New IPhone 5s dies faster

So I upgraded to a iphone 5s from iPhone 4S and the 5s seems to die faster. Anything to help save battery life? I'm pretty sure I closed apps right

Same problem here. Replacement ordered, but will take a week - apparently not normal, however seems to be an issue that many are having.

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For all of us whose iPhone battery dies ridiculously fast

It's long, but please take your time to read it. Appreciate it.
Firstly, I believe it happens to a lot of us. It not only happens to me, but also a lot of my friends and my family.
Using iPhone certainly will consume its battery, and the way that consumers use iPhones and measure its battery is not the "stand by hours" but how long the battery lasts after charging it till full during our sleep or office hours. We simply only care about how many photos we can take, how long we can search things or browse things on the browser, how long we can call, how long we can use certain apps on the phone and so on so on. Of course, the most important thing is that we don't need to exchange some other essentials such as 4G LTE, brightness, background refresh, background location services, or even WiFi for those very basic functions. We, as users, totally understand certain functions may consumes more battery such as 4G LTE and background operations, but it cannot be the most prior excuse for the phone dies too fast.
Last month, I gradually cannot tolerate to see my iPhone's battery dies too soon, therefore I reserved a time slot in Genius Bar.
The response I got, was just as ridiculous as it could be. Firstly, the "Genius" told me to switch off the location services, the background refresh services, and to reduce the motion. He said, after these, your phone will be fine. It seems to be the end of the story, but it is just not. I have these already done long time before!!! Then, the "Genius" of course, did a comprehensive test for the battery and the phone. After a couple minutes, he showed me a list of app crash history, including some major apps that everyone uses and some foundation services of the system. He, of course, without seeing the apps, told me that many apps may be out of dated and developers may not update their apps on time so these apps may cause issues after time, and suggested me to delete those apps. After seeing the list, including Facebook, Weibo, WhatsApp. It is so obvious that these apps are not out of dated but so up to dated!! Ok, then he suggested me to restore the phone, of course I have tried it so many times. Then, he suggested me to use third party tools to back up some certain data and restore the phone as new. He said the bugs are in the backup. THATS IT!!!
I would not do it, the reason I keep using iPhone is because I value and appareciate the consistency and reliability of the system. I don't need to worry any lose of data when I switch to a new iPhone or upgrade the OS. And of course I don't need to trust and use other non-apple utility services to back up my data. Apple saves my time and brings me convenience, and I always purchase the largest possible capacity to store a lot of files in the phone.
I updated to iOS 8 this morning, and it took one hour to consume a quarter of battery. Now I am restoring it.
It happens to just so many of iPhone users. Hope Apple would value this issue and solve it as what Apple always does.
Thanks for reading. Hope some of you would pass it to insiders.

There is a new feature in iOS 8 that helps users track down battery hogging apps. Settings, General, Usage, Battery Usage. Perhaps that might help you figure out where your electrons are disappearing to.

HT1476 iPhone dies faster since iOS 6 software update

i currently have two problems. 1. my iphone will only charge while its turned off. 2. my battery dies faster then it used to be after the previous problem happened on October 1st. 3. my speaker/ringer on my phone has stopped working, my sounds will only work while my headphones are plugged in. no sound will come out anywhere. CAN ANYBODY HELP ME?

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.
Try it. Hope it works for you.

Brand new iPhone 6 battery life dropping very fast and charging even faster

my brand new iPhone 6 that I have just recently started using the day before has a surprisingly bad battery life. whrn first turning on the phone to use the battery life only last 1-2 hours with average use. when the battery died this morning I pluhe'd the phone into charge and the battery is charging very fast already at 25% and only being charging for about 15-20 mins. I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this problem and if it is normal or if I have just recieved a faulty iPhone 6?

Can you check:
1. What apps show on settings - general - usage - battery usage?
2. How many apps have permission to use cellular data?

How do I close apps on the new IPhone 5S? I am losing power too fast.

How do I close apps on the new IPhone 5S?

Hi there,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
-Griff W.

