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iPhone 4s with iOS 7.0.2 Battery Drains FAST!

My iPhone 4s with iOS 7.0.2 the battery drains tremendously fast! This morning it was 100% charged then just by surfing facebook and flipboard with 3G, it became 7% in the noon. I hope Apple can solve this problem! I'm very upset right now

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Sep 29, 2013 7:36 AM

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Nov 3, 2013 4:23 PM in response to MorvenM

I had originally wanted to go back to 6.1.3 on my 4S but have since discovered that they have disabled that with the commercial release of 7. Was pretty ticked off about that. Like many others my battery life was in the toilet after upgrading to 7.


So I've tried this. Did a backup in iTunes. Put my phone in DFU mode and did a restore. That brought it straight to 7.0.3. After that it comes up asking if I want to setup a new phone or form the restore. So I selected the restore option and will see how things go. I'm thinking there may be an improvement since I had a 30 minute phone call and the battery dropped 1%.

Nov 7, 2013 5:59 PM in response to MorvenM

I am so glad I didn't upgrade to 7.0.2... reading about the "new" 7.0.3 I'm not so sure I'll touch that either... I have a 4s running 7.0... it may be buggy here and there but at least my battery lasts all day... having said that, I just noticed that sometimes my phone does weird things... I have a holster but sometimes it happens also when I put my phone into my pocket... it used to be that pretty much when I put my phone in the holster or my pocket, it will always be asleep... that is because it was asleep or I just unplugged it so even though the screen was lit it wasn't unlocked so that when I put it into my pocket or holster it would be fine... but these days I noticed that my phone would heat up again but unlike before the screen would be lit up with the opening screen displayed as if I was pushed the select button and managed to keep the phone screen lit. I tried to reproduce this by pushing the select button which lights up the screen and moving my hand over the screen and it usually goes dark after a few seconds which is normal... so I have no idea why the screen stays on which then heats up the phone... I just mention this in so you (all) can see if this happens to you... p.s. Prior to 6.3 I had problems then all of that was "fixed" with 6.1.3 but that was shortlived when I updated to 6.1.4... but I am now "happy again" with 7.0.... but I do wish I could get some bugs fixed but since Apple does not endorce or enable a way to downgrade I am reluctant to try the newer versions because I would much rather have a phone I can use than a "bug free" phone with a dead battery.

iPhone 4s with iOS 7.0.2 Battery Drains FAST!

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