Q: iPhone 4s Battery Life?

so bad. apple can't help us why???

I now have 4 hours, 23 minutes usage, 1 day, 5 hours standby and 18% battery remaining. I suggest you update to 5.0.1 9A406 because it might help with the battery drainage. Also, try this:

On your iPhone, go to Settings > General > Reset and tap on Erase All Content and Settings. Tap the confirm button. It will erase everything on your iPhone and you will go through the setup as in the restore. Make sure to choose "Setup as new phone". Plug in your iPhone to iTunes and add all the apps, music, etc. This works better than restore on iTunes.

The above works better than the restore for me. My version is 5.0.1 9A406.

Oh wow, Scarface posted something after probably more than 650 pages. Did you find a solution after all this? What is the condition of your iPhone?

Try what I told you to do. Go to Settings > General > Reset and Erase All Contents and Settings.

Simply atrocious, so sick of the pathetic battery life.

your battery is very good man. and no proplems

Jameson! wrote:

 

As I've suggested a number of times in this thread..........

 

I believe the problem is in how iOS5 was designed to manage the 4s dual antenna system and 3G data.   It is at least partially a firmware issue as evidenced by the fact that iOS5 causes battery problems on the 4s, the 4 and the 3Gs models.

 

The concern is (or should be) whether or not APPLE can fix the battery drain problem, without screwing up reception on the 4s!

I am pretty sure that this enters into the equation, but I am sure there are several other factors.

It seems some users experience excessive heat, and noises I interpret as internal arcing.  This is a dangerous condition, and any phone exhibiting it should be returned ASAP.

Other users suffer from the delusion that they can turn the phone on, use it continuously for 3 days, and never have to charge the battery.  Others seem to think that recharging before going to bed is a good practice.  Some seem to think that just because a feature exists, they have to have it turned on, and it shouldn't use any battery powers.

Still others seem to have a problem with 'phantom usage', which may be related to either corrupt files/apps, SIM applications, or crashed apps that don't get purged from the system (probably old ones not for IOS5x.

I hope that IOS5.1 will address all these issues in some way, but the second one I mentioned isn't something that will be solved by an OS update.

AliAR wrote:

 

I don't think Apple will be able to fix the battery problem on the iPhone 4S. More than 3 months passed and there's still no official reports by Apple stating the fix. If they fix the problem, they're gonna f u ck up something else on the 4S. Looks like we'll have to bear with this for about a year or so. Apple f u cked up this time.

I think it depends on what you consider 'fixed'.  If the problem with users on fringe (or poor coverage) 3G areas, can be fixed with software, even if only a toggle to let the user select 2G, then I think that one will be fixed.  I don't see an OS change fixing the heat/static problem, as it is hardware.  And NOTHING they put in an OS update will account for users who aren't smart enough to turn off power using features they don't need, or won't use, just because they stubbornly contend that 'it should meet the specs'.  As for the main problem, that of having everything turned ON by default, I don' t think they will change that either. 

It seems that most users have enough sense to use a smartphone, and know that they need to tailor the phone to their needs by making changes to settings to accomodate they needs, while conserving battery power.  As long as the phone will run from the time I get up (2AM) until the time I go to bed (8PM), and allow me to use the phone as I wish without needing to recharge during the day, I am more than happy.  Also, were I planning to use the GPS features in a tracking mode, I would plug it into the car's power.  If I were at home, and wanted to do 3D gaming, I would also plug it in the AC power.  This is just reasonable, and rational.  Feel free to disagree.

1AppleADayNoWay wrote:

As far as Wozkniak's comments are concerned, well, there was some sarcasm in the way I used that. We didn't need him to figure out what's happening here, and in that respect he's just a layman and his opinion is just as good or bad as any. I found it was interesting to give a link to someone respected in this industry who's balanced and sane enough to see both sides of the fence, unlike many - I find it was a great read for the multilevel users  as they don't write here but they're here anyways lolll.

As I recall, the original battery drain comments were made on the day of the release, where The Woz was one of the first in line at the store to get a 4S.  Given that he had no time to run through the settings, to customize them to his uses, and that being an alpha prime techie geek, I am sure he was wringing it out pretty throughly.  I am not surprised that he was running through battery on a phone that he hadn't even had time fully charge, let alone calibrate his battery meter.  Note that he still likes to use the iPhone more than the Android.

And I have been reading reviews, and tests of the most popular Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S II), and that phone is said to have pretty short battery life as well.  So far, there are great expectations for the Motorola RAZR Maxx, with the huge 3300mAr battery.  So what was the bottom line in the reviews?  "Finally, a 4G Android phone with enough battery power to last a full day." 

So, if your 4S seems to use a lot of battery power, you are in good company.

1AppleADayNoWay wrote:

 

Also, if you're using the FB app, that might prove to be a big hit on the battery... besides what sbailey4 suggested, you may also take a peek here for an assortment of tasty posts (unfortunately, not much of mine):

 

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3526981?start=0&tstart=0

 

Good luck!

Facebook is one of those apps that seems to stay active.  Otherwise, it couldn't put up alerts when something changes.  If your FB app is set up to do this, you should either turn off those functions, and/or make sure to purge it from the multi-task bar when you exit it.  Not having any trouble here, because I don't let is alert, or stay active.

I see some additional usage when on 3G, especially when I am 'out and about' as I may be in stores, in the car, moving around from store to store, and I would expect that the cell phone tower searching, and connecting would take some additional effort on the part of the phone.  I haven't been into fringe areas lately, but the last time I was, it didn't seem to cause too much trouble.  Instead of having 70-75% battery at the end of the day, I had only 55-60%.

sbailey4 wrote:

 

Had to go find this post. After reading I wanted to test. I am myself most of the time in a wifi area. Some days 100%. So I decided today to turn off wifi and totally run on 3G to see if I had the same issue as you describe. Well I have not really seen much difference at all. I am a little off but nothing severe. Pretty much where I typically am by this time of day maybe 5% or less of remaining battery I typically have by now. Of course nothing concrete as I didnt measure with a stopwatch (Appleaday )  but pretty much typical day with phone calls, email,text. Even had bluetooth on most of  the day.  So I cant say that 3G is a battery hog for me either. Again I am on CDMA network so maybe thats why.

Jameson! wrote:

 

This mimics my experience right from Day One of the 4s release.   Being on wifi for most of my day, I see no battery drain issues on my phone.   As soon as I get away from wifi and am connected using 3G data, the battery begins to drop quickly.

 

I've said it before and will say it again......  This is a problem with how iOS5 was designed to work with the new Dual Antenna system in the 4s.   The big question will be if APPLE can correct the battery drain problem without creating a bunch of other performance problems, like poor reception...........

I have to say I find the lack of progress on this a big black mark on apple. This is clearly a major shortcoming on the offer. No one could be happy with the battery life on the new 4s and for me personally it is the first time I be had to re assess my purchase of an apple product.

If apple was a car manufacturer there would have been a re call . As it is I feel I have wasted 500 bucks on a substandard device.

Occupy Cupertino I say

moe-4-me wrote:

 

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp  I CAN NOT FIND THE SOLUTIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO I DO PLZZZZZZZZZ HELP ME GUYS!!!!! i restored my iphone and set up as new iphone and discharged to 1% and charged to 100% and no No solution to fix the battery life and i turn all services off and wifi and bluetooth. nothing to fix the battery

See if you can get it replaced, or at least fixed.  How long does the battery last?

xenocea wrote:

 

Simply atrocious, so sick of the pathetic battery life.

 

 

You got through a whole day, with pretty heavy usage, and you still have 22% remaining.  Just what are your expecations?