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AT&T Announces Wireless Emergency Alerts-Giant Battery Drain?

Let's get this party going!

Saturday a.m., I get this notification on my iPhone 4:

“Carrier Settings Update: new settings required for your device have been installed” - See more at: http://blogs.att.net/consumerblog/story/a7790136#sthash.J4Q8BAhZ.dpuf

For the next eight hours, my phone is sending little chunks of data, where? every minute or so. 6 KB here, 44 KB there, every minute or so, all morning. What's it doing? All's I know is, whereas my battery used to last over 24 hours on a charge, now it's dead in 6 hours! 4 times to the charger a day. AT&T is clueless. Is it constant GPS (got the little Location Service arrowhead in the top of screen 24/7 now). What's all the data about, iPhoning home to the White House in case an Amber alert is issued? Anyone experiencing this?

Posted on Jun 17, 2013 7:10 PM

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trebber Author

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Jun 20, 2013 10:44 AM in response to deggie

Oh yeah, and I've got my brightness set way low and I'm closing any apps as soon as I'm done using them (by doulble-tapping the Home button, touch and hold to wiggle, touch the minus sign in the red circle).

trebber Author

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Jun 20, 2013 10:47 AM in response to deggie

and, Oh Yeah, again. I was on the phone with Apple, and I sent them a diagnostic for my battery and it's healthy.

And it was healthy last week, too, lasted over 24 hours on a charge with moderate usage. Saturday morning, I got the AT&T update and all went to ****, battery-wise, that is...

trebber Author

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Jun 22, 2013 3:16 PM in response to trebber

Update:

I'm starting a new post with information I've gathered subsequent to this post. Seems like the new info requires a brand new thread to be started.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5122397

AT&T Announces Wireless Emergency Alerts-Giant Battery Drain?