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Battery drain issue iPhone 4S - iOS 9.3.5

Hello people,


since iOS 9 I have been getting huge battery drain on my iPhone 4s.

The main issue is that the usage times are close to standby times - usage is about 2/3 of the standby !


The Apps installed on my phone are:


WhatsApp, Telegram, BatteryLife, Instagram .


In that fashion, my phone goes from full to 0 in about 10 hours, no matter if apps are used or not.

Any solutions?


I reset my phone, calibrated battery, did a hard-reset and enabled the following in settings:


Settings:


1) Carrier -> Automatic: OFF


2) Notifications -> Calender,WhatsApp to OFF


3) General -> Background App Refresh to OFF for all apps


4) General -> Assists -> Reduce Motion


5) General -> Assists -> Increase Contrast -> Decrease Whitepoint to ON


6) Display brightness to 1/3, Autobrightness to OFF

7) Background -> ...-> Static

8) Privacy -> Location Services -> OFF


9) Privacy -> Diagnosis -> Don't send data


10) iCloud -> Calender, Reminders, Safari, Keys,Backup to OFF


11) iTunes & AppStore -> Automatic Updates to OFF


12) Mail,Contacts,Calender -> Push to OFF , manual FETCH instead


13) Battery -> % to OFF

14) General -> locktime -> 30 secs.


As said, if the phone is "sleeping" , the usage time is 2/3 of the standby time.


-mike

iPhone 4S, iOS 9.3.5, fast battery drain, annoying,

Posted on Mar 25, 2017 8:38 AM

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Posted on Mar 25, 2017 6:05 PM

My suspicion is the BatteryLife app.

Battery management apps provide information on what tasks are using how much battery, but it never tells you how much the BatteryLife app itself is using, right? If you want, you can try deleting that app to see if anything changes.

You said "the usage time is 2/3 of the standby time" but it doesn't help you much if I don't know the usage time in Hours.

A screenshot with the usage times included can help analyze your data, like the one below. (What apps are using the most power + usage time)

User uploaded file

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Mar 25, 2017 6:05 PM in response to godrin_b

My suspicion is the BatteryLife app.

Battery management apps provide information on what tasks are using how much battery, but it never tells you how much the BatteryLife app itself is using, right? If you want, you can try deleting that app to see if anything changes.

You said "the usage time is 2/3 of the standby time" but it doesn't help you much if I don't know the usage time in Hours.

A screenshot with the usage times included can help analyze your data, like the one below. (What apps are using the most power + usage time)

User uploaded file

Battery drain issue iPhone 4S - iOS 9.3.5

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