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cjpsych80 Author

Level 1

57 points

iPhone 5 shuts down with plenty of battery life left

I have been having some serious iPhone problems lately. I upgraded to iOS 7 when it first came out and only had a few issues, now more recently I am having problems, especially with the battery. My battery meter seems to be inaccuriate or the battery itself is jacked. My battery seems to drain very quickly even when I am not using my phone. I have done all the tricks to save the battery; turned off Bluetooth, turn off auto refresh for backgroud apps, turned off the motion screen, no dymanic background, etc. However my battery still drains quicker than normal. Lately my phone completely shuts itself off and shows me the dead battery icon even though I have anywhere between 20 and 40 left on my battery. When I plug my phone back in after it dies the battery icon shows a different and yet higher battery life then what it was at when it shut off. I have also noticed that my phone shuts off after I use my camera. THAT part is really annoying.

Is this an iOS 7 issue or is there something wrong with my phone? I have insurance on my phone so I can have it replaced, but the cost to replace my phone is more than if I were to get a new and DIFFERENT phone altogether.

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Oct 16, 2013 5:51 AM

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ElenaXr

Level 1

6 points

Posted on Oct 30, 2013 1:23 PM

I have the same problem every since the iOS7 update. It's ridiculous! It will shut down from 13 % up to 30% and when I try to turn it back on (lock button) it will show the 'need to charge' photo.When I press the home button & lock button though it turns on and shows the battery % only to shut down a few minutes later. I have my iphone (5) for roughly 10 months and it's in perfect condition, never dropped it, not one scratch and it makes me angry seeing little annoying bugs like this that ruin an otherwise great phone. Please Apple, fix this soon!

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kvijayk

Level 1

0 points

Mar 12, 2014 11:34 PM in response to cjpsych80

Can someone confirm if this was solved after ios 7.1 upgrade?

jdojao

Level 1

0 points

Mar 18, 2014 11:04 PM in response to JordanBones

Replace the battery not a software issue. Had the same issue when my phone was only 18 months. Replaced the battery about 5 months ago never had the issue again. See my other posts.

kszack

Level 1

4 points

Mar 26, 2014 2:02 PM in response to Dishwalla

I am having the exact same iphone5 problem of it shutting down at 43%. Were you able to solve it? Really makes me mad. I thought some of the fixes were going to fix that!

Mar 26, 2014 2:52 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Yes, I've tried everything before switching the battery. When I brought it in Apple tested all 3 devices & all 3 showed the batteries were in the red zone (unhealthy).

Mar 26, 2014 2:58 PM in response to angexpress

Then you needed the new batteries. But my post was not in response to yours.

Apr 10, 2014 9:44 PM in response to jdojao

My phone is under warranty. They replaced my battery for free.

But i'm not with the phone yet. I will test the new battery later.

sb278

Level 1

4 points

Apr 11, 2014 8:50 AM in response to Doofus1

Here's another cure; buy an android.

Apr 11, 2014 8:59 AM in response to Doofus1

Apr 11, 2014 9:01 AM in response to sb278

Great idea! Then you can whine in the Android forums. Android batteries fail also. Sometimes rather spectacularly. Google "android battery fires"

Chris CA

Level 10

82,476 points

Apr 12, 2014 9:01 AM in response to jdojao

jdojao wrote:

I would strongly suggest replacing the battery yourself

His iPhone is still under warranrty...

Apr 25, 2014 3:39 AM in response to jdojao

Any chance you could post a link to the product you bought on amazon? I have been looking at doing this but am dubious about which product to buy in case not real battery or below standard products.

Apr 29, 2014 11:33 AM in response to cjpsych80

apple iphone 5 best purchase new one ... or other method to claim your warranty to.

Jul 3, 2014 6:38 PM in response to jdojao

It makes me really angry when I just found out that Apple is being silent when so many customers with iphone 5 are having this inexcusable issue!

mgunthe

Level 1

0 points

Oct 22, 2014 4:38 PM in response to martin528

Same issue here. Super frustrating.

.Sup

Level 1

8 points

Oct 8, 2015 11:35 AM in response to cjpsych80

This is very frustrating indeed. Battery status indicator is all over the place. Does anyone know if iPhone 6 has the same issues? I wanted to buy my mother one but now I'm delaying the purchase.

iPhone 5 shuts down with plenty of battery life left