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Q: iPhone 5 battery life is way worse than iPhone 4

I just got an iphone 5 and I restored a backup from my iPhone 4 so I have the same settings. But the iphone 5 drains way faster than my two year old very well used iPhone 4 which is running 5.1.1. Is it because of IOS 6? Just leaving it sitting overnight lost about half the battery. My iPhone 4 hardly uses any battery while it sits overnight.

 

Or do I have a bad battery on my new phone?

Posted on Sep 22, 2012 1:41 AM

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  • by whitewater2,

    whitewater2 whitewater2 Sep 27, 2012 2:04 PM in response to spyd4r
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:04 PM in response to spyd4r

    Yea, I only use it in my car at night, not in the morning...Actually, I barely use it now since my Bluetooth Audio doesnt work with my iPhone 5 anymore..lol..another issue...BlueTooth phone calls work fine, I have command and control of the phone calls, but with Ford Sync BlueTooth audio no longer works...

  • by ARTCOO,

    ARTCOO ARTCOO Sep 27, 2012 2:15 PM in response to holdrege
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:15 PM in response to holdrege

    Want a good laff?  Here's an ACTUAL CHAT I just had w AT&T support.  Also, I didn't know there were Eastern Indian Apple Support Guys named:  "Kyle Gonzalez".  LMAO  Jus' Sayin.....

     

    9/27/12 Chat Window

     

    Please wait for a chat representative to respond.

    You are now chatting with 'Kyle Gonzalez'

    Kyle Gonzalez: Hello and welcome! Thank you for using AT&T Wireless Online Chat Support!

    Kyle Gonzalez: I see the battery life in your iphone 5 is not lasting long?

    Coo: NOPE. This seems to be a widespread issue. I also read that APPLE F'd up and shipped some units with an "Inferior" Chinese-Made battery in order to meet demands for the device. HOW DO I KNOW if I have one of those crappy batteries???

    Coo: Is this something you advise I take up w APPLE?

    Coo: IE: is AT&T "Wiping Their Hands" on this one? LoL

    Kyle Gonzalez: I'm very sorry to hear that. I'm sure that must be frustrating for you.

    Kyle Gonzalez: How long is the battery lasting for you on a full charge?

    Coo: Maybe 5 hours if I'm lucky.. My old iPhone 3GS lasted much, much longer and it was 3 years old

    w the original battery in it!!

    Coo: Lots of theories on the web: 1. It's iOS 6,   2. It's the bad batteries, etc. etc. LoL

    Kyle Gonzalez: Your the first customer that has addressed this issue with the iphone 5. I don't think Apple

    would be putting different batteries into some of the devices to meet demands, but I can tell you that LTE does

    use more battery life since it's transferring much faster data speeds. On top of that there is a powerful

    processor in the phone allowing for much more multitasking, which will use a lot more battery life when put to

    the test Mr. ______.

    Kyle Gonzalez: Hello are you still there?

    Coo: yes

    Coo: FIRST to address this issue!! go put "Iphone 5 battery problems" into Google.. LMAO It's ALL OVER the chat boards and the apple support communities on Apple's own website.. I'm the first!! C 'mon man is that what they're "telling you to say"??  Also, we don't have LTE here in _________ , AND - I have the LTE "deactivated" - turned off - in the settings.. :-)

    Kyle Gonzalez: There is nothing I'm required to tell you Mr. _____. This is the first time this issue has been

    addressed to me, and it's not an issue AT&T or Apple has addressed yet. I'm telling you what I know. If you're

    not satisfied with the phone you're under your 30 day buyers remorse and can return the phone to the point of

    purchase for a different phone or a refund. You can also speak with Apple about the issue as they are the

    hardware manufacturer of this phone and would have more information on such an issue.

    Coo: OK man. Thanks. I'll call Apple. Have a good day.

  • by Kevin Chan,

    Kevin Chan Kevin Chan Sep 27, 2012 2:07 PM in response to Mustang92690
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:07 PM in response to Mustang92690

    That's so good! I can't belive you can stand by more than 15 hours. My phone is dead long before yours.

     

    Out of the 7 hour usuage, what did you use the phone for? What's the actual hours you estimated that you actually use?

  • by whitewater2,

    whitewater2 whitewater2 Sep 27, 2012 2:15 PM in response to Kevin Chan
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:15 PM in response to Kevin Chan

    For me Kevin,

     

    I just looked at I dont talk on the phone often, so it was 1 hour 21 min cell time, but that doesnt seem right as I barely use any minutes. Last month I used less than 51 min total talk time..so that is weird..just calculated my call stats...

     

    25 second call

    59 second call

    13 second call

    19 second call. where is this 1 hour 21 cell time coming from?

     

     

     

    Rest of the time is imessage/browsing/email checking...

