Thank you pablo, I will follow your steps later this morning. I was already planning on doing so, and your message confirms that it may correct the problem.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Mar 2014, at 4:21, "Pablo Morales" <pablomorale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It is what I did Eileen > I deleted from my iPhone the apps that I don't want to update, for example > skype. > Later I did a restore as new device. > After this, I downloaded the restore from iCloud to my device. > Later I stored a backup of my iPhone in my computer, replacing the old > backup. > Now, I start to use my phone fine, and no more battery problems. > I hope that it helps you. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Eileen Misrahi > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:54 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Battery draining > > Hi David, > > The battery draining problem is getting worse, so yesterday evening before > going out I charged the phone as much as I could and timed the drainage. It > dropped 35% in a 3 1/2 hour period of time. Hence, I will place my complaint > to Apple accessibility. The phone was completely drained and dead as a > doorknob when I just got up. Where can I find the background refresh to turn > that off? I didn't totally turn off location services, but turned it off in > apps that I didn't need to have it on. What else do I need to do to save on > battery? Thanks. > > Best, > Eileen >> On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:16 AM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I turned off all background refresh. It looks like location services gets > switched on. This causes 15-20% battery drain per hour, and the GPS antenna > is the only thing that is this power demanding. >> >> Also, it looks as though this is only happening to people running VO. None > of my sighted friends are having the battery drain problem. >> >> So, turn off background app refresh. Also, very regularly close apps from > the app switcher. Finally, email accessibility so they will hopefully soon > test this and find the problem. >> >> One thing we do know, Apple does repair these sorts of problems when they > figure out what is going on. Unfortunately, they usually don't role out an > update when the problem is only with VO, so we will most likely be waiting a > few months before the problem is resolved. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 16 Mar 2014, at 17:10, david gross <david.dgro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> I am using an iPhone for S. I wrote previously while I'm Wi-Fi and > streaming radio I am using 16% battery per hour. I called Apple tonight they > have me doing iCloud restore. It made it worse I'm now using 20% per hour. I > am curious what other folks are finding in a similar situation. Apple is > suggesting a new restore from the computer. 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