My battery in the new 4S went from 82% to 62% overnight. The upgrade has made things worse or am I missing something?
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Facing the same problem. In two hrs batt drained by 40%. Is there any fix likely to come soon????
I May Go Back To 5
Things were defenitly better, maybe recalibration might help?
Facing the same problem. In two hrs batt drained by 40%. Is there any fix likely to come soon????
Things were defenitly better, maybe recalibration might help?
Its Not Your Phon
We all seem to be in the same boat....Guess we have to wait until Apple get a grip on this.
We all seem to be in the same boat....Guess we have to wait until Apple get a grip on this.
96% battery yesterday (11/12/11) at 1:00 AM. Went to bed at 2:30 AM. At 11:00 AM I had 89%.
Made several phone calls, sent/received several emails, surfed the net for about 30 minutes, and 1 hour of Pandora internet radio streaming...most of which done in a poor service area.
it's 1:30AM (11/13/11) now and I have 18% left.
So just over 24hrs, I have used 78% of my battery. I consider that GREAT!
My last phone (Samsung Fascinate) wouldn't last 24hrs in my wildest dreams!
Made several phone calls, sent/received several emails, surfed the net for about 30 minutes, and 1 hour of Pandora internet radio streaming...most of which done in a poor service area.
it's 1:30AM (11/13/11) now and I have 18% left.
So just over 24hrs, I have used 78% of my battery. I consider that GREAT!
My last phone (Samsung Fascinate) wouldn't last 24hrs in my wildest dreams!
Receiving A Replacement...
Not only has my battery life gotten worse, but it's also strangely affected my service. I sometimes have to reboot my phone just to make sure I'm receiving all my text messages or the data connection is working properly.
I called Verizon, and they seem to think it's something wrong with my phone. They're sending a replacement. I doubt it will change anything though.
Not only has my battery life gotten worse, but it's also strangely affected my service. I sometimes have to reboot my phone just to make sure I'm receiving all my text messages or the data connection is working properly.
I called Verizon, and they seem to think it's something wrong with my phone. They're sending a replacement. I doubt it will change anything though.
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I don't think it's the phones either, but mine is acting REALLY weird now. It dropped to 60%, I have taken 3 calls, and sent and received a few texts....It remains at 60%
I think I'm going to let it go completely dead (Still have my 4 so no worries about coverage) Then re-charge it and see what happens then.
I don't think it's the phones either, but mine is acting REALLY weird now. It dropped to 60%, I have taken 3 calls, and sent and received a few texts....It remains at 60%
I think I'm going to let it go completely dead (Still have my 4 so no worries about coverage) Then re-charge it and see what happens then.
Mine improved quite a bit also. I have read that some have restored their phones and then upgraded to iOS 5.01 for the battery improvements to work. Mine worked with the OTA update so I cannot guarantee that if you go through all the effort to restore it, that it will work. It may be a risk worth taking.
I've had good results so far. I charged my phone to 100% and it's been on standby for nearly 5hrs and with only 15 minutes of use (it's early here) and still at 100%
My wife's 3Gs has Neenah on standby for 19hrs with 2hrs of use and is at 83%
I consider both pretty good. Now it just depends on how they each drain under typically daily use throughout this next work week. That's what I will use to gauge any changes good or bad.
My wife's 3Gs has Neenah on standby for 19hrs with 2hrs of use and is at 83%
I consider both pretty good. Now it just depends on how they each drain under typically daily use throughout this next work week. That's what I will use to gauge any changes good or bad.
M battery is slightly worse (15%/hr unused) but what's worse is that the entire OS tends to lag randomly. Photo viewing, texting, app opening etc randomly just slows or stalls.
It's a shame because I love the phone but I'm restricting usage because of these bugs.
Edit: ugh. This message took 5% battery! It's been a month so I don't think it's unreasonable to be a whiner about it.
It's a shame because I love the phone but I'm restricting usage because of these bugs.
Edit: ugh. This message took 5% battery! It's been a month so I don't think it's unreasonable to be a whiner about it.
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I took mine off the charger this morning and it jumped from 100% to 95% as I unplugged the wall connector. I plugged it back in and now its recharging to 100%.
That is stupid...I had to do that with my Droid Incredible.
Also, the little microphone doesn't always show up when I'm texting, I use talk to text to text quite often.
And lastly, the Airplay Mirroring button isn't always there either. One time it was there permanently and I had to completely reset the iPhone and wipe everything...
WiFi also sometimes drops out.
I expect a much more polished product from Apple than this.
This is my first year with Apple products and I'm thinking about changing back next year if they can't fix things soon.
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It runs WORLDS better on my iPhone 4. Got rid of a ton of lag, and battery seems about the same.
It runs WORLDS better on my iPhone 4. Got rid of a ton of lag, and battery seems about the same.
Most Apple products (phones, iPads AND laptops) will not charge the battery if it's above 95%.
As to why it's hot, no idea.
In nay case, 5.0.1 works fine for me. Battery life has been fine.
I've never had an iPhone or iPad stop charging when it got to 95% ... until today.
Same issues here...
Battery drains REALLY fast... i have a 4(unlocked on t-mobile) and a 4s (Sprint)...
obviously the 4 doesn't use the 3g engine, but the drain on the 4s is crazy.
going to try and cycle myself.. but not too optimistic. I hope Apple has a fix soon.
Battery drains REALLY fast... i have a 4(unlocked on t-mobile) and a 4s (Sprint)...
obviously the 4 doesn't use the 3g engine, but the drain on the 4s is crazy.
going to try and cycle myself.. but not too optimistic. I hope Apple has a fix soon.
from 7:30am til now (10:22am pst) I've lost 24%.
Here is the thing, right when i unplugged my phone this morning, it went to 99% immediately! so i turned it off and on and it went back up to 100%. So i thought the problem was fixed. However.
My phone usage was simply: i opened one app. that was all.
now it's at 76% and i barely used it. I've turned off wifi and bluetooth but have seen no changes.
As i'm finishing this post, the battery life is now @ 75% and the phone has just been idle.
Here is the thing, right when i unplugged my phone this morning, it went to 99% immediately! so i turned it off and on and it went back up to 100%. So i thought the problem was fixed. However.
My phone usage was simply: i opened one app. that was all.
now it's at 76% and i barely used it. I've turned off wifi and bluetooth but have seen no changes.
As i'm finishing this post, the battery life is now @ 75% and the phone has just been idle.