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Iphone 5 and IOS 6.0.2 is draining my battery! (new thread)

Well, apparently Apple doesn't want us to talk about this -- They locked the previous forum I had created after 217 posts and 16k views?

I'll assume there is some other Apple Forums rule that I don't know about that would cause them to do that instead of trying to stifle the reporting of this problem? It was clearly generating many posts that show a correlation between IOS6.0.2 and battery issues.

To summarize... I was having significant WiFi issues on all my apple products (several Iphone 4's and and Ipad2) with 6.0.1 - all the same issues that have been reported on these forums thousands of times. I was excited to see 6.0.2, hoping it would correct the wifi issues for my iPhone5, at least. Unfortunately, not only did it NOT correct my wifi issues, but now my battery is draining about 5x compared to before. I can barely get through a day of batterly life with minimal usage whereas before 6.0.2 I was easily able to go 2+ days.

An apple representative called me today (actually he tried very hard to call me for several days.) I was appreciative of the reachout (saw my other post) and was hopeful they would be willing to help me. The guys was very nice, but it truly felt like he was reading a script and was more interested in getting information from me. The only advice he ad for me was to back up my phone and then reset it to factory settings (like new) without using any of my previous apps, mail, etc. He wanted me to do this "for a day or two" to test it and see if the problem persists. Then, if the problem is gone, we can work together to restore apps/settings one-by-one until we find why the problem is there. In other words, they have no idea what is causing this problem, and they want to use my time to help them figure it out.

Ironically, I was able to watch my battery indicator drop several percentage points while I was on the phone with him for about 20 minutes.

When he asked if I would do the restore and/or load profile software on my iphone to track my usage, I said no. I shared with him I'm simply out of time and energy -- I have logged over 40 hours trying to debug these wifi issues (I'm somewhat tech savvy and figured I could just plow my way through to a solution with my router/security settings.) When I realized that these issues are all IOS driven, and now the battery issues, I find I've had enough.

Maybe I'll go return this Iphone5 and ask for a replacement. However, I'm also seeing other posts saying that did not solve their problems.

We are talking about wifi and battery life. This is not new technology.

If IOS 6.1 doesn't correct these issues, it's probably time to buy an Android.

Please keep posting things directly relevant to BATTERY issues with iPhone5 so that this thread can stay on task and bring to light the correlation between 6.0.2 and the battery. Maybe Apple will care about their loyal customers, acknowledge the issue, and let us know how much longer we should wait for 6.1 to fix the issue before it's too late and they start losing their fan base. No information from Apple is only exasperating the problem.

iPhone 5, iOS 6, IOS 6.0.2

Posted on Dec 26, 2012 1:14 PM

41 replies

Dec 31, 2012 2:57 AM in response to tieubavuong2719

Wow I thought I was lucky but my phone started to draining like crazy. 3hour usage from full charge down to 10% please release a fix.

Dec 31, 2012 3:38 AM in response to Williamshaw666

Myself and my partner both have an iPhone 5 - both running iOS 6.0.2 and have noticed no change at all in battery life.

Elimination tells me that 6.0.2 isnt the definitive issue otherwise 100% of users would have the issue. There is something else at work here beyond our comprehension.

Lyth03

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8 points

Dec 31, 2012 6:00 AM in response to Rory Jacobs

Add me to the list of Iphone 5's w/IOS 6.0.2 that cannot connect to wifi and have poor battery life. 6.0.1 wouldn't connect to my office wifi either. My Ipad 1 and all other devices connect just fine.

PMR08330

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4 points

Dec 31, 2012 6:06 AM in response to atdguy

This solution worked for me. Found it in another discussion. Anyhow, it has worked for two days since I did it. Just followed the instructions outlined below:

muka3d

Re: Iphone 5 and IOS 6.0.2 is draining my battery!

Dec 24, 2012 2:09 PM (in response to atdguy)

I've been having this exact same issue after upgrading from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 on my iPhone 5. I called Apple Support, and they fixed it for me. Here are the steps:

Solution:

This is what Apple Support told me to do:

Close all of my apps (using the app switcher; double tap home, press and hold an icon, click the red close button)

Go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset All Settings. (Does NOT delete apps or any data; just resets network/iOS settings)

Wait for phone to restart.

Charge it up to 100% and monitor.

After doing this, my iPhone 5 with 6.0.2 has been working perfectly and battery levels are great (12 hours of standby only uses 1%).

