The battery drain problem with location services being switched on permanently did not start until iOS 7.1 for me.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Mar 2014, at 4:36, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Pablo, > > Thanks for your directions on what has helped with the battery issue. I was > hoping that I didn't have to go to that exreme. Between the iPhone 4, the > Dell freezing, and the Win 8 not installing in Bootcamp properly, I am tech > dumb for now. I have fully charged the phone this morning, lowered brightness > to 10'%, turned off stuff in location services that I don't need, looked at > all the different options under privacy that could be turned off, and I will > see if any of this will make a difference. I am running iOS 7.0.6 and I > didn't have problems at first with the battery, but I have been slowly going > through all of the numerous app updates and may be there was one that > triggered the battery hog. > > Thanks again for your suggestion and I may need to resort to it. > > Best, > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 16, 2014, at 8:21 AM, "Pablo Morales" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> It is what I did Eileen >> I deleted from my iPhone the apps that I don't want to update, for example >> skype. >> Later I did a restore as new device. >> After this, I downloaded the restore from iCloud to my device. >> Later I stored a backup of my iPhone in my computer, replacing the old >> backup. >> Now, I start to use my phone fine, and no more battery problems. >> I hope that it helps you. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Eileen Misrahi >> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:54 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Battery draining >> >> Hi David, >> >> The battery draining problem is getting worse, so yesterday evening before >> going out I charged the phone as much as I could and timed the drainage. It >> dropped 35% in a 3 1/2 hour period of time. Hence, I will place my complaint >> to Apple accessibility. The phone was completely drained and dead as a >> doorknob when I just got up. Where can I find the background refresh to turn >> that off? I didn't totally turn off location services, but turned it off in >> apps that I didn't need to have it on. What else do I need to do to save on >> battery? Thanks. >> >> Best, >> Eileen >>> On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:16 AM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I turned off all background refresh. It looks like location services gets >> switched on. This causes 15-20% battery drain per hour, and the GPS antenna >> is the only thing that is this power demanding. >>> >>> Also, it looks as though this is only happening to people running VO. None >> of my sighted friends are having the battery drain problem. >>> >>> So, turn off background app refresh. Also, very regularly close apps from >> the app switcher. Finally, email accessibility so they will hopefully soon >> test this and find the problem. >>> >>> One thing we do know, Apple does repair these sorts of problems when they >> figure out what is going on. Unfortunately, they usually don't role out an >> update when the problem is only with VO, so we will most likely be waiting a >> few months before the problem is resolved. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: [email protected] >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 16 Mar 2014, at 17:10, david gross <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> I am using an iPhone for S. I wrote previously while I'm Wi-Fi and >> streaming radio I am using 16% battery per hour. I called Apple tonight they >> have me doing iCloud restore. It made it worse I'm now using 20% per hour. I >> am curious what other folks are finding in a similar situation. Apple is >> suggesting a new restore from the computer. 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