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Here's what's happening to your iPhone battery life in iOS 11
Mashable ^ | 09/25/2017 | BRETT WILLIAMS

Posted on 09/25/2017 4:47:44 PM PDT by WeWaWes

Apple rolled out iOS 11 on Sept. 19, giving everyone with devices as old as 2013's iPhone 5S some fancy new features and ramped-up processing speeds.


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To: yarddog

Odd.

Mine had gone black on Thursday,I went on-line,and figured out how to fix it,and did.

On Friday I was talking to my daughter and she said to check to see if there was an upgrade waiting to be downloaded-——she said they often “tweak” and create problems so that you will up-grade. I went to settings/general——and there it was-—waiting.

I told her I was happy with things just as they are but she said I would probably have more problems so on Saturday I did installed iOS11.

I am NOT happy about this battery drain.


21 posted on 09/25/2017 6:19:46 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears

We communicate almost exclusively by email.

Basically she said the screen went black. She also mentioned that she had dropped it in the water about a year ago. I think she took it in and they told her the screen would have to be replaced, then changed to it will have to be replaced.

She would have the very best, well the best under a thousand or so.

I sort of wondered if they gave her that new Apple. If I ask her there is about a 50/50 chance that she will answer the specific question. She is good about replying but often forgets what I ask her.


22 posted on 09/25/2017 6:47:02 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 5thGenTexan; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; ..
Battery issues on iOS 11 update? Try force restarting your iOS device. Most rapid battery drain issues on every iOS update can be resolved by a forced restart of the device. This update is no different. I saw some rapid battery drain just after updating but the problem went away completely after a forced cold boot. To force quit the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus hold the sleep/power and the volume down button for ten seconds. For all other models, hold the home button and the sleep/power button for ten seconds. To restart both Press the power button for a few seconds. Done. That should solve any battery problems, it did mine. — PING!


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23 posted on 09/26/2017 2:26:49 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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To: Mozzafiato
They purposely embed these upgrades with performance drains so that users get frustrated and upgrade to the new phone which, surprise, is released just afterward.

No, they don’t. The iOS upgrades as a rule generally improve performance except on the oldest hardware nearing its end-of-support life, which is generally five years with Apple.

24 posted on 09/26/2017 2:30:35 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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To: WeWaWes
Several articles with thousands of test cases showing how serious the drain is.

But, Apple had MILLIONS of devices upgraded, yet only "thousands report battery drainage problems".

That’s a drop in the proverbial bucket, WeWaWes, usually from people who have not cold restarted their iOS devices after doing the update to iOS 11. That’s a standard practice for many experienced users on upgrading. Some people just go with the warm reboots of the install, and in 99% of the installs that works fine. But if it doesn’t, then the user needs to do a cold reboot. . . a complete power off restart.

25 posted on 09/26/2017 2:39:54 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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To: WeWaWes
My 7+ suits me just fine. Probably downgrade tomorrow until APPLE gets the bugs worked out.

Nah, Wes, just force restart it. Mine was draining rapidly until I forced a restart, now I took it off charge at 4:30 AM and put it back on the charger at 11:13PM with 85% still left in the battery! Prior to iOS 11, I was lucky to get 45% to 50% after a full day’s usage including phone calls, several hours of streaming talk radio, etc. Today, I even used it for three and a half hours of WIFI hotspot connectivity while we drove round trip from Sacramento to Angels Camp for a writers’ group meeting, and I had it constantly connected the entire trip to my MacBook, surfing the Internet. . . and it drained only 15%!

26 posted on 09/26/2017 2:51:28 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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To: Mears
I am NOT happy about this battery drain.

Force a shut down by holding both the home button and the sleep/power buttons for ten seconds. Once the screen goes black, wait one minute, to make sure everything is cleared, then press the power button for several seconds (about three), and release it. You should see the Apple appear on the screen. This procedure should solve your battery drain problem.

27 posted on 09/26/2017 3:02:12 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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To: Swordmaker

Thanks for the tip!


28 posted on 09/26/2017 3:42:24 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: Swordmaker

Thank you so much for that hint-———fingers crossed here.

