Swap it.
I got 8.5 hours of actual usage yesterday and 1.5 days standby and I have LTE on, use Location, 3 emails using Push, and 2 others updating every hour.
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I got 8.5 hours of actual usage yesterday and 1.5 days standby and I have LTE on, use Location, 3 emails using Push, and 2 others updating every hour.
IHaveCandy
Banned
I was listening to some Internet radio yesterday for 90 minutes and it only got drained down to 95%
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Does anyone know if restoring a phone from a iTunes backup causes the battery problems people like me are having? Or do we just have bad lemons?
TheGreatDivide
Banned
Wrong thread.
I have the same question. It definitely seems shady. Has to be some kind of insider abusing his position.
My iPhone 5 can trace its lineage all the way down to the original iPhone, and an iPad inbetween.
Never really been an issue.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Good to know, thanks. I guess I'll return this one.
Yeah, @chronic has made maybe $100,000 to $200,000 so far just doing unlocks for the past month:
http://twitter.com/chronic/status/255991553540096000
And from what I understand, he just is acting as an intermediary--he gets money from a user and then pays an unlocker that can unlock from that specific carrier (that's why some unlocks cost more than others)
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Yeah, so I had the Verizon data leak earlier before updating the carrier settings. Said I used 500MB in an hour. Didn't feel like it.
But now that I am home and did a restore from my iPhone 4 backup, all is well. Except for forgetting half of my passwords to things. Still, amazed at how damn fast and light this thing is compared to the iPhone 4.
But now that I am home and did a restore from my iPhone 4 backup, all is well. Except for forgetting half of my passwords to things. Still, amazed at how damn fast and light this thing is compared to the iPhone 4.
I've hear this issue may be more widespread than verizon just that many people don't realise.
That said it's also possible that with icloud an a lot of other Connectivity, there is a higher usage. I o ly get 500mb per month so this is worrying.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
When I got the phone at Verizon today, they noticed that my monthly average was between 420-500MB a month. So to blaze through that in a single day shocked me.
But dat speed. I am amazed at how fast this damn thing is. Did the speed test app here in CT and was getting 13Mbps or so, and on 3G it was only 1.5Mbps or so. Just ridiculous.
Also, everything opens faster and is snappier. Even the wifi seems insanely faster compared to the iPhone 4.
luckyarcher
Member
That's why Im not taking any chances. You wouldn't want a message from itunes the next time you upgrade your FW saying "You have a blacklisted IMEI" would you? Its not like you can check the status of your IMEI prior to firmware upgrade.
The current rate for an unlock is just under $5. That sounds too good to be true.
matt360
Member
Was a good amount of your actual usage just listening to music/podcasts? If I do only games and internet, I can manage about 5 hours, but if a good amount of my usage is spent listening to music, then I can get your numbers.
Hmmmmmmm I might need to look into this....
I don't listen to music at all on it, though I just started to stream from Spotify.
It was just browsing, email, some shopping and finance apps, and map usage.
No games either.
Dreams-Visions
Member
You know what? as much as I love Flipboard on my iPad, I'm growing a strong dislike for the iPhone 5 counterpart. only seeing one story/page is bullshit.
probably going back to Reeder for the iPhone RSS needs.
probably going back to Reeder for the iPhone RSS needs.
Dreams-Visions
Member
jesus christ.
So is this the official iPhone thread? I've been an iPhone owner since yesterday but I "only" got the iPhone 4S. It's a great experience coming from a Blackberry! The email situation does seem worse but everything else is just awesome.
I have one question though: When I first booted it up it asked me to enter my PIN in Chinese. Is that normal? I would've expected English but not Chinese.
I have one question though: When I first booted it up it asked me to enter my PIN in Chinese. Is that normal? I would've expected English but not Chinese.
CrankyKong
Member
Preordered mine a week before release and it says dispatched on 29th of october.
Assuming its at least a week of transit time, thats 6 weeks after release that it will arrive.
Im kinda annoyed that its taking so long but i guess the demand is crazy or something.
Assuming its at least a week of transit time, thats 6 weeks after release that it will arrive.
