My iphoe 5 has the poor battery life, how to fix it?

how to fix my iphone 5 battery? it is in the gurantee period!

Basic troubleshooting from the Users Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new). Try each of these in order until the issue is resolved.

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Has anyone found a solution to the poor battery life in Mavericks?

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone has found a reliable solution to the poor battery life after updating to Mavericks. I tried to have the Mac shutdown by letting it go all the way dead and then charge it back up but it still is lousy. To literally see the battery guage go down in such a short period of time is surprising as I didn't have this in my previous OS. My machine is a five month old Macbook Pro Retina. I want to say I started seeing this change after installing the last Mail update for Mavericks. I definitely didn't encounter it after the initial update to Mavericks.
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Ed

Read through the posts on the right side of the page under 'More Like This'. Several fixes have been mentioned amongst them. But as there was an issue in Mountain Lion that was rectified with an update then it may just be a case of waiting to see if Apple issue a solar update for Mavericks. Remember it has only been out two weeks so I would doubt that if there is an update coming for it that they would release it without thorough testing.
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I have a ipad 4th gen with the lightning charging port. I have realised how long it takes to charge and the poor battery life which means I can't take my ipad anywhere. Is there a case that is available that will charge my ipad? I know they are out there

I have a ipad 4th gen with the lightning charging port. I have realised how long it takes to charge and the poor battery life which means I can't take my ipad anywhere. Is there a case that is available that will charge my ipad? I know they are out there for older iPads with the 30pin charger but I can't find one for the lighning 8pin charger.

I don't know what you mean by "poor battery life". If your iPad is working properly you should get 9-10 hours of life.

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I am going to get a Nokia phone from "O2" store tomorrow. I will either get the Nokia 2700, Nokia 5130 or the Nokia 3120.
The dying Nokia that I am replacing I have had since 2005 and the battery usually lasted over a week between charges. The phone was an inexpensive one, €60 or something. I expect this kind of performance in my new phone.
Which of these phones have the best battery life?

I would vote for 5130 XpressMusic. 5130 and 2700 are on par in terms of battery life. Feature-wise, the former is a tad better. But, it's all about your preference, and the cost.
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Love the 4s but, hate the poor battery life. My old 3 had a better battery.

Any solution to this problem other than an Apple replacement for the battery ?

I got my 4s on launch day. I have Wi-Fi on, Bluetooth on, Location services on, Push Notifications for eMail on and my battery is lasting about as much as my iPhone 4's (ok a little less being brutally honest).
I did tweak some settings, I back up to iCloud, but switched virtually all the Third Party Apps off in Manage Storage settings of iCloud.
Battery went down pretty quickly for the firat few days, now I'm getting a good few days between charges, but it depends on how much I use it. Charged 100% this morning @11:00 a.m iPhone 4s is now on 84% and I've used it quite a bit, but not heavily.

Poor battery life and WiFi connectivity on iPhone 5s

I have bought a new iPhone 5s 16GB running iOS 8.1.2 3 days ago. The device that I have got has a poor battery life and WiFi connectivity. I have tried lots of methods given on the internet like turned off the auto-brightness, reset the phone to default settings.
Then contacted the Apple Care for battery issue. They asked for the diagnostics to check the problem. They said its happening because of the crash of inbuilt app Springboard asked me to try "Set up as new iPhone". Even after doing all these, I am still getting battery not more than 4 hours.
This is not expected from Apple. Such an awful experience on my first iPhone buying.

Puneet_Agg wrote:
I have bought a new iPhone 5s 16GB running iOS 8.1.2 3 days ago. The device that I have got has a poor battery life and WiFi connectivity. I have tried lots of methods given on the internet like turned off the auto-brightness, reset the phone to default settings.
Then contacted the Apple Care for battery issue. They asked for the diagnostics to check the problem. They said its happening because of the crash of inbuilt app Springboard asked me to try "Set up as new iPhone". Even after doing all these, I am still getting battery not more than 4 hours.
This is not expected from Apple. Such an awful experience on my first iPhone buying.
Where exactly did you buy this new 5S?

Apple care is useless in India. I bought an iPhone 5 from a Maple store in June 2013. Also got convinced at the store and purchased an additional Insurance worth Rs 1000 at the same time. The iPhone 5 has a very poor battery life. Needed to be charged at

Apple care has been of absolutely no help to me. My 10 month old iPhone 5 stopped charging one fine day and Apple denies any responsibility for the same. Between my Family of 4, we Re currently using 5 Apple devices. Am so disappointed with the service from Apple. Although my cell phone is well within the warranty period , I have been denied a replacement. And the Shield Insurance that I purchased is now declining the insurance amount even. They insist I prove that it is an accidental damage. And Apple refuses to cover what they choose to call a 'physical damage'. So where does that leave me ?!