Help - new iPhone 5s fast drain

Hello everyone,
       I just want to ask I have this new iPhone 5s I got it just yesterday. It was precharged to 50% so I explored it until it became for about 5%.
       So I charged it up for 2 hours + until it became 100% full charge.
        Before I use it I turn it off so that the usage record will go back to zero. So I started using it from 100% and it goes down to 35% by using it for almost 3 hours and 10 minutes plus a standby of eight hours and 15 minutes.
         I badly need to know if this is normal, since the phone is still covered for the seven days replacement period.
         Thank you, looking forward of hearing from you soon guys.
Best Regards,

So, im chiming in on this thread instead of starting a new one...
I got a Iphone 5, iOS 7.
Almost everyday the phone could show 50% + - left, and in just a couple of minutes its down to 10% and then shortly after turns of telling me its empty, how is that possible?
Very often around 50% or less, the phone also turns off directly, and when trying to turn it on again, the empty battery and charger symbol shows in the display, but if i hold the power and home button for a hard reset 8-10 secs, im able to turn it back on, and it shows the same % of power 40-50%
This has been going on since last fall now, even after several fw updates...
Suggestions, or other with similar experiences?
No, this has NOTHING to do with all the new apps pushing and all that, this is something else...
Btw, ive tried the cycling stuff, emptying it, fully charge it and all that stuff...
It must be a software issue.

New iphone, dead mac

first the old mac dies with all my lists files etc. taken to mac store, hard drive problems, suggests recycling....have new fast imac. Any way to retrieve old lists, contacts from old iphone to mac then to new iphone?

This is one of the reasons why creating and maintaining a backup of all your import data stored on your computer's hard drive stored on an external drive or some other external media is so important. The iPhone is not designed nor intended to be a backup storage device.
The sync process for contact info is a bi-directional or true sync process with the supported application on your computer, and the same for calendar events and Safari bookmarks.
Before syncing contacts with the Address Book and calendar events with iCal on your Mac, enter one unique contact in the Address Book and one unique calendar event in iCal on your Mac. This will provide a merge prompt when syncing this data with the Address Book and iCal, which you want to select.
Regarding your iTunes library, was the Apple store able to recover any data from your old Mac's hard drive such as your iTunes library or any other important data?

Is this really normal battery drain for a new iPhone? Unconvinced...

I have a brand new iPhone. And I like it very much. But two days in, I am already finding myself charging it twice a day. I realise I'm probably using it a fair bit because it's new and exciting, but I can't help but wonder if it's draining faster than it should be even in standby. I charged it before going to a party tonight and now I'm back, results are below.
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Push was off, emails fetched hourly. Active usage was mostly Facebook and browsing after getting home. Coming fresh from standby before that browsing, it was about 85% full.
Is this drain normal for usage like this? I am sceptical (and not sure how else to check if I'm right...)

It may be your exchange account or even your mail account. As they continue to connect to the server and checking for new e-mails. Here is what you can do. Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calanders. From there tap on your mail account, delete it, and do a hard reset by holding the power button (top) and the home button for 10-15 seconds until apple logo appears (ignore the red slider). Once your phone powers back up, recreate your mail account.
but I would say that should be about right. It all depends on what you do. Personally, about 1 hour 30 minute usage will get me about average of 75%, depending on what I do. Currently, my usage time is 3 hr. 11 min. at 46% Standby at 8 hour 17 min. 7 hour is a good average of usage before the phone dies.

I've just updated my iPhone to the new iPhone OS and now it won't work and iTunes won't recognise that it's there. I've uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled twice and it's not working. Please help.

I've just updated my iPhone to the new iPhone OS and now it won't work and iTunes won't recognise that it's there. I've uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled twice and it's not working. Please help.

