Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

Just adding my $.02.  Same story as everyone else.  Been a huge fan of the iphone since it's original release.  I'm one of those geeks that gets the new one the day it comes out.  Wasn't overly thrilled with the 4S announcement but still went ahead as always and upgraded mostly for Siri and improved camera.  In regards to Siri and the camera, cudos to Apple.  Great enhancements!  But to release a phone with an all new OS and having these issues is incredible!  I can't get close to a day of "normal" use.  I've tried all the "tips and tricks" everyone has read online but it doesn't help.  This is not an issue if you are always around a car or wall charger but if you are not able to charge your phone overnight or for an extended period of time you are out of luck.  That was not the case in the past.  I don't care how many new features or best in class this and that, if you can't keep a phone working for more than a few hours, what is the point? 

iOS5.0.1?  Seriously?  No improvements for me.  If anything it is worse.  What a disappointment. 

Apple misses you already Steve! RIP.

Have the 64 gig models and have had no issues, icloud in use etc.. Usually we got 2-3 days in 5 and 5.0.1 seems better, but since I had no problems I did not time it originally. When checking the logs on the devices (4s) used for development some apps did crash which is common but nothing major. You may if you have currupt contacts of calendars goto your clean contacts records. We had one sales person who had a host of apps getting every notification under the sun so we put some managment in place on that one. (Still their battery was fine.)

Some Tips and Trouble shooting advice

1. Review all your apps and the notifications settings. Check for improvement.

2. Quit running apps by tapping the Home Button in an application. When the APP pop onto up press on them until you see the minus button. Try exiting them one at a time to narrow it down to one particular APP.

3. If you are a developer check your logs, this is the best what to see what is going on.

4. Review your network and push settings.

5. Review who you are getting calendar and messaging from. Google, exchange, etc.

All else fails

Backup and encrypt your iPhone and than reset it to Factory settings. Apply the iOS 5.0.1 update and restore the backup.

As I have stated we have had no problem, our devices go about 2 days using heavy network traffic. You should if you are posting here any issues include the following so we get a sense of the what we are really dealing with and it will help.

Device : (Include Ram and APP list if you can) (App list is important.)

Using iCloud:Yes/No

How you are charging: (Direct Plug or using a computer)

Computer including running OS. (Example Mac Book Pro 2009.)

Calendar:(Google/Exchange/iCloud)

Mail:(Again as above.)

Other Network apps: Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Network Carrier:AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, etc.

WIFI usesage: (Percentage for example 20% of the day) and type of network device. Airport 2010 2&5 gig auto switch, older newer, etc. B/G/N

Is the phone or device ever been jailbroken or altered in any way from the original agreement: Yes or No.

Did you have APPLE migrate you data in the APPLE store? Yes or NO

Again, we have lots of the 4s and they are great, the battery is about 2 days. It may be better to get some accurate information to help.

Good Luck all.

Oh, we did have one employee who did not seed the charger cable properly.

This information will help other users or at least narrow down the problem. I can today report after the update all or devices running iOS 5.0.1 are holding charges. Since plug in yesterday for updgrade they are reporting 50-70 % drain. No device under 50 and the 4s are at 70-75...

Lets get some user infromation here. Provide information above, thanks.

I found the biggest drain to be Reminders which are location-based. The GPS is always on trying to locate where you are, etc. When I deleted the reminders with locations (or removed the locations) the purple arrow disappeared immediately and now I am getting MUCH better battery performance.

16 hours on standby, 30 messages, all app, notifications, services are off, brightness on minimum - 30% battery lost

2 hours running - full brightness, 3G was on, all the time open camera, 3 minutes recorded, loaded 2 websites - 30% battery lost

one time watched clip on YouTube (3G technology) , had 4 minutes - 5% battery lost.

one time watched clips on YouTube (3G Technology), had moreless 20 minutes - 7% battery lost.

I dont understand this, one time battery lost faster %, one time slower.

I agree! same here, ive turned off all but the first two items in location services--> system services (cell network search, and compass calibration) and it seems my battery life is worse on the 5.0.1 than ios 5

drStrangeP0rk wrote:

 

Have the 64 gig models and have had no issues, icloud in use etc.. Usually we got 2-3 days in 5 and 5.0.1 seems better, but since I had no problems I did not time it originally. When checking the logs on the devices (4s) used for development some apps did crash which is common but nothing major. You may if you have currupt contacts of calendars goto your clean contacts records. We had one sales person who had a host of apps getting every notification under the sun so we put some managment in place on that one. (Still their battery was fine.)

