IPhone 5 :: Finding Out Why Battery Is Draining
Aug 21, 2014
I have an iPhone 5 that I accidentally left in my pocket when I went swimming a couple months ago. Yeah. 20 minutes under water in my pocket rendered it useless. I tried the rice trick, but it did nothing, so I opened it up and let it sit in front of a fan for a few hours. This may have solved most of the problem, but I accidentally dropped it while it was open, and the screen ribbon tore.Â
On a on a whim I tried plugging it in to charge and I got the vibrate indicating that it was charging. After an hour, I plugged it into a laptop, and iTunes came up, but I couldn't connect, since the phone was asking if I trusted the laptop, and I couldn't answer, as the phone's screen was nonfunctional.So, rather than pay $700 for a new one, I opted to try replacing parts.Â
I bought a new screen and tools. Replacing the screen was easy, and lo and behold the phone worked! However, the ear speaker did not work, and the battery drained in 1/4 the normal time. So I bought a new battery and ear speaker / FaceTime camera assembly. After replacing those I noticed that the battery still drained fast, and also noticed that the forward facing camera did not work, so I bought a new camera, hoping that the fast drain was because of that. I've now replaced four parts (for a total of $100), and the phone works fine, except the battery still drains very fast. For instance, if I'm at 100% when I go to bed, and all apps are shut off, when I wake up it's at 50% or less.Â
is there an app or some sort of something that can look at the details of power usage in my phone and let me know if any parts are shorting out or require replacing? Clearly my phone is no longer under warrantee since all three water sensors (well, two, I guess, since I replaced the screen) are red, and four of the parts have been replaced (all Apple OEM, by the way).Â
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iPhone 5, Windows 8
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Mar 17, 2012
I noticed today that my iphone 4s was geting hot anf tha battery drained quite quickly what could cause this...
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May 29, 2012
So, I am having battery draining issues with the iPhone 4S just like I had with my iPad 2 (I am guessing that it has something to do with my operating system in both cases). I restored my iPad 2 and it is working fine, but since I bought my iPhone 4S through Verizon, if I restored it back to original settings, would I have to take it back to Verizon to do that?Or is there a better solution to the problem?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
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Jun 25, 2012
I've checked the usage status and it say 5 usage (only used about 3-4 hours) and 8 hours standby(Ive let it unattended on standby more than it shows).Is this normal? What is the averages usage and standby time?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
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Jul 2, 2010
My battrery has been running low quickly . For instance, I charged it yesterday and when it was done charging I made a phone call. I was on the phone for about 11/2 minutes. After I got off I looked at my battery and it was down 1/2 a brick. I've tried removing the battery for awhile, but it doesn't seem to help. I talk on it a lot through the day so I can understand it needing charged at night, but 1 minute off the charger and it's already losing power? I don't use the internet that much, but I do play games. The phone is about a month old. Any advice?
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Jul 16, 2010
I took my iPhone4 into the Apple store so they can look at the battery issue I think I am having. Here is a screen shot of the performance of the battery before my visit.
They said the phone needed to be reset to a new phone because I initially choose to use the backup of my last iPhone when I initialized and there is probably a software problem which is draining your battery faster.
Me: Well, Ok. But can you please run a diagnostic on the phone before we reinitialize.
Apple: No. There is noting wrong with the batter, this is a software problem.
Me: Ok.
So this next screen shot is after using the phone after initializing as a factory reset.
I am not seeing any difference in the performance if anything it is a little worse.
Do you all think I have a problem or is this normal performance for the iPhone4 battery? Apples website claims the phone should be standby 300hours, internet, 10hours.
I haven't been doing any heavy use just normal internet use, some angry bird action and a couple video shots.
What type of performance are you all having?
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Jul 23, 2010
Just slightly but I can notice it. Iphone 4. Not using it more or anything. Any possible causes?
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Mar 12, 2012
just updated iphone ios 5.1 and its draining my battery , dont know what to do .
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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Mar 14, 2012
I recently upgraded to 5.1 on my AT&T 32GB iPhone 4S. I have noticed that my usage time since last charge, taken at 1% battery level from a full charge, is about 4 hours and 45 minutes of usage and about 9 hours and 15 minutes of standby time. Is anyone getting battery drain this quickly? I have followed all the battery saving tips from restricting Ping and iAds to getting rid of most notifications and removing a lot of location services except for Maps and Safari. I also adjusted brightness to auto and deselected the "Send usage logs to Apple."
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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Mar 15, 2012
ios 5.1 battery is draining so fast- some tips to save some battery?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1
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Mar 24, 2012
I recently downloades the new upgrade to my iPhone and it is draining my battery.
