iPhone 4s Battery Life?

My iPhone 4s battery seems terrible! Almost equivalent to my 3GS and it's terrible battery life. When I got my iPhone yesterday and restored from backup I noticed nothing really changed with minimal usage and standby! Is this normal or should I consider setting it up as a new phone because maybe something is running in the background that's causing it to drop a percentage every few minutes under light usage? Input would be great!

Posted on Oct 15, 2011 7:14 AM

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Jan 15, 2012 2:10 AM in response to Scarface.

Hello

I have a month-and-a-half old and from 2 weeks ago or so the battery became totally...bad


Im talking about 3% per hour IN STANDBYE with nothing open in the background,no bluetooth,no wireless,no wifi,no auto clock,no push notifications,no push notification for mail,everything is just turned off and still 3% hour in standby


I go to sleep with 100% battery and wake up with 75%!!!

And I hear about people that only get down 4% of battery with many things turned on

Is this another case of problem with the IOS or my battery is corrupted?


I must also say that by the day the problem started I got viruses to my PC(they are in the same net)

I don't know about viruses in the IOS so you can laugh at me if they don't exist...but it still looks too much of a coincedence


Oh yes,and IOS is 5.0.1 and im also troubled by this fact,because a google search shows me there was a problem with the battery in 5.0.0 and it was fixed in 5.0.1....so right now there shouldn't be a problem


AND another thing to mention-I have the same problem like someone from few pages back-my usage and standby times are the same

A "phantom process" ? can it be releated to the virus I mentioned?

I really want to do restore but I don't know if it will ruin my warranty or not...

Jan 15, 2012 6:56 AM in response to Nanis23

After searching at website. It works for me about battery issue. IT WORKS .


1. Go to Settiings / General / Siri / turn off Raise to speak and then reboot.

(A sensor upper the earphone is continuing on even if you turn it off, YOU MUST REBOOT YOUR IPHONE.)

I think that it is the major problem about battery drain.


2. Go to Settings / Location Services / System Services / Turn off Setting Time Zone


3. Go to Settings / Notifications / Turn off Calendar or move to Not in Notification Center

(this may be not need but I don't use this function, so I turn it off.)


My idea, try to Reset all Settings (top column at reset page) first, I like a clean reset all settings and then do 1,2,3.

Jan 15, 2012 8:57 AM in response to rphunte42

rphunte42 wrote:


(...)I see people in restaurants sit down talking on their phones, or doing something else, and they continue until their food comes, then resume when they are done eating, while their dinner companions sit looking annoyed, or drag out their own phone. I even saw a family and all three of them (10 year old girl was youngest), pulled out their phones, and texted, or played games. RUDE.(...)

This is why I hang out at the dining room of my private club, where cell phone use is not allowed at all, whereas ringing isn't allowed on any part of the club property - to **** with the rap ringtones. They won't even allow silent use in the dining room. Contraventions to the policy result in a heavy fine. Also looking forward to some cell phone free travelling, shopping, beach, and residential usage restrictions, with cell phone blocking techiques gallore.


We will reclaim our world from those savages!

Jan 15, 2012 9:12 AM in response to 1AppleADayNoWay

1AppleADayNoWay wrote:


rphunte42 wrote:


(...)I see people in restaurants sit down talking on their phones, or doing something else, and they continue until their food comes, then resume when they are done eating, while their dinner companions sit looking annoyed, or drag out their own phone. I even saw a family and all three of them (10 year old girl was youngest), pulled out their phones, and texted, or played games. RUDE.(...)

This is why I hang out at the dining room of my private club, where cell phone use is not allowed at all, whereas ringing isn't allowed on any part of the club property - to **** with the rap ringtones. They won't even allow silent use in the dining room. Contraventions to the policy result in a heavy fine. Also looking forward to some cell phone free travelling, shopping, beach, and residential usage restrictions, with cell phone blocking techiques gallore.


We will reclaim our world from those savages!

Actual blocking of cell phone reception is illegal in the US. Not to say it doesn't happen, just that you could get in trouble for it. As for clubs making rules against cell phone use in certain public areas, I strongly support this. I don't see shopping malls beaches, or residences being restricted as this would be hard to enforce, and quite unpopular. I particularly like the convenience of the iPhone silent switch. It saved my embarrassment at a recent funeral. Worse, it was a wrong number... I am old enough to remember when only police and doctors ever got phone calls in restaurants, and then they brought out the old dial phone on a LONG cord.

