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Iphone 4s ios 7 battery issues

I posted this question in the basics forum, but it probably belongs here: Since installing iOS 7 on my iPhone 4s, the battery life seems to be significantly reduced, at least judging by how quickly my battery life percentage meter keeps dropping. I've gone through and turned off all sorts of settings, like location services on most everything, etc. Is anyone else experiencing a similar issue? Anyone know of any fixes?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 10:26 AM

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Dec 27, 2013 10:48 AM in response to landminespring28

I bought my phone lastSaturday, and the battery dropped to 17% within 6 hours of a full charge with 3G, wifi, bluetooth, location, background app refresh, push, cellular data, wallpaper parallax, EVERYTHING basically turned off.

I contacted customer support on chat who told me that my phone battery was OK, after running a diagnostic test.

They further asked me to reset my phone and reinstall the iOS. But the problem remained.

The best part is, i did not upgrade my iPhone to iOS 7... It came preinstalled.

I mean this is shameful. If Apple cannot provide battery life on their phones, then why the sham of the upgrade...?

I feel very disappointed and robbed.

I hope people at Apple are reading this thread.

Dec 31, 2013 5:35 AM in response to landminespring28

After receiving a brand new 5S through work and doing some extnesive testing here are the results I've had.


iPhone 4S under iOS 6.x - 7-8 hours usage time.


iPhone 4S under iOS 7.x - 3.5 - 4.5 hours usage time


iPhone 5S iOS 7.0.4 brand new with default factory configuration except reduced brightness and auto brightness turned off and reduced motion - 5 - 6 hours usage time.


iPhone 5S with my iPhone 4S backup restored iOS 7.0.4 - 5-6 hours usage time.


Conclusion: iOS 7 s_u_cks

Jan 1, 2014 4:06 PM in response to Zloff

IOS 7 stinks on my 4s but I do agree that it looks nice.


I have tried all sorts, switching things off so that it is no longer a smart phone, restoring. The only thing that will work is turning off celluar data. No longer a smart phone anymore.


Another good fix is to swtich off the phone and I get days of battery life, oh enough of the sarcasm. lol

Jan 2, 2014 1:11 AM in response to landminespring28

While I agree that's certainly plausible that Apple is purposely blowing up some percentage of older phones to "encourage" upgrades has anyone considered another possibility as to why some users experience random battery drain but not others?


http://benswann.com/nsa-has-complete-control-of-your-iphone-can-activate-your-mi crophone-and-camera-without-you-knowing/


http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/12/31/nsa-has-complete-access-to-your-iphone-le aked-docs-show/


http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57616409-37/nsa-spyware-gives-agency-full-acce ss-to-the-iphone-report/



Just sayin'

Iphone 4s ios 7 battery issues

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