iphone battery dead after ios 5 update

hey guys,

seems that there is an unacceptable error from apple here. There is a huge number of customers complaining that their iphone is draining out of battery in couple of hours after they are upgraded their iOS to iOS 5. That is what exactly happened to me. I cannot leave office for more than 4-6 hours because I am losing any communication....i have no phone. I am waiting in the airports for my flights to depart and I am obliged to find a seat next to a rechargable stations...most of them sponsored by LG or Samsung. Probably it would be a good idea to get an Android phone...at least we have a phone.

The most anoyble of all is that Apple has not done any official comment in their site ....they are just whisteling around!!! Congratulations Apple ...you managed succesfully to destroy our trust!!! Until then we hope that they'll find something to solve the problem.

Good luck to all of us who we paid >650 € for a cell phone..

I just updated from 5 to 5.0.1 and the update crashed my iPhone, which now has to do a Restore and is in that process. I'm sure not going to update my iPad after this experience! I hope I haven't opened up an even bigger can of worms that it seems.

I have an iPhone 3GS and upgraded to ios 5 (more fool me.) I had the battery problem and needed to find outlets throughout the day to keep my phone functional. I downloaded the ios 5.01 when it came down and the problem persists. I had full charge, put the phone in my purse and went out for two hours and found it dead again. I did have the Location manager and notifications turned off. This is getting frustrating.

I have had the same experience. I updated my iPhone 4 on Friday from 5 to 5.0.1 and it died as soon as the update was complete. Even though it had full charge, I couldn't turn on the phone with the power button. It turned back on when I plugged it into power (starting with the silver apple screen - as if I had powered it down). I tried several times to unplug, but each time the phone died and would not wake up. I restored the phone to factory settings this morning to see if I could fix the problem. It seemed fine and gave me about an hour before it died again. Initially, it wouldn't turn on even when I had it plugged it in to the iMac... but it seems to be up again now. I've tried to call Apple but it's a Sunday here and phone support is not open. I've logged an issue with Express Lane and been warned that I might have to pay for the privilege of speaking with a technical advisor, even though I bought my phone in June 2011, so it is well within the warranty period. Have just turned location services and notifications off... Will see if that helps.Aaaah! What's going on?

hey guys,

i suppose the solution to the problem is a bit simple. I had the same problem with the battery which was draining dead after of 5-6 hours. Closing peculiar applications and all other funcy stuff...didn't worked AT ALL.

The problem solved COMPLETELY doing a "restore" through iTunes. Phone worked perfect and appeared a bit faster than previously without consuming any battery power...normal consumption I might say. Not to mention, that all programms, notification center, location etc... all running!!!!

Interstingly, I found this solution even BEFORE update to iOS 5.0.1 !!!! Couple of days, i did an update to 5.0.1...and everything seem to work perferct. I am charging my phone every second night ...while all day I am giving it a "hard" time...long calls, emails, calendars and internet as well as some gaming!!

Happy again....try it...I hope it will work!!!

My iPhone is also faster after doing the Restore and the battery seems happy. iPad update went with no glitches.

I don't know if this was mentioned or not but I notice my battery problems after updating to iTunes 10.5. I hadn't update the ios yet. I've tried several of the suggestions listed, but have not had any success yet.

I had the same issue after update to iOS 5. I made reset to my phone and then restored it from iCloud. Takes little time, but now the battery last more than before upgrade.

I've done the restore as a new phone and from backup...same results. Iphone battery drains in addition to shutting itself off. I'm not seeing any word from Apple on this...was there a Microsoft merge we weren't told about?

Hi All,

I don't believe in turning off functionality on a beautiful phone as iPhone 5. Here is what I did, and it did make a difference to me (I was a victim of the battery issue).

1. Go to Settings --> Notifications

2. 'Not In Notification Center' - Ensure all the new applications installed by each one of you, have not only the notification Center turned off, but also ensure you turn off unwanted apps - (Good to have Alert Style as None)

a) Badge App Icon

b) Sounds

c) View in Lock Screen

I did all this and from earlier, my power was draining out anywhere between 2%-4% every hour. Now it has reduced drastically to 1% maybe in 2-3 hours 🙂.

And I can't take my hands off the phone, which is why even the 1% every 2-3 hours, else that also should increase with time. Plus, feel free to use 'Do Not Disturb' from Settings frequently when you really won't be using the phone (sleeping, driving, meetings).

Over the air (wifi backup to iclouds also consume a lot of power, turn it off and do it once when you are charging the phone)

I believe, the new OS is taking time for people to learn about, as it contains 100's of new functions, which we have to get used to in time, and causing all these confusions. It is a great phone people, trust me 🙂.

Cheers,

Vishnu

Same problem for me.

Woke up with 100% battery (cherged during the night) and played a game for about 20 minutes total. Apart from that, no bluetooth, wifi and nor even surffed the web or checked e-mails. After 10 hours and only 2 or 3 normal phone calls, my iphone 5 has 30% battery life.

Please Apple, fix it or, at least, let us undo the update.

Battery life is one of the worst things on iphpne, but now it is even worse!!

Gonçalo PT

Yeap. iOS 5 dies battery than other preveios iOS versions due to it's features. To save your battery life on iOS 5.x you can

1) dissable location service.

2) always close multitasking applications.

3) use minimum brightness level with auto brightness turn on.

4) turn off wifi and bluetooth when not using.

5) turn off equelization in music.

6) turn off push notifications for apps and mail.

7) turn off vibrations.

This tips helps me ! Try this rather than charging your device at all time.