iOS 6.1.3 battery drainage

I think there is something really wrong with ios 6.1.3. My iPhone 5 was left to charge overnight to 100% but three days in a row when I plug it out from the charger after that, the battery percentage fell immediately to between 96% - 98%. Today I left it on the charger at 100% to make a 1min call and right after I hung up the battery percentage dropped to 96% and proceeded to charge again. This has never happened before prior to iOS 6.1.3 and now with my phone battery barely lasting 12 hours with minimal usage it is getting frustrating carrying an iPhone.

I can confirm this. I closed all runnnig apps and did a reset.

After this 50 running processes, camera, mail, phone, app store and sys manager as running applications were shown.

here the list of the processes:

sucrityd (PID 203)

ubd (PID 202)

xpcd (PID 104)

filecoordination (PID100)

iapd (PID96)

sofwareupdatese (PID92)

accountsd (PID88)

gamed (PID86)

dataaccessd (PID85)

lsd (PID83)

disnoted (PID82)

tccd (PID81)

apsd (PID77)

Bluetool (PID72)

aggregated (PID71)

networkd_privile (PID70)

networkd (PID69)

SpringBoard (PID68)

notifyd (PID65)

AppleIDAuthAgent (PID60)

CommCenter (PID59)

deleted (PID57)

fseventsd (PID55)

installd (PID54)

BTSeerver (PID53)

kbd (PID51)

imagent (PID49)

cinfigd (PID48

locationd (PID46)

lockdownd (PID45)

fairplayd.N94 (PID42)

powerd (PID40

mediaserverd (PID39)

syslogd (PID36)

mDNSResponder (PID31)

backboardd (PID26)

iaptransportd (PID22)

timed (PID16)

wifid (PID14)

UserEventAgent (PID13)

launched (PID1)

kernel_task (PID0)

active memory 133MB, wired 83,8MB,Inactive 36; free 152 (just as a benchmark)

Maybe someone has an idea which is the bad process...

aA suggestion for all of you who have been troubleshooting this issue and know exactly what they did. A better way to bring things to Apple's attention is to file a report on bugreport.apple.com . We don't know how and how well Apple follow this forum, but the bugreport is there specifically for that.

iOS 6.1.3 caused both a dramatic battery drainage on my iPhone4 + connectivity issues (text message, phone call issues).

Personally a great fan of iGadgets with the house & pockets loaded with iPods, iPads, iPhones, AppleTVs etc. As a self-observation, however, I've now reached a tipping point where my personal comms usability & reliability requirements force me to seek for another, hopefully better suited device. Perfectly aware that the battery drain & connectivity effect may not be universal, may not appear in all environments & some tweeks here & there might improve the situation a bit, but doesn't really make a difference - I need my phone & messaging to work.

Have now twice faced the battery drainage problem over the past few years (step change with an iOS update that makes the device useless). The first one was eventually fixed with an iOS update, but for the second time I'm not willing to wait nor to read through threads with minor optimization hints when the problem is fundamental. The simultaneous connectivity issues after iOS 6.1.3 have now almost cost me a fortune with critical calls & text messages failing to go through.

So continue to love the gadgets for many other purposes but personally this is the time to check if other smartphones can better meet my requirements for reliable comms. Hope the bug gets fixed & the iX:s get back their battery span needed for my other use cases.

@Waleed

Sorry but you are making seriously flawed statements. There is a battery drainaige issue that has caused terrible battery life after the 6.1.3 update on some iPhone 4, 4S and 5's. For some here even if they turn off every available setting and switch to airplane mode they still are getting drastic battery loss while in standby mode. Please refrain from making blanket claims that we are all wrong and their are no 6.1.3 battery issues occuring on certain iPhones after 6.1.3. It is not just a settings issue in all cases!

Hi Jajaba,

I would add that battery drain problem is happening on IPAD 4 as well. I got a iPad (less than 6 weeks old) which was working fine untill I stupidly upgraded to 6.1.3.

Now the battery is draining 1% every 3 - 4 mins even on standby. Have tried turning off ALL settings, hard reset and restore as a new device. Restore as a new device works for one day and the problem came right back.

It is now an expensive paper weight and toaster. I am seriously considering returining this to the shop invoking the Consumer Guarantee Act in my country to get a refund. This simply fails the "Fit for Purpose" criteria under the Consumer Guarantee Act.

