I have an iPhone 5 and I'm getting great battery life in iOS 7.1. I have background app refresh on, but only for one app: Fantastical 2, for calendar and reminders. I live and die by my calendar, so don't see any reason to turn that app refresh off. I have also turned off those apps that don't need/use location services. In fact, I think I may be getting better battery use than before the update. Before iOS 7.1, I would use 50 to 70 percent battery during a 12 hour day. After the update, I use an average of 30 to 50 percent. I use Bluetooth at times with my braille display, some GPS on the bus when finding out what interesection I am at, and heavy use during lunch and on the way home. Probably not as much as others, but that's what I do. From my perspective, there's no big reason not to update, your milage may vary though.
Best, Wayne On 4/4/14, Chris Apple boy <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > True. It's a bug and you need to let Apple know of this so they can fix > it sooner than later. > > Regards Chris > > Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! > > On 04/04/2014 19:49, Alex Stone wrote: >> Agreed, but I don't see why I should be forced to turn background app >> refresh off, what's the point in having it if it doesn't work properly? >> On 04/04/2014 16:18, Chris Apple boy wrote: >>> It's horrible only if background app refresh is turned on as for some >>> reason location services are used when they shouldn't be. It's this >>> location services feature that uses the most power. Turning this off >>> solves the problem. You only need background app refresh if you're >>> using location-based apps such as Blind Square anyway. >>> >>> Regards Chris >>> >>> Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! >>> >>> On 04/04/2014 15:54, Jed Barton wrote: >>>> Hey guys, >>>> OK, I need some input here. I'm having a serious debate about >>>> whether or >>>> not to upgrade to 7.1 because of the reports I hear that the battery >>>> life is >>>> horrible. >>>> Any input? >>>> >>> >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
