iPhone 5 battery dies at 5 percent

I'm having the same problem. I still haven't been able to fix it. Also, my battery life with ios 7 is terrible now.

I'm having this same problem except mine is dying at usually around 20%. When I plug it in, it says I have the same amount of battery that it had when it died.

same thing happened to me. was at 14% battery phone shut off completely and then after i plugged in charger it, it was at 14% again. using iphone 5. did update about 2 weeks ago to IOS 7. battery life much shorter now

I am having the same issue. My iphone 5 dies right around 20%. When I plug it in it also says I have the same percentage. So frustrating.

There are two common causes for this issue; either the battery gauge needs recalibration, or the battery is dying. The one you can fix is to recalibrate:

When it shuts off charge for just a minute or two, then restart (hold HOME and SLEEP until an Apple logo appears). Deliberately run the battery down until the phone shuts off at 1%. If it shuts off above 1% repeat the above until you get to 1%. Then charge for 4 hours with the wall charger without using the phone. This process will recalibrate the battery gauge.

To prevent this from happening again about once a month run the battery all the way down to 1%, then continue until the phone shuts off. Apple recommends this in their battery help article, but they don't say why you should do it. The have some hokum about "keeping the electrons moving." Honestly! The iPad battery tip gives the correct reason.

Hi Lawrence,

I've got the same problem as woo671.

I tried to shuts off at 1% but the battery gauge didn't reach it.. the iphone always shuts off at 15% or 10%... sometimes at 4% but never at 1%.

You think I have to go to apple store?

thx