iphone 4S Battery Problem Fixed

LittleLebowski

I had been having serious problems with my 4S battery. I was on my second handset and had all but given up hope. I was on to someone from apple and they sujjested trying the following and it worked. I dont know if it will work for anyone else but I thought I'de pass it on just incase. It's a bit of a pain sorting out all your apps and folders again but worth it.

This is for windows 7 users.

First you need to show hidden file and folders if they are hidden.

Control Panel - tools - folder options - view - show hidden files.

Then
C:/Users/(Username)/app data/roaming/apple computer/itunes/iphone software updates.

You need to go in and delete this file.

Then restore your iphone without backing it up from a previous backup.
Restore to new phone and it will automatically update to the latest build 5.0.1(9A406).

This new update to this build is not being pushed to phones when you update normally so this is why you need to do it manually.

My battery has at least doubled in lifespan since.

Hope this helps!

Harcrid

I have to say I updated to this version last week to fix the No Service issue I was having and I did notice a nice improvement in battery life.

LittleLebowski

My iphone was also turning itself off and it sorted that too.

Hunchback

and for a mac user? i'm a bit of a dummy with computers, is it basically the same process as with windows 7?

LittleLebowski

For mac you will just need to find out were the file is stored. Delete it and restore the phone as above. Not a mac user so maybe try and google it.

guitd

LittleLebowski wrote: »

I had been having serious problems with my 4S battery. I was on my second handset and had all but given up hope. I was on to someone from apple and they sujjested trying the following and it worked. I dont know if it will work for anyone else but I thought I'de pass it on just incase. It's a bit of a pain sorting out all your apps and folders again but worth it.

This is for windows 7 users.

First you need to show hidden file and folders if they are hidden.

Control Panel - tools - folder options - view - show hidden files.

Then
C:/Users/(Username)/app data/roaming/apple computer/itunes/iphone software updates.

You need to go in and delete this file.

Then restore your iphone without backing it up from a previous backup.
Restore to new phone and it will automatically update to the latest build 5.0.1(9A406).

This new update to this build is not being pushed to phones when you update normally so this is why you need to do it manually.

My battery has at least doubled in lifespan since.

Hope this helps!

how do i do this on my iphone 4s ? this sounds like instructions for a computer

Creamy Goodness

it is, that's why he said it was for windows 7 users...

LostinBlanch

LittleLebowski wrote: »

I had been having serious problems with my 4S battery. I was on my second handset and had all but given up hope. I was on to someone from apple and they sujjested trying the following and it worked. I dont know if it will work for anyone else but I thought I'de pass it on just incase. It's a bit of a pain sorting out all your apps and folders again but worth it.

This is for windows 7 users.

First you need to show hidden file and folders if they are hidden.

Control Panel - tools - folder options - view - show hidden files.

Then
C:/Users/(Username)/app data/roaming/apple computer/itunes/iphone software updates.

You need to go in and delete this file.


Then restore your iphone without backing it up from a previous backup.
Restore to new phone and it will automatically update to the latest build 5.0.1(9A406).

This new update to this build is not being pushed to phones when you update normally so this is why you need to do it manually.

My battery has at least doubled in lifespan since.

Hope this helps!

That bit in bold is where I have a query. When you say restore your iphone to a new phone, how do you do this? All I get is the restore to factory settings option.

fox007

LostinBlanch wrote: »

LittleLebowski wrote: »

I had been having serious problems with my 4S battery. I was on my second handset and had all but given up hope. I was on to someone from apple and they sujjested trying the following and it worked. I dont know if it will work for anyone else but I thought I'de pass it on just incase. It's a bit of a pain sorting out all your apps and folders again but worth it.

This is for windows 7 users.

First you need to show hidden file and folders if they are hidden.

Control Panel - tools - folder options - view - show hidden files.

Then
C:/Users/(Username)/app data/roaming/apple computer/itunes/iphone software updates.

You need to go in and delete this file.


Then restore your iphone without backing it up from a previous backup.
Restore to new phone and it will automatically update to the latest build 5.0.1(9A406).

This new update to this build is not being pushed to phones when you update normally so this is why you need to do it manually.

My battery has at least doubled in lifespan since.

Hope this helps!

That bit in bold is where I have a query. When you say restore your iphone to a new phone, how do you do this? All I get is the restore to factory settings option.

I think he means set the iPhone up as a new device and don't restore it from a back up.

sharkman

I found that disabling "Setting TimeZone" in location services increased my battery life greatly .It appears that iOS 5′s causes the Setting Time Zone function to keep the location tracking circuitry running constantly.