Q: iPhone 5 battery draining very fast

Thanks Lyxlot for the post about the SIM card fix. My battery was visibly draining. It went down a percentage point a minute. I removed the sim and blew out the sim space with a dust off air spray. The fast drain stopped. I'm waiting to see what kind of slow drain I'll get now.

The sim didn't do it. Drain continued just slightly slower. I tried turning off the battery percentage and that stopped the drain. The percentage itself is a bug in the ios. With percentage turned off I'm still at 75% (just an estimating because percent is off) at 4pm, where I'd usually be at 20%. I've tried other things so I'm not exactly sure that did it, but the battery gain did happen immediately after I turned percentage viewing off in the settings:general:usage.

My iPhone 5 battery is draining very fast, on standby 25% in 3 hours. Also tried restoring and setting as new phone. Also reset my network setting thing still no progress.

Currently: Carrier Selection on manual

Location services off

only whatsapp application installed.

3G and cellular data is off

yes I have a I Phone 4 S and your exactly right my battery drains very quickly I charge it every night while I am asleep when I wake up it is at 100% then during the day it drains to the point there is no charge left I purchased this I Phone 4 S a month ago brand new from an Apple store and I am on the Verizon network so I am in the same boat you are with you I Phone 5 and my I Phone 4 S is there a way to get an extended battery like you can get on Android phones were we can extend the battery life longer

See: http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-d rain

Fantastic article!

I didn't see any specifics on Bluetooth and GPS.    My son's both have the 5S and both bluetooth and GPS turn on if you allow location services within any App.  I have the iPad mini with Cellular and when ever my battery starts draining too fast, it's the first thing I check.  It is almost always my bluetooth turned on, and I never use it.

BlueTooth uses no power at all, unless you have a BlueTooth device actually connected. And then it uses only 3 MW. So it has no effect on battery life. GPS also uses no power on its own; it's just a radio receiver. However, if GPS is on it can trigger apps which might use power. You should NEVER turn GPS (Location Services) off; if it is off then Find my iPhone will not work. You can turn off the use of Location Services by individual apps if you don't want them to use it.

I tried everything which this article asks me to do, except visiting apple store.

I have exactly the same problems with you guys. And one more. I have a problem connecting the charger to the iphone. I have to think like: hey what MacGyver would do if he had the same problem and try to charge it.And this happens twice per day. When the 3G is connected the battery sign turn to countdown mode. And lasts UP TO (as it says in the site) 1.30 hour. And all these after paying 700 euros to purchase it an after one year of usage (note: end of guarantee) and since it cant be fixed i have to spend another 300 euros in order for my carrier to replace it with an new one.....

The point is that there are so many users that have the similar problem and no one from apple cares. They keep being silent. They used to care about their customers but now......

i have the same problem and till now i didn't find a solution , this besides the wi fi problem

If you are experiencing battery draining fast, (fast is, if your phone won't last for a day without charging) your iphone 5 is already defective, particularly the U2 IC.   I just have mine replaced by a technician and it's back to normal of about 3 days, nice right?  Cost is around $100, ouch!

You should have it replaced immediately if under warranty.

I am experiencing this 'battery draining fast' for a year now until it went totally dead.

An alternative solution is to use power banks so your iphone can last for a day.

Well I have just had my iPhone 5 battery replaced by Apple under their iPhone 5 Battery Replacement Program.  If your phone meets their criteria they will replace the battery free of charge with a 90 day warranty.  To see if your phone qualifies, check here.

https://ssl.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/

Good luck!

How you OK for your problem now?? Because I also being like that .I close all the things which contain in many battery website.But it still drain and drain.
Can you advise me something???

I Have an iPhone 5. I have 83% and it was fully charged 10 minutes ago.

I will try these ideas.  Thanks!

But if I turn off my "find my iphone", doesn't that mean that if it's stolen, they won't be able to track it?

I also realized that dozens of apps were open.  Is there a way to get the phone to turn off an app after a certain amount of time of non-use, or even when I turn the phone off at night?  There are apps open I haven't used in a week!