Q: iPhone 4S Poor Battery Performance SOLVED!!
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Nov 7, 2011 1:52 AMby maurizio1956,Just got new 4S.
Outrageous battery consumption.
I had to turn off most functions, as suggested by several other users around the world, and still the battery lasts only a day.
My previous iPhone, a 3G, would last 3 to 4 days with same usage.
And then again: what sense does it make to turn off all nice options
just to have a decent battery range?
Like having a Ferrari and going at 20 mph to spare the engine.
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Nov 7, 2011 5:32 PMby rayestep,I did the same thing. My year old Iphone 4 was updated to IOS 5 and the battery lasted a very short time. I tried several suggestions from different members and mag articles but no difference. Since I have the battery % meter turned off my battery life has increased to levels of pre IOS 5. I hope it's that simple a fix for a lot of people.
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Nov 12, 2011 9:04 AMby JonGann,I found the biggest drain to be Reminders which are location-based. The GPS is always on trying to locate where you are, etc. When I deleted the reminders with locations (or removed the locations) the purple arrow disappeared immediately and now I am getting MUCH better battery performance.
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Nov 12, 2011 9:19 AMby Richard Caughlan,I think the real problem is that the phone will not time out, but instead gets caught in a loop. Be it mail notification searches or searching to reconnect to Wifi. Turn off mail push and fetch also in favor of manual. The fetch will get caught in a loop and drain the battery quckly. I attempted to iMessage my nephew and found that it thought it was connected to Wifi. It kept trying to send the message until the battery was drained, would not switch over to 3G when it could not re-establish the connection. Make sure you're not spinning down the battery trying to reconnect to Wifi or trying to fetch mail from a dropped server connection.
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Nov 13, 2011 12:36 PMby apple4s nige,same here, i read just read on an online mag, that they are wondering if 1000s of the iphones 4s have had the wrong hardwear put when being put togeater in china by mistake, like the wrong proccessor in ;-( lol that would explanin everything, latest model with a old prossecor reving it nads off lol....
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Nov 14, 2011 8:06 AMby dduchess,That's exactly how I feel! I've got a brandnew 4s as well and I feel like I need to recharge it everyday! This is my first apple product and this is what i've got. Lots of cool new features THAT U NEED TO TURN OFF to save battery!... if i only knew, shoul've done my research first...
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Nov 14, 2011 8:13 AMby ylee205,This is my first iPhone and I heard a lot of good things. But with this battery issue, it's driving me crazy. I have already turned off most of the notification and location search. It drains about 10% per hour without using it. It made me feel like I can't rely on this phone if there is an emergency when the battery drains so quickly.
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Nov 15, 2011 7:55 AMby DVX100Shooter,In case you all have not heard, Apple released an update last week that is supposed to fix the battery problem and some other issues with the iPhone 4S. That same update was available on my iPod touch as well and I believe you have to be using iOS5 to get it as well.
Go into your settings then click General and the hit Software Update. FYI you have to be using Wi-Fi to get the update.
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Nov 15, 2011 8:24 PMby DVX100Shooter,Well I am not sure about that but I do feel your pain. I see people all the time plugging up their smartphones to charge them and that seems like the norm now a days. These phones are like portable computers and what a lot of people don't seem to realize is that various apps can contribute to battery loss or lots of apps running in the background will drain the battery too. If you watch a lot of videos on your phone that will drain the battery.
Obviously there is an issue and the folks at Apple do know about it but there are also things we the user can do to assure we get a little more battery life out of our phones.
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Nov 15, 2011 11:17 PMby dduchess,been there done that! updated, restored, turned off apps! the only thing i havent done is to turn off my phone entirely, i guess that would save some battery eh? i was using HTC before this 4s, and my battery lasts for days. the only reason why i bought this phone is because of Siri and now i cant even ask that Siri to show me the map home while driving because my location services is turned off! me, participating in this forum is a desperate act. its not cool to go to bed and wake up like someone has used your phone for hours... leaving u with no battery at all.
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Nov 19, 2011 10:25 PMby DVX100Shooter,@DDuchess,
I always use my in car charger when I am using maps or GPS because I know my screen will be used for a while and I don't want to risk my batteries draining down while driving. I used to have a Droid and at first my battery would last a day or two but then it got to the point that watching a couple videos or playing a game and then updating my Facebook and Twitter would all drain the battery and its the same with the iPhone. These phones can do so much now that you darn near need to carry your charger around with you on the go now. Unless Apple swears the new iPhone 4S batteries will last X amount of hours or days, carrying a charger around with us is probably gonna have to be the way around this. I already do this now LOL!