FR has such smart people. :-)

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29 posted on 09/26/2017 8:39:35 AM PDT by Mears
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To: big'ol_freeper

Same here. My iPhone 6+ actually has improved battery life since the upgrade.


30 posted on 09/26/2017 8:42:30 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: WeWaWes

Interesting - on a “normal” day for me (iPhone 7 plus), I noticed battery issues in the early betas of iOS 11 (betas almost always have significant battery drain issues because of the bloated and buggy underpinnings). With the release (and the last of the betas), battery life is pretty typical - EXCEPT when running any GPS-enabled app - then battery drains faster than the charger can keep up with. This was not an issue before iOS11. Under every previous iOS, if I had my iPhone plugged in while used, say... Apple Maps or Google Maps, Waze, etc), the battery would remain pretty constantly at the same charge level, or even very very slowly charge. With every version of iOS11 (starting with the 2nd beta when I jumped in to this cycle), no charger I own can keep up with the drain using these GPS apps. Battery drains slower than unplugged...

Otherwise - using the phone for everything else from browsing, talk, games, etc - battery life is right on par with what it was before.


31 posted on 09/26/2017 8:48:31 AM PDT by TheBattman (Gun control works - just ask Chicago...)
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To: WeWaWes

Gold release? iOS 11 has been fully released.


32 posted on 09/26/2017 8:49:14 AM PDT by TheBattman (Gun control works - just ask Chicago...)
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To: Paladin2

Which personal liberty “downgrades” are you referring to?

Also - there comes a point when no apps can update without a newer iOS.


33 posted on 09/26/2017 8:50:05 AM PDT by TheBattman (Gun control works - just ask Chicago...)
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To: Paladin2

Oh - and I nearly forgot - you are missing security updates...


34 posted on 09/26/2017 8:51:20 AM PDT by TheBattman (Gun control works - just ask Chicago...)
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To: Mozzafiato
Uh... no. Please go take the tinfoil off your head, you look kind of crazy...


35 posted on 09/26/2017 8:53:11 AM PDT by TheBattman (Gun control works - just ask Chicago...)
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To: TheBattman

The ability to off load pictures/video to Linux and windows desktops.


36 posted on 09/26/2017 8:53:14 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Paladin2

Not something I’ve ever been in a position to do, so wasn’t aware. Has that been possible before iOS 11?

Several articles seem to point to how you can do what you are suggesting - though I don’t see much within the past week or so.


37 posted on 09/26/2017 9:02:05 AM PDT by TheBattman (Gun control works - just ask Chicago...)
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To: TheBattman

This phone (now just a wifi device - it’s a hand me down piece of hardware) can just be USB jacked into various infidel desktops/laptops and files transferred about with no real effort.

The newer iphone doesn’t do that. I have no reason why and no need to get it sorted out.

So the s/w remains at 9.3.5


38 posted on 09/26/2017 9:21:01 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Swordmaker

Sword, I LMT MacBook Pro will not complete startup - haven’t updated to just released system yet.

Starts to boot, hangs up on progress bar about 92% complete and will not finish.

I tried to boot into safe mode, but keeps coming up normal.

Booted into utility mode and did first aid - said it fixed some things but same problem.

Tried to reinstall system but says that item is not available now and to try later.

Tried fsck -fy, but didn’t fix it

Booted in safe verbose mode - been running a while- most recent messages include... “kauth external resolver timed out” and “busy timeout [1], 60 sec, kexted wait(0): x86PlatformPlugin’,input, Cora, io resources
No solution yet and can’t tell if anything is happening

Any ideas of how I can get back to booting?

Thanks in advance
Dave


39 posted on 09/26/2017 9:29:48 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: TheBattman
Uh... no. Please go take the tinfoil off your head, you look kind of crazy...

There are plenty of articles and lawsuits about this, so it's not as far-fetched as you may think.

Does Apple Throttle Older iPhones to Nudge you into Buying a New One?


40 posted on 09/26/2017 6:12:22 PM PDT by Mozzafiato
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