iPhone 4s Battery Life | iOS 5.0.1 Update Does Nothing

I suggest going go Settings - General - Reset. After this, tap "Reset Network Settings" and confirm. This will ONLY reset your Wi-Fi, VPN, and 3G/Edge settings. your phone will restart, and your battery should be fine. You will still be able to access the 3G network, also, for AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon.

I got my 4S on friday (after waiting two weeks for it) I was so happy and then... battery totally *****, update didn't fix anything, i was texting w a friend and battery dropped 2% in 2 text messages, im getting 5 hours of battery per day, without even using it too much. I don't understand why we have to turn off all location services and notifications... Those are some of the reasons why we get this phone, to be connected!! My friend has it on Sprint, and same issue.

Sadly i'm going tomorrow to ATT and returning this phone, i'm getting the 4 I had before. I will miss you Siri :(

I'm not happy!!!! X-(

Some people also claim that the iPhone 4 also has the same battery issue. My 3G S works fine, though.

I had the 4 (until it got stolen) and I never had a problem, I used to listen to pandora all day, browsing, texting, netflix at lunch time, gps, and by the end of the day it was low but I was actually using the phone, I want that back :(

Even after the update to 5.0.1 my Iphone 4s battery is draining 10% every hour even without any usage. Looks more like a hardware problem with the phone. My 3gs had a much better battery life then the new 4s. Its disappointing.

Upgraded to iOS 5 and had the battery drain problem. Went through the functional "fixes" by turning battery heavy options off and seemed to improved. Upgraded to 5.0.1 and reset, etc. Lost 100% overnight on standby. This is my first Apple product, and I am highly dissapointed.

I tried this network settings reset, and after my battery life actually went up from 95% to 98% just because of the reset. I hope this will fix the battery life problem after the update to iOS 5.0.1. Thanks for the tip! 🙂

I'm trying to Restore it, again, i'm turning off icloud (since I don't use it), and tuning off some network location services, but not all.

I found this article (I hope they let me post it), so I'm having a little hope now, I would really miss Siri if I switch to Iphone 4 😟

http://gizmodo.com/5859278/the-iphone-4s-battery-problem-is-probably-not-because -of-faulty-hardware

I had stellar battery life on my 4S. Was charging every other day. Tonight, I did the 5.0.1 update and I am now losing 1% every two minutes doing absolutely nothing on the phone. Am quite frankly stunned at this dramatic change and not sure what to do about it.

I completely agree with the consensus that you shouldn't be forced to disable all the iPhone's features to save battery life, but does anyone actually use Raise to Speak for Siri? I've been so used to just holding down the Home button that I never put my phone close to my face to talk to Siri, but that could be because I've used Siri before when it was an app on the App Store. Try disabling it under Settings > General > Siri > Raise to Speak "OFF". My theory is that this could be "one" issue causing battery drain.

I leave everything else on and running (Bluetooth, Locations Services, Wifi, Push, etc) and my battery drain is average 7%/hr during heavy usage, or 1-2%/hr when in standby.

After the updateing to ios5.1 mine battery is working excellent, almost 7hrs standby 17 mins use still 100% fo battery life. 🙂 it's working great with the update 🙂

I did the backup/restore again, I fully charged the phone, turned off location services for apps that don't need it; so overnight, with all apps off, siri raise to speak off, network restore, the battery went down 15% by just sitting there :(.

This is not working for me, anybody has any other suggestion??