I have not had wifi since November when I upgraded to the newest IOS version. I called the Apple help line and they told me some things to do and I tried them all and they worked for a few hours and then wifi shut off again. I kept doing what they told me and it worked for a couple more days and then I could never turn it on again. My blue tooth doesn't work either. I had to actually increase my data usage with AT&T becuase of this. When I did that in December I went to the Apple store and was told that it is a hardware issue and since my phone is out of warranty I would have to pay for a new phone because they could not fix the issue. My upgrade isn't up until June 2014 so not only do I have to wait for the upgrade and I am not paying for a new phone but I have to pay $10 plus extra a month on my cell phone bill because I was going over on my Data!!! I have been beyond upset about this and Apple is not doing anything about this nor did they offer up some way to resolve the issue because obviously it is not just some rare incident if several people are having this issue. Who knows how many people out there have had this issue and have not said anything about it. Now there is a newer update that I can't do because it requires wifi in order to download.
June can not get here fast enough and I may not go back to Iphone after dealing with this for so long with no help from Apple.

Can I return my new iPhone?

Hi all,
Can I return my new iPhone 4? I have had it for a week, and just wondering if I can return the phone, and how that would work with AT&T?
Why, you ask? I think overall the phone has sub-standard quality, at least what I had grown used to with my 3Gs. My 3Gs was a tank, and had fantastic reception, and was fast. I am a power user, use my phone all day for business, uss Apps & games everyday on wifi and 3G. My 3Gs was very reliable, and rock solid. No complaints. And I am also a decades long Apple user, having bought several MacBooks, and an iPad earlier this year.
My complaints? The phone is slow. I live in Manhattan where there are cell towers on every block. Sending/receiving email is painfully slow and often times out, even when I am connected to a high speed home wifi signal. Calls now drop nearly every time I call someone. And again, I live in one of the best places for AT&T coverage in the US. Games are also slow, they "stutter" as if the OS is slow.
There are yellow spots on my screen. With a case the squared body is thick, and does not lend itself to slipping in your pants pocket. And sorry, if you dont use a case and a screen protector your phone will get trashed in no time, its common sense. This phone feels fragile, as opposed to the 3Gs which was a tank. My dropped my 3Gs several times over the last two years, only breaking the screen once which was easily replaced. I feel like if I drop this phone it will crumple.
Overall the iPhone 4 has been a low performing fragile phone. The yellow spots really top it all for me. The quality is not Apple, and this recent update wasn't revolutionary(it doesn't change the way we compute), its cosmetic & merely the old OS in a better looking body with some superficial new features.
Again, I am a proud life long Apple owner. But this is the first time I have been very disappointed by their products.

Like Obama says... yes you can
I did it last week because I bought an iPhone 4 as a wedding gift but then I changed my mind and wanted an iPad, so the bride could use it together with the groom (while the phone is personal).
I returned the iPhone to the apple store and I paid the difference to buy the 32GB iPad, no problems
I didn't opened the case, but the guy at the apple store told me I could have returned the phone even if it was opened. It must be undamaged tough.

