iOS 6.1.3 battery drainage

The WiFi slider problem has been around a long time also. Apple has a KB article about it: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1559

If the steps in this tip don't fix it there may be a hardware problem, either a WiFi antenna connection that's intermittent or a failed WiFi chip. This sounds unlikely, because it happned to you right after the update, but stranger things have happened. Some users say that putting the phone in a ziplock bag, then in a freezer for 15 minutes, will fix it if the the software troubleshooting doesn't fix it.

I will agree coming here for a fix is useless. Take your iPhone to a Apple store and let them look at it, No one on this site are I.T guys or Engineers. For little minor fixes you might get some help here. If you damage your device listening to someone on this site, then Apple might not cover you.

I have got my solution on battery drain problem (iPad 2), full discharged and full charged but not only one time but couple of times in a row !!!

The difference on my battery before and after this operation was over 50% !!!!

Totally agree with you, Thai.

It's absurd to go through the tedious steps of resetting when in the end the battery drain issue persists.

Not until Apple comes with a solid solution, this annoying and serious problem will be fixed.

When my very first iPhone 4S was operating on 6.0.* never had any problems with a short battery life.

Battery was losing only 0.5 % per hour on a standby, getting 2 days of a very decent battery life with browsing, messaging, apps running in a back.

Now, a few updates later, my iPhone loses anywhere between 1 to 4 % per hour on a standby of its battery life, and while doing very light browsing anywhere up to 10%.

Have to charge phone 2 times a day.

The thing is some applications and programs can't function without the latest iOS version, and that's the reason why so many users have to do the latest iOS updates thus finding their iPhones vulnerable to a very short life, screen freezing, Wi-Fi being busted, and being exposed to security scams.

Hope Apple gets, once and for all, those crucial vulnerabilities fixed.

I've also noticed that instead of usual 1.5 hour it takes for a phone to fully charge, it takes over 2.5 hours now after the update.

Whoever wrote the apps are draining the battery, I'd have to disagree with that person.

Some apps could start draining battery, but not to the extent of having to charge the phone every 12 hours.

It's up to software, and I had written even before the latest update that it's ridiculous to have a "smart" phone if all of its feaures that make it a smartphone have to be turned off.

With 6.1.2 iOS the battery was giving me on my iPhone 4S on average 5 hours of usage, and 15 hrs of standby.

With 6.0.*, up to 8 hrs, and 48 hrs of standby.

With the latest update less than 4 hrs of usage if that many, don't know the exact standby, but the phone would be at 100% in the morning, by early evening it would be kaput.

Since the 6.0.* iOS I added only 1 app. That was it.

So, it's most definitely the software messing up the hardware.

Yeah as stated throughout these forums, typically the update process itself creates issues no matter what version of iOS you are going to or from. Sometimes a particular version has problems and will create a battery issue but those are rare from what I have seen. I suspect your issue was with iCloud as Facetime is not used unless you initiate it. Anyway you are correct, its different for different users but what seems to be common is resetting settings or restoring iOS helps most of the time.Of course there are some who have apps causing the issue and when putting them back on after a restore the problem returns.

Same problems. iOS 6.1.3, white Verizon iPhone 5 bought Oct. 2012. Between 6.0 and 6.1.2, my iPhone 5 had the BEST battery life I had ever seen on a phone. I could get a full day with all iCloud features on, 6 Exchange accounts with Push, do about an hour of talk time and 4 of Wi-Fi browsing, 1 of LTE/3G. Just turned off a boatload of Location Services (including System Services) and took all accounts offline, and still draining 1% every 4 minutes or so. It could also be that I'm on LTE, but I have never seen it drop this fast.

My mom and uncle (both Verizon 4Ss one bought in Oct. 2011, other Mar 2013) and are experiencing the WORST battery life ever. 2 hours of talk, if they are lucky.

Apple, you NEED to get 6.1.4 or 6.2 whatever you are going to call it, bug free and ready to go. This is unacceptable.

I agree with ur comment because I had 5 apple devices working great with previous iOS running all day without charging and iPad lasting few days without charging now after I updated all of them all of my batteries r draining quickly.the only one not draining is the one that I didn't update and don't plan on until this glitch is fixed.

As to how fast,well I charged my iPad at 11am 100% now it's at 67% 3hrs later without using it and all apps closed, no GPS on, brightness low,notifications off and same in Other devices.

Frustrating when ur iPhone is needed 4 every day use and battery last less then half what it used to.I have done everything I have been told to do by troubleshoot & apple.but I went online and it turns out there is a problem with new update several other people r having exact problems when they updated iOS 6.1.3 even some have issues with their wifi.

Not sure the amount, if it only effects certain phones etc.but I do know that all my iOS devices ink idling my friends worked fine after updates battery drains quick as water :( apple had same problem with iOS 5 so I'm sure if it is a iOS problem they will fix it soon.The have never le me down b4.

Again I'm not a expert or know quantities but there r users complaining of same problems including my self & my friends & family that have updated to new iOS...

You´re right. I had shut down all apps and turned on airplane mode. So in my eyes it couldn´t have been an app trying to reconnect or anything else. Fyi this wan´t an experiment =) this was the only way that I could use the alarm clock. Otherwise my battery would have been down.

