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Is this the problem with iPhone 4S battery life?

I've updated to 5.0.1 and my battery still drains dramatically.

What is strange is that if I go to Settings->General->Usage, the Usage time is always more than 60% of Standby-time, even if I don't touch the phone, and with all settings turned off (notifications, wi-fi, cellulardata, iClous, bluetooth, siri, localizations, iMessage, Facetima ...) and no background application running.

I have many friends that own an iPhone 4, and no of them have a such high usage time, compared to the real use they have with the phone.

Are you experiencing similar usage-time/stanby-time ratio with your iPhone 4s?

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1, 64 Gb

Posted on Nov 11, 2011 5:55 AM

32 replies

Feb 1, 2013 7:26 PM in response to Nicolò Martini

Restore to the newest ios version and don't ever restore your back up. That fixed it for me. It's been a day and an hour since my last recharge and i'm still at 42% wiith location services on, made few calls and several messages plus quick web searches.

Mar 18, 2014 5:55 AM in response to Nicolò Martini

Try replacing your docking connector. I had the same problem. Usage time was always 2 mins shorter than standby time even on Air Plane mode. After I replaced the docking connector, it was fixed. The cost is about $50

Sorry forgot to add that I also tried doing a reset on the phone to factory default, that didn't work at all. It's problem with Hardware, not software.

Is this the problem with iPhone 4S battery life?