Battery Issues iPhone 4S SOLVED.......

Originally Posted by sj-performance

it quiet here...looks like we are all experiencing great battery life:)

:)yup !! i know i def have been, since letting my 4S run down completely till it shut off and did a nice full charge. I'd have to say my batt life has been great. I havent curbed myself with using my phone either and i can get a good solid 14/15/16hrs out of it and still have 25% at the end of the night 10pm when i plug in to charge, and thats with it coming off the charger every morn at approx 630am.

So overall, i'm very happy with my batt life and not having to worry about pluggin in mid day for a 'refresh' !!

did all of you purchase apple care?

Originally Posted by candy84

did all of you purchase apple care?

i didnt. just got the regular 1 year thats included with the phone. im always changing phones. take really good care of my phones. and always try to fix problems myself. including replacing parts and what not. ive always taken blackberrys apart to fix and even iphones. only thing is i have no insurance for theft and loss...but i read sprint is working with assurion to bring this soon. honestly ive only lost 1 phone in my life. i always carry my phone in my pockets or in my hand. for now im good. besides by the time it is october 14 2012.. (1 year) i may have moved on to iPhone 5 or BBX lol. i change phones ever 10-13 months.

Originally Posted by candy84

did all of you purchase apple care?

Hi candy:). No I didn't BUT I do pay for TEC on VzW's ins, which is $10 mthly.

Like Sj, I take really good care of my phones. That's one thing I'm super anal about, is even owning them after a year+, they will still look like they just came out of the box:)

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Originally Posted by iPinkk

Hi candy:). No I didn't BUT I do pay for TEC on VzW's ins, which is $10 mthly.

Like Sj, I take really good care of my phones. That's one thing I'm super anal about, is even owning them after a year+, they will still look like they just came out of the box:)

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yup me too. u should see my phones after 1 year of use. they look like new. i also keep all original boxes and all. all my phones always have a screen protector and some sort of protection via a slim case. and when sprint releases insurance for iphone im getting that. i assume $8-$10 a month is fine. i always paid $8 for my blackberry a month.

same here i have a high turnaround time for phones as well, and i was debating wether to get it or not. My only fear is that one of the buttons, like the silent button or the home button will stop working...

do you find tyhat the battery goes down quite quickly from 100-80 and then steadies itself...i dont know if im gonig crazy or have other notcied this too?

Originally Posted by candy84

do you find tyhat the battery goes down quite quickly from 100-80 and then steadies itself...i dont know if im gonig crazy or have other notcied this too?

yup. this is normal. all my blackberrys did this. on my iphone i noticed this...but after 80% it lasts longer.

Originally Posted by candy84

same here i have a high turnaround time for phones as well, and i was debating wether to get it or not. My only fear is that one of the buttons, like the silent button or the home button will stop working...

dont worry about that. if you take care of your phone. u dont throw it or slam it on tables or etc. u should be fine. but if you really really want to be on the safe side...just get it. i believe we have until november 14 to get it. now if you plan on keeping it till past 1 year then dont get it

My battery well...............I traveled to Nashville Tn for an overnight trip. Forgot my charger. I know I know. Any way went to bed about 1:30 am with 58% battery. And you know the rest of the story.

Originally Posted by sj-performance

yup me too. u should see my phones after 1 year of use. they look like new. i also keep all original boxes and all. all my phones always have a screen protector and some sort of protection via a slim case. and when sprint releases insurance for iphone im getting that. i assume $8-$10 a month is fine. i always paid $8 for my blackberry a month.

Omg, I do the same exact thing--save boxes etc. LOL that's just too funny !!

Yes my bb was $7mthly, but because the iPhone is more valuable, I guess is the word(?), VzW chgs $10mthly for TEC:) but I'm ok with that, I know IF god forbid anything shuld happen I'm covered;)

Originally Posted by candy84

do you find tyhat the battery goes down quite quickly from 100-80 and then steadies itself...i dont know if im gonig crazy or have other notcied this too?

:)yes, same for me also Candy. Your not loosing your mind lol.

