Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

Last update is below:

Battery: 4 %

Usage: 5 Hours, 42 minutes

Standbye: 1 Day, 09 Hours

I never played any games, most of the time on standbye and screen is black.

WiFi is on

just sending few sms and making 2 -3 calls and receving 4 - 6 calls....

WiFi is on most of the time but more important that since the last full charge i'm trying not to use the iphone that much... in order to check the battery.

i used it like 10 minutes facebook,

all other time it's in the sleep mood.

I did on the location services ONLY for the (Find My iPhone) application; and all remaining off.

I limited my noticifications to the below only:

Phone, Messages, Rimnders, Calendar, Skype, WhatsApp

All other noticifications are off.

Also since last full charge i didn't use or log to Skype or used the WhatsApp.

Siri is OFF.

Why do i feel that it's less?

I think i'm comparing with other stats ... which around 8 hours usage & 2 days+ standbye and they are doing gamesss....etc

Please advice and helo

714ms3 wrote:

 

Dear KC7GNM and Chris CA,

 

Your ignorance and stupidity will only warrant this last reply from me. After this I will say no more to you, nor anymore on the matter.

As I have said all along, the battery can only be charged X number of times before starting to decay. Every link that you have pointed me to and statement that you have made has only backed up my previous statements. Whether it is a full or partial charge, it is a charge nonetheless.

 

No your ignorance is showing with every post you post here. The thing you fail to understand is that when giving the battery a partial charge you are actually prolonging the battery life vs letting it do a full charge from 0% everytime. If you would actually read the link I sent you they actually state that. You seem to think that every charge is counted as a full charge. If you charge it at 66% to 100% then do that 3 times that is counted as only 1 charge but you fail to see that.

 

I know that the phone will stop charging the battery when it reaches 100%, my argument is that say I am at 50% remaining charge when I get to the office, and I know I will be going out after work. I would like to have the phone stay at 50% when plugged in to a power source where the "charger" is doing nothing more than acting as an AC Adapter.

 

Why would you not want your battery to be at 100% all the time. That is like filling your gas tank only half full everytime you fill up. Not very smart as you will be going to the gas station twice as much wasting time. No cell phone made does what you want it to do in your statement above.

 

Now stop posting the same link over and over, and re-read not only what I have said, but also the information in the links that you are posting......

 

What you have said is incorrect and misleading a lot of people here. What is in the link is basically saying the opposite of what you are saying.

 

I see that you both have plenty of time to troll this thread, but you are both turning this into a personal attack on me rather than a complaint that many users have had with Apple. If you don't have battery issues; great, stop replying to this thread then.

If you do have battery issues like most of us; I am sorry, please voice your concerns and frustrations to Apple, not to me.

 

The few hundred that may have a percevied problem with their battery are a very small percentage of iphone owners. Over 40 million have been sold so you do the math. Also most of the people that post here with their battery stats show they are getting normal usuage on their batteries but people like you think they should be getting higher. I am only trying to dispel the myth that you are spreading here. If you don't like it then don't post here anymore.

 

Now please lets hear no more on the topic, and grow up. Thank you.

 

The topic is battery life and in case you missed it that is exactly what we are discussing.

bero279 wrote:

 

the last update is below:

 

Battery: 4 %

 

Usage: 5 Hours, 42 minutes

Standbye: 1 Day, 09 Hours

 

 

I never played any games, most of the time on standbye and screen is black.

WiFi is on

just sending few sms and making 2 -3 calls and receving 4 - 6 calls....

 

 

Why do i feel that it's less?

I think i'm comparing with your stats ... which around 8 hours usage & 2 days+ standbye and you are doing gamesss....etc

 

 

Please advice and helo

Your stats are fine. Quit worrying about your battery and enjoy your phone.

Decided to take the plunge and get the iPhone 4S 32Gb and I've had it two days and the battery doesn't last AT ALL.

I've been through all the forums and got it into my head that it's all about battery management which is fine. The only issue I have is that after going through the whole "switch off this, switch off that", my battery is still draining at around 1% every 2mins of usage. If I make a call it drains at 2% per 1min.