Jan 15, 2012 9:37 AM in response to cls24

Has anyone figured anythiing out yet? I did a full w/trickle charge last night to 100% Today I used the phone maybe 1/2 hour or 45 minutes and I am down to 35% charge. On my iPhone 4 I would charge every few days. Seems with the iPhone 4s I will have to charge it every night or more. I lost 20% on my 4 overnight. I wonder if it has something to do with the wireless sync. start over with a new phone. Support was willing to send me a new phone, I am keeping the case open for a few days to see if there is an acknowledgement and/or forthcoming update. I'd rather not have ot I'm holding for support now. I tried turning location services off and loss 4% in 14 minutes, only thing I was doing was reading a book with the Kindle App. have been using iPhone 4 and the battery has been OK but since getting the 4s I am experiencing terrible battery drain in comparison. I thought the battery was supposed to have a better battery? typing now with only 6% left where my iPhone 4 would have a about 40% under the same conditions.... very strange and not good in my humble opinion.

I tried turning Siri on and off, tried turning time zone on and off for location services - neither helped. I let the battery run to 0% last night and let it charge all night in an attempt to condition it, we'll see how it goes today.


I have AT&T, a guy in my office with Verizon has the exact same problem. I'd rather not have to do a full restore as I would have a ton of work in setting up pages/favorites, etc.User uploaded file

Jan 15, 2012 9:37 AM in response to rphunte42

rphunte42 wrote:


Actual blocking of cell phone reception is illegal in the US.

No jurisdiction prohibit passive blocking or managing (blocking outgoing for instance) - they're always concerned about the use of the radio spectrum and side effects. It's possible to build an entire residential complex where cell phones will be rendered entirely useless using proper materials - it's just the buyer must be made aware of that. I can envision getting some funding from landline operators.


I don't see shopping malls beaches, or residences being restricted as this would be hard to enforce, and quite unpopular. (...)

There is great opportunity for a niche market there. It's never about imposing this on the smartphone users - they can go elsewhere. It's about new places, and tapping into the immense pool of people around the world who actually want some peace. It's all in the making. It will happen.

Jan 15, 2012 9:38 AM in response to ejastik

After searching at website. It works for me about battery issue. IT WORKS .


1. Go to Settiings / General / Siri / turn off Raise to speak and then reboot.

(A sensor upper the earphone is continuing on even if you turn it off, YOU MUST REBOOT YOUR IPHONE.)

I think that it is the major problem about battery drain.


2. Go to Settings / Location Services / System Services / Turn off Setting Time Zone


3. Go to Settings / Notifications / Turn off Calendar or move to Not in Notification Center

(this may be not need but I don't use this function, so I turn it off.)


My idea, try to Reset all Settings (top column at reset page) first, I like a clean reset all settings and then do 1,2,3.⚠

Jan 15, 2012 10:57 AM in response to Anthony K.

Alright, so after using my new replacement iPhone for a couple of days, this is the best I came up with, and I'm VERY impressed with these results. I'm a HEAVY user, meaning I'm on FB, twitter, Instagram and texting and calling ALL DAY. I'm very impressed with these results. Please tell me what you think.


Location -- ON when needed, OFF when not needed,

WIfi -- Always On (Even when not around Wifi)

Cellular Data -- Always On

iCloud -- Off

Mail -- Hourly

Ping -- Off



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Jan 15, 2012 11:37 AM in response to Androgen

I am actually getting amazin results with the 5.1 beta 3. As of now it has 85% battery with 22u41 min standby and 1u14 usage. I called for 20 min with viber.

This is what I did


1. Installed 5.1 beta 3

2. put back the backup

3. reset phone till I could set up as new phone

- turn off not needed location services

- turned off raise to speak of siri

- turned off 3G

- turned off BT

- wifi on

- cellular data on

- icloud on

- 3 email accounts

- fetch email every hour

- icloud is on push

- auto brightness and set on 25%

4. Drained the battery till it shut offs tiself

5. Charged to 100% ovenright.


Now it gives me excellent battery life. Before I could manage 1 day max.

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