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Q: [BUG] iOS 6 - BATTERY DRAIN : SIRI Raise to Speak/Proximity Sensor Always On/Flashing When Screen Active

Bug: Raise to Speak sensor for Siri remains on whenever the screen is active - regardless of Siri Raise to Speak Setting (enabled or disabled).

 

 

After updating to iOS 6 (via iTunes - not OTA), I noticed that my battery was taking quite a bit of a hit.  Granted I was checking out the new features but aside from a very short call, nothing major in the way of activity. 

 

 

I had also noticed that Siri sounded quite a bit different with iOS 6 (10A403) than with 5.1.1 (9B206).  Not only did the Siri Voice change but also the responses vary between the two iOS versions. 

 

 

Example: What is the weather like in Alaska?

 

 

iOS 5.1.1 response:

Here's the forecast for Juneau, Alaska through Monday

 

 

iOS 6.0 response:

Here's the weather for Juneau, AK through Monday (note: Siri does not say "Alaska", instead Siri says 'A-Kay'

 

 

 

With iOS 6, Siri sounds more robotic.  After looking at speech rate settings and comparing between the two versions, I could find nothing different.  I decided to post a video and this is where the Siri bug became interesting and tied into the battery drain with iOS 6. 

 

 

Remember with 5.0.1 we saw a hit on battery drain and one of the fixes was a fix to the proximity sensor (http://hottipscentral.com/could-siri-be-hurting-iphone-4s-battery-this-little-li ght-might-mean-something/).  Well, it appears this bug is back in iOS 6.  When I went to do the video, I noticed that my 4s had a flashing light near the earpiece.  It remained on continuously.  The only time it would stop flashing was when the phone was locked and the screen inactive.  As soon as I hit the lock button to bring the phone out of lock, the sensor would begin to flash again.

 

 

Give it a shot, hold up your iPhone to a webcam and see if your result is the same. 

 

 

Submitting this to Apple via the feedback form.  Please do the same if you are seeing the same behavior.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

iPhone 4S, iOS 6, 64GB | Black

Posted on Sep 19, 2012 6:01 PM

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Q: [BUG] iOS 6 - BATTERY DRAIN : SIRI Raise to Speak/Proximity Sensor Always On/Flashing When Screen Active

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  • by Leeski15,

    Leeski15 Leeski15 Oct 1, 2012 12:54 PM in response to Cardey
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    Oct 1, 2012 12:54 PM in response to Cardey

    I was getting the same 'could not connect to App store' error.  And my battery life is abysmal. Tried something that someone posted re turning off extraneous location services.  Go to:   General - Restrictions - Location Services - System Services (all the way at the bottom) - turn off "location based ads"  Actually I turned off everything except Cell network search, and so far going on an hour it hasnt dropped more than 1%  crossing fingers!!!

  • by NYY1977,

    NYY1977 NYY1977 Oct 3, 2012 6:06 PM in response to Cardey
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    Oct 3, 2012 6:06 PM in response to Cardey

    Im having severe battery drain, as well as the app store, app update, and also safari hangups. I have an iphone 4-- no Siri. All after IOS6 update.

  • by Stif-Maister,

    Stif-Maister Stif-Maister Oct 6, 2012 5:29 AM in response to AWArea51
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    Oct 6, 2012 5:29 AM in response to AWArea51

    Same problem here, Spanish iPhone 5 with iOS 6 and the battery drains more faster than my iPhone 4S with iOS 5.1.1 (I didn't update to IOS 6 because of the future owner of my old phone)

     

    It's unacceptable that Apple make the same error like with iOS 5, when the IR sensor was always on in my iPhone 4S...I'm very disappointed with this.

  • by guitardude7,

    guitardude7 guitardude7 Oct 12, 2012 12:19 PM in response to AWArea51
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    Oct 12, 2012 12:19 PM in response to AWArea51

    This is completely ridiculous. I've noticed nothing better in ios6 other than things they've screwed up. I can also confirm that in ios 5.1.1, it was possible to fix the proximity sensor always on issue by restarting the phone after toggling to raise to speak setting. Now, with ios6, there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop the proximity sensor from always staying on. I've noticed faster battery drain with ios6 since I updated and this must be contributing to the problem. Those who deny this or say that the same problem existed in 5.1.1 are wrong; the proximity sensor did not stay on permanently in 5.1.1, but it does in ios 6.

  • by guitardude7,

    guitardude7 guitardude7 Oct 15, 2012 1:08 PM in response to AWArea51
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    Oct 15, 2012 1:08 PM in response to AWArea51

    Has anyone figured out how to keep the proximity sensor from staying on whenever the screen is on?? If there isn't a way to fix it, hopefully apple releases a new update soon. It's bizarre that they would let this slip by in a major ios release.

  • by Paladinhgwt,

    Paladinhgwt Paladinhgwt Feb 17, 2013 9:05 PM in response to guitardude7
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    Feb 17, 2013 9:05 PM in response to guitardude7

    You are exactly right... When is apple going to fix this?!

  • by Maxuelll,

    Maxuelll Maxuelll Apr 20, 2013 8:45 PM in response to AWArea51
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    Apr 20, 2013 8:45 PM in response to AWArea51

    Hi everybody! I have having the same ugly error  until today! And i want to share what have worjed for me. Firt i will tell that what have fixed is the battery issue (the most important to me), a few moments ago if i usedf my iphone 4s (ios 6.1.3) for about 10 minutes, my battery drop aboiut 5-10% witch is quite a lot. Now i have found this post with a solution:

     

    http://robotics.usc.edu/~ampereir/wordpress/?p=828

     

    It seems to be the exchange calendar (from gmail) the problem. I have switch ot off and now, after 15 minutes of using my iphone battery only drop 1% as it should. I hope Apple fix this problem soon, it seem like Steve is most needed that everybody thought.

     

    I hope this help you guys!

     

    Saludos desde Argentina

  • by pieje,

    pieje pieje Aug 10, 2013 6:51 AM in response to AWArea51
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    Aug 10, 2013 6:51 AM in response to AWArea51

    Has anyone tested whether this bug is still there in the iOS 7 beta version?

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Aug 10, 2013 7:42 AM in response to pieje
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    Aug 10, 2013 7:42 AM in response to pieje

    pieje wrote:

     

    Has anyone tested whether this bug is still there in the iOS 7 beta version?

    Beta software can't be discussed in public forums. Sorry.

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