As a test, I ran my battery down, recharged to 100% and switched to airplane mode so nothing was coming in or going and still...battery runs down at the same rate (though I'm not making calls).

Furthermore, As I've only had it two days, the only things I've installed are: Angry Birds and Draw Something (though I'm not currently playing them as I'm in airplane mode and I want to see if either of these could be causing the issue). It appears not. There's also no music so I'm not even running battery down that way. Basically, I'm using nothing!!!

I went to my local apple store and a guy there checked my stats and said, "it's not too bad, if you check against mine". But with that I pointed out that i'm in airplane mode, I've not played the games, got no music and the only reason any "usage" is on there is so I can look to see what my battery is doing. To which he replied "aaah, that is a problem".

I'm now arranging to check into the genius bar to have it looked at but in the mean time I've got a phone that I can't even use. Bit disappointing really.

714ms3 wrote:

 

Dear KC7GNM and Chris CA,

 

Your ignorance and stupidity will only warrant this last reply from me. After this I will say no more to you, nor anymore on the matter.

As I have said all along, the battery can only be charged X number of times before starting to decay. Every link that you have pointed me to and statement that you have made has only backed up my previous statements. Whether it is a full or partial charge, it is a charge nonetheless.

I know that the phone will stop charging the battery when it reaches 100%, my argument is that say I am at 50% remaining charge when I get to the office, and I know I will be going out after work. I would like to have the phone stay at 50% when plugged in to a power source where the "charger" is doing nothing more than acting as an AC Adapter.

Now stop posting the same link over and over, and re-read not only what I have said, but also the information in the links that you are posting......

 

I see that you both have plenty of time to troll this thread, but you are both turning this into a personal attack on me rather than a complaint that many users have had with Apple. If you don't have battery issues; great, stop replying to this thread then.

If you do have battery issues like most of us; I am sorry, please voice your concerns and frustrations to Apple, not to me.

 

Now please lets hear no more on the topic, and grow up. Thank you.

You are simply, and unquestionably WRONG.  Apple's own documentation contradicts your statement, as does several years experience USING lithium batteries in various devices.  Ignore the facts if it pleases you, it won't make you right, but it might make you happy.

Normally ALL rechargeable consumer devices draw power directly from the battery, even if the charger is plugged in, it just goes in as fast (or faster) than it goes out.  A partial charge of a lithium battery does NOT count as a full charge cycle, period.

adeyuk wrote:

 

Decided to take the plunge and get the iPhone 4S 32Gb and I've had it two days and the battery doesn't last AT ALL.

 

I've been through all the forums and got it into my head that it's all about battery management which is fine. The only issue I have is that after going through the whole "switch off this, switch off that", my battery is still draining at around 1% every 2mins of usage. If I make a call it drains at 2% per 1min.

 

As a test, I ran my battery down, recharged to 100% and switched to airplane mode so nothing was coming in or going and still...battery runs down at the same rate (though I'm not making calls).

 

Furthermore, As I've only had it two days, the only things I've installed are: Angry Birds and Draw Something (though I'm not currently playing them as I'm in airplane mode and I want to see if either of these could be causing the issue). It appears not. There's also no music so I'm not even running battery down that way. Basically, I'm using nothing!!!

 

I went to my local apple store and a guy there checked my stats and said, "it's not too bad, if you check against mine". But with that I pointed out that i'm in airplane mode, I've not played the games, got no music and the only reason any "usage" is on there is so I can look to see what my battery is doing. To which he replied "aaah, that is a problem".

 

I'm now arranging to check into the genius bar to have it looked at but in the mean time I've got a phone that I can't even use. Bit disappointing really.

Sorry you are having trouble.  I hope they take care of the problem.  Sad truth is that if you build 50 million of something this hi-tech, some of them are going to not work.  Doesn't make you feel better if you are 'lucky' one, though.  I wish you luck.

