Q: 5.0.1 update--even worse battery life

Button mashing numbskulls...

First off try reading several of the fixes before actual enacting one.  And certainly don't follow what some of these clueless boobs here say.

Would you buy stocks from someone on a chat site?

Secondly, stop listening to the tech blogs, they blow this out of perportion, go to your nearest Apple store if you don't know what you are doing and ask for help.

The geniuses are there for a reason.  STOP BEING SO GD LAZY!

If none of that works, put back in the box, get a refund, get a droid and whine elsewhere...

Oh and my phone works awesome.

There's a good possibility some of us are Apple geniuses. Just sayin.

My battery lasts two days without needing a charge even with medium-heavy usage. Just turn off the majority of Location Services (most importantly the GPS-Assisted Time Zone or whatever its called) and you'll be golden.

BTW, I'm still on stock 5.0.

Thanks to all those offering suggestions re a fix.  Its great that either this worked for you or that you are employed by Apple.  If it was as simple as you are suggesting, then dont you think Apple would have worked this out a while ago. 

I have tried every solution offered here.  Yes I have reset the phone.  Yes I have done a full restore.  Yes I have turn off virtually everything (drew the line of switching it to airplane mode as this essentially makes it no longer a phone).  Yes I have let it drain to 0 and then done a full recharge (a couple of times). Yes I have used Battery Doctor to ensure a maximum charge. I have phoned Apple support and I have been to the Genius Bar. 

Nothing has worked.  My iphone 4S drains 1% for every 2 mins of screen time  (doesnt have to be doing anything) and about 1% for every hour on standby. 

... becuase they would rather be part of the problem, then part of the solution.

YOu just answered your own question.

YOU TRIED EVERYTHING!  Instead of the right thing.

NOW FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS GENIUS.

"I managed all of software engineering for NORAD - across all 26 companies. The nation's missile warning system upgrade was late and over budget, we had a big destaff coming, quality and productivity tanked and morale was very, very low.  Plus we had to go from CMMi Level 2 to 4 in two years.  We did it all.  I would be more than happy to help you though this. Not a joke - no a scam - an honest offer."

... and you can't get your iphone to work?  GOD HELP US ALL.

and your gear is propietary SW and OSes.  Dude you're not helping or impressing anyone mr. NORAD.

I call BS

@Apple

On the Nature of the Constantly Draining Battery in iOS 5 & iOS 5.0.1

There is a bug in <snipped> causing the daemon for AirTraffic to inadvertantly fail to release an assertion check (checking re: AirTraffic connection), thereby not allowing the radios to turn off, thus the quickly draining my battery.

Please fix this ASAP.

Note: Fixing it myself gave me 10 hours of use throughout the day today, working (I haven't been to my desk all day--yay for iOS)

Play nice. He needs help with the phone he spent money on expecting it to work properly.

I suggest you go see if you can get your battery replaced under warranty. It's very possible your battery is simply faulty, being that it bleeds as much as you say.

It will be that silly icloud constantly working and sending data behind the scenes.

My iphone4 was fine till the update and the icloud is the only real difference between the OS versions.

I just turned my icloud settings off and will stick to the normal sync.

100% full charge the night before down to 70% without touching it, you gotta be kidding.

Apple should sell products that work, no need to turn this off or that off. I am not a tech person, give me a phone that works. Apple seem to forget that the products they develope are supposed to be simple to use and provide a well refined, tested and working phone. Love all aspects of this phone and refuse to turn things of to stop battery drain as it defeats the whole reason to have the phone in the first place.

Seriously?

Apple is ALL ABOUT making electronics as easy as ****.

That's Apple's Prime Directive, their <raison d'etre> so to speak.

You forget that a Computer that works perfectly for everyone is IMPOSSIBLE.

At least given our current understanding of the Universe.

There are literally BILLIONS and BILLIONS AND BILLIONS

of little electronic messages being communicated over an intricate network

of pathways SO TINY that a Lab has to be built

SO SPECIALIZED that there are only like 3 in the world.

And that's just for one component out of thousands

and what's with ther ipod controls showing up on the lock screen without being asked..???

After upgrade my I pad became I SAD,went to apple store six times and not fixed yet. 5.(no)