Hi
It seems like the battery power drain quickly since I changed to iOS 7. I can go to sleep with about 80% battery and when I get to the office it will be around 40%. on iOS 6 I use to loose about 10%-20% power in that 10 hours standby span.
anyone else feels iOS7 uses more battery power?
Cheers
Mic
iPhone 4S, iOS 7
Kappy
The question is about iOS7. I never had issues with previous versions or batteries getting hot.
but thanks anyway.
michagoldfine wrote:
anyone else feels iOS7 uses more battery power?
No. I get better battery life with iOS 7. Sometimes installing an update (ANY update, from iOS 1.1 on) can trigger additional battery drain, probably caused by apps that were interrupted in the middle of a process by the update and got stuck. It can always be fixed, usually easily.
Yes I read the title but the linked page is something else.
No issues here after turning off Background App Refresh. Mine is as good as iOS6 and I'm a heavy user and I don't have to charge mine until early/late evening and even then I have 20-30% left.
It has been widely reported that the iOS7 battery drain is not like the general drain lots of folk used to get when updating from iOS4 to iOS5 to 6 etc. It does appear that at least in its present form, iOS7 is a power hungry o/s and it has been reported that this particularly affects the iPhone 5. With previous iOS updates a clean install and switching off a few power hungry settings would cure the problem. Not so with iOS7. Clean installs and switching off EVERYTHING will not bring the battery drain in line with that of iOS6.1.4
Hopefully Apple will attend to this with some urgency and release an update patch.
Why would we have to disable so many things to make the battery run faster? I just wish Apple would someday fix instead of break additional things in their iOS. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy having the iDevice, but everytime an update is released, it only fixes a a few things, and the battery life gets worse. Same thing when iOS 6.0 released for the iPhone 4S. Same exact thing! You had to disable a gazillion things for the phone to get better battery life. I wish Apple would just continue signing the previous iOS and allow the few users who do not enjoy this "Android-Like" update that deterred away from the "Apple" brand. It's more like an Android now than ever.
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And the wide reports are, like most Internet garbage, wrong. Every time there's an update any problem is assumed to be solely due to that update, with no basis in fact. Try these threads, for example:
iPhone 4S 5.0.1 Update Improves Battery w/ Settings Reset
iOS 5.0.1 - Made my iPhone 4S battery performance worse!
What happened to the battery fix? I have been waiting for tech help since 5:33pm
Battery draining and phone warm
iPhone 4s Battery problem maybe found!!
iPhone 4S battery issue detected (really)
Battery Draining much faster on 4S, what can I do?
Battery Meter/Life Problems with 4.0.2
4.0.2 guzzling my battery. Your's too?
Battery runs out very quicky in iOS 4.0.1
Battery nearly nonexistant after 4.0 upgrade
Dead battery after few hours on standby using 4.0 software
3.1.3 upgrade - shortened battery life?
Battery life cut after 3.1.3 update on iPhone 3G
3.1.3 Firmware is a battery killer - how do I back out this upgrade?
Poor battery life with iPhone 3G running 3.1.2
3.1.2 EXTREME battery drain - what gives?
iPhone 3GS with fw 3.1 – battery life gets even worse
upgrade to 3.0 drains my battery
Battery Drain after Update 2.2.1
Battery Life Radically Decreased after 2.2.1 Firmware Update
Thank you for all those links, but there are some of us who do not enjoy the update and wish to downgrade.
Thanks guys for your help.
I stopped the background app refresh and see how it goes.
iOS7 is not an upgrade, sideways and downgrade it's simply a change. If you don't like changes don't get close to gadgest and IT tech because the money is in the constant change where in reality nothing really changes.
Good day.
With respect Lawrence Finch, I'm a longtime iPhone user and have managed to avoid previous battery drain issues on iOS updates by doing a clean install and knowing my way around the power-hungry settings. It would appear that there is a definite and severe battery drain on my own iPhone 5 which cannot be cures by the user. Perhaps the iPhone 5 has different sourced components in different batches? That would possibly explain why some don't have the issue.
Also with respect, I can find posts almost identical to yours after each of the 6.x upgrades, and after each of the 5.x upgrades, all the way back to 1.1. With even the same argument about different sourced components in different batches.
If you have severe battery drain you have an app that is stuck. You need to find it. A Restore as New without reloading the backup will always fix it (even iOS 7 on your iPhone 5), but is usually not necessary.
If you have an MS Exchange account delete it and reboot. Check your battery. If that fixes it you know where the problem was - a bug in Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol that doesn't close stale connections. You can then add the account back and it will resync, so you won't lose any data.
Next in line are apps that do background updates. iOS 7 gives you a way to turn them off. After doing so you must kill them in the Quick Launch view. That feature didn't exist in earlier versions.
But the bottom line is there is a problem app causing the problem.
michagoldfine wrote:
iOS7 is not an upgrade, sideways and downgrade it's simply a change.
Control Center isn't an upgrade? Activation Lock, which makes stolen phones useless, isn't an upgrade? More camera features and better control isn't an upgrade? The ability to turn off background updates isn't an upgrade? iCloud keychain isn't an upgrade? Airdrop isn't an upgrade? Expanded Notification Center isn't an upgrade?
I guess your definition of upgrade is different from mine.
iOS 7 consumes battery power faster?
