Iphone 5s ios 7.1.2 battery drain

I have the same problem too. My iphobe5 was fine until I upgraded to 7.1.2. battery's draining so fast. something's wrong with 7.1.2

I have a total of 5 devices on iOS 7.1.2 and have not experienced any difference in battery usage. They are all just fine.

When you replaced your device, did you set it up as new, or did you restore it from a backup of the old device? It is very possible there is some corrupt data in the backup that is causing this battery drain. Try creating a backup of the device and then restore it as new. After that and before adding any content to the phone, try testing it for a period of time and see if the battery drain is minimized. If so, then try restoring to your backup and see if that changes the battery drain. If it does, then there is something with your backup. There are a number of factors that affect battery drain, such as signal strength, usage patterns, etc. Generally, it seems there is a process that gets stuck and can corrupt the backup like that and restoring to that backup just brings the problem with it.

I have the iPhone 5S and ever since the 7.1.2 update my battery life is BAD! 3 ~ 4 hours, where as before that update it would last the full day! This is a real issue that is killing my like for the phone. Now I am tethered to a power source.

This will sadly be my last iphone! This latest update screwing my battery life down to 3-4 hours with hardly any use with almost everything turned off, plus the fact that you can't use after market cheaper cables anymore was the last straw. Bye bye apple, sadly I won't be back.

1. You're not addressing Apple here. If you want to leave them feedback, use this link: http://www.apple.com/feedback/. By the way, I have had several Android devices and if you think those will provide better battery life than an iDevice, you're in for a surprise. The same battery management is necessary.
2. For the record, you CAN use aftermarket cables, just not the unlicensed cables being sold for dirt cheap through many asian sources.
3. Like ChrisJ4203, I have 3 devices running iOS 7.1.2 with no issues. Poor battery life is clearly not a universal issue. If you take the time to research how to manage battery life - not just on iPhone but other smartphones as well - you can get quite a good amount of time out of it.

I Have taken much time over the last 3 days to google, talk, ask and even spent an agonising 25 minute conversation with tech support to no avail. I can tell you that I work with 200 people in my work place and 16 today were complaining of the same issues after 7.1.2. Two other workmates showed off the fact that their new (other popular brand) phones were flogged today and as of lunchtime were still showing 73% and 67% respectively after many phone calls! emails, facebook, tinder etc? I made 2 phone calls and checked emails once and at lunch was down to 17% and that's with every possible power saving item turned off, disabled or turned down....RIDICULOUS!! Funny too how my wife's phone also a 5s is also having the same issues. Sounds like Ebola has moved to iphone. I have always been a fan of iphone but after my 4th iphone I CHOOSE TO MOVE ON. I will vote with my feet and try something else. There is a reason why iphone is losing market share, and it's no coincidence or accident that people are trying other brands.

There is a difference between actual battery life and what is displayed on your device but I won't argue it with you. Try one last thing before you move on.

Nearly every device using Li-ion batteries requires you to "condition" the battery periodically. Usually this is done by fully draining the battery and recharging it to 100%. In iOS, it is recommended that you do this monthly and after an update (like to 7.1.2). This allows iOS to detect and display the full range of battery life. From experience, I have no doubt that calibrating the battery after an iOS upgrade improves battery life.

New (other popular brand) devices cannot be directly compared until used and charged using the same habits. They will eventually display the same behavior unless cared for.

Try my suggestion or walk away. Your choice. Good luck in wither case.

This is the best article I've seen written on the subject:

http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-d rain

Brilliant article Amish. Hope you don't mind if I put that in my tool belt for future posts.

Not at all Alfred, please do.