Q: 5.0.1 update--even worse battery life
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Nov 13, 2011 8:17 AMby Morac,I think the percentage meter might be broken in iOS 5.0.1
I wanted to let my battery drain down so I could do a full charge. Using the phone normally I drained it down to about 5%. At that point I did a bunch of things to drain it till the phone turns off. It quickly dropped to 1% and then just sat there. I spent about 15 minutes doing things like mapping (GPS), downloading, etc; pretty much doing things that should kill the battery very quickyly, but the phone stayed at 1%.
Finally I gave up and just let it sit doing nothing and went to bed. In the morning it was off. I then charged it up to 100% (took under 2 hours).
As far as I know the phone should shut itself down when it hits 1% battery life left. The fact that it was running for at least 20 minutes at "1%" tells me the displayed battery indicator is wrong.
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Nov 13, 2011 8:34 AMby andrepalves,Mate, tell me one thing. This Iphone 4S is my first iphone so there's a lot of things that i just dunno.
When you say do a full recharge after the battery runs out completly, the phone shuts down righ? then i put it to charge and after a few minutes the phone turns on by himself, in this point i let the phone on or i just shut it down while its charging? Thanks -
Nov 13, 2011 8:40 AMby Limegrntaln,Yes Andre, when the phone comes back on, just let it sit and charge with it "on" but with the screen off. So when it dies, and you plug it in, it will charge 4-6% and power back on. The screen will shut off, but the phone will still be on to answer calls and such. Just leave it until its done. I'm at 94% 47 minutes of use and 2 hours of standby.
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Nov 13, 2011 9:46 AMby cgarre,on 5 I did not really know there was a problem though I suspected the problem . Things like even watching netflix for 2 hours drained about 15%. But when the phone is on standby and I am sleeping in the morning I see it drop 30% or more. I use lowest screen brightness .. And I see huge drops now with 5.0.1. Like when I browse for 20 mins it drops about 10-15%. on standby I get sometimes even 24 hours
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Nov 13, 2011 9:54 AMby DianeFromNJ,I installed update, left phone plugged in way past the 100% charged. Unplugged, went to bed, woke up and phone shut off because it died. I am glad it happened when I was home, because it would have <edited by host> in an emergency. Didn't have any problems with battery life before this update. Hope they have another update to fix this problem
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Nov 13, 2011 9:49 AMby MFM77,Hey everyone, I posted earlier about how iOS 5.0.1 was draining the battery on my iPhone 4. Last night, I let my battery drain & then charged it, but this morning, I lost 20 percent (with no use of the phone) in no time. So, I searched a few of the forums and found a possible solution.
Go to Settings --> General --> Reset (at the bottom) and then select "Reset All Settings." This WON'T reset your entire phone (you'll still have your apps, messages, etc.) but will reset some of the more general settings. When I did it, I had to reselect the language, set up my wifi again, and a couple of other things (a ringtone or two).
My battery had been at 48 percent when I did it. I recharged it, and since I did that, the battery's been much better and has held virtually its entire charge for the last couple of hours. I'm hoping this will last, but so far, so good. I hope it works for you all.
