Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

The 4s`s battery seems to be a 1995 tired old battery that just came out from an ericcsson. THAT`S A HUGE FAIL from apple. Neved has a brand new phone sucked worse. P.S. iphone 4s 16 gb from Orange

I turned Cellular Data off this morning.  5 hrs of standby so far and only 5 minutes of 'phantom' use.  Battery is 97% (was strangely not fully charged this AM-- started at 98%).  Interesting.

OK So I am at 13% after a complete power drain and full charge

usage 4 hours 38 minutes

standby 2 days 6 hours

a few phone calls emails calender work and syncing with mobile me some siri goofing off setting some reminders ...

90% effective at closing programs screen at 1/4 brightness location services only for compas maps siri mail fetch set to manual as are all mobile me functions

This is pretty typical use for me and that is going 2.5 days give or take. I usually charge every night (by habbit) so as long as the battery memory stays streched to its full capacity I think this is pretty reasonable. will let the phone die again charge overnight and then go back to nightly charges. figure if i do this once/week I should be good and if an update helps that is just frosting. Thanks to those who sorted these issues

Just face it, Apple is counting their money and they don't give a #$@&! about what everyone is posting here. 5.0.1 does not fix all the issues for everyone and none of the issues for some. There is obviously something else going on with the 4S, I am sure not all the Batteries and components came from the same manufactures in china and Korea so everyone's experience with this device will vary.

Hope you all got apple care and I hope you all use it the way it should be used, unfortunately for someone that paid hard earned money for a NEW device will have to be content with a CERTIFIED replacement, if you know what i mean.

The batt meter is not all that accurite. Iff you discharge passed 92% then plg in it will top off and read 100%.

It is fully charge though.

ftlum wrote:

 

I turned Cellular Data off this morning.  5 hrs of standby so far and only 5 minutes of 'phantom' use.  Battery is 97% (was strangely not fully charged this AM-- started at 98%).  Interesting.

Spider that is the expected battery run. My 2 4s's have been 2-3day to charge since 10/14 release activation.

Any sync issue was corrected, and 501 update gave about extra 2% battery use.

One note: I have several users of 4 (iOS5 update)and new 4s's with NO battery issues being posted on my Blinduser's Group I run.

spyder2004 wrote:

 

OK So I am at 13% after a complete power drain and full charge

 

usage 4 hours 38 minutes

standby 2 days 6 hours

 

a few phone calls emails calender work and syncing with mobile me some siri goofing off setting some reminders ...

 

90% effective at closing programs screen at 1/4 brightness location services only for compas maps siri mail fetch set to manual as are all mobile me functions

 

This is pretty typical use for me and that is going 2.5 days give or take. I usually charge every night (by habbit) so as long as the battery memory stays streched to its full capacity I think this is pretty reasonable. will let the phone die again charge overnight and then go back to nightly charges. figure if i do this once/week I should be good and if an update helps that is just frosting. Thanks to those who sorted these issues

At this point, anyone (or at least many thousands) with a 4S will have figured there's something wrong with the battery life. To be honest, it's not much of a surprise. What can you expect from a device with an A5 processor, like in the ipad, but a battery five times smaller? I haven't installed 5.0.1 because of all the negative articles i've read about it, but i'm not really getting my hopes up about 5.0.2 either. I'm not techie enough but I don't really see how a software tweak can make a noticeable difference. All the better if it does though. And I think that's why there's been nearly no communication on this by Apple - because they can't really do anything about it.

From all the discussions on this topic, apparently there are 4S owners who don't have a problem with the battery. So what I would find really useful at this point (haven't seen it yet, tell me if you have) is this (and please somebody at Apple pick up on this!):

- I want to know if this is a hardware problem. If some 4S's have a problem and others don't, i'd like to know if mine is part of the bad batch. Simple. This should be traceable with the serial number.

- Detailed battery life benchmarks would be helpful (10 mins on YouTube = X%; 10 mins on FaceTime = X%; 10 mins on Angry Birds = X%; 10 mins idle = X%, etc, etc.).

FYI - I go about 12-15 hours before my phone shuts down, with what I consider normal usage (emails, safari, a few short vids, a bit of gaming, very little siri). And yes i've turned off time zone settings, localisation, notifications, push and all that. And that's the core problem - with all this stuff off, the 4S is a little less smart than the smartphone it was designed to be...

For those who are having trouble with the newer software version, is it possble to revert to the original iOS 5.0 version?

As far as usage/power stats are interesting and telling, so are drain/usage during standby stats - which make the picture more complete. Yet they don't get posted that often by users with normal phones... I encourage people to post that for the sake of comparison. Drain and usage during standby are easier to qualify than real usage because real usage is more than often mixed (internet, local audio/video, call, etc.) whereas standby usage is qualified in terms of settings/mail/apps installed+notifications. Further there is one type of usage which is never analyzed yet it's quite central when people get a new phone... it's UI usage (plain) i.e. setting options and browsing menus and IOS config for 1 hour takes what in terms of battery use?

ftlum had 30-45mins of usage during 10hrs standby with >0.5% drain per hour (unspecified). With cellular data off, this all came down to 5mins of usage during standby and 3% drain over 5hrs i.e. close to the spec 0.5% - which is not surprising with cellular data off. But what are those numbers for someone who has no issue and cell data on?

**** man, are you still here! Spend some time with that girlfriend that you mentioned. Go bother her, bye bye!

Oh I did. Now I've made on topic intelligent comments and I'm here to stay so get thef lost. Bye bye!

I keep reading different things that may contribute to long battery life.  One thing is, should I completely discharge my battery before charging it again or should I charge whenever I want?  I don't want to risk damaging what battery life I'm currently receiving so what is the best option?

I have dumbed down the phone via settings etc. I've done 5 full cycle charges. Since the last charge I've had usage of 1 hour, 46 minutes and Standby of 1 day, 8 hours. The battery is at 74%. Is this considered an acceptable amount to have used on the iPhone 4s?

  The power meter on the phone is a bit screwy too. The power will stay good for hours and then suddenly lose 15 to 20%. This has caught me off guard a few times. There I was, thinking I'm good till I got home to the charger and then suddenly, have an almost dead battery. It's a going concern.

I would also be happier if the phone didn't get gassed on standby so easily. If Apple came up with a switch of sorts that said "It's just a phone", that would turn off everything running in the background, without me having to do it, that would be very helpful, at least for nubs like me.

  I sure hope 5.02 does away with my battery woes. Yep, that'd be good. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Lipos only need a full discharge (ie to limit of 3.2v per cell) then fully charged ever so offten in order to keep all the electrons flowing fully. After the initial calibration, you can plug it in any time. You will never hurt or lower it"s capacity doing so.

cleoisis wrote:

 

I keep reading different things that may contribute to long battery life.  One thing is, should I completely discharge my battery before charging it again or should I charge whenever I want?  I don't want to risk damaging what battery life I'm currently receiving so what is the best option?

Afaceinthecrowd wrote:

 

I would also be happier if the phone didn't get gassed on standby so easily. If Apple came up with a switch of sorts that said "It's just a phone", that would turn off everything running in the background, without me having to do it, that would be very helpful, at least to me.

You all need to remember one thing : It is a computer that can make phone calls, YOU need to control your APP usage. Same goes for using any computer laptops. Quit when finished to conserve battery life. The More things running in the background, the more power used by the system to control it. AND YES Apps are still running on the phone till you close them from the DOCK.