Iphone 4S / iOS5 - Battery drain / issues - An idea Ihaven't seen anywhere yet (17th October 2011)....

I have already upgraded to that :( It drains all the time, at the very least 10% per hour on standby, everything off! It does not drain as bad when it's in Airplane Mode but I would like an actual working smartphone than an expensive paperweight... I have tried everything, my only hope now is for Apple to come up with a fix.

I did the same settings as you and still he battery was draining like no tomorrow.. I went to Apple store and since it's under warranty they gave me a new iphone 4s... Was soo excited till it stats drainin battery too ..

I am sooo frustrated.

Now it's at 74% and only been unplugged from the putter for 37 minutes!!!!! Uuuuuuuuurrrrrgggggg

Since I don't have unlimited data on my mobile plan and would rather rely on WiFi for internet, I had my mobile data blocked by my provider so I wouldn't get shocked by my bill. I have Cellular Data off on my iPhone but maybe the battery drain is because it's trying to find the 3G signal? Why is there no on/off switch for 3G? Though I heard that in iOS 5.1 beta 3 they have brought it back, but of course I can't install that... T_T

I've had 5.01 for a couple of months now and nothing I've done has made any difference to battery drain, oh and you still can't turn 3G off :-(

droptop02 wrote:

I've had 5.01 for a couple of months now and you still can't turn 3G off :-(

That's because the option to do it is not there 🙂. This option is coming in the 5.1 update.

I guess what we'all gotta do at this point in time is to sit back and wait till apple rolls out newer software updates. and that still won't be 100% sure fix the battery drain issue on 4s.

how do you download and upgrade manually???

Hey... im experiencing the same problems with you... I have great battery life on my iphone 4s until i close my phone....and then phantom usage appears...and then i need to set up as new... and so

Any news on any possible fix? i use vodafone.

Here is my very latest trick to prolong the iphone 4s battery:

turn on all notifications and push emails - even if you dont have one, just turn 'em on. the more the merrier.

charge the **** thing for about a week without touching it or even looking at it to see how's it doing.

at about the 7th exactly day at percisely 00:00:00 at midnight, pull the **** thing from the plug, just unplug the whole thing. if you even miss by a few 1/100 of a second, this trick would not work, so be patient.

i have done this trick and whoallaa...my iphone 4s battery lasts for months on a single charge and it can make free long distance calls too.

maybe a ghost has been using your iphone 4s.

betta go to the genius bar again this weekend....and see what's new..

Oh BTW, even Siri would be able to read your mind too. So you dont have to speak to it, it reads your mind. Kind of telepathy sort of speak.

Hello guys i have C3 serial with 9a405 only thing i did not try was factory reset, all other solutions are fail for me "mail accounts, siri, location services even turning off cellular data". I have %50 phantom usage %7 battery drop per hour on standby.
I notice some strange behavior; when i reset my phone settings to defaults battery indicator went up several percent for example %97 to %99 and it will be fine for half a day then i start to use some apps, it will back on fast drain again. "turning on-off wifi or location services does not make any differance i did not check vodafone sim applications" phantom usage is about %50 all the time after several hours of usage or battery drops under %60-%50 percent some how usage statistics returns to normal and i get %7 drop for all night.
My old iphone 4 with same apps and usage has no battery issues at all, i can walk with her for 7.5 hours with nike+gps and music on all the time.

Those who does not have phantom usage yet have fast drain; Has any one tired external battery solutions ? are they drain that fast also? may be built in battery and charge chip fails.

I have a very strange issue with mine:

I can use it all day from 8am until about 5pm, that's 9 hours, and make a few calls/listen to music/receive my emails on it, and when arriving home it will be at about 50% battery life. Between 5pm and midnight, 7 hours, of sat doing nothing, the phone will ALWAYS discharge itself.

The strange thing is, that at my home I have NO network signal (we live in a field), neither do I connect it to the Wifi, so how on earth can it be draining that much charge??