Another interesting fact is when I look up the time my iPhone was in use right now (Settings--> General--> USage) the time of stand by and usage are nearly identic. By the way I took my Phone off the charger 3 hours ago. The settings show: Standby: 3hours; usage 2hours 40 minutes). By the way the most time i didn´t use my phone...(akku level 85%)

--> I don´t really remember the usual state, didn´t I have to sum up these both times to get the total use of my iPhone with one full charge?

This morning I took a view after having the iPhone the whole night through in airplane mode and the same effect. I can´t exactly tell the hours of usage (ca. 12 hours) but the both times didn´t differ more than 1hour.

So far--> something in the backgrund is runnig down my battery an i can´t focus...

A friend of mine has another iphone 4 i can use by the end of the week, till this problem is fixed.

hope it will be soon...

All I know something is wrong with this update and my proof is that all my devices with iOS that I updated have same issue yet the one that has ios6.1.2 does not. Friends & family that updated have the same problem & online some people r complaining of wifi issues as well with iPhones all gens except for iPhone5, iPod touch & iPad.

IDK how a update can affect a phone or if a bug got through or not,if compatible with certain devices or apps etc.if it was not tested or only tested for iPhone 5,I'm no expert,nor quick to judge I Love Apple, but it's annoying when all ur devices r apple & have done all & still same problem :( not sure how many people its actually affecting,how many have actually noticed but the glitch exist.

hmmm dude ........ download this app called battery doctor .... follow the instructions and whenever u plug in to charge , leave tht application on and it will notify u when done . its free app in app store . it really helps me ..... might help u 🙂

I've got 30 minutes usage, 1 hour 20 minutes standby and I'm still on 100%. This is how it performed prior to this recent battery issue.

The only changes I've made are to turn off Chrome syncing from within the Chrome browser settings and turned off Push for everything.

I guess the rest of the day will be very telling. I've got my fingers crossed, as besides the battery issues, I adore the phone.

UPDATE: After 40 minutes of usage, my phone finally went down to 99%! Good going.

I wish I never updated from 6.1.2. I had no issues with security or wifi or battery life. My iPhone5 had a battery drain issue when I first got it since I restored a backup to it. It would drain just sitting on the table. I did a DFU restore and started with a fresh phone. That fixed it and I was getting 12+ hours of usage. 10 if it was heavy, more if it was less usage. Since two weeks ago I've noticed a considerable increase in battery drain. I can use the phone for 5 hours, maybe 6 tops. Its on the verge of being unusable at work. The standby isn't too bad. I lose about 2-3% per hour which is worse than before but close to what it used to be. However, as soon as I start to do anything at all, the battery number starts ticking away like a clock (small exaggeration I know). Now just to top it off, my Wifi speeds have dropped from the usual 20-25Mbit to less than 1 Mbit. If I restart the phone, it jumps again to normal speeds for a few minutes, then back to sluggish speeds. Every other device in the house keep its full speed so its not the router. Even the LTE speeds are in the 25-30Mbit range. Only Wifi is sluggish. I'm at a loss, and I can't wait months for IOS7 to be released to maybe, just maybe, fix these issues. I need my phone back to the way it was. So I'm forced to do another DFU restore, waste a few hours restoring apps and data slowly so I don't have the same problem, and hope for the best. What a joke.

Yes. That's another issue showing that iOS 6.1.3 reports the wrong %.

It used to happen more often with 6.1.2 where, same as you, I would unplug it and it would drop, say from 100% to 98% and then I plug it in and it would jump back to 100%. If you tinker with it and reset it a few times you can get it to finally work.

Another issue I noticed, starting before 6.1.3 was that you could charge it all night long; it would show 100% but never show the plug like it was done charging. It would always show the icon like it was charging.

I haven't had that issue since I reset 6.1.3 several times.

It all started with shutting down at 15% or other weird times, 10 or 13% or 9%. Very bad with 6.1.2 and its all downhill from there.

The guy who was asking how they get the good battery life?

Some here are reporting unbelievable battery life like, I've been using the phone for 4 hours and I'm still at 90% or whatever ridiculous thing. Basically what they are = total Apple Freaks. They obsess about the phone all day. So what they do is; they're on WiFi most of the time. They turn off everything when they're not using it. Siri is off, iCloud is off, nothing pushes but, the thing is, they basically have their phones disconnected from the world most of the time only to connect to quickly check something and turn off Data again. IF and when they use Data. Mostly they're on WiFi. And everything off.

So they turn their $700 iPhone into a Nokia 1100 basically.

That guy reporting the awesome battery life. I could drain his phone completely in 4 hours. Give it to me and I'll show you. All ill do is turn on the features Apple sold us in the first place, put it on 3G, browse, watch YouTube and use the phone as humans use it.

I bet you anything it doesn't last more than 4-4:30 hrs.

@gvachanni

I can tell you why. Because iOS 6.1.3 *****. So ill tell you what you do.

1) charge your phone until is "says" full.

2) press the top and home button until it shuts down (Don't unplug the phone leave it plugged in)

3) wait until you see the lock screen and unplug it.

That should make the battery less crazy for a few days. Then it'll start crapping out again.

Apple did this to the iPhone 3G owners before. Their phones were never the same after ios 4.0. Same with us 4s owners.