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Q: iOS 6.0.1 - HORRIBLE battery life after upgrage

Since upgrading to 6.0.1 (iPhone 4S) my phone battery drains significantly faster than before.  I also have a handful of co-workers/friends who concur that battery life is horrible since the upgrade.  They have iPhone 4 and 4S. 

 

Anyone else?

Posted on Nov 9, 2012 6:44 AM

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Q: iOS 6.0.1 - HORRIBLE battery life after upgrage

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  • by victor_778,

    victor_778 victor_778 Dec 5, 2012 3:27 PM in response to Joebles
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    Dec 5, 2012 3:27 PM in response to Joebles

    I tried resetting and restoring both my devices, and it took about an hour... for nothing. I still have the problems, and I tried restoring with the iOS 6.0.1 file that was working just fine before.

    But just like bunjin8 said, my iPad and my iPhone keep showing the lightning bolt on the battery even when the indicator shows 100%. I just hope they release a fix as soon as possible.

  • by GJWiPhone,

    GJWiPhone GJWiPhone Dec 5, 2012 3:48 PM in response to jss92
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    Dec 5, 2012 3:48 PM in response to jss92

    Maybe the new software is making the processor work to hard which is draining the battery life.

     

    A new ios software should fix any of these sort of issues including the greyed out wifi problem i have.

  • by linushahs,

    linushahs linushahs Dec 5, 2012 7:16 PM in response to GJWiPhone
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    Dec 5, 2012 7:16 PM in response to GJWiPhone

    Agreed, Apple should come out with a fix ASAP. Else there will be no difference between "Apple" and others. Wake up Apple. Act and regain confidence.

  • by Antrax,

    Antrax Antrax Dec 7, 2012 2:50 PM in response to jss92
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    Dec 7, 2012 2:50 PM in response to jss92

    I also noticed that problem also even if i close all apps it drains my battery alot more than what it use to hope apple can fix it fast

  • by victor_778,

    victor_778 victor_778 Dec 8, 2012 6:49 PM in response to bunjin8
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    Dec 8, 2012 6:49 PM in response to bunjin8

    thanks for your advice! the battery life on my iPad is back to normal!

    Right now its battery is on 55%, and it shows Usage: 5 hours, 38 minutes and Standby: 16 hours, 42 minutes.

    It was using LTE most of the time today, and I made two skype calls from it (1 hour each), besides from my usual activity on it.

     

    My iPhone... almost. It's not as bad as last night, but it's definitely not as good as before.

    Right now it shows 10%. Usage: 5 hours, 15 minutes. Standby: 1 day, 16 hours.

    It's much better now, but it used to give me at least 7 hours and 30 minutes of usage, with standby around the same.

  • by Doppelgangr,

    Doppelgangr Doppelgangr Dec 12, 2012 6:40 AM in response to Joebles
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    Dec 12, 2012 6:40 AM in response to Joebles

    Same situation as @Joebles - iPhone 4 battery drain started early December 2012 a month after iOS 6.0.1.

     

    Apple, please fix in iOS 6.0.2 fast!

  • by skibum02021,

    skibum02021 skibum02021 Dec 12, 2012 9:32 AM in response to Doppelgangr
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    Dec 12, 2012 9:32 AM in response to Doppelgangr

    same here......phone wrked great for 6 weeks using 6.0.1, then suddenly started draining.

     

    going to give the complete shutdown for 5 min/ complete drain/ complete charge/ complete drain/ complete charge a shot and see what happens......then it's time to start deleting apps.

     

    sound like apple doesn't have an answer right now....but I do know it was working great for awhile

     

    maybe its one of their planned obsolescence tools run amok

  • by uomolinux,

    uomolinux uomolinux Dec 27, 2012 5:17 PM in response to jss92
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    Dec 27, 2012 5:17 PM in response to jss92

    ios601.jpg

     

     

    You know what ? I was discussing with a friend earlier today, telling him that my confidence in Apple products is fading away as fast as my iPhone battery life with this crappy 6.01 update.

     

     

    We are now thinking choosing an Android device next year to replace these defective devices that continue to be plagued with battery issue, which, for a short time, seems to be chose du passé.

     

    Now I have now to charge my iPhone twice a days, before I couldn't care less about charging my iPhone 4S, this week, it drain completely twice, without notice.

     

    How can Apple bring back this bug in the 6.01 update is a shame. 

     

     

  • by uomolinux,

    uomolinux uomolinux Dec 27, 2012 6:10 PM in response to timraynaud
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    Dec 27, 2012 6:10 PM in response to timraynaud

    The problem is not there, they can complain, the more there is, the more Apple will fix it again I guess.

  • by Motox112,

    Motox112 Motox112 Dec 27, 2012 9:09 PM in response to uomolinux
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    Dec 27, 2012 9:09 PM in response to uomolinux

    Hello, All users with HIGH battery drain/ hot when use

     

    To see if your software is running a process that is using high % CPU @ idle, Check this app out called "System Status" it lets you preview your cpu usage/memory/running processes/networks

    SS.png

  • by uomolinux,

    uomolinux uomolinux Dec 27, 2012 9:18 PM in response to Motox112
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    Dec 27, 2012 9:18 PM in response to Motox112

    Tks, I did intalled it, CPU usage is about 3.2 to 4.3% right now. 

  • by Motox112,

    Motox112 Motox112 Dec 27, 2012 11:34 PM in response to uomolinux
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    Dec 27, 2012 11:34 PM in response to uomolinux

    so nothing is running your cpu high, is your 3G on? and with it off does the phone last longer or still the same drain?

  • by Motox112,

    Motox112 Motox112 Dec 28, 2012 1:48 AM in response to Motox112
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    Dec 28, 2012 1:48 AM in response to Motox112

    This is with everything off except 3G and wifi, most notifications onphoto.PNG

    I Recorded some of the time, not all of it.

    Update-battery 89% @ 6:39 PM *slight use(setting app,System status app)

    update-battery 88% @ 7:17 PM *slight use(setting app,System status app)

    update-battery 84% @ 8:20 PM *slight use(setting app,System status app)

    update-battery 82% @ 9:38 PM *standby

    update-battery 81% @ 12:34 AM *standby

    update-battery 80% @ 1:03 AM *standby

    update-battery 79% @ 1:52 AM *standby

    update-battery 66% @ 2:51 AM *safari surfing/pandora playing Time 1:52-2:50 AM

    update-battery 61% @ 3:52 AM *pandora 2:50AM TO 3:53AM

    update-battery 48% @ 2:19 PM *slight use(mail,safari,settings app)

    update-battery 47% @ 4:19 PM *standby/turned off Facetime

    update-battery 38% @ 5:25 PM *pandora/setting app/system status app

    update-battery 37% @ 6:25 PM *standby

    update-battery 33% @ 7:28 PM *standby/slight 3G use

    update-battery 17% @ 11:31 PM *slight use/standby

    11:31 PM as of 12/27/12

  • by uomolinux,

    uomolinux uomolinux Dec 28, 2012 7:02 AM in response to Motox112
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    Dec 28, 2012 7:02 AM in response to Motox112

    No, last night, went to bet with this app open, batery life à 100%, woke-up this morning, 7h later, battery life at 59%, nothis else is running and notification are all OFF, no Faceb app, or mail notification, all Off...  Before this crappy update, the battery  would have been in the 94%

  • by uomolinux,

    uomolinux uomolinux Dec 28, 2012 10:23 AM in response to uomolinux
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    Dec 28, 2012 10:23 AM in response to uomolinux

    Equilizer is on my list of culprits., it was on, I turned it OFF, will see in 6 hours if it's the real culprits.

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