I cannot see the damage. But the screening centre has pics showing it is damaged. Apple refuses to cover a physical damage. But the reason the device is damaged could only be coz it had a poor battery life from start. The iPhone 5 is infamous for the same. We all know it. Apple conveniently denies responsibility.
And the Insurance company says it covers only accidental damage. Now how am I to prove an 'accidental' damage ? Unless I lie to them....

Seem to have found the cause of my poor battery life...

I've been getting pretty poor battery life on my iPhone bought a few weeks ago, I never figured out why until a few days ago.
It seems that my display won't completely turn off. After I press the sleep/wake button, the screen goes black, icons disappear and screen is unresponsive, however, if I wait a few hours, it seems like the screen's backlight turns on by itself. The icons don't comeback and the iphone doesn't "wake-up" but I can definitely see that the screen is on and is displaying a black screen. Sometimes, I can see banding in the screen as well.
Obviously I've tried rebooting but I'll wait for a few more days before doing a restore.
So anyone else out there with poor battery life, keep a close eye on your screen and see if you're having the same problems. Best time to look is in the morning when the phone's been asleep for a few hours.
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Very Poor Battery Life on Iphone 5. Apple has no solution.

So I noticed extremely poor battery life on my iphone 5 around 3 weeks ago. This means 2.5-3 hrs usage and 10-11 hrs standby. I went to the apple store and they recommended to restore and set up as new. I did that but the problem persisted. They ran the diagnostic test on my phone and turns out the battery was healthy. So, it was definitely a software bug.
I went again to the store after "set up as new". They said that I did not charge to 100% (which I have been doing) based on their "data" and hence my battery life is bad. This is a stupid reason. I showed them numerous screen shots of my phone down to 1% after a 100% charge, but the so called "genius" refused to believe me. This was one of the most irritating apple employees I have ever met. He kept giving me his weird theories on battery life.
(Just to clarify, I tried all battery life improvement methods(turning off network, push mail, background app refresh and location services) over the past two weeks and hence went to the apple store. Also, I am studying computer science and have a reasonable idea about this stuff.)
After they were unable to clearly diagnose the issue because their diagnostic was not giving them data, they decided to replace my battery, which they did. But the problem STILL persists. They asked me to come back in a week if i still have the issue.
I am really irritated with the apple support and the issue I am facing. Below is a screensshot of my phone after a 100% charge. The numbers speak for themselves. Anyone facing similar issuse or have any suggestions? Any help is appreciated.

Went to apple again. Same problem. Drains 5% an hour on standby with everything shut and airplane mode. They said this is "normal" and REFUSED to replace my phone as the battery health was normal. They say, "The hardware is ok, so we cannot replace the phone". I had them do a full restore from recovery mode. DId not help.
Just to reiterate. I have done EVERYTHING- restore, full restore, shut apps, turned of location services, wifi, network, push mail, BG app refresh and reduced motion and set auto-lock to 1 min. Even auto-brightness is off and screen is at 30% brightness.
Now I am stuck. Poor battery and uncompramising apple. This is perhaps making me anti-apple from an apple fan.
Just wanted to ask, are such usage times and standby times normal? They are much less than what apple claims.

Possible solution for those suffering from poor battery life - data dropouts etc...

I was having the same bizarre data dropouts - an FDR and cache wipe with no app/data/settings restore fixed it for me, yes it IS a pain in the rear - YES it will take a couple hours if you have a ton of apps and accounts - YES it IS worth it, phone is working as it should now!
Cache Wipe:
Press and hold the Power button and turn the phone off.
When the screen turns off, press and hold Volume Down and Power.
When the white HBOOT screen appears, use the volume button to move down to “RECOVERY.”
Press the Power button to select “RECOVERY.”
When the triangle and exclamation appears, hold the Volume Up and Power button at the same time.
Using the volume button, scroll down to “Wipe cache partition” and select it.
Select “Reboot system now.”
Before doing the FDR do this:
Menu-->System Settings-->Privacy-->under the Backup & Restore items clear the Automatic Restore checkbox.
***NOTE*** By doing this you will lose everything on the phone and internal storage(NOT on the microSD) - you will have to manually reinstall all apps, setup all accounts etc...it take awhile to do but it has solved 99% of the issues I was having: dragginess, dropped 4G, poor battery life etc...
Factory Data Reset
From the screen of your phone, press the Menu button
Tap System Settings.
Scroll down and tap Privacy
Tap Factory Data Reset
Check Erase internal storage if you would like to erase all the data on the phone internal storage such as applications, music, movies or photos.
Tap Reset Phone

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IPhone 4 poor Battery Life & Intended Obsolescence

