Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

sbailey4 wrote:

 

Oh and Woz just hates Apple cause he got out to soon and now wishes he would have stayed. LOL He could have billions instead of mer millions.  And he still says his primary phone is iPhone. Wonder why if the other one is better. Hmmmmm

Well, he can afford to have a phone to play with (Android), and another to USE (iPhone 4S).  A happy techie.

dkalchev wrote:

 

Yuri,

 

Don't worry about that 'static noise' nonsense.

 

5h heavy usage is ok, pretty much as expected. If you need to have your iPhone slim, then a battery powered jacket is very good idea -- otherwise you may either carry an external battery (there are many offered) or just look for a plug around.

 

Just follow the guide here if you need to conserve power: http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html

Static noise accompanied by excess warming of the phone in use, or charging IS something to worry about, and the phone should be exchanged.

mac2112 wrote:

 

Have they fixed this yet, or what?

 

Is it normal to be uploading a photo to Twitter,

which takes about a minute or more, and to lose 1-2% in doing so??????????????????????????????????????????????????

Possibly.  If you are using cellular data, and are on the fringe of a cell tower's signal, then it is possible to use a lot of power for the transmitter, which would be at full output.

Here is my battery. 2 hours of usage time i played GTA 3, another 2 hours wifi, 3g, taking some photos and etc.

iOS 5.0.1 (9A405)

jdawsontx wrote:

 

Had 4s for 1 week. no additional apps. Everything turned OFF except device. From 9pm - 6am Battery drained from 100% to 45% with no usage. Have done resets with no positive results. 1st Apple device ownership. Not impressed so far. Expect sub-standard from Microsoft. Is Apple related now?

First, WHY do people recharge then go to bed?  Wouldn't it make more sense to put the phone on to charge when you go to bed, then you have a full charge to start the day?

Second.  It appears you have what is called 'phantom usage'.  Reset settings and data, then resync (not RESTORE), the phone from iTunes.  If that doesn't correct the problem, then try getting a new SIM card from your supplier, and repeat the process. 

BTW, did you restore your 4S from an earlier backup on iTunes when you got it?

I did the Reset All Settings about an hour ago,

Usage: 1 hour, 13 minutes

Standby: 8 hours, 11 minutes

where can I find the 5.1 firmware update?????

Did you restore it from an older device? Maybe try a restore, setup as new, then sync contacts and apps with iTunes and not restore the backup. If it wont run better in its native state from Apple (after you make the adjustments with time zone and such) then perhaps an exchange is in order.

susanaz wrote:

 

I have a new iPhone 4S Version 5.0.1 (9A406)  and the battery drains too fast, 100% at 8am and 20% by 3 pm

siri OFF, location OFF, notifications OFF, push OFF, brightness Auto, I did everything that apple says on the web page.

nothing works. did the cycle thing 2 times...everything.

Terrible issue with the battery, I have to charge the phone 3 times a day....any solutions?

Thanks

I already did the restore, setup as new, everything...

What really bothers me is that I bought the new iPhone because all the features, but they have to be switched OFF if you need a decent battery life, so, at the end you just have a regular phone, Is not just my phone, 99% of iphone users are having the same issues with the battery life.

I have been an Apple fan all my life, but this is just ridiculous.

The last thing that I'm going to do before switching again to blackberry and forget about iPhone is to change the SIM card, that is my last resource.

To exchange the iphone is not going to resolve the issue, it's just a very BAD phone with a very GOOD advertising.

My iPhone says under settings - general - usage

Time since last full charge

Usage: 3 hours, 7 minutes

Standby: 3 hours 7 minutes

And my battery is at 77%

The thing is I have NOT been using it all that time. It was supposedly in sleep mode but it seems to think that is usage time.  Apple has already sent me a new phone an the new one is doing the same thing. This makes me think it's something in my settings that's wrong. Anyone have any ideas? 

Nancylm: It appears that some application on your phone uses its resources and probably connects to the network in background OR you have some iCloud related problem. Delete recently downloaded apps and disable iCloud Sync and see if this helps.

I also have phantom usage...when I reset network settings, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But, when it stops counting, it just starts do to the same thing out of thin air!

I noticed that my mail app is appearing very often in Battery Doctor logs, but doesn't shows up in the multitask bar...seems like it is always trying to sync (I have set push to off and fecth to manual)...

I'm waiting for the 5.1 to come out, and that's how far I'll go. If it doesn't work, I'll have to send it to the techs...

Nancy - did you check you don't have the Siri IR sensor on? Even if you de-activate it in the Settings, until you reboot the phone, it will keep working. Check with another phone camera, or with a webcam.

Shutting it off didn't solve my problem, but to some people, it did it...also, do you have "Diagnostics and usage" set to "Don't send"? How about disabling "Ping" by activating "Restrictions" and then seting it off? Did you turn off Automatic Time Zone? Just some things to begin with...

susanaz wrote:

 

I already did the restore, setup as new, everything...

What really bothers me is that I bought the new iPhone because all the features, but they have to be switched OFF if you need a decent battery life, so, at the end you just have a regular phone, Is not just my phone, 99% of iphone users are having the same issues with the battery life.

I have been an Apple fan all my life, but this is just ridiculous.

The last thing that I'm going to do before switching again to blackberry and forget about iPhone is to change the SIM card, that is my last resource.

To exchange the iphone is not going to resolve the issue, it's just a very BAD phone with a very GOOD advertising.

In can assure you that if 99% of iPhone 4Ss sold had this kind of problem, you wouldn't see, or hear anything ELSE in the media.  But there is nothing.  Remember 'antennagate'? Apple has sole 37 million of these phones in 3 months.  If that many had problems, Apple would be backed against a wall, and pilloried.

It hasn't happened. 

SOME USERS have problems, but most don't.

So, please answer this question:  Did you RESTORE from an old backup on iTunes?  If not, then ask for a new SIM card from your service provider. 

My phone has cellular data on, Siri on, location services on, iCloud on, bluetooth off, wi-fi ON.  Currently, I have 7 hours 13 minutes since last charge, and 91% charge.  At this rate, I would need a recharge in about 3 days.

Even though I upgraded from an iPhone 4, the people where I bought the phone insisted that it MUST have a new SIM.  There must be some reason for that.

Nancylm wrote:

 

My iPhone says under settings - general - usage

 

Time since last full charge

Usage: 3 hours, 7 minutes

Standby: 3 hours 7 minutes

 

And my battery is at 77%

 

The thing is I have NOT been using it all that time. It was supposedly in sleep mode but it seems to think that is usage time.  Apple has already sent me a new phone an the new one is doing the same thing. This makes me think it's something in my settings that's wrong. Anyone have any ideas? 

Reset settings and data, then SYNC from last iTunes session (don't restore).  If this doesn't help, ask for a new SIM.

rphunte42 wrote:

Reset settings and data,

Where/what exactly are you recommending to reset?