News - Battery drain plugged with the release of iOS 5.0.1

[HEXUS]

and a few more bug fixes, but does the fix work for everyone?

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[Hoonigan]

I've been suffering from these bugs on my iPhone 4S, and this patch has seemed to fix things quite well. I've only been using it since 7 this morning, so maybe I'm speaking too soon, but there seems to be a marked improvement.

This is my scepticism of Apple shining through, but I suspect they've maybe done what they did with Antennagate and just make the battery % indicator just show more battery

I wouldn't put it past them!

[Mattus]

This is my scepticism of Apple shining through, but I suspect they've maybe done what they did with Antennagate and just make the battery % indicator just show more battery

That's a popular myth. The update after Antennagate made iPhones show LESS signal, not more.

[PeterStoba]

Will the update erase data or not?

[kopite]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11...tery_problems/

It seems that people arent seeing any battery increase and in some cases it gets worse

[jim]

That's a popular myth. The update after Antennagate made iPhones show LESS signal, not more.

Exactly. I'm really fed up of all this rubbish about signal bar... baaa... baaaaa... baaaa, 4S, baaaa

[miniyazz]

That's a popular myth. The update after Antennagate made iPhones show LESS signal, not more.

Yes, because previously they used a non-linear scale to rapidly give more signal bars for a tiny amount more actual signal (this had the convenient side-effect of making it appear iPhones had better signal than other phones). They then changed the calibration so e.g. the old 4 bars became 2 bars, so when held wrong the phone only dropped 1 or 2 bars, not 4 - thus 'minimising' the problem.

[GingerNinja]

Well it would seem there is still some kind of bug. I had my phone on charge last night after I'd updated to 5.0.1. When I went to bed it was fully charged 100% battery indicator. I left it in the charging dock. When I got up this morning the percentage indicator said 95% and "Time since last full charge" was showing 0 minutes for both Usage and Standby, how is this even possible it's still connected to AC power and is indicated as such!!!!

[miniyazz]

Li-ion batteries on laptops aren't kept at 100% to lengthen battery lifespan; they are charged to 100% and allowed to drain to e.g. 95% before getting recharged. Could be a similar thing.