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Dec 31, 2012 9:32 AM in response to Lyth03

My phone battery on firmware 6.0.2 is just useless the phone been on charging more than I can use it.

Become a joke now.

Dec 31, 2012 3:29 PM in response to PMR08330

Going to try this hopes this fix my problems if not need to go back to 6.0.1.

Dec 31, 2012 4:20 PM in response to PMR08330

Wow I actually tried everything I cannot seem to find a fix for this firmware 6.0.2 I hoping apple will give us an update soon. Even tried going back to 6.0.1 seem like no joy at all.

Dec 31, 2012 4:48 PM in response to PMR08330

Tried your fix still no joy at all.How this firmware even pass their testing this has become a joke. My iphone4s was problem free wish I never even upgraded at all.

Jan 1, 2013 12:21 AM in response to atdguy

Just a confirmation that, for me, it seems I am experiencing high battery drain with 6.0.2.

FYI, I have brightness set to about 10-15% and have most location and notification services turned off (or manual use only).

Was just observing the battery indicator go from about 75 percent this evening (iPhone was at 100 percent charged up at noon) down to 41% over the course of a 1.5 hour regular voice phone call (and nothing else going on the phone during the call).

Which to me seems totally nuts -- either the iPhone5/ iOS6.0.2 is using too much juice, or something else weird is going on with it.

But at this rate --34% used for 1.5 hr call-- I could only expect to get a max of 4.5 hours talk time before the battery runs out.

Sigh.

P.S. WiFi connection is marginally worse in 602 vs 601. (that is, bars seems more often in the 2bar-to3bar zone in my two home locations, whereas it seemed more often in the 3bar zone in 601.)

This iPhone5 is my first "smart" phone... maybe I expect too much, vs. my previous LG VX5400 'basic' phone.

Taks74

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7 points

Jan 1, 2013 2:03 AM in response to BruceTech

I have similar problem of fast battery drain running ios 6.0.2 on my brand new iPhone5. I am running minimal apps and ensured all gaming. apps are turned off. If this is a bug I hope someone from apple team ateast acknowledges and let us know if its hardware or os or some app issue.

Jan 1, 2013 4:37 PM in response to Andypat345

I just downloaded the near 1 GB 6.0.1 ipsw file and am considering going back to it.

Though, Andypat345, sorry to hear you tried and it seemed not to help.

I may still give it a shot...

Jan 3, 2013 10:26 AM in response to atdguy

I too am having the battery drain issue. I am now happy I have a free onstar phone in my car until the end of the month.....I am barely using my phone and by noon it is down to 1% and then off. I really hope apple addresses this issue. I am trying the reset suggested in the other forum post and will try a restore if that does not work.

Jan 3, 2013 12:42 PM in response to atdguy

I think this problem is due to something that is causing an app or the internet to continue to be accessing data even if all programs are turned off when the phone is on but not being used. My usage is showing 7 hours since my last full charge and 9 hours on standby - I have not used my phone for 7 hours. Please note that based upon one comment, I charged my phone to 90% so I have not actually had 7 or 9 hours. I had 5 hours since turning on my phone this morning until it went dead. Since I unplugged my phone it has drained 7% in 30 minutes with the only use being to check the usage.

Not happy. 😟

PMR08330

Level 1

4 points

Jan 3, 2013 1:01 PM in response to PMR08330

THe problem of battery draining too fast has been fixed for five days now since I did this, so I highly recommend trying it. And it not only solved the battery drain issue, but my speediest results show greatly I prod download speeds. This is copied from a related discussion on this forum.

I've had this exact same issue after upgrading from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 on my iPhone 5. I called Apple Support, and they fixed it for me. Here are the steps:

Solution:

This is what Apple Support told me to do:

Close all of my apps (using the app switcher; double tap home, press and hold an icon, click the red close button)

Go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset All Settings. (Does NOT delete apps or any data; just resets network/iOS settings)

Wait for phone to restart.

Charge it up to 100% and monitor.

After doing this, my iPhone 5 with 6.0.2 has been working perfectly and battery levels are great (12 hours of standby only uses 1%).

rodman

Level 1

10 points

Jan 4, 2013 2:22 PM in response to PMR08330

I did this without the closing of all the apps and it worked for me. No issues after this 🙂

Iphone 5 and IOS 6.0.2 is draining my battery! (new thread)