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rapid battery drain after upgrading to iOS 5

I upgraded to iOS 5 and now my battery is draining at a rapid rate. Is there a solution for this yet?

Windows 7

Posted on Oct 13, 2011 5:20 AM

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Oct 13, 2011 10:14 AM in response to javajunkie

I haven't installed anything new yet either and have hardly used the phone all day. I have had iCloud turned off since I installed iOS 5 (read somewhere that it might be responsible for battery drain) and I've also just turned off a lot of the apps which were turned on in location settings. I've read that doing a hard reset can help (have just done it - will see what effect that has) and that restoring via iTunes helps (not done that yet). I can't function with a phone which dies in less than a working day! I hope Apple can sort this out asap.

Oct 13, 2011 12:27 PM in response to javajunkie

I think I got it!!!

It seems to be a conflict with mobile me and icloud.


What I did;

In e-mail settings delete the original mobile me account.

Then I deactivated everything in icloud settings (when prompted if I should keep my info on my phone I opted to keep my information on my phone).

I then did a hard reboot.

When the phone powered back on I then went back into icloud and set it all up again.

This was about 45 min ago and I have only lost 1% and it’s probably from using it.

Good luck and please post your results.

rapid battery drain after upgrading to iOS 5

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