Im kinda annoyed that its taking so long but i guess the demand is crazy or something.
That's what you get for ordering the white model.
But seriously, that's crazy. Try calling them?
luckyarcher
Member
It's crazy enough for sealed 16GB iphones (carrier locked) to be sold for $850 atm on ebay.
Apple deciding to brick the phone doesn't seem terribly likely to me. I think worst case is they'll relock it.
That's revenue. He said he even loses money on some of them.
TheGreatDivide
Banned
My estimated delivery was between the 3rd and 9th, I got it on the 8th. Wait until they miss your estimate before being outraged, that's what the estimate is for
jts
...hate me...
Ordered on Apple Store a couple of weeks ago and my payment went through just today (because instead of paying with credit card like normal people I used bank transfer) and, contrary to what I was expecting, the 3-4 week delivery time just started counting now as well. The estimate is November 9-15th. I was being kinda cool about it but now all this waiting is eating me in the inside (((
#1stworldproblems
(((#1stworldproblems
My estimated delivery was between the 3rd and 9th, I got it on the 8th. Wait until they miss your estimate before being outraged, that's what the estimate is for
This, the estimate is not expired yet, you shouldn't get pissed off unless they miss that by a mile.
base shagohod
Member
Does anybody else's phone straight up freeze when receiving messages? Like iMessages or texts..
Also, sometimes a banner will pop up and the phone will vibrate like I got a text, I'll go to check and it'll be a message from 3 minutes ago.
Wondering if I should go by Apple and switch it out.
Also, sometimes a banner will pop up and the phone will vibrate like I got a text, I'll go to check and it'll be a message from 3 minutes ago.
Wondering if I should go by Apple and switch it out.
BruiserBear
Banned
None of those things you mention sound hardware related. I'm experiencing a host of odd quirks and bugs. If I do a hard reset to the phone it usually resolves them.
Just wait til iOS 6.01 comes out. It should fix a lot of these issues.
The way I understood it, AT&T had to ping the Apple DB to check for me, and that's what iTunes checks when it phones home for your device restore.
sleeping_dragon
Banned
Guys just wondering if the iphone 5 can multi tasks properly and does it have multi windows yet?
jts
...hate me...
It's finally here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6330/the-iphone-5-review
Anand also just teased the name of the A6 core. It's called Swift.
ARM: Cortex A9, Cortex A15
Qualcomm: Scorpion, Krait
Apple: Swift
Anand also just teased the name of the A6 core. It's called Swift.
ARM: Cortex A9, Cortex A15
Qualcomm: Scorpion, Krait
Apple: Swift
Hari Seldon
Member
Ordered on Apple Store a couple of weeks ago and my payment went through just today (because instead of paying with credit card like normal people I used bank transfer) and, contrary to what I was expecting, the 3-4 week delivery time just started counting now as well. The estimate is November 9-15th. I was being kinda cool about it but now all this waiting is eating me in the inside
#1stworldproblems
Cancel that shit and do the 10pm thing. Took me 5 days and I got mine. And my zip code had me in range of heavily populated Washington DC and stores in that area had phones here and there as well.
jts
...hate me...
Well, I live in euroland and the only way to get an unlocked iPhone in this particular country is to order it through the Apple store online. I could get a locked one for 20-30 cheaper and maybe even today as well, but I don't think it's worth it. I might move out of here soon enough so that unlock might come in handy.
And at least I'll get dat diamond unscratchable coating of the newest batches. believe.jpg
According to S4GRU, first LTE sites in Seattle are probably coming in December. "Launch" should be around June of 2013.
base shagohod
Member
True.. Thanks.
TheGreatDivide
Banned
Works fine for me and has done for years. Not sure what the issue could be.
I recommend people read this, it's an amazingly well done review and shows just how nice some parts of the iPhone 5 really are.
dat GPU/screen
Flying Toaster
Member
Wow, interesting and in depth review. Thanks for the heads up.
Battery usage on a replacement iPhone 5
People complaining about bad battery life, should either try to take it by an Apple Store or check for rogue apps.
Wow.
Yeah the battery in the iPhone 5 is pretty amazing huh? =)