Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

Bought the 4s less than a week ago, have upgraded to IOS 5.01 which was supposed to fix the battery bug but clearly has done NOTHING for my iphone, have also tried resetting the phone as per the discussion on other forums.   

I charged my phone all night, took it off charge at 7am.  it is not 11am yet and the battery life has gone down to 56%.  I have Siri turned off and have been checking FB most of the morning, that is all.

When is this going to be fixed? I am so frustrated with this.  I have moved from Android to iPhone and really really regret it now.

New Micro Sim has a smaller chip.

See the links.

This is "NEW" Micro Sim which i don't have problems anymore

http://ihandystore.com/image/cache/data/iphone%20accessories/MICROSIM-500x500.jp g

This is "OLD" which i had phantom usage and 3-4 % drain.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1qZYxlmWIJ8/TdRMQ9371II/AAAAAAAADAc/ygUsz2kcMzM/s1600/ microSIM-Car.jpg

I have both types of microSIM, and they both exhibit the battery drain problem for me - seems to be something with TMobile SIMs. Three and O2UK SIMs work fine. Got my TMobile SIM replaced several times now, to no avail. The baseband still crashes and restarts every few mins. BUT my TMobile SIM works in someone elses iPhone 4S. So some batches, at least, seem to work with all SIMs.

FiniteAffinity wrote:

 

I have both types of microSIM, and they both exhibit the battery drain problem for me - seems to be something with TMobile SIMs. Three and O2UK SIMs work fine. Got my TMobile SIM replaced several times now, to no avail. The baseband still crashes and restarts every few mins. BUT my TMobile SIM works in someone elses iPhone 4S. So some batches, at least, seem to work with all SIMs.

Anyway, only phantom usage problem is clearly solved

by the new SIM. it works for me from november 12.

3 weeks ago now. At this time, i had reported this solution

here , but no one seemed interested.

This does not exempt to do the different settings explained here

to improve the battery life.

Zafff wrote:

 

Yesterday i changed my sim to a new technology one. The chip is smaller than the card which i had before

 

I lost 3-4 % in an hour in standby. Now i am loosing now 0.5 -1 % in Standby. It helped!

 

Phantom usage is also gone. I hope it will stay like this.

 

Try to get a new technology Micro-Sim.

 

 

Zafff wrote:

 

Yesterday i changed my sim to a new technology one. The chip is smaller than the card which i had before

 

I lost 3-4 % in an hour in standby. Now i am loosing now 0.5 -1 % in Standby. It helped!

 

Phantom usage is also gone. I hope it will stay like this.

 

Try to get a new technology Micro-Sim.

it will ! i did it on november 12 and phantom usage was never back

About the Unlocked iPhone

The unlocked iPhone includes all the features of iPhone but without a contract commitment. You can activate and use it on the supported GSM wireless network of your choice, such as AT&T in the United States.* The unlocked iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S will not work with CDMA-based carriers such as Verizon Wireless or Sprint.

If you don’t want a multiyear service contract or if you prefer to use a local carrier when traveling abroad, the unlocked iPhone is the best choice. It arrives without a micro-SIM card, so you’ll need an active micro-SIM card from any supported GSM carrier worldwide. To start using it, simply insert the micro-SIM card into the slot on your iPhone and turn it on by pressing and holding the On/Off button for a few seconds. Then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your iPhone.

Check out more about it here (Note for US users.) https://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone/iphone4s

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There are plenty of plan specificly designed for Senior Citizens which are cost effective. You should look into what your carrier offers.

You joined about 10 hours ago so you have some technical skills like being able to join discussion threads.

Best of luck and thanks.

drStrangePOrk - yes... I am not totally technically illiterate.  I started using PCs in 1982 and can do just fine on computers and the Internet.   Cell phones.. not so much.. but I'm willing to learn.

I am switching from AT&T to Sprint and I have narrowed the phone choice.. after 2 days of research... to the iPhone 4 or the iPhone 4S despite all these posts about battery problems.   Cost is not the issue... a phone that works properly is my only concern.

As someone above posted (and I apologize.. at the moment I don't remember who that was), there have been 10s of millions of iPhones 4 and 4S sold and they clearly wouldn't keep selling if the battery problem was happening to the majority of owners.

My brother is a total Apple afficiando (and has been since Steve Jobs was working in his garage) and he assures me that Apple will fix this problem.   So I shall jump into the iPhone 4/4S community and see what happens.   If I have battery issues, I know where to come.   I just bookmarked your very helpful "fixes" thread.

Now I just need to decide between the 4 and the 4S.   I'm leaning towards the 4S.....

Same **** here... But after some recharges from 1-10% its become more stable now... Now i can use my iphone 4s almost 2 full days .. There is still 19% (turned off percentage because its making me crazy for 2 weeks)

Here is my record...

My 4S seems relatively free of issues w/ battery drain or phantom usage but i discovered a few things:

- once every two or three weeks after fully loaded my iPhone begins to run sth. in background until i make a reset -> yesterday i had 7.5 hours of standby AND 7.5 hours of usage after i took it off the powerline

- while draining the battery my iPhone shows me full 3G network but in fact it hasn't any real connection because SMS and other messages of missed calls just arrived after the reset i did more than 7hours later (i'm using a new o2 micro-sim)

interesting: if i stay at a location without any o2 network connection possible the 4S shows me "NO NET" but does not hurt my battery power anyway

I guess the "phantom usage" must have sth. to do with this new 3G-combined chipset and it's software support within iOS5. It's the only logical explanation why e.g. no iPhone 4 w/ iOS5 aren't suffering such problems.

I dont want use the Samsung Galaxy >_< APPLE PLEASE FIX MY IPHONE!!!

Battery life still ***** poor compared to my old iphone 4.

Apple get your act together and fix this battery issue!!!!

On a family plan with 3 new iPhone 4S's.  One of us has to keep the phone in a locker all day during work... starts out with nearly a full charge and after an 8 hour shift has nearly 0% with no use.  She is going to have to start shutting it off, and when she's done with her shift, turn it on and wait a while for missed calls, voicemail, text and email to load... a bummer since it takes a few minutes.  I'm "lucky" though... I work at a computer and can keep it plugged into USB all day so I always have a full charge!  I'm not complaining about the 4S otherwise... its beautifully crafted, Siri is great at the things she can do well and I'm sure Apple staff is working hard at improving it.  Very nice to be able to drive home from work and have Siri read my text messages (or send one), play a song from iTunes or make a call without ever taking my eyes off the road.  I just hope Apple gets us an update on this battery issue before all the Christmas travelling.  If all these people are sitting around during the holidays with battery issues to complain about... these message boards are going to blow up.

Hello fellow 4S users!

What happened to be a fix for me was quite easy and simple:

Go to    Settings ----> Location Services ----> System Services (on the bottom)

There you have to switch the   Setting Time Zone   to    OFF   and the   Diagnostic & Usage    to   OFF   (but just as a precaution) as well.

I've managed to keep the phone up for 3 days instead of 15 hours as before.

I hope that helps and keep me posted if you're successful