Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

Very ugly - sorry!

There are no specifications for the solar charge - at this size no solar panel can charge an 1800 LiIon and the iPhone. No serious engineer would start building such a device, which seem logical but is completly useless.

My iPhone stays on for maximum 1 day 4 hours and with 20% left. Usage time is probably 40 minutes, but of course, phone decides to increase it to more than 10 hours. I don't seem to know what the problem is... I'll list you the apps I have installed in my phone and the settings below.

Apps:

• Pre-installed Apple apps (e.g. Contacts, Phone, Mail, etc.)
  
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Cut the Rope
• Cut the Rope: Experiments
• Angry Birds
• Tiny Wings
• NinJump Deluxe
• Fruit Ninja
• Fruit Ninja Puss in Boots
• Doodle Jump

               Of course I had MUCH more games but I deleted them because I couldnt figure out the problem.

• Reel Cinemas (local cinema)
• VOX Cinemas (local cinema)
• I Am T-Pain
• djay
• Garage Band

Now these are all the apps I currently have installed.

Settings:

• Wi-Fi: on whenever I use it - I never leave it on continuously
• Notifications: on - Apple apps and Facebook & Twitter
• Location services: off
• Brightness: 50% - auto-brightness
• Mail: no email accounts on iPhone
• iCloud: no iCloud account on iPhone
• Siri: on - raise to speak off(put it off before but figured out it didn't make a difference)
• Cellular network - I put it on whenever I need it when I leave the house
• Bluetooth - always off
• Auto-Lock: 1 minute
• Restrictions: off
• Date & Time: time zone is not set automatically
• 21.8 GB available
• Running version 5.0.1 (9A406)
• Serial number starts with DN

After this long list of information, I expect someone to please help me with my battery drainage. Battery drains about 1.5% every hour on standby only and I barely use it everyday - very low phone calls and texts.

I would love to have some of the "battery problems" that some of the posters have

Unfortuantely this is my current situation

Maximum time I get out of my iPhone 4s after a full charge is about 7 hours

• No apps running
• Deleted all mail accounts
• No internet/wifi running
• Turned off push
• Turned off location services
• Brightness is at about 20%
• Turned off 3g
• No phone calls being made at the moment
• Basically done everything suggested on this thread!

So Im quite jealous of those people getting a day or more out of their iPhone while having wifi etc. turned on. This is my first iPhone and cost an awful lot of money so to say Im upset and disappointed is an understatement!

Do you have the static noise problem? Put the cellular data on, and load a heavy page in safari, put your ear to the middle of the back of the iPhone while the page loads, you have the problem if you can hear a crackling sound, to me it sounds like a harddrive writing data.

I fear this is a hardware problem, which can't be fixed with a software update. This is why I wait for 5.1 before I return my iPhone. I also hope that Apple will tell what iPhone serials that have this problem so it will be easy to get a working phone in return.

Yes I do. I just knew I had this static noise problem. This is really irritating me.

My serial also starts with DN.

sbailey4 wrote:

 

Umm they are working on an update called iOS 5.1. Its a patch to their latest iOS 5 that should address some bugs and issues they have uncovered since it was released.

1AppleADayNoWay wrote:

 

We don't know what Apple is working on, I mean if someone knows he should say so - we'll never know what really happens at Cupertino...

Of course, of couse. But that doesn't say much about what they're focusing on, the internals you know. Even when they release their patch, the release notes are not the most detailed and you're left experimenting to see what gives - plus there's rarely a downgrade path, so it's hit or miss. The more I think about it, the more I find they should have waited for their iPhone 5. I mean, people were happy with the 4 and all, plus they were not going for LTE or anything really significant. The true gaming device is their iPad, siri is software, nobody really needed a faster CPU or anything like that, they've pushed dpi to the point the eye can't tell a difference. Still trying to figure what was the point, aside from further sales.

LOL!!!  As one of the world's largest companies, what other point would there be?!?!?!?

1AppleADayNoWay wrote:

 

Still trying to figure what was the point, aside from further sales.

I am really rather surprised Apple has no stores in Portugal.  It sounds like you are in what we call 'between a rock and a hard place'.  No good solution.  How did you buy your iPhone?  Does the place you bought it not offer any support?

Only you can really decide if that is good enough for you.  I probably wouldn't be happy with it.  Still, it depends largely on what you did with the phone in the time you were using it.  If you were hiking with GPS in use, maybe it wouldn't be too bad as we all know GPS implies more power usage.  If you were sitting playing graphic intensive games, it is very good.  Just average usage, not very good.  On the other hand, you did get through a day, and some users claim no more than 7 hours, 100% to shutoff.  If you don't have to recharge in the course of a day, and you have the services you need on, then I would say your are marginal.  If you are having to do without services to get through the day, that's not good enough.

