Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

Wait, if I take my iPhone to the Apple Store, I can get it updated to iOS 5.2 Beta? Even without being a developer? I just want my battery issue to be fixed, and this is one of the few options that could fix the problem without turning my 4S into a paperweight.

Guys I had my iphone 4s exchanged this weekend and it seems that I am having the same problems with the battery again, since I charged this morning without using it, it has dropped to 45% so stack it on charge again, is this problem will ever be resolved or I will have to ask for my £700 back?

Guizotia wrote:

 

After turning off exchange push I am happy with my battery life.

 

It has gone down 40% in 10 hours and that's with a couple of hours of continuous 3G use.  It did drop by 10% in 40 minutes this morning when using the Internet, but when I check apple's expected battery life it works out as 16% per hour for 3G Internet.

 

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Same thing here. Turning off exchange push did the trick for me. Everything else is active except iCloud backup and bluetooth.  Not ideal (in comparison to my iPhone 4) but way better than before.

Laura111173 wrote:

 

[...]Phone running out late at night in the middle of London leaves me feeling extremely vulnerable.... This is getting beyond a joke. I, like many people rely upon my phone to feel safe and secure. [...]

I don't want to offend you in any way, but I fail to see how - charged or not it can still be thrown in someones face. What makes people vulnerable is that they look at their phone as they pass strangers on the sidewalk so they could be knocked out at any time without ever realizing what hit them in the first place. Human beings are vulnerable - proper physical training helps counter that sensation. What helps further is being fully conscious of your surroundings at all time, half relaxed yet half tensed, ready for anything, and looking people in the eye to predict behavior and project strenght and assurance. The ability to run for a quarter mile may also help. Depending on your height, I would advise either tae-kwon-do or jujitsu training. Aim for the groin, throat, eyes and grab ears, hair, learn how to twist fingers and so forth...

Good luck!

Just want to update that my 3rd iPhone seems to hold the charge very well. I am running off the same exact restore as te first two iPhone 4s devices. This has been the longest that the phone did not go into some overheating frenzy.

If you are having issues, they are hardware! Just exchange your phone at local apple store!

Pichu21 wrote:

 

Wait, if I take my iPhone to the Apple Store, I can get it updated to iOS 5.2 Beta? Even without being a developer? I just want my battery issue to be fixed, and this is one of the few options that could fix the problem without turning my 4S into a paperweight.

No, 5.1 beta 2 will not work any better than 5.0.1. Restore your phone as new and don't install any apps or setup your email. If you still lose 10%per hour at idle-non-use-then take it back, it's defective. 5-6 hours of usage with 24 hours of standby is what you are shooting for.

- Poor battery life on the iPhone 4S?

- "Think Different" © Apple

Apple Genius bar cannot upgrade your phone to 5.1 beta.   Your phone has to be registered with Apple in order to upgrade to beta. 

Ok well it seems to me that you guys have notifications turned on for every app you have. I had the same problem with my iPhone 4. My battery would die at an alarming rate. I went to apple and they showed me how to turn notifications off for everything except the couple I actually used. I now have the 64 gb 4s and my battery lasts around 3 days with no charge with moderate usage. When you have notifications on for everything it means your phone is constantly checking for email, Facebook, twitter, messages in every game or app you own etc. it takes a toll on battery life. The instant I changed all my notifications to only check every 2 hours for the few things I look at like email twitter and Facebook the change happened instantly. For example, after not charging for 2 days my battery was at 17 percent. I forgot to plug it in last night and after sleeping for 10 hours I woke it up and it still had 17 percent battery. It's all those notifications!  Stop them for better battery life. That is all.

And I do play games like words with friends, and hanging with friends, and even both infinity blade games.

And one other thing. A faster processor does more more power usage. Get used to that. A processor needs power to run, and at the speeds the a5 runs at it likes to suck battery life down. You just gotta know how to finesse it.

3 days is 72hrs so even if you're right on spec with 0.5% per hour drain, that means at most you have 64% left on the phone to use and that's at best 3-4 hours of 3G internet use... splitting that on 3 days means about an hour per day of use, unless it's all about mp3 and local video playback. Enthusiasm doesn't undo logic...

E_hollaway wrote:

 

You just gotta know how to finesse it.

Everyone always told me that Apple products "just worked". I was used to "finessing" things back in the Windows SmartPhone 2002 days.

I didn't have to "finesse" my Androids.

Looking back now, I can't believe I was sucked in to the hype that Apple products "just worked" or were any better than the others. If you buy a product with multiple features, and the supplied state of activation of those features makes the device unusable, something's gone wrong corporately - the user shouldn't have to "finesse" it.

Hotphil wrote:

 

E_hollaway wrote:

 

You just gotta know how to finesse it.

Everyone always told me that Apple products "just worked". I was used to "finessing" things back in the Windows SmartPhone 2002 days.

I didn't have to "finesse" my Androids.

Looking back now, I can't believe I was sucked in to the hype that Apple products "just worked" or were any better than the others. If you buy a product with multiple features, and the supplied state of activation of those features makes the device unusable, something's gone wrong corporately - the user shouldn't have to "finesse" it.

Which part of your iPhone is unusable?

In general, every consumer product should just work. Its the learning curve on using it that differentiates among products. Apple products in general have low learning curve.

Finessing the iPhone to optimize how it works is different from to make it work.

You buy a car that advertises it gives you 'X' MPG. But you are not gettting that mileage claimed by the manufacturer. You go back to them and they show you how to finesse your driving to get that 'X' MPG they claimed. Isn't it common?

But can you drive the car? Of course you can.

E_hollaway wrote:

 

And one other thing. A faster processor does more more power usage. Get used to that. A processor needs power to run, and at the speeds the a5 runs at it likes to suck battery life down. You just gotta know how to finesse it.

Not true.  As processors get more powerful, so does the technology of power consumption as well as battery technology.

The biggest power hog for any smartphones is the cell radio.  Current technology, especially with the newer data networks (UMTS/HSPA/LTE), are still relatively new in the big scheme of things.  The iPhone sped up phone technology a little quicker than chip makers could keep up.

The biggest complaint when the iPhone 3G came out was that the 3G radio sucked more power than the EDGE radio.  It's the same with the latest (real) 4G phones, the LTE chip ***** battery more than the 3G one.  This is probably part of the reason Apple has held off on a 4G LTE chip.  We all know how much power consumption was a priority for Steve.