iOS 6 battery life

You think you have problems - went to bed 100% charge, missed the alarm in the morning as the battery was dead - and I only slept for 6 hours!

Apple have a big problem on their hands here, especially with increasingly convincing alterntaives in the market.

Tinkerman2 wrote:

You think you have problems - went to bed 100% charge, missed the alarm in the morning as the battery was dead - and I only slept for 6 hours!

Apple have a big problem on their hands here, especially with increasingly convincing alterntaives in the market.

I'll look into this because I may have a similar issue.

I set two alarms for this morning, and only the second one went off (at least from what I remember). Either I was too sleepy to hear the first one and turned it off as soon as it went off, or it didn't go off at all.

But the scary thing about my situation is that my battery was not dead...

I got the same problem 2 after upgrading to ios 6

same problem for me as well... took it to the apple store. girl told me it's prob a "firmware" issue...so she restored my phone and i dont think the issue is fixed.

FlyPino, you are speaking of two separate functions. The backup to iCloud only runs when plugged in and on wifi and only once a day. Its simply a substitution to backing up your device in iTunes to your local hard drive and allows for a restore of all your data and settings if needed. The iCloud services such as contacts and notes are a "real time" sync. You can manage in either place and it will update all devices connected to that acct. Its not intended to be a backup.

FLYPino wrote:

You are actually on the right track!

For some reason, iCloud is automatically syncing/backing up, now. I edited a contact in my Contacts list, and when I checked iCloud online, it was already synced with the change that I had in my iPhone.

So, this is probably where the problem is. It used to be that iCloud would back up the information/documents/settings only when manually told to do so or when the "iPhone is plugged in, locked, and connected to Wi-Fi" - if that option is turned on, of course.

I believe that it's a glitch since Photo Stream was introduced. Because there is automatic syncing with iCloud and Photo Stream, somehow, that affected iCloud's automatic syncing/backup altogether.

This is a BAD thing, not only because it drains the battery faster since it's constantly running in the background, but because any ACCIDENTAL CHANGES on the phone are automatically backed up to iCloud.

I just deleted a contact to test this, and as soon I saw those "swirling sun rays" in the status bar, the change had been made to iCloud.

Therefore, if EVERYTHING is deleted from an iDevice running iOS 6, the same will happen to everything in iCloud, which defeats the purpose of retrieving anything through iCloud.

In other words, iDevices running iOS 6 are backing up to iCloud when not asked/scheduled to do so (even though "iCloud > Storage & Backup > [under] Back Up Now" says otherwise).

The only thing that it should automatically be syncing with is Find My iPhone/iPad/etc.

my ipod 4th gens battery life is trash now with ios 6

Facebook app is causing battery issue. Log off fb and use safari for fb. To improve battery life...

I've FIXED my phone!! :-)

I WAS having the very same issues, where my iPhone 4 would drain approx 10% per hour, when it was just sitting there, not even being used. It was absolutely terrible. I was about to throw it out the window.

I've made some setting changes a few days ago, and I wish I rememeber EXACTLY where ones they were, but they were based on reccommendations from this discussion...

And now after 29 HOURS, I STILL have 58% battery. YAY, YAY, YAY!!!

OK folks, This seems to be very common everytime there is an update. Its not the iOS itself but the settings and configuration internal and with certain apps. Tracyscottbrooks information from Apple support is certainly one fix. Another option to try first is simply reset all settings from the settings>general>reset . Select "reset all settings" (not erase and restore). When the device reboots select "setup as new" and run through the wizard. This does not delete your apps or data even when you select setup as new so dont worry about that. Once you go through the wizard the device and all your apps should be back. Of course you have to reset any wallpapers and wifi networks will need adding back.

This process is a known solution to address this particular concern. It is lest destructive then the full erase and restore and only takes a few minutes to do. A second portion if needed is once finished the above, let the device drain until it cuts itself off. Then charge it undisturbed all the way leaving it for an hour and 1/2 to 2 hours after the meter reports 100%. That will calibrate the meter with the actual battery capacity and provide better results.

I never used facebook, I don't have it installed and I won't install it. I don't mind it at all.

BTW this can not be the solution, agree?

Apple gave us a feature? this have to works fine, it's not supposed to be a problem, right?

BTW it seems I fix my problem by putting phone in DFU mode and restoring it as new iPhone.

After that I've restored my last backup.

Now I have a normal battery life, probably better than before.

This doesn't mean that problem doesn't exist: many people don't know what to do to solve the problem, many people don't search the web to solve their problems.

most of people siply push "update" and wait until it will be done.

Apple introduced this new way to update iOS without resetting and reinstalling everything again....but this feature doesn't work and most of people don't know that.

I'm reading a lot of bad post in this forum about iPhone 5.

What happend Apple?

Where is Steve?

This seems to be a major problem for all IPhone 4 users, apple will definitely repair this in the next update. For know you can:

Adjust brightness: Dimming the screen is another way to extend battery life. Go to Settings > Brightness & Wallpaper and drag the slider to the left to lower the default screen brightness. In addition, turning on Auto-Brightness allows the screen to adjust its brightness based on current lighting conditions. Go to Settings > Brightness & Wallpaper and set Auto-Brightness to On.

Turn off push mail: If you have a push mail account such as Yahoo! or Microsoft Exchange, turn off push when you don't need it. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data and set Push to Off. Messages sent to your push e-mail accounts will now be received on your phone based on the global Fetch setting rather than as they arrive.

Fetch new data less frequently: Applications such as Mail can be set to fetch data wirelessly at specific intervals. The more frequently e-mail or other data is fetched, the quicker your battery may drain. To fetch new data manually, from the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data and tap Manually. To increase the fetch interval, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data and tap Hourly. Note that this is a global setting and applies to all applications that do not support push services.

Turn off push notifications: Some applications from the App Store use the Apple Push Notification service to alert you of new data. Applications that extensively rely on push notifications (such as instant messaging applications) may impact battery life. To disable push notifications, go to Settings > Notifications and disable notifications for select applications. Note that this does not prevent new data from being received when the application is opened. Also, the Notifications setting will not be visible if you do not have any applications installed that support push notifications.

Minimize use of location services: Applications that actively use location services such as Maps may reduce battery life. To disable location services, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services or use location services only when needed.

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really it seems to be an iPhone 4 and 4s issue.

your solution is crazy!

we are talking about a very important battery issue, your solution usually increase battery life a few minutes more, maybe 2 or 3 hours, that's it.

we are talking about 100% battery harge to 2% battery charge in one night in stand-by mode and all applications closed.

is it normal to you?

have I turn off all of my smartphone features?

what kind of smartphone is it?

ok so...don't use maps in 3G mode...don't use mail, contact (it synchs thrugh 3G), sms, imessage, internet.

what kind of "solution" is this?

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2 x 3Gs in my house and both having battery problems since os update.

Battery drains very quickly and phone cuts out around 30% displaying black screen with apple logo. Doesn't come back on unless connected to power supply or someone sends you a text/call.