Iphone dies easy?

Lately my iphone 5 has been dying at 20% then when I try to turn it back on it will show the charge icon. When I get around to charging the phone it will turn on right away & say 21% and charge like normal. Why is it doing this?
I am currently running the newest iphone update ios 8.1

Restore your phone as NEW, not using backup at all. You likely have a rogue app or an exchange account that's gone wacky.

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I final piece for me in the jigsaw following on from this
http://www.care4pcs.co.uk/2012/10/how-to-be-happy-gmail-user-on-iphone-or.html
is to turn off wifi when you do not need it. When I leave the house I turn off wifi, because the majority of the times when my iPhone has got very hot and crashed is when I am away from home. I suspect that if the iPhone is in the vicinity of public wifi (wheather secure or not secure) it will try and connect, even if you have 'automatically join known networks' set to off. This is easy of course if you have an unlimited data contract for your iPhone. I may be wrong, but it is working for me. It makes sense for me because it is another way of reducing the work the processor (and battery) has to do and therefore reduces the chance of overheating.
Having said that, I never had this problem with my iPhone 4. I now have a 4S.
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I am curently in the hospital under going antibiotics treatment and will be stuck for 2 weeks. So I thought to myself I better bring my charger and I should be all good. I have noticed on several occasions that while using a radio app or watching a movie over 3G my phone dies even while plugged in? It don't make sense. I thought if I have a full battery and plugged in I should be good. But when listening for a couple of hours even with the screen locked it shuts off and I get the too low to turn on battery icon? Is this a major flaw that apple forgot to mention that the phone draws more power than it takes in while charging or plugged in?
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My iphone 5 is easy to get flat battery

Hi hovell,
Welcome to the Support Communities! The information below may help you troubleshoot your iPhone battery issue:
iPhone Battery and Power - Apple Support
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/repair/battery-power/
Battery & power
Is your iPhone battery draining too quickly or not holding a charge? Try restarting it first. You can also adjust several settings to extend the battery life of your iPhone.
Restarting your iPhone
Hold down the Sleep/Wake button on top of your iPhone, then drag the slider to turn it off. Press the button again to restart.
Request battery replacement service
If your iPhone battery won’t hold a charge, click or tap below to start a service request. Options for battery replacement include chatting with Apple Support, making an in-person appointment with a Genius at an Apple Retail Store, and more.
Apple may run diagnostic tests on your iPhone to determine if the battery is defective. If your iPhone has been accidentally damaged or needs other repairs, your iPhone isn’t eligible for Battery Replacement Service.
Cheers,
- Judy

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Thank you, diesel vdub! I'll give that a try.
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Thanks!

Hi. I just got off the phone with tech support to tell them that I found the source and fixed the problem that was created by there poor assembly technic. I was trying to get Apple to either fix it for me correctly or replace the phone free of charge because it is not a hardware issue but an assembly issue. They said sorry the phone is out of warranty and there is nothong they could do. They did offer to sell me a new phone for the second time. I said no thanks. I have many years experience in electronics so if you never did any soldering before dont start now you will damage the phone circuit bord. For now do not attempt to open the phone they told me that voided the warranty. I didnt car because the phone was already toast. I will tell you to call as many people in Apple as you can and tell them what what is happenin with your phone and what I found. Feel free to give them my profile name mabe we can make enough waves to make them do somthing about the problem they created. Try these numbers and make some noise they just might hear us and stand up to the plate. Please let me know how it goes. If you choose to still try and open your phone you can google instructions on how to open original iphone. Be very carfull, otherwise take it to a phone repair center they can do a better job than you and me.
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Iphone dies and then returns - experience and help

Dear All,
Just thought I would post my experince last night and today to see if anyone can shed any light on it.
I live in the UK and my iphone has been working really well for a couple of week. I regulary get 4 bars of signal at home but never edge. Last night abut midnight i noticed the phone was showing "no service".
I did the usual stuff, switch on and off, reset etc but to no avail. About 20 mins later I got 1 bar and the edge symbol. Then I went t bed. This morning "no service again".
I did restore through itunes and I am back to 4 bars and no edge but itunes now won't recognise the phone.
What is going on?
Thanks
Josh