I have two questions and will include clarifications/details.
1) Why does my iPhone 4 have such poor battery life? I have had an iPhone 4 for a little over 2 years. I first noticed poor battery life a year and a half ago. I recently (two months ago) replaced my battery. The new battery still has the same very poor battery life problems. It does not last half a day if I use it at all. Before anyone asks, yes, I do constantly close my open applications when they are not in use. And yes, I had a brand new battery put in the phone 2 months ago. It only seemed to give me better battery life for a few days, and then it was back to very poor. Maybe it works for 6 hours now, when before the replacement it worked for 4.
2) A larger question that probably can't really be answered here: Does Apple design iPhone's to break down and work poorly after 2 years? It seems to me, these phones are designed to be used for a year at full functionality, and then start losing speed and battery life. Don't get me wrong, I think the functionality of a new iPhone is 2nd to none, but the functionality of an iPhone after 18 months, is mediocre at best.

tonefox wrote:
I recently (two months ago) replaced my battery.
You did it yourself? As Apple does not supply spare parts, including batteries, to anybody, there is your first suspect for bad battery performance.
I did not do it myself. I paid a local NYC iPhone service company. And please, what do you mean "there is your first suspect." Replacing the battery is quite easy and thousands of people have done it successfully with instructions from tutorials or sites like iFixit. Just because Apple doesn't sell the 3rd party batteries they put in their phones separately, doesn't mean tons of people haven't done it right (to the point that some can open well desgined storefronts in expensive neighborhoods in Brooklyn). You sound like a total shill. Give me evidence that replacing the battery yourself causes poor battery life. The battery I had taken out looked bad (it was slightly expanded), but the new one didn't give much improvement. Maybe an hour or two more power a day.
Does Apple design iPhone's to break down and work poorly after 2 years?
Don't be ridiculous. There are plenty of people still using 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4.
You don't be ridiculous. It may not be 100% intentional. I've heard talk about the iOS updates possibly being better designed for the new phones, so they inadvertantly become total power ***** on the older models. But this should be communicated if it is true. And I know tons of iPhone users in NYC. I know 0 who use a 3G or 3GS. And while I know quite a few people still with their 4 like me, 100% of them have horrible battery life.

Droid Pro, Poor battery life

I need a new phone to replace my old Blackberry. I was ALMOST sold on the Droid Pro until I read the reviews and ALL said "extremely poor battery life" . Has this problem been fixed or are there plans to fix this problem in the future?

Coming from a blackberry you are going to have to get use to the battery life on droids..they are two different beasts
I could go 4 days on my blackberry with 3 emails sync'd, texting and reading some news apps..
I can't get more than 8 hours of use on my droid without having to charge it, but the screen is much larger and i'm doing different things..
If you don't work somewhere you can't charge your phone or don't have a car charger you might not want to go with any droid
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Poor battery life and high temperatures on MacBook Pro Retina 15"

I'm having never-ending problems with poor battery life and high temperatures on a MacBook Pro Retina 15"
I took it in for service and they told me it needed a new logic board and replaced it. When I asked why they were vague about the reasons, they said "it just needed one, it failed some test". I now have the computer back and it runs the same way it always did. I bought this laptop because it was supposedly capable of high end video editing in 1080P (or so Apple's website claims) and also photo editing.
"The processor, graphics, all-flash architecture, memory, and display in the 15-inch MacBook Pro give you unprecedented mobile video editing capabilities. Super-responsive flash storage delivers up to nine streams of 1080p ProRes (HQ) content for multicam editing in Final Cut Pro X,3 while the latest quad-core processors on the 15-inch MacBook Pro decode multiple streams of video, and a powerful GPU renders millions of pixels onto the screen. With flash storage that offers up to four times the performance of a traditional hard drive,1 you can even edit four streams of uncompressed 8-bit 1080p HD video, right from the internal storage on your 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display.4"
However, when I'm just browsing the web and emailing it runs quite warm and battery life is quite poor. Sometimes doing those same activities I would say it gets so warm it's almost uncomfortable to have on your lap and the fans are running fast enough to become noticably noisy. I'm also driving only one screen at and a time and I heard that the MacBook Pro can supposedly do three screens.
If actually try to do something like video editing with final cut pro the laptop gets really hot, the fans are on full blast and battery life drops to only an hour or two. I think when I rendered just a 3 or 4 minute clip once I got less than hour of battery life. I will have to time again.
Anyway most people (including the sales guys) are telling me no way this is not normal. When I play with demos in the store browsing the web they are not getting warm or hot to the touch. My friend's 2013 MacBook Air is also NOT getting warm to the touch doing the same activities.
I installed iStat Pro so I could check the temperature and fan speeds. I'm seeing temperatures of 70+ on the GPU, 85+ on the GPU diode and 65+ on the CPU heatsink along with elvated fan speeds above 5K which becomes noticeably noisy. I understand that might be normal for the most processor intensive tasks but it really doesn't seem right for just light web browsing and e-mailing. (I also may have viber and skype open but that shouldn't matter). CPU usage is usually running between 2-10% as this is all happening to.
Furthermore, straight from the specs:
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching
I am assume "GPU" and "GPU diode" are temp measurements on the discrenete NVIDIA video card, especially since MacBook Airs from the same and newer generatio do not have this reading. Since Apple Claims the graphics "automatically switches" it seems all the harder to believe the GPU is reaching 85+ when in theory it shouldn't even be activated. I mean, shouldn't the INtel HD Graphics 4000 be capable of simple web browsing and e-mailing? Especially with only one screen activated (be it it the internal or an external)?
What should I do here? When I asked the repair guys "OK well what is the normal operating temp range for the various sensors" they said "Sorry Apple doesn't provide that info".