Originally Posted by Accidental Post

My battery well...............I traveled to Nashville Tn for an overnight trip. Forgot my charger. I know I know. Any way went to bed about 1:30 am with 58% battery. And you know the rest of the story.

thats great

phone always have better re-sale value with screen protectors cases and original boxes. i get tired repeating this to my friends..and then i see them get upset when they get low balled for their phone lol

Originally Posted by sj-performance

thats great

heck no it friggin died.......LOL

Originally Posted by Accidental Post

heck no it friggin died.......LOL

thats exactly what i thought happened :eek: i'd go through withdrawls !! lol

I just moved to an iphone and downloaded System Activity Monitor and this is what I found

177 System
172 Profiled
80 Mobile Phone
78 absinthed.n94
72 networkd
66btserver
61 aggregated
60 apsd
54 dataaccessed

I dont' know what any of these things do; but I've been awake for 50 minutes and lost 5% battery.

I've turned off the following:

• notification center - NOTHING goes into it.
• All email is set to - manual
• location services - off
• I kill every app when i get out of it

Is this really how iPhone is? or is just a fluke until 5.0.1 comes out?

I came from a blackberry 9700 - which I know has the best battery on the market (easly 2 days w/ 6 emails, 4 twitter, 1 facebook all set to PUSH; Pandora stream for at minimum of 4 hours a day and heavy web surfing) I feel if I did that on an iPhone I would kill it in 4 hours.

Any thoughts? Is any of this realistic to expect from an iphone?

Good news.

Article from WIRED magazine

New iOS 5.0.1 Update Improvements

Originally Posted by Judson50

I just moved to an iphone and downloaded System Activity Monitor and this is what I found

177 System
172 Profiled
80 Mobile Phone
78 absinthed.n94
72 networkd
66btserver
61 aggregated
60 apsd
54 dataaccessed

I dont' know what any of these things do; but I've been awake for 50 minutes and lost 5% battery.

I've turned off the following:

• notification center - NOTHING goes into it.
• All email is set to - manual
• location services - off
• I kill every app when i get out of it

Is this really how iPhone is? or is just a fluke until 5.0.1 comes out?

I came from a blackberry 9700 - which I know has the best battery on the market (easly 2 days w/ 6 emails, 4 twitter, 1 facebook all set to PUSH; Pandora stream for at minimum of 4 hours a day and heavy web surfing) I feel if I did that on an iPhone I would kill it in 4 hours.

Any thoughts? Is any of this realistic to expect from an iphone?

i restored my iphone4s 2 times before i noticed a big battery improvement. i was losing 10%-12% battery p/hour. now i lose an average of 5%-6% per hour with heavy usage. i have a lot of things i dont use OFF. and PUSH email is off. I havent really noticed such a delay in emails being set to fetch. now im hearing great things about new update 5.0.1 and look at article Accidenal Post just posted. if you really want to go in depth wipe your phone from your iphone not iTunes. then back up via iCloud directly from your iphone. this worked for me. when i restored/backed up from iTunes it didnt. for now just continue monitoring your battery life. dont worry about it so much yet. enjoy your phone. with new update things should get better. remember Apple always fixes things. once new update comes out im only interested in having PUSH email on. the rest i could really do without...but it would be nice to have many features ON and not have to worry about battery life like i did on my blackberry.

Originally Posted by sj-performance

i restored my iphone4s 2 times before i noticed a big battery improvement. i was losing 10%-12% battery p/hour. now i lose an average of 5%-6% per hour with heavy usage. i have a lot of things i dont use OFF. and PUSH email is off. I havent really noticed such a delay in emails being set to fetch. now im hearing great things about new update 5.0.1 and look at article Accidenal Post just posted. if you really want to go in depth wipe your phone from your iphone not iTunes. then back up via iCloud directly from your iphone. this worked for me. when i restored/backed up from iTunes it didnt. for now just continue monitoring your battery life. dont worry about it so much yet. enjoy your phone. with new update things should get better. remember Apple always fixes things. once new update comes out im only interested in having PUSH email on. the rest i could really do without...but it would be nice to have many features ON and not have to worry about battery life like i did on my blackberry.

As an update, since doing all the above, I've streamed Pandora Radio since this last post and I am at 68% battery left.

it appears teh PUSH/Notifcation center is the isolated area of issue.

IMO

Here is an interesting fact. The iPhone4S infrared sensor is always on.

iPhone 4S always-on infrared sensor means Siri is ever watching, waiting | VentureBeat

ok people start downloading. update 5.0.1 is out. im downloading from iTunes as i type this

Originally Posted by sj-performance

ok people start downloading. update 5.0.1 is out. im downloading from iTunes as i type this

Same here.

oh man...im at work till 8pm with no wifi connection :(

Crap I need to go find wifi....BRB

ill be vicariously living throuh you guys for the next 6 hours...so please post updates asap