Just thought I'd throw this in. If one has problems with battery life on their iPhone, my suggestion is to invest in a Mophie juice pack. I would get normally about 8 good hours on my iPhone 4, and now with the Mophie, I get 12 hrs easy. I don't even close my GPS apps any more when done with them. I can stream about 8 hours too.
On Sep 9, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi May, > > If you turn off cell data you take away a lot of functionality since no apps > which require a data connection will work unless you are on a WiFi. This > would include email, sending/receiving iMessages, apps like Blindsquare, > Ariadne GPS, Tap Tap See and also SIRI. > > There is an option in Settings, Cellular called "Enable 3G" and it explains > "Using 3G loads data faster, but may decrease battery life". I have heard > some people saying you can turn off 3G, your phone falls then back on Edge > or GPRS which essentially is 2G, but unless this is different in the United > States or the larger cities in Canada I am not able to turn this off since I > get no service at all and can't even make a phone call. > > What you describe about your phone dropping from 100% to 90% in 5 minutes > and then down to around 75% in another half hour is definitely not how it > should be. I have an iPhone 4S and if I walk out of the house a 8 AM wit the > phone at 100% and use it say for 20 minutes walking to work for listening to > a book, then maybe make a few calls, check some email, have a few push > notifications come in etc. I am usually at maybe between 50% and 60% when I > go home at 6 PM. Then if I listen to a book for 4 hours in the evening I am > maybe down around 30 or 35%. > I would suggest you first let your phone's battery run down until the phone > actually shuts down by itself. Maybe time it so that happens in the evening. > Then plug it in over night and see how it does the next day. > If that doesn't help your best option is to do a factory restore. This means > connect it to iTunes and do a restore, then when asked if you want to > restore from a backup or whether you want to set this up as a new phone say > you want to set it up as a new phone. Once it is done you have to resync > your apps back to it, then resync your music, setup your email accounts and > so on. > Remember that you will loose text message history this way, you will also > have to reenter your WiFi password or passwords and pair again any Bluetooth > devices. > It's a fairly time consuming thing to do and of course you want to make sure > you have synced your apps with iTunes before and also transferred any other > purchases. > Depending on how many apps you have on your phone, you may also want to put > them back a few at a time, you never know if a particular app is the culprit > and if you only put back the 6 or 8 most important apps and then maybe the > rest one or 2 at a time with a few days in between you can see if suddenly > after putting back certain apps your battery drainage problem appears again. > Oh, and just one more thing. You are not by any chance using location based > reminders like "Remind me to do something when I get home" or anything like > that? These do use up a lot of battery power because your location is > constantly or at least very frequently monitored. > > Lastly, before you do a factory restore I would wait a couple of weeks until > iOS 7 comes out. I am not saying it will solve the issue, but it could help. > Most likely the public release is some time next week, sometimes trying to > upgrade the day its released causes more problems than its worth because the > servers are flooded with upgrade requests and waiting 2 or 3 days often > makes it a much smoother experience. If I do an upgrade the same day a major > iOS version is released it's definitely something I do via iTunes because at > least that way if the download is slow I can easily check it and even during > the upgrade process I get feedback as to what is happening which is not the > case when you do an over the air upgrade. > And remember, before you upgrade, do a sync, do a backup to iTunes or at > least to iCloud, then turn Bluetooth off, unload all your apps from the app > switcher, turn off your phone and turn it on again, then do the upgrade. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of May and Noah > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 8:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: battery draining > > That is something else possibly to look into. I'm going to see if turning > off cell data helps since I never thought of that one. > > The cell tower I'll save for the next thing since it was 2 different > companies, but again something to think about that I never would have > either, thanks lots. > > May and Prince Noah > www.canadianlynx.ca > > On 2013-09-09, at 11:32 AM, "Scott Duck" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> As your old phone was doing it also, I would think it is something >> common to both phones, perhaps something in your environment. For >> example, is your cell provider possibly having problems with a tower >> in your area, causing the signal strength to drop? About a year ago, >> I went on a vacation to a place on the gulf coast where I had almost >> no signal. For the whole week that I was there, I had the same >> battery drain issue that you are describing because the phone was >> working to lock onto and hang onto a signal. My phone is also a 4S. >> Thanks, >> Scott Duck >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of May and Noah >> Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 10:22 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: battery draining >> >> Like I said new IPhone, so like a week and a few days. It's an IPhone 4s. >> Wifi and bluetooth are always on so whenever I go someplace it will >> pick up wifi connections automatically and bluetooth for my keyboard. >> >> Example of battery drainage now stat at 100%, in 5 minutes drops to >> 90%, in half a half we're at 75% and on down the line. >> >> I first thought it was an issue with my old phone because it was doing >> it as well, but after getting this phone about a week ago I'm seeing >> the same thing. >> >> I never until a month ago had the issue with my old phone so sort of >> confused. >> >> May and Prince Noah >> www.canadianlynx.ca >> >> On 2013-09-09, at 11:00 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi May, >>> >>> It would help to know which iPhone you have, how old it is and what >>> sort of battery drain you experience say in a 2 hour period where you >>> are not using the phone and have the screen locked and where Wi-Fi >>> and Bluetooth are turned on. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of May and Noah >>> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 5:04 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: battery draining >>> >>> Good morning. >>> >>> I'm wondering if anyone could give me any ideas on what would be >>> making my battery drain so quickly? >>> >>> This is a new IPhone so I can't see that as the issue, all apps are >>> closed, screen curtain is off, brightness off, wifi and bluetooth on. >>> >>> My wifi and bluetooth have always been on and have never drained my >>> battery as fast as it's going now so don't know what to think. 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