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iOS 6 battery life

My iPhone 4S's battery life has been trash ever since I updated! And also it says I've used it for and hour and a half with any hour 45 standby. But I've barley used it for half an hour! Any idea to why the bad battery life or why the usage is so high?

iPhone 4S, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 2:10 PM

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Sep 21, 2012 2:35 PM in response to Billiebob1

I agree 100%. There *IS SOMETHING WRONG* with iOS 6. I have used this phone every day with the same routine. I plug it in at night when I go to bed, use it as my alarm clock, and unplug it exactly at 7:00am every morning. Every day I run all day long with plenty of battery life. TODAY I am at 32% battery life at 2:35pm. FIX THIS NOW.

Sep 21, 2012 6:40 PM in response to Billiebob1

Ditto. My iPhone 4S with IOS6 and full battery completely discharges in about 7 to 8 hours, vs the 2 days. I've disabled navigation, notifications, and email fetch new data off. The phone was in standby the majority of the time. i did not place or receive any calls in this timeframe, and received about 5 messages. I repeated the test today with the same use and it lasted 7 hours. I hope that Apple is not adopting the Microsoft level of quality wher users pay for the crap and suffer from the "hidden features" and dreadful side effects. So much for the update...hmm..I mean downgrade.

Sep 21, 2012 7:01 PM in response to Billiebob1

Before IOS 6, I could go to bed with a fully charged 3Gs and by the next morning the phone was still almost fully charged.

Now After IOS 6, ........ by morning the phone is effectively DEAD!

The battery life throughout the day is much worse as well.

My assumption is that there are background tasks involved I've not taken the time to isolate and turn off.

I also assume that IOS 6 works just fine in an iPhone 5. “wink”

iOS 6 battery life

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