okay rebooted the pc and now itunes sees the phone. Still a bit worrying as if I was away from home my phone would be useless until restore!
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I am reaching the end of my rope trying to deal with syncing/backing up contacts and other "non copyright protected" content from my iphone 4 and my desktop (and preferably my laptop as well). I've spent literally days trying to solve this problem with ultimately no solution. So, cutting through my MULTIPLE issues and focusing on one primary I need help backing up my contacts from my iphone 4 to ANY computer. Here is what I am working with:
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BTW, sorry for the long wind but I'll add on my "optimal solution" if anyone is feeling especially helpful and has an answer:
I'd like to be able to plug my iphone into both my XP desktop and my Win 7 laptop and sync/backup to both freely (that is after all the real intent of syncing, non?) I don't care about music, videos, or other protected content. I manage that manually and frankly, I can do without having on the iphone as long as I can accomplish being able to sync/backup/restore all the iphone stuff like apps, settings, personal info, and contacts to both the desktop and the laptop. The purpose is that I need to be able to use and recover everything (on the road or at home) if either my laptop or my iphone dies/disappears. But, understanding impermanence as it relates to portable devices, I want a solid backup of everything at home waiting on my desktop. Is that really too much to ask apple???

Seriously folks? I know it was long but I added all info to negate a need for endless back/forth clarifications. No answers???
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IPhone will charge but not be recognised by iTunes or iPhoto, other iPhones will though with same cable, How can i fix it?

