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Yodzilla posted:My iPhone 5 drains like a motherfucker sometimes now. No idea how to replicate it but yesterday I was down to 50% after four hours of doing just about nothing. It's bizarre. Stop playing Threes so much.
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Yodzilla posted:My iPhone 5 drains like a motherfucker sometimes now. No idea how to replicate it but yesterday I was down to 50% after four hours of doing just about nothing. It's bizarre.
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May 22, 2014 20:45
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LmaoTheKid posted:Stop playing Threes so much. Haha no gaming for me when that happened but yeah goddamn Threes is a ridiculous battery hog. Star War Sex Parrot posted:Launch phone? I keep hearing more and more early iPhone 5 adopters are having their batteries go south. Yep. I guess it'll be two years old this fall!
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May 22, 2014 20:49
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I had a similar problem (launch iPhone 5 - albeit twice replaced - lost battery fast, got hot, restore didn't help) and the tech at the fruit stand plugged it into iTunes and held Home & Sleep, claiming that'd completely wipe the phone and possibly help with the battery drain (there were a lot of Springboard crashes in the diagnostics log, and he couldn't find any overheating or battery problems). So far it's at least not getting hot to the touch anymore. I restored from iCloud though he told me to set it up as a new phone.
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May 23, 2014 10:24
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Yes he did the correct stuff. Sometimes an app or some other strange setting can cause problems. A way to isolate a problem as hardware or software is to wipe and reinstall the OS but NOT restore any sort of backup. If you still have problems, it's hardware. If no problems, it's some weird software thing.
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May 23, 2014 12:34
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Yodzilla posted:Haha no gaming for me when that happened but yeah goddamn Threes is a ridiculous battery hog. After 1 year your battery should be 80 percent of its original charge. As this is the 2nd year then your phone (like mine) will only get 80 percent of the 80 percent.
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May 23, 2014 14:27
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Launch phone? I keep hearing more and more early iPhone 5 adopters are having their batteries go south. Is this something affecting the 5S, too? I hate how subjective battery stuff is, but while I used to go two days without much worry, all I did was listen to 30m worth of a podcast this morning and maybe check the Facebook app twice and I am down to 88%. That said, I did just change jobs from a place that had zero cell coverage whatsoever to being back in a place that does. I am not sure how that affects it.
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May 23, 2014 16:08
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AlternateAccount posted:Is this something affecting the 5S, too? I hate how subjective battery stuff is, but while I used to go two days without much worry, all I did was listen to 30m worth of a podcast this morning and maybe check the Facebook app twice and I am down to 88%. Because of the way modern cell phones charge when plugged in, always assume you're at 90% of maximum when you unplug with a full charge. It can damage the battery if it continues to charge when full, so the phone will stop charging when at 100% and let the battery drain until 90%, then start charging again. However, your indicator will always say 100% once it hits that mark, and once unplugged it will just show the indicator quickly drain the false charge until it hits the real number. Because of this, you can't draw any meaningful conclusions about the capacity of your battery by how fast the first 10% discharges.
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May 23, 2014 16:36
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Promoted Pawn posted:Because of the way modern cell phones charge when plugged in, always assume you're at 90% of maximum when you unplug with a full charge. Wait what? I thought that was true of old cellphones, not modern cellphones.
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May 23, 2014 16:45
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The Dave posted:Wait what? I thought that was true of old cellphones, not modern cellphones. No. Old devices would get damaged if left charging, which is why modern phones do what he described. I'm not sure if they actually drop as low as 90%, but the general idea is accurate.
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May 23, 2014 16:49
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Turn of battery % and just use your phone normally you freaking weirdos.
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May 23, 2014 16:53
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Whirlwind Jones posted:Turn of battery % and just use your phone normally you freaking weirdos. This forever. Stop battery 
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May 23, 2014 16:57
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Whirlwind Jones posted:Turn of battery % and just use your phone normally you freaking weirdos. How exactly does having a visual indicator of battery percentage preclude normal phone usage?
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May 23, 2014 19:41
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jivjov posted:How exactly does having a visual indicator of battery percentage preclude normal phone usage? I would like to know this also... But I have turned it off for a while myself. It comes up often enough that there must be something to it, however placebic.
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May 23, 2014 19:56
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jivjov posted:How exactly does having a visual indicator of battery percentage preclude normal phone usage? Because it's often inaccurate and who gives a poo poo?
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May 23, 2014 19:58
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LmaoTheKid posted:Because it's often inaccurate and who gives a poo poo? Cite your source on the inaccuracy thing, please? (Other than the 'first 10-ish%' part, that's pretty well documented). And I give a poo poo because if I'm running down to 30%-40% battery too early in the day, before I'll have a chance to get home and charge it, I know I need to make a conscious effort to not dick around on the Awful app or whatever quite as much because I'd like to have my phone available for making calls or GPSing later.
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May 23, 2014 20:09
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jivjov posted:Cite your source on the inaccuracy thing, please? (Other than the 'first 10-ish%' part, that's pretty well documented). And I give a poo poo because if I'm running down to 30%-40% battery too early in the day, before I'll have a chance to get home and charge it, I know I need to make a conscious effort to not dick around on the Awful app or whatever quite as much because I'd like to have my phone available for making calls or GPSing later. Back when I used it it would get to 5% and just stay there for a while until the phone up and died. I turned it off and now I don't give a poo poo. No one should outside of the visual battery meter.
