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iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse!

I upgraded my iphone 4S to the 5.0.1 release today. However, I've noticed that my battery life has actually gotten worse since I upgrade. For example, I've been home for approximately 30 minutes and my battery has gone down in 8%. In the 30 minutes, I had a 30 second phone call and sent 3 text messages. I am connected to our wi-fi (which is a strong connection) and I have re-started my phone.


Please let me know if anyone else is having any issues!?!!?


Apple - Can you please fix the iphone 4s battery issues? I might as well go get a 4g android phone if the battery life remains this poor.

iPhone 4S, iOS 5, Verizon

Posted on Nov 10, 2011 4:20 PM

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Mar 8, 2012 12:39 AM in response to mtbeaulieu

Battery life since update to 5.1 - 6% drop in 3h50m since last charge-1 phone call, 20min browsing thru wifi and 5 min gaming. That is much better then with 5.0.1 (i had my battery lvl at 20% by the evening) . That is great till now.

When not in use i have location srvces-wifi off+no backgroud apps running.Take a look at yours crush reports - you may find some app that crushes alote ( like me with fritz chess) and fix some problems by deletting it

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Mar 8, 2012 6:32 AM in response to mtbeaulieu

After months of disappointment and no improvement with my 4S's battery life - finally iOS 5.1 HAS fixed this issue. I am extremely surprised and very, very pleased.


As with everyone else who has been experiencing battery woes, I very much doubted that 5.1 would resolve things. However, after fully charging my phone and with around 25 minutes usage (sending a few emails, checking in to Foursquare and a little internet browsing) and with 5 hours in standby - I am still on 97% charge which is incredible.


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All of my locattion/notification settings are exactly as they were before the update. Previously, I would now have a battery charge of around 65% with identical usage.


So, in my case at least, I can report that 5.1 did indeed fix my battery problems.


Hope it helps others too.

Mar 8, 2012 8:56 AM in response to mtbeaulieu

definetly worse. after updating the device, it get from bad to worse: phone is losing 1 % of battery literally every time i unlock it to see something. for instance, seeing just one picture makes battery bar dropping 1 %.. this is beyound acceptable.

one more thing: i shut down weeks ago absolutelly everything that is draining battery.. notifications, push, ping..... more than 20 options in meny changed for just one reason, preserving battery life and it *****..and ***** even more after update...


croatia, vip network. ip4s 16 gb

Mar 8, 2012 8:53 AM in response to mtbeaulieu

Guys, try this , settings>general>reset>reset all settings. Setup as new phone when it reboots. Do NOT restore a backup there is no need. This process will keep your data and apps intact. Run through the wizard like normal selecting your options. Then see if it works better. You will have to reset up any wifi connections you had as well as tell Siri who you are again.

iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse!

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