Today test was with 3G and without location. Same result as yesterday, it was wihtout 3G and with location.

2 options :

- problem comes from combination of 3G and location (test of tomorrow),

- or nothing to see with 3G or location activation, in this case problem could more come from the use some apps or IOS can do with them.

3G (including cell datas) and location are for sure able to drain battery, that's why I'm focusing around it

True, I'd forgotten that you need to register as a developer to file a bugreport on the site I listed. But there's a free membership that comes without costs nor obligations (as long as you do not actually start to develop).

You can als file bugreports at http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

which ought to be possible for anyone. You just won't get any feedback.

Interesting. I've just checked and mine was also set to push. I've never ever allowed Push, so this is definitely something that was introduced recently. The next few days will be telling, as to whether this makes any difference.

Just checked my partners phone, his was also set to push in advanced but wasn't in the mail, contacts, calendar setting. Mine was set to push on both.

Have a sneaky feeling this may well have been the issue. How or why this setting was ever switched to Push I don't know. But in praying this will resolve my issues.

Just checked some screenshots of my usage, that I'd taken when I moved back to my iPhone 5.

5 hours 32 usage.

14 hours 29 standby.

48% battery left!! Incredible battery life.

Then since 6.1.3 I've been getting 4-5 hours max usage. Which is terrible. Considering usage time isn't actually accurate and the time goes up even when it's in standby.

I'm happy for you bro.

I tried turning setting fetch to manual and using manual in the advanced settings and still nothing. From 1 AM to 6 AM my phone went from 100% to 79%. Not even logged into iCloud. Have location services off. Low brightness

Something is consantly using my 3G but I can't seem to figure out what is my only guess for this drainage.

EDIT: I looked at my crash report for some reason this "app" keeps showing up. There's literally 15 crash reports of it. /var/mobile/Applications/ton of numbers and letters/Manager.App/Manager

Anyone know what that is?

I left a comment on here 2 weeks ago and have been reading these posts since then. I tried a lot of different things but nothing has worked. I used to charge my phone and have 100% for a good share of the day. I am a light user. Last night I left it plugged in overnight....don't normally do that....and after about 10 minutes of use it was down to 95% and then another 2% was lost when on for only about 5 minutes. There is deffinately a problem with the 6.1.3 update! My phone would stay at 100% most of the day only after charging for a couple of hours. The battery just isn't lasting as long. Never had a problem with it before, the only thing I changed was turning off iCloud sync. I had it on before and never any problem. It is annoying because it makes the phone unreliable and that is why we have cell phones because we need them sometimes. I would be curious to know how long a battery will keep charge on some of the other phones that are out there.

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Guys and gals, this is a user forum about battery drainage on ios 6.1.3. Please stick to the topic. Also, before you start complaining, try to scroll up and read the solutions posted there. I have posted a solution, and it worked for me. Also worth trying is the solution of @LDoza45 regarding turning off Push for all mail including iCloud. We have made our phones and devices work using these solutions. It may not happen the first time. I tried it for almost 2wks before getting it done. Stay cool!

Battery apps only report info on what the IOS firmware is doing or what IOS firmware did during a previous charge. NO APPS CAN CHANGE, IN ANY WAY, THE CHARGING OF ANY IOS DEVICE. IT'S CONTOLLED BY FIRMWARE AND ALL ACCESS TO ANY CHANGES IS LOCKED OUT! Apple cannot allow any App (and will not approve any App) that can make changes to the charging curcuit, once the certification agencies UL, CSA and CE have approved a device, no changes to any part of a curcuit (voltage, current, cycle times etc.) can be changed or it voids the certification of the agencies. Apple is the best company in the world at sourcing, designing and integrating custom battery technology on mobile devices, once the design is in production there is only one right way to charge the battery for maximum capacity and cycle life. You may want to read this: http://www.apple.com/batteries/ which give you an overview in 'laymans' terms... Bottom line is that Apple and the manufacturer (vendor) designed the battery and they are the only ones who know how to charge it for maximum performance.

Also I googled for info on Apple changing it's iPhone replacement / repair policy / process with no pertinent results. Could you please provide some facts or a link to back up your claim that " That report came from Apple ... no third party" ? Quite frankly if that was announced by Apple I would wager it would be a leading story on all the tech sites and even make regular network news broadcasts.