iOS9 - battery life gone to pot

welshboy78

Anybody else had this problem?

My iPhone has battery has really gone crap since the iOS9 update. Ive even wiped and started from scratch and making no difference.

Slowly getting fed up of these updates, quality control has gone out the window the last 3 years or so

Enjoying Death

Which iPhone do you have?

If you have anything older than an iPhone 5s that's probably why.

Higgins

Since the update to iOS 9, my iPad Mini 2 uses much more battery power.

I tried to avoid the upgrade from 7.1 but Safari kept crashing all the time - so had to do it.

I have an iPhone 6s so not much choice with iOS

Besides of this: Never change a running system - I am avoiding upgrades!

welshboy78

Enjoying Death wrote:

Which iPhone do you have?

If you have anything older than an iPhone 5s that's probably why.

I have a iPhone 6 Plus

welshboy78

Higgins wrote:

Since the update to iOS 9, my iPad Mini 2 uses much more battery power.

I tried to avoid the upgrade from 7.1 but Safari kept crashing all the time - so had to do it.

I have an iPhone 6s so not much choice with iOS

Besides of this: Never change a running system - I am avoiding upgrades!

Ive had enough of iOS forced updates after this so after doing some quick research blocked it in my router.

Higgins

What annoys me is the daily reminder to update to 9.1

Anyone has an idea to shut these off?

welshboy78

Higgins wrote:

What annoys me is the daily reminder to update to 9.1

Anyone has an idea to shut these off?

Power off your phone )

About time they let you delete some of the Apple apps too instead of hiding them in a folder!!!!

welshboy78

Higgins wrote:

I have an iPhone 6s so not much choice with iOS

Hows that Force Touch feature?? Use it much?

My mrs wants a Apple watch for Xmas lol

Higgins

I don't see the point of using the Force Touch. I know how it works, but my finger is always in the way when I use it.

The positive is that the vibration is much better when the phone is in the pocket.
Also the fingerprint scanner is really fast. It's enough to use the home button to switch it on. No extra time needed for the scanner

welshboy78

Higgins wrote:

I don't see the point of using the Force Touch. I know how it works, but my finger is always in the way when I use it.

The positive is that the vibration is much better when the phone is in the pocket.
Also the fingerprint scanner is really fast. It's enough to use the home button to switch it on. No extra time needed for the scanner

Hows the camera - big improvement??

Higgins

Not really

Sir Miles

Battery life has decreased slightly...but Google is a right pain...it can just freeze...I bought an iPhone last time as everybody says they always work...plus I know the last update just destroyed three iPads to the point they have to be returned and exchanged !
I'm not impressed !

herbie123

Since the upgrade to IOS 9, Ive had to take my sons ipad back to Apple to get it sorted, my Iphone 5c battery life is rubbish, if I walk the dog, listening to music for 15 minutes, I loose upto 25% of battery life, also for normal usage the phone will now last a full day without a top up charge. Also last night I had to get to Apple support as my wife's iphone 6, just refushed to power up after her latest upgrade.
I complained to Apple last night, and was told my complaint was logged and noted and they would get back to me, however they didn' take a name or number, so just a load of bull****, to keep the customer happy.
Before the latest upgrade I would have recommended anybody to use Apple products, but now I wouldnt.

This comes from somebody who has an Iphone 5c, an Ipad 3 with cell, an Apple Mac home pc, my wife has a Ipad mini3 and a Iphone 6, and my son has a Ipad 3 and an iphone 5c, as well as two Ipods.

Higgins

Sorry, but I can't echo the iOS bashing.

It's not that iOS is perfect, it's the lack of alternatives!

Android: I've purchased an Android Smartphone as a backup some time ago and really wanted to use it.
First thing that you do with your smartphone is to put your addressbook into it. Not possible with Android!
I have to upload my entire adressbook onto a Google Server from where it goes on the Smartphone.

So the first thing that Google wants is to have access to all my private data?? No way! *

Apple are not Saints but the fact that the NSA constantly complain about their level of encryption makes me confident, that they are much better than Google in most regards.

* The Android Smartphone immediately went back to Amazon.

Sir Miles

Higgins wrote:

Sorry, but I can't echo the iOS bashing.

But it's not bashing just for the sake of it...these are legitimate gripes...Apple have dropped the ball on this and they need to rectify it quickly...Apple products are more expensive BECAUSE they are far better than the alternative and usually work with very little problems...but now it's like they don't care - they NEED to be brought to task on this...

Higgins

I just wanted to give a counter-opinion - particularly why we need a counterpart for Google ;%

herbie123

Sir Miles wrote:

Higgins wrote:

Sorry, but I can't echo the iOS bashing.

But it's not bashing just for the sake of it...these are legitimate gripes...Apple have dropped the ball on this and they need to rectify it quickly...Apple products are more expensive BECAUSE they are far better than the alternative and usually work with very little problems...but now it's like they don't care - they NEED to be brought to task on this...

Agree this this, I've paid extra for the Apple products, and before hand there customer care was superb, however since iOS 9 has come out, the level of service has dropped, it could be because of the number of problems with the update.
Also I look at the latest products and they dont inspire me. The phones have become larger, I liked the size of the 5c, but the 6 is just too big. The ipads have not moved forward, and the watch, for what it is, should at least be waterproof and safe to use in a swimming pool.
Before hand I would have brought Apple without a second thought, from now on I will look around.

writingsonthewall

Apparently Facebook has taken a lot of heat for this issue as battery data show that, even with background data disabled, it eats battery life like there's no tomorrow. Another evil company mining private data as badly as Google do. So once they fix that the situation should go for the better. Alternatively you can sign off FB (seriously considering that right now).

Have installed iOS 9 in all of my devices and no big issues, not even battery life-wise, even with an "old" iPad 3 and an even older iPod touch.

Was generally unhappy with Android, especially on the privacy issue. Have to agree with Higgins on that.

welshboy78

Will get rid of the FB app and see what happens, though under the new battery stats it's not showing battery usage more then 4% over last 24 hrs unless that is flawed

writingsonthewall

welshboy78 wrote:

Will get rid of the FB app and see what happens, though under the new battery stats it's not showing battery usage more then 4% over last 24 hrs unless that is flawed

Mustn't be that then, as FB was aware of the problem thanks to users noticing it precisely through battery stats... Good luck in finding the problem, mate.

Higgins

I don't have a facebook account....

welshboy78

Higgins wrote:

I don't have a facebook account....

Did you upset mr Suckerberg? )

Lady Rose

writingsonthewall wrote:

Apparently Facebook has taken a lot of heat for this issue as battery data show that, even with background data disabled, it eats battery life like there's no tomorrow.

I was reading about his problem today. It seems to be real issue for some people. Cant say I've had any problems with battery and I do use the FB App.

Basildon

I don't think we need a new version of iOS every year. I think every 2 years would be sufficient. A few new features could be added via software update in-between new versions. The same goes for OS X. I remember back when Snow Leopard came out there were a few issues but once sorted I then had 2 years using a really solid OS before Lion was released and Apple reverted back to bringing out a new version of OS X every year.