 

Some Tips and Trouble shooting advice

 

1. Review all your apps and the notifications settings. Check for improvement.

2. Quit running apps by tapping the Home Button in an application. When the APP pop onto up press on them until you see the minus button. Try exiting them one at a time to narrow it down to one particular APP.

3. If you are a developer check your logs, this is the best what to see what is going on.

4. Review your network and push settings.

5. Review who you are getting calendar and messaging from. Google, exchange, etc.

 

All else fails

Backup and encrypt your iPhone and than reset it to Factory settings. Apply the iOS 5.0.1 update and restore the backup.

 

As I have stated we have had no problem, our devices go about 2 days using heavy network traffic. You should if you are posting here any issues include the following so we get a sense of the what we are really dealing with and it will help.

 

Device : (Include Ram and APP list if you can) (App list is important.)

Using iCloud:Yes/No

How you are charging: (Direct Plug or using a computer)

Computer including running OS. (Example Mac Book Pro 2009.)

Calendar:(Google/Exchange/iCloud)

Mail:(Again as above.)

Other Network apps: Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Network Carrier:AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, etc.

WIFI usesage: (Percentage for example 20% of the day) and type of network device. Airport 2010 2&5 gig auto switch, older newer, etc. B/G/N

Is the phone or device ever been jailbroken or altered in any way from the original agreement: Yes or No.

Did you have APPLE migrate you data in the APPLE store? Yes or NO

 

Again, we have lots of the 4s and they are great, the battery is about 2 days. It may be better to get some accurate information to help.

 

Good Luck all.

I'm curious, what settings did you have on your 4S?

WiFi: On/Off?

Mine is off.  3G data only.

Siri: On/Off?

Mine is off.

Bluetooth: On/Off?

Mine is off.

Location Services: On/Off?  Other settings under location services > system services?

Mine is off.  Turned off every other system service except cell network search and compass calibration.

Mail: Exchange or non-exchange?  Push or fetch, or manual?

Was using Exchange with m.google.com to get push gmail on my phone, testing with normal Gmail acct fetch 15 min.

iMessage: On/Off?

Mine is off.

iCloud: Active/Inactive?

Mine is inactive.

Notifications: What do you have in there?

I have nothing in Notifications, but I do set them to show in lock screen as they appear.

Brightness set to half with auto-brightness on.

I suspect it's the 3G data and Exchange that's eating battery on my phone.  The standby is great - went 10hrs standby with only 3 - 4% loss.  I only notice the battery drain when I'm actually using the phone - it would drop from 97% to 89% in a short period of time, and I only used the 3G data once to check a website, the rest was just setting wallpapers, checking the phone settings, taking a 5 min phone call, etc.

I'm going to test it with a regular Gmail email account set to fetch every 15 min and see what happens.

I updated today to IOS 5.0.1 and lost 10% of battery in an hour whithout using it. It seems like every time I press the power button to check the clock, it looses 1%

I have a 3GS. Same problem. IOS 5.01...loosing 1% every 5 minutes while doing absolutely nothing. Really sad. I have turned off everything I can access with no relief what-so-ever. I only hope that the Apple software engineers are working over time to fix this. Samsung is looking better and better all the time.

After updating to iOS 5.0.1 on my 4S, I have seen 0 improvement in battery life and seem to be having bigger issues with it installed. The biggest issues so far are, the battery will sometimes not charge all the way (stays at 99% or 98% after having been charged for hours) and the battery actively drains while plugged in. This morning I wanted to check my email and check Word With Friends and it lost 5% while plugged in. The more and more issues I read the more I am convinced that this is a hardware issue. Apple needs to step it up and admit it/come up with a real solution so that we can finally get passed this.

Do a reset on your phone, then set up as new phone.  The battery is working great after I did this.

Apple said 5.0.1 only fixed some battery issues they are still working on it

I don't find the app you mentioned in the app store.  Could you please confirm for me.

I just called Apple and demanded a new phone I have this 4S less than 30 days, they said they only send out factory rebuilt phone, they not refurbished but rebuilt, this is not what I envisioned, I want a new Iphone 4S, like the I have.

I am really disappointed in the iphone 4s. I used to have a 3g and thought it was bad and expected so much more with my new phone. I am seriously considering returning my phone today and just have nothing until Apple fixes this mess. I was fully charged this morning at 7am and I only have 58% now. I have surfed the web and check my email but come on. It say 1hr and 34min of use with 3hr and 34 min standby. Is this normal for my phone? Should I expect it to last longer than this. Also as soon as I unplugged my phone went to 99%. I don't know what to do....:(