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iOS 6.1.2 Battery Drain on iPhone 5!

Updated my iPhone 5 to iOS 6.1.2 a few hours ago, and I feel that my iPhone 5's battery life has gotten ALOT worse than when it was on iOS 6.1.1 (although battery life was pretty bad there too). Phone was 100% after a full battery charge, 95% after recieving a 3minute call (WiFi & cellular off). Played Subway Surfers for a few minutes, battery went down from 95% to 89%. Phone is now currently on 71% with ---- USAGE: 35 minutes STANDBY: 1hour

-NOTIFICATIONS / PUSH NOTIFICATIONS ARE ALL OFF EXCEPT FOR MESSAGING AND PHONE CALLS

-iCLOUD OFF

-BRIGHTNESS AT ITS LOWEST

-NO ACCOUNTS SYNCED ON MAIL

Also, phone is a bit warm. This hasn't happened with the previous iOS updates. I updated through iTunes by the way.

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1, White & Silver || 64GB

Posted on Feb 20, 2013 7:22 AM

122 replies

Mar 25, 2013 7:53 AM in response to sleepypanda18

I have the same problem as well.... Battery drains to fast and mind you, the phone was just a week old.... And I did what my friend told me..

Turn OFF Siri if not needed

Turn OFF EQ on Music because that too can consume a lot of power..

Decrease Notifications on your Notification bar or simply disable apps, not so important apps

Time Zone Auto Update - Disable as well or manual

and the basic - do not set the autobrightness of your iphone to auto, set it manually and decrease the brightness

I did all of that and well.. I can use my I5 for 12 hours if I use a 3G or a wifi and almost 24 hrs with no 3g/wifi...

Mar 25, 2013 1:17 PM in response to Iyagawa Chaser

6.1.3 solved the battery issue for a few people I know.

Also no need to do what your friend said because none of those really affect battery life. However, using GPS location services with PassBook and Reminders does.

iOS 6.1.2 Battery Drain on iPhone 5!