  • by inder19,

    inder19 inder19 Sep 27, 2012 2:22 PM in response to whitewater2
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:22 PM in response to whitewater2

    if you did a restore from backup it shows lifetime call time from previous phones as well. Mine is around 14hrs i believe.

  • by whitewater2,

    whitewater2 whitewater2 Sep 27, 2012 2:24 PM in response to inder19
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:24 PM in response to inder19

    im not talking about life time though, current period, but I think i was confused becaues current period means the entire month correct? my month just reset on the 24th..and I am not calculating that much phone calls since then..Dont want to get is sidetracked here, so no big deal.

  • by ARTCOO,

    ARTCOO ARTCOO Sep 27, 2012 2:35 PM in response to ARTCOO
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:35 PM in response to ARTCOO

    the issue is resolved

     

    Please remove this post.  It was meant for fun. 

  • by cocktail5555,

    cocktail5555 cocktail5555 Sep 27, 2012 2:36 PM in response to holdrege
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:36 PM in response to holdrege

    Still having horrible battery life after day 3 of my second phone.

     

    Unplugged at 10am today, after a full charge over night.

     

    It's now 5:30pm and I'm at 14% with very light use.

     

    I've done 2 full discharges which hasnt helped, and a full restore and set up as new phone (no backups)

     

    I'm not happy.

  • by sasquatchbreath,

    sasquatchbreath sasquatchbreath Sep 27, 2012 2:42 PM in response to holdrege
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:42 PM in response to holdrege

    I think the trick is not to use the phone.

     

    I still have 74% battery left

     

    Usage 1 hour 14 minutes

    Standby 8 hours 35 minutes

     

     

    not good....  no blutooth or location services on

  • by sdmcgowan,

    sdmcgowan sdmcgowan Sep 27, 2012 2:48 PM in response to holdrege
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:48 PM in response to holdrege

    From 100% my phone went to 10% with 4hours 0 minutes of usage. It's mostly internet usage. So I should be getting basically double that. The Applecare person emailed me a link of technical specs and battery life tips as a fix. L.O.L.

     

    I did set up my phone from a backup, and I understand I should restore it from new as the next step to see if helps? I'm very hesitant to restore as new because I don't want to lose the pictures from my camera roll. 3,500 of them. Yes they are backed up. But I want them in my camera roll.

     

    So my question to anyone here is would it help to even try again to restore my phone from a backup or do I really really need to restore as new to go on???

  • by kab138,

    kab138 kab138 Sep 27, 2012 2:50 PM in response to holdrege
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:50 PM in response to holdrege

    I'm on my second phone. Swapped out the other night after messing with the first one for way too long. This one's no better. Consistently losing 4% every 10 minutes with nothing running that should cause that (i.e. Bluetooth, LTE, etc.)

     

    So I just got off the phone with Apple Support (again). Was transferred to a "senior advisor". I sent him diagnostic info, but he said it really hasn't been long enough since my last restore for him to tell much--but from what he's seeing, the battery life looks great. He instructed me to download a battery monitor app and he'd call me back somtime next week for new diagnostic information.

     

    What was interesting is that I told him that this is clearly a fairly common issue and asked if Apple was doing anything about it, or if they had determined whether it's software or hardware. He said that if he had any information, he wouldn't be allowed to give it to me anyway, but that he "has not been getting any information that this is a trending issue at all; and it has not been flagged in any way."

     

    That being said, if you are having problems, call Apple Support! Nothing's going to get fixed if they don't know how many of us are having issues.

  • by sasquatchbreath,

    sasquatchbreath sasquatchbreath Sep 27, 2012 2:50 PM in response to sdmcgowan
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:50 PM in response to sdmcgowan

    Sigh - I got the same email

  • by whitewater2,

    whitewater2 whitewater2 Sep 27, 2012 2:57 PM in response to kab138
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    Sep 27, 2012 2:57 PM in response to kab138

    that is usually their canned response, but I agree people need to let them know...

     

    same with Itunes Match, keep saying no issues, yet a lot of people have issues.

  • by Christopher Soh,

    Christopher Soh Christopher Soh Sep 27, 2012 3:09 PM in response to spyd4r
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    Sep 27, 2012 3:09 PM in response to spyd4r

    turn off Bluetooth, location services and whatever apps you don't need to run while in idle mode. it will help you conserve a lot of battery power.

  • by Christopher Soh,

    Christopher Soh Christopher Soh Sep 27, 2012 3:12 PM in response to sdmcgowan
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    Sep 27, 2012 3:12 PM in response to sdmcgowan

    you can restore as new to see if it helps. if it doesn't, you can always restore back to your old back up. anyway, you can still copy your photos even as a new backup to your phone.

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