iOS 7.1.1 Battery Management Issues?
I've been browsing the battery related issues with the latest upgrade, trying to figure out if anyone else is seeing what I'm seeing. I don't think my battery is draining any faster on 7.1.1, I think iOS is having trouble managing what the battery life is.
I have a 5s and since the 7.1.1 release I'm having significant problems with my battery. The phone will frequently freeze or crash or drop 25-50% battery life in 5 minutes. So I've started paying close attention. Here are the symptoms:
- Battery life is inconsistant - I check it and I'm at 74%, next time I check it I'm suddenly down to 30%, next time I check it I'm at 52%, next time I check it it's dead requiring a plug-in to turn back on
- Battery life drops quickly - I put it in my pocket at 45%, I take it out of my pocket 5 minutes later and it's dropped to the point that it requires a plug-in to turn back on. However other times I can have it on actively in use at mid-battery life for 10-20 minutes with no noticable battery drain. I've made no changes to apps running or background settings
- Battery frequently appears to "drain" without draining - This happend to me 3 times today and twice yesterday. I'm using the phone, my batterly life is above 75% and suddenly I get a black screen with the spinning "loading" icon and then my phone's off. I try to turn it back on, it doesn't respond for a few seconds and then tells me the battery is totally drained and must be plugged-in to turn back on. I do this and my battery is back up into the 80's by the time the phone turns on
My experience leads me to believe there may be a problem in 7.1.1 with the OS's ability to actually manage the battery life. Has anyone else experienced anything similiar? Does anyone know if there's a fix? Thanks.