iOS 6.1.3 battery drainage

Hey Realmaverick, sorry to hear that. I guess I can expect to run out of luck sometime soon in that case! It'll probably be a waste of effort but I might try saving a new back up in iTunes and if my battery does crash again I can at least try a restore. Other than that I agree, we'll just have to keep 'em crossed that IOS7 achieves three criteria:

1. It arrives soon
2. It fixes he battery drainage issue once and for all for every device / configuration
3. It doesn't %&*^ anything else up!!!!

Place your bets!

Cheers for now.

Everyone here is saying turn this off, turn that off, if we have to turn the essentials off like mail push location, then why did we pay a premium price to get a phone like this. My phone after the iOS 6.1.3 update has been discharging at the rate of 30% per hour and by 3.5hours am trying to locate a nearest charging point! Now I make 5-6 calls a day of 3 minutes duration each and use 3G for may be 15 minutes in a day to check my emails , looking at the way suggestions have been posted on this thread I would not be surprised if some one tells me to switch of my network functions and use my iPhone as a iPod! Please suggest some solution which does not require me to restore my phone or disable basic functions as I have invested in a smartphone not a $10 phone !

Hey ravisirsi. What are you complaining about? The folks posting stuff here are just normal every day people tyring to help each other out. I haven't suggested turning anything on or off. I've simply related the workaround I used and which has worked for me for the last 15 days. I know if doesn't work for everyone but it might help a few people. My phone was discharging within 4 to 5 hours just like yours. Now it's holding a charge like it used to for 15-16 hours. Maybe that will all change tomorrow or the next day and I'll be back where I was after 6.1.3 but I feel it's worth sharing in case it helps.

I share your frustration but don't vent it here. Call Apple and give them a piece of your mind!!!!

Apple clearly is not concerned that their customers are having this problem. I called and emailed my response from Apple was to purchase a contract and send it in. I am not buying a new i anything if this is not resolved I love my iPhone 4 and intend to keep it. This is frustrating! I wonder if Samsung or Motolora are having this problem?

My bad it was not directed at any of the community members, guess being a Apple fan I was trying to vent out my anger as you correctly pointed out. Only wish all smartphone companies not only concentrate on smart features but also that they don't comporomise on battery life, especially in that nth moment where we have a desperate need to connect to someone on call, and your phone just keeps draining until it finally dies! Especially that the battery percentage prediction methods are still premature and do not give a accurate picture! , apologies if my post sounded like I was complaining to you!

Wow, unfortunately my battery life's nothing compared to yours. I got 6 hours and 41 minutes of usage and 12 hours of standby time. The phone died at about 9 pm last night. I only sent some texts, browsed safari, checked email and listened to music. When I took it off the charger yesterday morning at 9:30, it only registered 99% as full, and the phone instantly shut off after I took a screenshot of it at 1%. This is pathetic battery life for how lightly I've been using it.

For you guys that got your iPhones swapped by an Apple Retail Store due to the battery drainage issue, do (or did) they care whether there was light body damage either already like that when out of the box or accidental drops caused by yourselves?

Hi QuantaDJ. Reading through your workaround, it seems almost identical to mine except I didn't bother with the battery calibration (point 9). Still enjoying 16+ hours of up time without charging during the day.

It'd say that's amazing. Yesterday I got to 0% with 4 hours 21 minutes of usage and standby of 12 hours something mins. I watched about 3 hours of videos, and the rest was on surfing the net with music playing. All on 3G

What about your usage?

everyone seems to be able to find a way around the problem but I don't see much of a solution but just making a smart phone into a normal mofo cellular phone which is not what I ****** paid for... when can I see results APPLE when??? GTFO!

This is happening to me too. ***. Why can't Apple produce stuff that 'just works' anymore. Whoever heads up the 'testing' team needs a wake-up call.

Feel extremely annoyed as having a phone with 6hr standby just isn't practical.

Does anyone know how to go back to ios 6.1.2?

i didn't estimate the actual usage on my phone. but i can tell u that i mostly spent my time on social networking apps like Skout, Path, Instamessage etc. etc. did some browsing, music playing, some phone calls. i used wifi internet.

I don't have Facebook app. I don't have Whatsapp. My iCloud is disabled. I do have the battery problem.

Here's my answer - or reason for the problem.

Apple announced that IOS7 will have all sorts of clever tricks to enhance battery life. So why not make these appear even better by nobbling the current battery life. Lo and behold IOS7 will have fantastic battery life, though in practise this will only be marginaly better than in 6.1.2.

Just my thoughts...

Boy do you need to get out more.

Your original post read as though we are all idiots and that you had found THE answer. Belatedly you explain that this wasn't the case. Perhaps you should have made yourself clearer the first time around.

Alas I haven't been able to get out much recently due to the permanent need to be near a charging point.

Everyone here does have THE answer. It's just it's the answer for them - we shouldn't get frustrated if it doesn't necessarily work for us. That frustration should be directed at Apple.