Yes I have.
Just web browsing and basically doing nothing I'm hear a lot of aduible fans, I'm getting 85C+ on GPU diode, 65+ on cpu heatsink. I since installed anohter program that shows me not just the CPU heatsink but the cores and the cores are at 90C+.
Seems like a lot of heat for doing nothing. Not only that but I have these problems with no external monitor while on battery power too.
I don't know what to do. They already replaced the logic board. Others seem to get advertised battery life out of Apple products and not have products that get **** near hot enough to burn you while just web browsing or watching a movie let alone advertised tasks like Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.

Power usage when using line out dock /poor battery life

Hi,
Does using a line out dock use more battery power than using the headphone jack?
I'm asking because in real life usage I am only getting about 6 hours of play time from my 4GB Nano. For me real life usage is maybe 20-30 minutes of use at a time while commuting to and from work or going for walks. Much of that play time is spent using a line out dock connection in my car. I have an Aux port in my car and the sound from the headphone jack is horrible. With the line out dock it's great.
I did run the Apple suggested battery test and when I leave my unit on and don't touch it at all I get about 13-13.5 hours of play time. So I'm trying to understand why that drops in half when I use the Nano the way I use it. Was wondering if using the line out dock is part of that. I do not have the Equalizer on, I use the Hold switch when I'm not using the Nano and am carrying it around in a pocket or in my purse, and I have the backlight set to 5 seconds. I don't use any of the extra features. I just play music. All of my music should be in AAC format. It's music I either purchased and downloaded from ITunes or music I imported from my own CD's using the default ITunes settings.
Lisa

I too share your frustration. I'm on my fifth iPad as an owner, and really like them, but Apple made a huge mistake with the Air 2 by making it thinner and putting a smaller battery in it. The iPad Air was wonderfully thin and didn't need slimming down. I get noticeably worse battery life on my iPad Air 2 compared to my first iPad Air. My Air had epic, brag-worthy battery life. My Air 2 has cringe-worthy battery life. Apple's product designers need to get their priorities straight: thin, when it compromises the user experience, is TOO THIN.

I replaced my battery and am still getting the same battery life

Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number: 6N8450F7B13E
Manufacturer: SMP
Device name: bq20z951
Pack Lot Code: 0000
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 002a
Hardware Revision: 000a
Cell Revision: 0100
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 3566
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4215
Health Information:
Cycle count: 0
Condition: Normal
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1465
Voltage (mV): 11824
I just replaced my battery yesterday, but I am still getting the same battery life of about 2.5 hours. When I first got the laptop, I was getting atleast 6-7 hours.
Can anyone tell what is wrong? The stats are from the newly replaced battery

Hi katsoccer92,
The first thing I suggest you do is read neuroanatomist's excellent battery FAQ at http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1764220
New batteries can take a few cycles to work up to maximum capacity (and your figures indicate that the batteries maximum capacity is a little lower than you would expect, so maybe it still has some room for improvement).
In a situation like yours it is important to calibrate the battery when you first get it - see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490 I also often recalibrate again after the first week when the battery has settled down a bit, and then every couple of months thereafter. If your battery's full charge capacity isn't up around 4500mAh after a week then it may have been old stock or otherwise defective.
But usage patterns have a huge impact on charge life.
If , for example, you are watching a lot more "flash" based videos on line these days then you can expect a dramatic fall in computer run time. "Flash" plugins chew up a heap of CPU time, and accordingly can flatten your battery faster than a politician can break a promise!
Bluetooth is another real battery muncher, and so, of course, is anything like an external drive or other device powered by the computers USB or firewire ports (Elgato EyeTVs , unpowered hubs, bus powered scanners, etc etc). The internal iSight camera is a real power chomper too.
Cheers
Rod

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