Iphone 5 question: battery dies super quick

[Jalapeñomel]

Even if I'm not using it, it dies fast. What am I doing wrong?

[motzie]

Check your individual app settings. If you have FB set to automatically refresh with location services turned on, it kills your battery and possibly your cell usage.

[ECB]

I agree with the above, but I know my phone does the above and my battery does not die quickly (I have the 5c). But it can't hurt to make those changes if your phone is dying quickly.

A couple other ideas to try too:

When you plug it in to charge, do NOT do it overnight. Plug it in and as soon as you can after it gets to 100, unplug. Leaving it constantly plugged in when it's charged actually kills the overall battery life.

Make sure everything is really closed. If you double click the "home" button, it will bring up all your open apps. Swipe up to close them. If a lot are open, they use your battery. I do this every day or so and if my DS ever gets a hold ofmy phone - I'll have A TON of open apps.

[karinothing]

My husband had this and it ended up being his calendar that was running non-stop.

[v]

There was a defect with certain iPhone 5 batteries. You may be in that batch? I was, and they replaced it for free.

You can check if yours was affected here:

www.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 17, 2015 7:47:00 GMT -5 v said:

There was a defect with certain iPhone 5 batteries. You may be in that batch? I was, and they replaced it for free.

You can check if yours was affected here:

www.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/

I inherited it...will they still replace it?

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 17, 2015 7:31:58 GMT -5 ECB said:

I agree with the above, but I know my phone does the above and my battery does not die quickly (I have the 5c). But it can't hurt to make those changes if your phone is dying quickly.

A couple other ideas to try too:

When you plug it in to charge, do NOT do it overnight. Plug it in and as soon as you can after it gets to 100, unplug. Leaving it constantly plugged in when it's charged actually kills the overall battery life.

Make sure everything is really closed. If you double click the "home" button, it will bring up all your open apps. Swipe up to close them. If a lot are open, they use your battery. I do this every day or so and if my DS ever gets a hold ofmy phone - I'll have A TON of open apps.

It will die if I don't plug it in overnight...it can't hold the charge for the 5 hours I'm sleeping.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 17, 2015 7:25:43 GMT -5 motzie said:

Check your individual app settings. If you have FB set to automatically refresh with location services turned on, it kills your battery and possibly your cell usage.

I'm not sure I know how to do this....is it the same as turning off cellular data?

[motzie]

Jan 17, 2015 8:06:51 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Jan 17, 2015 7:25:43 GMT -5 motzie said:

Check your individual app settings. If you have FB set to automatically refresh with location services turned on, it kills your battery and possibly your cell usage.

I'm not sure I know how to do this....is it the same as turning off cellular data?

Go to settings/general/usage and turn off your background app refresh. That will make it so things refresh when you open them, not at regular intervals while the app is closed out.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 17, 2015 8:22:02 GMT -5 motzie said:

Jan 17, 2015 8:06:51 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I'm not sure I know how to do this....is it the same as turning off cellular data?

Go to settings/general/usage and turn off your background app refresh. That will make it so things refresh when you open them, not at regular intervals while the app is closed out.

This is off.  I am thinking its a battery issue.


thanks, everyone, for all your help!

[vanillacourage]

Jan 17, 2015 8:49:15 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Jan 17, 2015 8:22:02 GMT -5 motzie said:

Go to settings/general/usage and turn off your background app refresh. That will make it so things refresh when you open them, not at regular intervals while the app is closed out.

This is off.  I am thinking its a battery issue.


thanks, everyone, for all your help!

Do you have Apple Care? I had the same thing start happening with my 5S. I took it in to the Apple store, they ran diagnostics and gave me a replacement phone.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 17, 2015 9:28:34 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

Jan 17, 2015 8:49:15 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

This is off.  I am thinking its a battery issue.


thanks, everyone, for all your help!

Do you have Apple Care? I had the same thing start happening with my 5S. I took it in to the Apple store, they ran diagnostics and gave me a replacement phone.

No.  It's a hand-me-down.

[vanillacourage]

Jan 17, 2015 9:29:54 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Jan 17, 2015 9:28:34 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

Do you have Apple Care? I had the same thing start happening with my 5S. I took it in to the Apple store, they ran diagnostics and gave me a replacement phone.

No.  It's a hand-me-down.

Would the original owner help you out, if the Apple Care is still in effect?

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 17, 2015 10:12:07 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

Jan 17, 2015 9:29:54 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

No.  It's a hand-me-down.

Would the original owner help you out, if the Apple Care is still in effect?

Certainly couldn't hurt to ask!

[janegold]

I really think the battery life of an iPhone is only about two years. The battery of my 5 started getting really bad around that point; I got a new phone. But just one other suggestion that's a battery-drainer: is your Bluetooth turned on?

[surrlie]

Jan 17, 2015 8:04:18 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Jan 17, 2015 7:47:00 GMT -5 v said:

There was a defect with certain iPhone 5 batteries. You may be in that batch? I was, and they replaced it for free.

You can check if yours was affected here:

www.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/

I inherited it...will they still replace it?

I don't think it would matter. When I took mine into the Apple Store last September they just verified that it was one of the serial numbers affected. It only took about an hour for them to fix it.

[Deleted]

My iPhone 5 battery was shit and it wasn't covered by the recall.


Sent from my iPhone 6 purchased today. (Sorry ?)

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 17, 2015 10:28:51 GMT -5 janegold said:

I really think the battery life of an iPhone is only about two years. The battery of my 5 started getting really bad around that point; I got a new phone. But just one other suggestion that's a battery-drainer: is your Bluetooth turned on?

It was, so that hopefully will help.

[WOT?*]

I got DH the extended battery pack carrying case thingy that has the supplemental battery pack, because when I bought the phone I'd heard that the battery life sucked in too many reviews.  Something like this: www.officedepot.com/a/products/689402/mophie-Juice-Pack-Air-Charging-Case/?cm_mmc=PLA-_-Bing-_-Phones_Accessories-_-689402

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 17, 2015 7:47:00 GMT -5 v said:

There was a defect with certain iPhone 5 batteries. You may be in that batch? I was, and they replaced it for free.

You can check if yours was affected here:

www.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/

It's in this batch! So now I just have to figure out when to get over to the store.  Thanks for posting this link!