My new iPhone 4 doesn't work at all

You are definitely not alone with your issues. I'm on my second iPhone 4 unit, and am still having the same problems. I've had proximity sensor insanity, battery draining after 8 hours of stand-by (NO USE, just sleeping) to the point that my phone goes into a coma and has to be plugged in to be revived, the grip of death dropping calls....
But the single most irritating and infuriating problem is the signal strength/reception fluctuation. I share a house with two iPhone 3Gs users, and I had an original silverback iphone until July 2010. They all work fantastically well with no issues when I'm at home (where I am just about 24/7, since I work from home). *_My new iPhone 4 doesn't work at all.*_. Signal strength is all over the place. I did a test where I sat watching the bars showing signal strength for five minutes. In that time, I saw it switch from E (edge?) with full bars to 3G with full bars to 3G with 1 bar to 2 bars to 4 bars to 1 bar to "Searching." Then back to 3G, with degradation of bars from 3 to none, then E network appears again, this time with full strength. This all with the phone sitting on a table, not being touched by human hands.
It seems that my iPhone is constantly switching actual physical networks, and as a result signal strength is all over the place from one 30 second period of time to the next. This drains the battery like crazy, and means that all incoming calls go to voicemail--usually without my phone ever ringing.
The 3G phones in my house work great. The 1st G iPhone I have had since the week it came out worked great (though its battery doesn't hold much of a charge anymore, after three years). On my new IP4, games are awesome. The videos and photos are amazingly clear and high quality, and editing on the phone is out of sight. iPhone Apps rule. MobileMe syncs my contacts quickly and easy. The only thing I love more than the iP4 features is my iPad--it rocks.
Everything works on my IP4 at home BUT THE ACTUAL TELEPHONE FUNCTIONS. This is unacceptable. In late August, after two weeks in which I had 4 minutes of phone use, the nice folks at the Apple store switched me to a new phone, no questions asked. The phone worked so much better, I could send texts and place calls most of the time (this was now the first part of September)...except that now that I was using my IP4 to make phone calls, I started having a problem with the proximity sensor during those calls. I'd be talking and my cheek would mute the phone, turn on speaker, open contacts and edit info (with gobbledygook), and of course, hang up on people.
So around Sept. 18 I was told by Apple phone support to update to iOS 4.2, restore as new, and do two complete power up and drain down cycles. This would fix the proximity sensor and any other issues.
Well, I would love to see if iOS 4.2 actually did fix the PS, but I can't get the signal strength to stabilize long enough to have an actual phone conversation. I'm back to watching the signal strength go up and down at random (with me touching/holding it carefully to avoid grip of death, and also when I leave phone on the table with screen lock off --no touching). It is back to switching between E network and 3G and varying strengths of wi-fi from my home network. This eats up battery from 100% to low enough to turn off in under 10 hours of standby (usually 6-7). Essentially, my IP4 is back to being unusable as a phone.
So I did another long, involved call to Apple tech support on 9/18. They tell me that I have to turn off wi-fi, turn off 3G, turn off push/fetch and notifications, shut all apps (no multi-tasking) and do everything but switch my phone to airplane mode--and see if the battery holds up for 24 hours in standby. If that didn't work, I should restore from new, but not load any contacts or network or data or anything--just leave it as it would be out of the box new.
As a test, I turned everything off as advised: 3G, wi-fi, push, etc. Now my battery life is back to normal, where I can have the IP4 on stand-by for up to two full days before needing a recharge. Fabulous. BUT IT'S NOT A SMART PHONE if I have to turn off 3G, turn off wireless, and not use email push and so forth.
I'm so frustrated I could scream. I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that there is a significant flaw in the new iPhone. Or perhaps it is just an issue for iPhone 4 users in areas where the signal strength is marginal, or where there are two types of overlapping network coverage (E and 3G in my case). I know that the networks themselves are in good condition--though I'm in a semi-rural area, the state capital is 4 miles away, and I know they have a new tower and good coverage for the politicians and power brokers around town. The phone coverage area I live in has Edge network in the south part of the network area and 3G in the north part, which is the state capital. I'm right in between. Could this be the problem? AT&T says no, it's Apple's fault.
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So what to do besides complain? Troubleshoot?
