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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 7:55 PM in response to art_in_motion

so i update to IOS 5.1 around 6:45 pm EST...hoping that it would fix the bug....then around 7 pm my battery was 100% charged...then since i cam back from work and was tired i slep till 10 pm...when i work up found out my batter percentage is 75%...it was not like that before the update...i didnt even use the phone it was on stand by...its so dissapointing that i am thinking of going with android...i have had Iphone 3, 3GS, 4 and now 4S...Apple is just dissapointing me....lets hope they fix the problem soon...or we switch to something else

Nov 11, 2011 9:20 PM in response to art_in_motion

My iphone 4 (not 4s) never lost more than 50% of it's charge in a day's use until downgrading to 5.0.1. It's a downgrade because after only one 2 minute phone call, maybe 4 minutes of wifi based internet usage and about 2 minutes playing a game, my phone just died after about 12 hours of almost no usage. I even turned off bluetooth and wifi for most of the day.

This is very upsetting and makes the phone essentially useless. 😟

We need better tools for determining which processes are using up the most battery power. Android can do that!

Nov 11, 2011 10:20 PM in response to art_in_motion

I just got my first iPhone (4s), so I didn't really know what to expect regarding battery life. But I can definitely say that after updating to 5.0.1 the battery is draining exponentially faster than it was with 5.0. After only 4 hours of my iPhone just sitting in my pocket, the battery drained from 70% to 26%. That is CRAZY bad! I feel like a fool for updating.

Nov 11, 2011 10:25 PM in response to as739

Don't feel like a fool, we are all in the same boat. My iPhone 4S was the best phone I had ever had until last night.

I wish I would have not updated until reading these nightmare experiences. It's sad to say but between last year's iPhone 4, Lion and now this battery issue fiascos, Apple is slowly turning into Microsoft.


I am returning my phone and going back to the 3GS or maybe getting the Galaxy SII.


😟

Nov 11, 2011 10:29 PM in response to art_in_motion

apple what are you doin your goin downhill fix this battery issue..with this new update it has gotten significantly worse do something about it how can i brag to ppl on how great it is when it only lasts 5 hrs..i dont understand how a big company as yourself claim to make the bests products and this iphone was well overdue doesnt even work properly DO SOMETHING im losing intrest in apple

5.0.1 update--even worse battery life

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