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iPhone battery life: Apple says ‘a few remaining issues’ persist in iOS 5.0.1

2011-11-11T14:18:08-05:00

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According to AllThingsD's John Paczkowski, Apple has just released the following statement regarding iPhone battery life in the just-released iOS 5.0.1 update:

The recent iOS software update addressed many of the battery issues that some customers experienced on their iOS 5 devices. We continue to investigate a few remaining issues.

What makes the statement interesting is that iOS 5.0.1 was ostensibly developed (and pushed out so quickly) primarily to solve battery complaints that had been coming from iOS 5 users on the iPhone 4 and 4S, so Cupertino still has a little bit of work to do. Is there an iOS 5.0.2 in our near future?

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iOS 5.0.1 starts rolling out to iPhones and iPads, battery life fixes in tow

2011-11-10T13:17:48-05:00

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iOS 5.0.1 has been made available to the general populace by Apple, a build that promises to improve battery life. Other changes include the addition of multitasking gestures to the original iPad, unspecified "bug fixes" for Documents in the Cloud, and improved voice dictation for Australian users - it would seem iOS 5 didn't appreciate that Aussie accent.

The Verge's team members aren't seeing over-the-air updates on their phones yet, but it's available in iTunes - so grab it and sound off on any changes in battery life you're seeing.

Update: It looks as though the OTA version of the update is now widely deployed. Charlie Miller, who disc …

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Apple posts iOS 5.0.1 beta 2, fixes activation issues

2011-11-04T14:33:44-04:00

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Two days after it released the first iOS 5.0.1 beta, Apple has released beta 2 of the same build for the OS. The original build apparently suffered from some bugs related to failed activations. Beyond those bug fixes, it doesn't look like iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 contains anything more than the original. The update comprises mostly bugfixes, the most important of which are bugs that are affecting iPhone battery life in a serious way for many users. It also adds multitasking gestures to the original iPad, which mysteriously didn't get the feature in iOS 5.

Developers can find the download in Apple's Developer Center, linked below.

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Apple confirms iOS 5 battery problems, fix coming in iOS 5.0.1

2011-11-02T17:45:43-04:00

iPhone 4S battery life

We've been wondering if the iOS 5 battery issues people have been reporting would get a clearer explanation and unfortunately that explanation isn't quite here yet. What we do have is confirmation from Apple that there are, in fact, confirmed battery life problems that need to be addressed in the new operating system:

"A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices," Apple said in a statement to AllThingsD. "We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks."

Apple didn't say exactly what the "few bugs" were, but leading …

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iPhone 4 and 4S users reporting dramatically decreased battery life

2011-10-31T15:03:05-04:00

iPhone 4S battery life

2010 brought us antennagate. Will late 2011 be the season of batterygate? Apple acknowledges that standby battery life for the iPhone 4S trails the iPhone 4, but there may be a bigger issue at hand - Apple's support forums are filling up with posts from angry iPhone 4S owners with devices that can't make it through a day, even with battery-draining features like Bluetooth and location services disabled.

Speculation on the cause is running rampant; some people blame a location-based time zone setting, others find trouble with iCloud contact syncing, still others have seen a bug involving calendar reminders in the iOS 5 notification pane. Thes …

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