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Since installing the 6.1.2 update my battery life has halved, what can i do abut this?

Hi i just updated me phone to the 6.1.2 and the battery that was fine before is only lasting 4 hours from 100% with no use!!! I have closed apps face time and every thing else and its still doing it. It was fine before. Help how do i get rid of this silly update!!!

iPhone 4, iOS 6.1.2

Posted on Feb 22, 2013 4:27 AM

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Feb 22, 2013 10:39 PM in response to Rea.5515

Same issue on my 4s. Installed both 6.1.1 and 6.1.2 at same time and do not use exchange. Had no battery life issues before this update. Now my phone is under 20% at noon. What gives? I have noticed that my phone seems to be looking for a personal hotspot. Could this be contributing? People are saying to delete mail accounts, but not going to do this as neither e-mail account was added after the update so can not be contributing to the problem. HELP!

Feb 23, 2013 5:07 AM in response to Rea.5515

My iPhone 5 battery life has also gone down with 6.1.2.


Phone was charged 100% in the morning. 2 hours later it was at 90% without me really using the phone at all.


At 8:00 pm it was at 1% with light usage during the day, and before I could plug it in the phone had turned off.


This is a total joke. Fix the battery problems in iOS 6 already please Apple.

Feb 23, 2013 7:36 AM in response to wegras

Yes I am having same problem too. The iOS 6.1.2 is killing my battery. When I got my phone in October

2012 with iOS 6.0 my battery was the best on iPhone 5. My standby time was 2 days & 2 hours with usage

12-14 hours. Now with iOS 6.1.2 my iphone 5 standby time is 1 day & 3-4 hours and usage is 6-7 hours. Apple sort

Your updates out. It's about the quality not quantity.

Feb 25, 2013 5:49 AM in response to Smashke2

Same here. I did a full restore via iTunes - did not help.


I barely get through a day - check this out: 12 hours with a refresher inbetween and the phone is down to 3%


I think the problem is evident in the "usage" - did I "use" my phone nearly 6 our of the last 12 hours?? Most certainly not. I have a job, I have things to do, no way did I spend 50% of my time on my phone!


I check email and messages on my phone but that doesn't take long, less than 1 minute each time - my guess is 1 hour total would be stretching it for that kind of use. 6 hours - absolutely no way.


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I was hoping for a calibration issue but no, the phone actually turned off a few minutes after that screenshot.

Since installing the 6.1.2 update my battery life has halved, what can i do abut this?

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