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5.0.1 update--even worse battery life

After upgrading to 5.0.1 my iPhone is draining the battery even faster! Anyone else seeing this problem?

Posted on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 PM

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Nov 11, 2011 12:49 AM in response to art_in_motion

Before the 5.0.1 update I actually didn't have any battery problems on my iPhone 4S. But thanks to this update I now seem to have one, too :-( The phone was charging over night and I was already wondering that it displayed 98% when I unplugged it this morning, normally it would display 100%. And now after 20min of use (reading some news on the bus) and 1h 26min of standby, it is already down to 92%. 30min before now it was still at 94%. Up until yesterday it was at 97-98% at this time of day. Apple, maybe you fixed some battery problems, but you seem to have introduced new ones, too!

Nov 11, 2011 12:57 AM in response to art_in_motion

Yeah same here.. since it finish charging this morning at 4am or so when I turn the laptop off.. I'm at 80 percent now at 9am.. the scary part is that I have siri and location services turned off, brightness setting at only 1/4..


Heally79, if restore work, can you let me know..


Apple really need to fix this.. or at least advise people that "for the phones that did not witness any battery issue out of the ordinary previously, please do not update!!"

Nov 11, 2011 1:22 AM in response to art_in_motion

I updated it to 5.0.1 last night, and this morning had a test after 100% battery charged. But what I saw was the battery problem wasn't solved, and it was even worse. I was on Safari and Settings for 20 mins, battery drops 14%. This was worse than 5.0 when I was using Battery Doctor Pro supporting my 4s. I haven't used restoring after the update, but I will try to see if it will solve the problem. But at the moment, 5.0.1 is so disappointing.

Nov 11, 2011 2:04 AM in response to art_in_motion

ROFL WHAT AN FAKE-PLACEBO!!!!


Yesterday I applied the Fix 5.0.1.


Do you guys remember the "ANTENNAGATE" Fix where Apple was just has changed the display for the signal bars strength? ROFL?


They did it same here with battery.


After I intsalled the 5.0.1 full discharge and recharge, I´s able to hold the 100% up to 25 min talking/surfing/emailing. After that it drops to 98% instantly, then it continues dropping so fast I cant believe!!! Apple just changed the display of the battery status....


ROFL

5.0.1 update--even worse battery life

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