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May 23, 2014 20:11
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LmaoTheKid posted:No one should outside of the visual battery meter. You're picking a really weird thing to get elitist and slightly hostile about.
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May 23, 2014 20:15
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jivjov posted:You're picking a really weird thing to get elitist and slightly hostile about. I don't mean to come off that way. But it is how it is. Anecdotal or not just turn the thing off and live a happier life 
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May 23, 2014 20:33
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jivjov posted:How exactly does having a visual indicator of battery percentage preclude normal phone usage? Having a number displayed up there all of the time makes people think too hard about what their phone may or may not be doing, resulting in , panic, and useless internet posts if that number seems to change faster than usual (cf. posts above).Turn off the battery percent display and you will be happier, you will have more free time, and the world will be a better place for everyone. edit: Also, turning the screen on every few minutes to check that number is really what is affecting battery life. withak fucked around with this message at 21:34 on May 23, 2014 |
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May 23, 2014 21:31
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jivjov posted:How exactly does having a visual indicator of battery percentage preclude normal phone usage? Turn off the % indicator. Use your phone normally. If your phone doesn't appear to be holding a charge as long as it once did, try a clean restore, and if that doesn't work take it into an Apple store for a battery replacement.
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May 23, 2014 22:11
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I guess I'm the magical guy who isn't plagued by those problems. I keep the % displayed at all times, but I only really look at it when I'm already using the phone or if I actually need to know for some reason (I.e. I'm gonna be home for an hour, do I need to plug my phone in or do I have enough juice to last me til that night). I don't obsess about it, I just like to know.
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May 24, 2014 05:15
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jivjov posted:I guess I'm the magical guy who isn't plagued by those problems. I keep the % displayed at all times, but I only really look at it when I'm already using the phone or if I actually need to know for some reason (I.e. I'm gonna be home for an hour, do I need to plug my phone in or do I have enough juice to last me til that night). I don't obsess about it, I just like to know. Congratulations on your obsession.
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May 24, 2014 05:57
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I look at my battery percentage and have its habits memorized, but I can quit any time I want.
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May 24, 2014 21:24
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I can't decide who is sperging more. The people who obsess about the battery percentage, or the people who won't shut up about turning the percentage off.
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May 24, 2014 21:50
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I just got a phone with siri. (Which is great. It's like having Jarvis in my motorcycle helmet.) One thing I don't like, when I ask my phone to take me somewhere. It will stay locked. But the lock screen will stay lit with the route on it. Draining the battery unnecessarily in my pocket. Is there anything I can do about this?
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May 25, 2014 00:54
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CygnusTM posted:I can't decide who is sperging more. The people who obsess about the battery percentage, or the people who won't shut up about turning the percentage off. At least we're not arguing about which pocket you keep your phone in. This is what happens when there's no Apple news for 6 months.
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May 25, 2014 04:59
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LmaoTheKid posted:I don't mean to come off that way. But it is how it is. Anecdotal or not just turn the thing off and live a happier life no thanks I'll leave mine on
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May 25, 2014 17:35
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Congratulations on your life of misery and lying awake at night wondering why your phone burned 7% more battery than usual yesterday.
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May 25, 2014 18:04
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Honestly if I could turn off the battery bar part and just have the percentage I would. Sorry if that makes you all go  #sorrynotsorry
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May 25, 2014 19:23
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Jedi Knight Luigi posted:Honestly if I could turn off the battery bar part and just have the percentage I would. Sorry if that makes you all go This is legit one of the reasons I miss my jailbreak when I went to 7.1
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May 25, 2014 20:06
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It's possible to have percentage displayed yet not stress over it. Fact.
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May 25, 2014 21:09
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:It's possible to have percentage displayed yet not stress over it. Fact. But if you have your battery percentage displayed, you will surely stress over it! Just turn it off and use your phone like a normal person! Showing a number on the screen of your phone will RUIN YOUR PHONE AND LIFE. If you keep your battery indicator on, you will literally die from stress. Please do not post in this thread until, like us, you have turned off your battery percentage indicator.
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May 25, 2014 21:20
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can't you all just shut the gently caress up about stupid things?
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May 25, 2014 22:49
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Last Chance posted:can't you all just shut the gently caress up about stupid things? WWDC will be here soon to distract us.
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May 25, 2014 22:58
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Just get an Anker Astro Mini. It's cheap, fits in any pocket, and you won't have to worry about your battery dying on you. I actually welcome my battery dying so I have a chance to use it.
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May 26, 2014 00:48
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Last Chance posted:can't you all just shut the gently caress up about stupid things? Like what, the Galaxy Gear 2?
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May 26, 2014 03:30
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Ziploc posted:I just got a phone with siri. (Which is great. It's like having Jarvis in my motorcycle helmet.) No responses means there's no solution for this right?
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May 26, 2014 16:48
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Ziploc posted:No responses means there's no solution for this right? If you have a stretch of ten miles or so without a turn, the screen will turn off until the next navigation item comes up. I think you could use something like Google Maps instead if you wanted that feature to go away.
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Last Chance posted:If you're using turn-by-turn navigation, then yes, the screen will turn on occasionally when the phone's locked. It won't stay on permanently-- just when you're approaching a turn in the next mile or so. I'd have to take my phone out of my pocket to do that. Slightly awkward on a motorcycle. I'm glad that the screen goes off between turns. So thanks for that information. I'll fiddle with it more in the car to learn it's behavior. Siri makes motorcycling for hours much easier now that I can keep on top of notifications from work/fam without pulling over on occasion.
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