714ms3 wrote:

 

Dear KC7GNM and Chris CA,

 

Your ignorance and stupidity will only warrant this last reply from me. After this I will say no more to you, nor anymore on the matter.

As I have said all along, the battery can only be charged X number of times before starting to decay. Every link that you have pointed me to and statement that you have made has only backed up my previous statements. Whether it is a full or partial charge, it is a charge nonetheless.

What you are stating is technically incorrect.  LIPO Batteries and lithium based batteries in general have no memory so the number of times and when you charge it has minimal effect on the battery storage capacity life.  What is significant is the number of charge cycles which is different than number of charges.  Apple states that the battery will retain approximately 80% of its original battery capacity after 400 full charge cycles.  This is why accelerated battery drain could be a potential problem for long term ownership - not because of the number of times you are charging the phone but over time it will accelerate the number of full charge cycles and reduce your battery life faster than a phone that is operating closer to the spec.

Thanks for taking the time to clarify. I was about to make exactly the same points until I saw your post.

714ms3 wrote:

 

Dear KC7GNM and Chris CA,

 

Your ignorance and stupidity
...
but you are both turning this into a personal attack on me

I did no such thing.

Yet you think it's okay to personally attack me (and others)?

Every link that you have pointed me to

I haven't posted any link.

Now please lets hear no more on the topic

I'm free to write whatever I want on this topic and you don't get to tell me what to do.

Don't like it? Tough.

Don't come to this website/topic and I'm pretty sure you will hear no more on this topic.

and you should read and post/reply according to what is written, not what you have somehow interpreted.

and grow up.

Yes you should. You're welcome.

Not an expert, but wanted to say as a user that I had the same issue when I got my 4s.  It seems to have gotten better.  I was very frustrated the first couple of days, but now it seems to last longer.  Maybe not as long as my 3, but much better than when I first started using it 3 weeks or so ago. 

No problem. Just irritates me when someone posts here with erroneous information. No one is baking him up but there seems to be quite a few backing me and Chris up.

It is still fine..yup i played games but i nvr got a call once and nvr had to call someone..   so dont wory about ur v

Battery.. For me ur stat are normal.

I'm sure it'll get fixed either way, the only issue I need to figure out is warranty! In the uk, any electrical item has a 12 month warranty by law! Ur are entitled to a refund if anything comes under that warranty! In this situation (24 month phone contract), networks and vendors get out of that 'refund' bit and only offer exchange/repair (personally think this law should change). Therefore, if apple agree to change my phone, in the eyes of the law any fault/problems on the 2nd phone don't actually have to be dealt with by either network or manufacturer! Thats it!!!!

In my situation, it means any replacement phone needs to last 23months 3weeks and 4days!

That's why I'm contemplating sending the phone back getting a refund and starting again!

P.s. in typing this message, I lost 3% batt life

Well I had the first 4s which stopped working, then had it replaced, the 3rd then developed a red line so then had to have a new one again which had a very poor battery so had it to be replaced with yet another new one. Then shock, horror had a new one yesterday which is just the same with battery life and won't even last until this afternoon. The first two I had didn't have the battery problem though and I am really fed up with it now. Is it too much to ask to have a phone that I can rely on to last until the end of the day. Right well need to get onto apple yet again to get another new phone but this is going to be the last chance they get

FYI, I had terrible battery life on my 4S. Unplugging it from the charger in the morning, just reading an email or two and then brushing my teeth, battery was already down to 98%. I was on IOS 5.1.

The big issue was I noticed the Usage was equal to Standby no matter what. Something was definitely causing full usage all the time in the background. My battery would be fully drained within 8 hours no matter what (reset, reboot, etc).

I ended up doing a full restore and noticed that with nothing but stock apps, the battery was excellent again. It lasted over 2 days without a charge.

I then restored from my backup, and the problem is gone. Even with all my old apps/settings, the battery is still doing well:

Usage: 6 Hours, 22 Min

Standby: 1 Day, 18 Hours

I definitely recommend a full restore.