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iPhone 4, iOS 5
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Mar 26, 2012
Since updating to iOS 5.1 my 4S' battery is draining faster than before
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Mar 30, 2012
Charged my iPhone 4 16GB Black unit at 7.50 a.m. The battery shows full 100% at 12.30 p.m. 30 minutes of music, 1 minute of safari browsing, & received couple of phone calls. After use my iPhone 4 for only this usage and just few hours of standby, at 7.00 p.m. on the same day my battery shows 45%. VERY WORST BATTERY AFTER UPGRADE TO iOS 5.1. Does anybody else who is iPhone 4 users face the same problem in their iPhone 4?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1
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Apr 3, 2012
My battery is draining really quick on charge all night but dead by the end of the day nothing is running
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iPhone 4 (8GB), iOS 5.1
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Apr 23, 2012
I charge my iphone at least 2 times in a day. I have an iphone 4s running 5.1 and I am so disappointed because my my battery keeps draining even if I am not using my iphone, seriously im thinking in replacing the battery. I charge my iphone to 100% 20min later without using it 80%.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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May 15, 2012
I had my iPhone 4 32 Gb for 5 moths and I love it but I just installed the update 5.1.1 and the battery life drop in half. I used to be able to charge the phone every other day, now does not live to see the end of the day.
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May 17, 2012
What could be a reason if my battery is draining out in 2 -3 hours from (fully)charging. I have all app. closed when this is happening.Also the phone gets very hot during charging occationally. As per the tech at the Apple store the battery seems good.
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iPhone 4S
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May 24, 2012
i have an iphone n there is a problem wiv my battrey that everytym i charge it it drains really fast!! n its really hard when we r out!! my phone is styll under warranty!
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May 30, 2012
Is it normal? It's Very clear that this started ocurring after the Update to 5.1.1. iOS ...
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1
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Jun 12, 2012
I just replace my first Iphone 4s because the speaker went out a week ago. The replacemnt Iphone keeps draining my battery and overheating.
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Jun 12, 2012
My battery has gone from 100% to 21% in six hours.
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Sep 10, 2014
The battery on my iPhone 4s (OS 7.1.2) is draining rapidly.Â
After reading this forum, I have done all the necessary "tricks" to try and limit the battery draining, including:
-Resetting all settings.
-Rebooting the phone.
-Putting the screen brightness down to half.
-Stopping my emails pushing (now only fetch every hour).
-Turning off Background App Refresh.
-Only making iCloud back up Contacts, Calendars and Photos. Â
I have fully charged my phone and have nothing in the background, yet after 5 minutes my usage had upped by 2 minutes and my standby upped by 5 minutes.
I didn't do anything with the phone but 1 text message came through.Â
Sometimes my phone will go all the way down quite quickly to something like 30% but when I plug it in to charge, it shoots straight back up to what it was at.
Early I was flicking through Facebook, only reading status and watching a couple of short videos and my percentage shot down by like 40% in 5 odd minutes.
Facebook really drains the battery I think, along with watching short videos on Facebook.Â
My phone is less than 2 years old so its abit of a joke if I need a new battery already... I've been looking at the iPhone 6 when it comes out but this has put me right off.Â
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iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1.2
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Dec 2, 2014
i just bought an iPhone 5s 2 days ago, for some reason my battery is draining very quickly. I downloaded a game from the App Store that took most of my battery life away so I deleted that, but my battery is still draining very quickly. I also did a the lock screen/home button reset a few times but that didn't work either.
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iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.1
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Sep 7, 2014
my phone gets hot, and battery drains really fast,
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iOS 7.1
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Aug 21, 2014
I have a Iphone 5s. The phone charges really slow, and dies really fast. I am barely on it now since this happen. I tried restoring at home, and also resetting. I took a trip to Apple two days ago, and they ran the diagnostic. He said the battery is healthy but something is wrong with the firmware or software. After he restored it but it still is doing the SAME thing.
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Aug 23, 2014
Battery is draining really quickly since updating to ios7.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1
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Aug 29, 2014
My phone battery almost died overnight leaving me 19%. I didnt even use it but it was fully charged last night. What do i do?
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iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2
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Dec 1, 2014
Jus bought my phone and my phone battery become hot even I only use it for 5 min and the battery draining fast is it my phone battery have a problem?
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iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.1
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Sep 7, 2014
ive got an iPhone4S fully working no issues, and while using it with all battery saving tips it drains 1% every 2mins. Is that normal for a 4S to do that?
How long does your 4S last on a percentage? I really need to know ASAP cause its been bugging me for a while
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iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1
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Mar 12, 2012
I took my phone off charging this morning and I am down to 73% this update is draining the life out my battery anyone else had the same??
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1
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