http://tidbits.com/ Although reports are still anecdotal and we have no explanation as yet, we recommend holding off on the iOS 6.0.2 update to avoid potentially significant battery drains on the iPhone 5 and iPad mini. en-us Copyright 2012 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17434 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:56:57 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17434 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17394 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:08:37 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17394 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17389 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:15:02 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17389 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17388 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:07:14 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17388
At first i thought it was a problem with my first iPhone 5 so i gave it back to the retailer and i got a new one. When i installed 6.0.2 on my new device the same problem occured.

My phone goes from 100% charge to 0% in approximately 4 hours while being idle.

Ive tried to reset settings and shutting of all apps, ive cleaned the divice and reinstalled everything. This is really starting to bugger me. I need to have the charger with me everywhere i go and its making my phone completely useless.

If any help is available it would be appreciated.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17325 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:00:21 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17325 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17287 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:25:45 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17287 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17280 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:58:32 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17280 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17274 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:58:48 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17274 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17273 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:47:26 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17273 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17258 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:33:17 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17258 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17254 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:19:02 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17254 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17247 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:29:13 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17247
When my 2nd phone was overheating I noticed that the useage was the same as the standby minutes, which makes it appear that the phone was always in use, which would explain the mechanism of the battery drain, just not its cause. Very frustrating!]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17235 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:33:43 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17235
Personally, I think iOS6.0 has been Apples biggest failure. Everyone knows about the Maps issue but what about all the excessive data use that no one wants to acknowledge.

My 2nd iPhone 5 replacement used 50 megabyte of data during setup at the Apple Store.

29 years using Apple products and the past 15 months have not been the best of times!!!!]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17233 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:47:29 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17233 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17231 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:23:17 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17231 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17230 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:17:30 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17230 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17229 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:14:27 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17229 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17228 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:08:54 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17228 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17225 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:16:59 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17225
http://snnyc.com/2012/12/iphone-data-leak/]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17224 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:16:06 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17224 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17218 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:42:53 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17218 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17217 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:09:40 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17217
I have brightness set to about 10-15% and have most location and notification services turned off (or manual use only).

Was just observing the battery indicator go from about 75 percent this evening (iPhone was at 100 percent charged up at noon) down to 41% over the course of a 1.5 hour regular voice phone call (and nothing else going on the phone during the call).

Which to me seems totally nuts -- either the iPhone5/ iOS6.0.2 is using too much juice, or something else weird is going on with it.

But at this rate (34% used for 1.5 hr call) I could only expect to get a max of 4.5 hours talk time before the battery runs out.

Sigh.
P.S. WiFi connection is slightly worse in 602 vs 601.
(this is my first "smart" phone... maybe I expect too much, vs. my previous LGVX5400 'basic' phone.)]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17211 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:12:14 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17211 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17201 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:39:54 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17201 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17198 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:26:25 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17198 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17186 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:06:21 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17186 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17182 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:24:32 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17182 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17160 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:10:06 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17160 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17157 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:19:21 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17157 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13474?rss#comments_17155 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:54:32 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13474#comments_17155