that sparingly." Again - not a direct quote, but still.... And I kinda laugh at all the analogies though. This is a phone - no, a smartphone. It's not a car, not an airplane, not toaster or whatever ya wanna use for the analogy. It's a smartphone, it's features are used as selling points. They TELL you to use them. So they might as well throw in a battery that can handle it.
On my iPhone 4, I turned off blue tooth. I don't own a single blue tooth device, so I saw no reason at all to have that feature on. But I left EVERYTHING else on. WiFi. GPS. 3G. Automatic downloads. Push notifications. Everything. I would pull my phone off the charger at 5:30am, use it consistently throughout the day, plug it back in at about 11:00pm with the phone being at about 30% or so (give or take 5%). Did this everyday for like 6 months. Was thrilled.
Now I pull my phone off the charger at 5:30am, by the time I set the charger cord down and look at the phone, it is at anywhere from 94%-98%. Thats not a joke. I lose 2%-6% the instant I unplug the phone. By 11am I am at around 50%.
I have 3 suspicions. 1) I think the problem is in the IOS 5 software. 2) I think Apple is well aware of it. How could they NOT be? I have read countless posts like yours all over the internet. So this brings me to my final suspicion: 3) I think Apple will fix it (if it can be fixed) in the next IOS update. I am not familiar enough with Apple to know when that might be though.
Please everyone remember: I am one of you. This is my second iPhone - the only reason I traded in my 4 was to get the 4s. I loved the 4, I love the 4s. Battery problems aside (and they are VERY real) I love my iPhone. I am not returning it. The only reason I posted this, was I have read the op's various posts and I agree with him on everything. This battery life is terrible... he aint alone. Sekalani, I don't have any advice for you. I wish I did. I just wanted to let ya know I am in pretty much the same boat as you. For what it's worth, I still refuse to shut off all the features that make my iphone an iphone - and I cringe every time I see that advice offered.... but I sigh because it's pretty much the only advice that can be offered at this point
Take care.
Rob
I have always felt, and always will feel, that having to turn off all the features on a phone is just silly. There are two main "selling points" for the 4s. The new chip... and Siri. It amazes me to no end that the advice frequently given is "turn off 50% of the selling points to help battery life!" Ok, it's not a direct quote, but it is the bottom line. Often, though, it goes beyond that into the area of "Pretty much shut off everything except the phone feature... and use that sparingly." Again - not a direct quote, but still.... And I kinda laugh at all the analogies though. This is a phone - no, a smartphone. It's not a car, not an airplane, not toaster or whatever ya wanna use for the analogy. It's a smartphone, it's features are used as selling points. They TELL you to use them. So they might as well throw in a battery that can handle it.
On my iPhone 4, I turned off blue tooth. I don't own a single blue tooth device, so I saw no reason at all to have that feature on. But I left EVERYTHING else on. WiFi. GPS. 3G. Automatic downloads. Push notifications. Everything. I would pull my phone off the charger at 5:30am, use it consistently throughout the day, plug it back in at about 11:00pm with the phone being at about 30% or so (give or take 5%). Did this everyday for like 6 months. Was thrilled.
Now I pull my phone off the charger at 5:30am, by the time I set the charger cord down and look at the phone, it is at anywhere from 94%-98%. Thats not a joke. I lose 2%-6% the instant I unplug the phone. By 11am I am at around 50%.
I have 3 suspicions. 1) I think the problem is in the IOS 5 software. 2) I think Apple is well aware of it. How could they NOT be? I have read countless posts like yours all over the internet. So this brings me to my final suspicion: 3) I think Apple will fix it (if it can be fixed) in the next IOS update. I am not familiar enough with Apple to know when that might be though.
Please everyone remember: I am one of you. This is my second iPhone - the only reason I traded in my 4 was to get the 4s. I loved the 4, I love the 4s. Battery problems aside (and they are VERY real) I love my iPhone. I am not returning it. The only reason I posted this, was I have read the op's various posts and I agree with him on everything. This battery life is terrible... he aint alone. Sekalani, I don't have any advice for you. I wish I did. I just wanted to let ya know I am in pretty much the same boat as you. For what it's worth, I still refuse to shut off all the features that make my iphone an iphone - and I cringe every time I see that advice offered.... but I sigh because it's pretty much the only advice that can be offered at this point
Take care.
Rob
eddieg
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So your on pace for 10 hours of use isnt that what they say you can expect?
Iphone 4s specs/ Iphone 4 specs
Talk time up to 8 hours on 3g/ Talk time up to 7 hours on 3g
Standby time up to 200 hours/ Standby time up to 300 hours
Internet use up to 6 hours on 3g wifi up to 9 hours/ Internet use up to 6 hours on 3g wifi up to 10 hours
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EWyatt
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I would "back up" -- to save Contacts, songs, etc... -- the iPhone in iTunes, go back to where you bought it and get another one (it's within the 30 day window, right?) then bring the new one back home and restore form backup and see how the new phone reacts. In other words, if you're not satisfied, DO SOMETHING. Let us know.
eddieg
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Look at my post are you getting these numbers?
eddieg
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Were you using the phone in those 35 minutes?
moebius_001
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You could always add a Juice Pack to the Phone to get longer talk time.
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sekelani said:
It's a external battery charging case.
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