Treb27 wrote:

 

At 4% remaining

Usage: 5hours, 49mins

Standby: 17hours, 15mins

 

This is with:

Location Services Off

Auto Date and Time Off

Minimal 3G usage

Medium brightness

 

Is this good enough guys?

When I turn on the Location Service, it drains faster. I kinda want that ON always.

• Enhanced dictation support during text input "on supported device"^[78]
• Carrier updates (e.g. AT&T 11.1)
• Baseband updates
• Attempts to fix battery life^[79]
• Fixes iPhone 4S support for Caller ID Name Display (on supported carriers - ie. Rogers & Fido in Canada)
• Users can now enter any Apple ID to sign up for an iCloud account. Previously, users had to create a new MobileMe account.
• Images can now be removed manually from the Photo Stream in iCloud. Any photos deleted are now also removed from other iOS devices connected to iCloud.
• Shake-to-shuffle caused the Music app to freeze, this will be fixed.
• The Setup Assistant caused an “infinite setup loop” for some users. When the setup was completed, the iPhone would jump back to a “thank you” screen ad infinitum. Users had to reboot the device to restore functionality.
• SpringBoard, the home screen app for the iPhone would sometimes fall into a state when double-clicking the home button would not display the camera icon. This too will be fixed.
• Turn on/off 3G toggle restored on iPhone 4S

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history#iOS_5.x:_Fifth_major_OS_ release

can ios 5.1 solve our problem?

I must have missed the message you are replying to, but on the subject of solar chargers.  I did see one in a tool store that came with a plug for the Apple devices, and it was about 6x9 inches.  It might be good for campers and backpackers who want to recharge, but I suspect it would take a rather long time to charge the phone with the power on

Tamarillo wrote:

 

Very ugly - sorry!

There are no specifications for the solar charge - at this size no solar panel can charge an 1800 LiIon and the iPhone. No serious engineer would start building such a device, which seem logical but is completly useless.

I notice you have Twitter installed.  Does it have location services, and does it check for new Tweets all the time (push)?  If so, it is probably not doing your battery percentage any good.  Your times look pretty good to me for general use.

Definitely a problem.  What does 'usage' say at the end of 7 hours?  If it is the same as the standby, you may be one of those users who has the 'phantom usage' problem.  Some users seem to think it is related to a problem with SIM cards.  Good luck.

timmy880 wrote:

 

I would love to have some of the "battery problems" that some of the posters have

 

Unfortuantely this is my current situation

 

Maximum time I get out of my iPhone 4s after a full charge is about 7 hours

 

• No apps running
• Deleted all mail accounts
• No internet/wifi running
• Turned off push
• Turned off location services
• Brightness is at about 20%
• Turned off 3g
• No phone calls being made at the moment
• Basically done everything suggested on this thread!

 

So Im quite jealous of those people getting a day or more out of their iPhone while having wifi etc. turned on. This is my first iPhone and cost an awful lot of money so to say Im upset and disappointed is an understatement!

I eagerly await the release of 5.1, but I doubt it will fix everyone's problems.  I particularly look forward to being able to delete photos from Photostream.

RZGO wrote:

 

• Enhanced dictation support during text input "on supported device"^[78]
• Carrier updates (e.g. AT&T 11.1)
• Baseband updates
• Attempts to fix battery life^[79]
• Fixes iPhone 4S support for Caller ID Name Display (on supported carriers - ie. Rogers & Fido in Canada)
• Users can now enter any Apple ID to sign up for an iCloud account. Previously, users had to create a new MobileMe account.
• Images can now be removed manually from the Photo Stream in iCloud. Any photos deleted are now also removed from other iOS devices connected to iCloud.
• Shake-to-shuffle caused the Music app to freeze, this will be fixed.
• The Setup Assistant caused an “infinite setup loop” for some users. When the setup was completed, the iPhone would jump back to a “thank you” screen ad infinitum. Users had to reboot the device to restore functionality.
• SpringBoard, the home screen app for the iPhone would sometimes fall into a state when double-clicking the home button would not display the camera icon. This too will be fixed.
• Turn on/off 3G toggle restored on iPhone 4S

 

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history#iOS_5.x:_Fifth_major_OS_ release

 

can ios 5.1 solve our problem?