I just wonder if all of us who have had chronic signal strength and "Searching for network" issues that totally drain the battery might have something in common, despite being all over the world? I'm using wi-fi 95% of the time, and live in a semi-rural area with overlapping networks run by same carrier. Apple folks hinted that maybe in my area the network usage is nearing capacity (resulting in getting kicked off of 3G and down to E as new calls are placed that strain capacity). They also hinted there could be interference from mountains or other objects. But here's the thing--3G phones work fine, and my IP4 works fine when I'm away from home, usually in the capital city on strong 3G network. (When I say "works fine I mean the signal is good and calls go through, I haven't tested battery drain away from home yet).
I have to conclude that the problem is the IP4 itself--something about the hardware or the software (namely, the way it connects to the phone network) is horribly wrong. Other folks who live in urban areas or with strong networks that (likely) aren't over-utilized don't seem to have this issue. After reading through these pages, it also seems the wi-fi may be a major culprit in draining the battery and in varying signal strength (this is from Apple phone support, which said that varying signal strength and the constant pinging off the home wi-fi is creating a "power struggle" and keeping the phone constantly looking for the best connection option). Mind you, 3G iphones on the same home network have no problems whatsoever.
So while I'm not a technical expert, it seems like the problem HAS to lie in the differences in the way the IP4 connects to the cellular and/or wi-fi network. And since the connection/signal strength problem was "resolved" on my replacement phone, but then "broken" again by the software update of iOS 4.2, I'm leaning toward this being a software issue. I've offered to help Apple troubleshoot, and I'm trying to be patient--because the IP4 is a work of art and I've never had an issue with an Apple product before. But all they want me to do is restore, restore, reload, restore, and then drive 1 hour to the nearest Apple store (in Reno, NV) and get a new phone...and start the whole process over again. I don't have time for this, I need my phone back.
I'm this close to trading in my beautiful but flawed IP4 for a 3G. Maybe I should just get a new battery for my original iPhone from 2007?
I understand that Apple can't test for every possible variable of use all over the world, but they don't even seem to acknowledge that they have a problem with the IP4 that will not be resolved by replacing it with a new unit. They want me to believe it's a fluke, or it's just me...but I've been combing these threads and see a lot of people reporting the same issues I am--battery drain and wildly fluctuating signal strength issues, wi-fi problems, and dropped calls. Can't someone get on this? Because otherwise Apple is going to have to admit that their IP4 is not a good solution for people who live in areas of less than perfect signal strength or use wifi or whatever demonic combo I have in my home/work setting.
Or people will have to do what I have done--if you who want the cool IP4 non-phone features, you will have to dumb down your IP4 in order to have it be even moderately useful as *a phone.* For $599 I expected better.
My (temporary) workaround?
To spare the battery:
*Turn off wi-fi (which *****, because now I have to burn minutes when I'm at work using the email, downloads, safari, etc--and it's E network, so it's SLLOOOOOOOW)
*turn off push and fetch, have mail get new messages manually
*turn off data roaming
To keep the signal somewhat stable (making it easier to complete calls and spare battery)
*Turn off 3G (this leaves me on E network--fabulous, I had that with my 3 year old iPhone)
*grip IP4 between two fingers placed at the top of the phone, away from death zone. Tough for us lefty phone users.
*pray the free bumper will a) come soon and b) help. I'm not optimistic.
To keep proximity sensor from going nuts and dropping calls, muting, turning on speaker etc:
*use headset or bluetooth (unless you are also having one of the known bluetooth issues!)
*keep phone pressed to one ear and don't move it a millimeter. Don't shift sides, don't hold phone with your shoulder, just keep it to one ear and talk fast).
I'm about out of patience. I understand that lots of folks have and love their IP4s. I'd love to be one of those people. I'm open to suggestions and have spent many hours on phone with tech support, restoring my phone, reloading data and apps--there has to be a better way.
Sorry for the thread-jacking, but someone from Apple has got to be following these threads--help us!
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My iPhone 5 dies at 20-24% it doesn't go all the way to 0%. Will apple replace my phone or fix my phone for free since its hardware problem and I have no money. This is my second iphone 5 replacement.