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What is the direct connect method for transfering photos from my macbook pro to my iphone without using iTunes syncronization? (iow: a simple photo copy from mac to iphone?)
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Maddening!!!!! What used to work now doesn't!
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I really like the iPhone. I’ve had my phone for 3 weeks now, and it is just so friendly and intuitive to use. The high res screen shows the icon and the text of the button you want. That makes it so easy and fast to launch an application. Beats the Blackberry hands down on the organizational structure and ease of use. It’s the first device that does the things I need it to do as a personal and business organizer in an easy and bright-colored way, including notes, whole-page Web browsing; contacts, email, alarm and timer, Google Maps, camera, calendar, SMS testing, phone, and…iPod. I love the two finger feature of pressing, flicking and pinching, instead of tapping, tapping, and clicking nested menus, as is typical on Palm and Windows devices. Blackberry began to solve this problem with the scroll wheel. On the iPhone, every action seems to have been thought of my Apple software engineers – from beautifully scrolling through contacts and email, to nicely flying emails into a folder for filing. The phone is beautiful and easy to use. The form factor is great: beats the old Newton 2000. To be sure, there are a few features other phones have that are left out of the iPhone, but they are not deal breakers for me. The integration of the component parts is seamless and transparent. It’s just a joy to use. And, it works great on my Mac. I’m not sure about Windows users. It seems that a lot of Windows users are testing the iPhone and complaining that the iPhone doesn’t do this like a Blackjack, or a Blackberry. Well, what it does do to me is by far and away the best, most elegant implementation on a Mac of useful features, I am very pleased with it.
+ Phone – Contacts are so easy to scroll to, or just pressing a letter on the alphabet makes the 300 or so contacts I have a joy to flow through. Since there is no hard keyboard taking up screen space, the keypad comes on full screen. It is so easy to see the numbers.
+Visual Voicemail –I really enjoy and find useful having all my voice mails there for me to just press and listen to. And I can more accurately remember who has called me. Wonderful personal business tool! I don’t nor have ever used wireless sync on a Blackberry over Exchange Server, so I can’t comment on that, although, it sounds like a nice feature to use in a large business.
+Mail – The best email reader I’ve ever used on a phone. Nice big fonts, 0-5 line preview. I have mine set on 3 lines. Nice clear, bold titles. Inline graphic and html viewing is superb! Plus, you can pinch and view graphics larger. Nice and easy to use. Imap mail seems to work best for me, as it is easy to file emails. No push except for Yahoo email, but that is actually fine as I was annoyed by push email. At night next to my bed the phone would vibrate whenever I received an email, and sometimes it would wake me up. I don’t need to know I’ve gotten an email at 4:00am.
+Auto correct in typing – this makes typing actually faster than it was on my Blackberry. Regional sensing recognition means I don’t have to actually type each word exactly; the iPhone predictive text operates pretty good, well enough that I just type a word and press the space bar…and almost every word I type completes accurately.
+Web browsing – Safari works great, much better than the Blackberry’s text only pages. To be fair, I could get some graphics on the BB browser, but it took so darn long to load over Edge, that I just gave up on Web browsing. The iPhone uses Wifi, so I can navigate real Web pages sitting on the couch. Nice! I actually use it over Edge, and I’m impressed with the whole Web page view. Also, my bookmarks are synced with my computer bookmarks, so I can make an iPhone set on my laptop, and use that as a set of links to navigate on the iPhone. Easy.
+iPod – Podcasts, songs, and videos – I use this iPod more than every other one I’ve owned for the simple reason that there is a phone attached to the iPod, so when a call comes in, I just press the answer button on the headset. With a blackberry, I’ve got to pull out the earbuds from my iPod, than either put the headset on for the phone, or the Bluetooth headset, and then answer the bloody thing. The iPhone allows me the freedom to listen to music or podcasts and answer the phone, and the music or podcast slowly fades away, and brings the caller’s voice up. Very nice and easy to use. Plus, I’ve watched a couple of TV shows, Star Trek for example, and they looks so good in widescreen. Nice touch.
+Stocks – so fast and easy to see up to date stock quotes.
+Google Maps – works just like on the Blackberry, but nice touches added like the pins that come flying in. Functionality is the same as on the Blackberry, but with touch screen access, it might be easier. It’s taking me a while to get used to the touch screen for everything as opposed to using a scroll wheel on the BB.
+SMS Texting – Just like iChat. I like the color-coded bubbles, and being able to see the entire set of conversations I’ve had with each phone number.
+Calendar – easy to read and syncs accurately with my Mac using iCal. The one drawback is no to-do lists! That’s the first serious shortcoming. I have to enter in a to-do as an appointment, and if I do not do it on Tues at 9am, then I have to edit it to see it on another day. That is a drawback.
+Photos – excellent, easy to use, and elegant scrolling through photos. Syncs perfectly with my Mac and iPhoto. I know exactly what photos are going to be on the phone. Again, pinching and flicking is so intuitive, easy, and enjoyable to use.
+Camera – easy to take pictures. Syncs easy with iPhoto. You need a lot of light for photos to come out nice and sharp. So it’s not a great camera, but functional with poses and enough light.
+Notes – I will say that with no note sync to the computer, this is a serious drawback.
+Battery life appears good. I get about 2-3 days, the same as on my Blackberry. But I’m also listening to Podcasts of Science Friday and On Point from WBUR in Boston. Great shows.
+Alarm and Timer – I use the timer feature to conduct meetings. The sounds are so pleasant to wake to. I’ve got it set on Harp, and it is nice and soft to wake to or end a meeting. Again, enjoyable to use is a key feature for me.
I use the iPhone much more than my Blackberry due to ease of sync with my Mac. I connect to iTunes, and my podcasts, music, photos, calendars and contacts sync automatically. Accurately. I wish there were to-do lists and note sync. That’s about the only two drawbacks I have. Palm and Blackberry didn’t have the best software for Mac synchronization. If you’re a Windows user, I can’t comment on syncing, and I’ve never owned a Windows Mobile device. If you’re a Mac user, the syncing is superb. You know that iCal and iPhoto will be synced accurately.
Brad

I have had the Blackberry for a number of years, and was even a featured user with it. But the iphone is a step up.
PDF files in the iphone can be read but not with blackberry.
I have not seen if the powerpoints can be read, will try that next -- although there may be some third party software.
Brought the iphone to Anchorage, Alaska, and the only reason I used my powerbook was when I wanted to type something. Next trip I don't think I need the laptop at all -- and that will save my shoulder from an early rotator cuff surgery.
The weather on iphone is much better and easier than Blackberry.
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Voicemail is a dream. Easy to see, to use and works very well.
Photos are easy, and fun -- and only wish they had a flash.
The Clock allows multiple time zones.
It would be nice if the weather icon showed the temperature in a selected city, on the home page.
Calendar is the easiest calendar I have used. I wish it would push through the internet -- then it would be almost perfect.
What would be more perfect-- faster data stream-- EVDO instead of Edge. The only downfall. But browsing on iphone is so much easier than blackberry.
So, take the Airport Express and a cable and the iphone will work perfectly in a hotel room.
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