iOS 5 updated 3GS battery dying

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iOS 5 updated 3GS battery dying

I updated to ios5 on my 3GS and now my battery is draining extremely fast. 5 hours of non use and the battery is down to 5%. What is wrong? How do I fix the battery draining?

iPhone 3GS, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 21, 2011 8:03 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 21, 2011 8:35 PM in response to brianfromwaller

I'm not having this issue. In fact, it has increased my battery life. May be you could try a hard reset. Just keep holding home and the power button until the phone switches off and turn it back on!

If that does not work, try a DFU restore. And restore using a newly downloaded IPSW.

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Answer 2

Oct 22, 2011 6:26 AM in response to ImKarthikK

Thanks for the info. I am recharging the phone and will try the hard start and go from there.

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Answer 3

Oct 22, 2011 6:31 AM in response to brianfromwaller

Next step would be to disable any notifications which are not needed, and (the big one) disabling the time zone setting under location services. (settings, location services, system services, time zone setting) any other location services you don't need should also be turned off.

Last thing which could help is resetting your network settings, the rebooting. Warning, for some reason it deleted all my mailboxes after the reboot. No big issue, but warning none the less.

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Answer 4

Oct 22, 2011 7:57 AM in response to deanfromburry st edmunds

I turned notifications off on all but messages and also disabled the time zone services. I'll give that a try but so far so good. The battery has not drained since i did this. Time will tell. If this fixes the issue, I'll try and add one service at a time over a period of time and find out which one in particular, is doing the drain. I'll report that when I have more data. Thanks for your assistance.

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Answer 5

iodr334

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Sep 11, 2012 3:55 PM in response to brianfromwaller

I Use 3GS I Upgraded To iOS 5.1.1 When I Wake Up It Is Already 31% Or Lower

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Answer 6

Sep 11, 2012 4:04 PM in response to iodr334

You responded to a year-old post; your problem will get more attention if you start a new thread with a new post.

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