My iPhone 5 dies at 20-24% it doesn't go all the way to 0%. Will apple replace my phone or fix my phone for free since its hardware problem and I have no money. This is my second iphone 5 replacement. I have no apple care so I'm worried. My phone has NEVER touched water! I only get 1/5 of battery use. I've also spent 30$ at the apple store on screen protectors for nothing! I really don't have 220$ nor 50$ I am on a strict budget. I believe I have to pay 220 not 50 ford a phone replacement for accidental damage. I don't know what category this falls under. I really need a new phone or battery. HELP! Will I have to pay? Also my screen lighting is all topsy-tervy every I put my screen on highest it won't work I have to wait about a minute? Forgot to mention that my apps exit out by themselves all the time when Im using them.

So, have you tried a reset? Restore from backup? Restore as new? You seem to have a few problems but do not mention any action taken to resolve them. What have screen protectors to do with anything?

New iPhone 5c Mail won't push

I activated my new iPhone (Verizon 5c, 16 gig) on March 7th and updated to 7.1 a day later. It replaced an iPhone 4 running iOS 6. I had the phone all set up with programs and wireless connectivity prior to activating it. All of my emails and contacts were on the phone and they worked exactly as they had on my old phone using iOS 6, via my wireless modem.
However, either after the activation, or the update to 7.1 a day or two later (I don’t know which), my two personal email accounts connected to my two web sites stopped working as they had before.
My Yahoo and iCloud accounts did not change. They work fine.
There are two problems. First of all, I do not have the choice of setting my email to Push. The accounts can only be set to Fetch. I have contacted my provider, and they have assured me that there is no reason for that to happen. They have made no changes, and my iPhone emails almost always arrived on my old phone before they arrived on my computer. They were definitely being pushed, and I am also certain that they were being pushed before the phone was activated, because again, I almost always heard the new iPhone beep first.
To clarify, I do not have the choice to select "Push" when I go to the Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Fetch New Data. I do have that choice with my Yahoo iCloud accounts.
The second problem is almost stranger. The emails ONLY show up after I open and look specifically at those accounts, and they show up as already read (no little blue dots next to them). So I don’t know that I haven’t read them. They still show up as unread on my computer. Also, even though they are not read, they also do not show up in the unread number account. (I sent numerous test emails as I fiddled with settings and this happens every time.)
And though the Notification Center is are set identically for all four email accounts, only the Yahoo and iCloud accounts provide notification. The two problem accounts do not notify me when new emails were received, even after the 15 minutes Fetch time has elapsed, and they still don’t show up in my email list until after I open that account and wait for the new emails to start showing up. They are never there before I open the account.
So, I can’t set the accounts to Push, I’m not notified when they arrive, and they show up as already read. (And by the way, those same emails still show as unread several hours later on the laptop because they have never been opened on either device.)
I know for sure that I had Push notification before, because it irritated me that the phone always seemed to get the message before the computer, and in my business every second counts (and I can respond faster on my laptop).
Note that when I am home, I have cell phone service due to my location. But I do have wireless connectivity for emails and internet. So it is not a phone carrier problem. I still have the same problem when I am away from home and on the Verizon network. The emails still don’t show up as they should.
If this can’t be fixed, I can get my old iPhone up and running again, except it has iOS7 on it now (a friend bought it, but will give it back if necessary). Is it possible to reinstall iOS6 on the old iPhone 4? I have to be able to get my emails faster.

Update
I was wrong about the notification. Going to POP made the emails that arrive show up as unread, but it still doesn't notify when the emails are fetched.
So fetch is set up for 15 minutes (I need it to be faster) and when it does fetch (and I'm not sure that it does) it doesn't notify me. Only when I open up mail do I get the notification sound telling me that there are new emails.
When I'm traveling, I need the phone to check mail for me. And I need it to tell me that it has new mail. Why is this so hard?

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my new iphone is running extremley slow, internet takes ages to load, apps take ages to install and has trouble connecting to app store. and the apps dont work properly like ebay wont open or refresh items, plz help
my iphone4 is 10 times faster
i have backed up on itunes and restored but still no luck
even siri is lagging

my new iphone is running extremley slow, internet takes ages to load, apps take ages to install and has trouble connecting to app store. and the apps dont work properly like ebay wont open or refresh items, plz help
my iphone4 is 10 times faster
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even siri is lagging

Hi I bought a new iPhone 4 with iOS 6.1.3 installed. When I connected it to itunes for the first time to activate it iTunes asked me to enter the password for an account that the iPhone is locked with what shall I do? PLease help

Hello everybody
I bought a new iPhone 4 with iOS 6.1.3 installed. When I connected it to itunes for the first time to activate it iTunes asked me to enter the password for an account that the iPhone is locked to like if the device was used before what shall I do? PLease reply soon

I can't do that because the device was purchased from United Arab Emirates and I got it as a gift in Syria but the problem is that there is not even a single apple store in Syria so is there another way to fix that, I googled it and was told to jailbreak the device whitch I did and than hacktivated it but the problem is the device doesn't connect to any network and only shows "no service" and the battery draining too fast so is there any other way to fix this issue

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