Well it's got to the stage where I have to take my cable with me everywhere. My battery just seems to go flat too quickly for me to last a day with it. I don't even use LTE and I was planning to but considering the battery could be worse I'm frightened to. I've booked a Genius appointment so hopefully they'll just find out why I suppose.
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Speaking of which, is there a way of disabling LTE if you don't have a network in your country? We have the Aussie version of the phone, but either the carrier baseband file or location setting means we don't have an LTE off switch. I wonder if that means it has been disabled entirely by the OS for now.
I have the option to turn it off under settings/general/celluar/"Enable LTE"
Yeah, it's just a 3G switch for me.
The phone can do LTE but we don't have it here, so I imagine a carrier setting causes the switch to not be there. I just hope it's actually off.
I posted above, Google Contacts sucks with iOS. Gmail is great though
What's wrong with Google Contacts & iOS? I know it has some limitations but I've been using it since they first allowed syncing Contacts and haven't had too many issues- You can also sync using CardDAV instead of Exchange for Google Contacts as of a few months ago
No full screen Caller ID pics, and no custom phone number labels.
Isn't CardDAV a file that you export from Google? How does that sync automatically? Either way, iCloud works great. I don't know how it all synced together, but somehow iCloud had all of my Google Contacts including pics already. I deleted Google and added iCloud and it's much better. Love full screen caller ID..
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2753077&topic=1669027&ctx=topic
I see. I don't really mind the caller ID pics but I can see why you'd want custom phone number labels
What is the benefit of using CardDAV?
Yea the ID pics aren't a huge deal, but it's just nice seeing the big picture when someone calls. I remember when I moved to Android I was so sad that they showed a tiny square in the middle instead of like Apple. I still don't understand it.
Oh also, Google Contacts compresses the shit out of caller ID pics. Again, not a big thing to most...but it bugs me to no end.
Battery life issues are the worst because of exactly this.
Did you ever get your iCloud storage issues straightened out? PM me if not.
Coincidence, I only really noticed this yesterday and have been wondering why. I thought it was related to my old Caller ID pictures.
Went ahead and turned off Contact synching with my Gmail account. It's all backed up through iCloud anyway.
What's your explanation then of the people moving from iOS to Windows Phone?
All eight of them?
OK, not really but when i look at WP7 now 8, I see a much greater focus on integrating social network status updates and picture uploads into the home screen UI. it floats that data up much better than iOS so for someone who's really into that, it's certainly a compelling reason to move from iOS.
Also cheevos, dude!
I have a Lumia 900 and used it for maybe 6 weeks. I got the phone from Microsoft as a "challenge", then Nokia paid me $100 for having the phone. Went back to my 4S, and sold it two weeks before I got my 5 and was ecstatic to move back to iOS. Granted I liked the Windows Phone experience, much more than my Android experience. I was able to pick up and use it while with Android I was pretty lost. The Lumia 920 and HTC 8X are amazing phones as well.
matt360
Member
While everything you said about usage habits is true, I still think that "many" of the people getting 4-6 hours are experiencing some kind of problem unrelated to their habits. I have had the iPhone 3G, 4, and now 5, all while living in the same area, Hiroshima City, where signal strength has greatly improved over the last 5 years.
I had fantastic battery life with my 3G and 4, but I average about 3-5 hours with my iPhone 5. We do have LTE in Hiroshima City but I have it turned off. Bluetooth is off, mail set to manual, brightness at 30%, almost zero gaming (most of my iOS gaming is now done on my iPad for fear of draining my iPhone battery). I browse the internet normally, and possibly slightly more than with past phones due to the faster speed of the current phone. But even so, when I check my cellular data usage, it is waaaaayyyyyy more than it should be. Something is definitely going on behind the scenes, and I'm not the only one this is happening to.
I've tried DFU restores, turning off iCloud, setting up as new, and all of the other tricks, but nothing helps. I am on my third iPhone 5 and nothing has changed. I'm gonna wait for the next iOS update in hopes that it'll help, otherwise I'll just keep returning it until I get one I'm satisfied with.
That's kind of my point that a 'bad phone' isn't the likely cause. That many people have similar 'issues' overall. I feel that the battery life of 4-6 he's is probably the average and not because of any 'fault' per se. More likely software optimisations and/or bugs.
No doubt there are good and bad examples of battery, but it's not a mystery method to making those things and I don't imagine a huge range in variation.
Damn, the exact opposite of what I've been complaining about lol. I don't know about any settings, but if you sync your contacts with Google Contacts / Exchange, and then delete the actual contacts off of your phone (so that all of your contacts are from Google) then it will show up in a tiny box. I don't know any other way.
Why do you prefer this? Are your contact pictures blurry when full screen or something?
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
I find the phone to have a fantastic battery life. I've owned the iPhone, 3G, 3GS and now the 5 and I have to say that the iPhone 5 has slightly better battery than all of those which makes it even more impressive when you take into account the added power. Furthermore, I turn off push notifications for any uneccessary app, I never have Bluetooth enabled unless its in the car (while the phone is charging anyways via car charger), wifi search is turned off, etc. Furthermore, I charge my phone at work most of the time also, so I'm almost always at, or close to 100%.
matt360
Member
Safari, Facebook, Twitter, Neogaf, Pulse, Downcast, Nike+GPS, Instagram, Mail, Music, and Skype get the most action. I do realize that several of those are power hungry and consume a lot of battery in a short amount of time. I allot for that. And I make sure that I close them out of the task bar (especially Skype) after I finish using them. But there's absolutely no excuse to be losing 1% every two minutes on Twitter when all I'm doing is scrolling through a single page. Something is straight up "wrong."
Granted, when I turn Cellular Data off, my battery life is fantastic. I can easily get 10 hours with wifi only, which leads me to believe that the problem is not hardware related, and might potentially be fixed in a future update. But still, there's no reason why, with LTE off and all other variables the same, I should be getting roughly half of the battery life on my 5 compared to my 3G and 4.
If you're constantly charging your phone how can you possibly know what kind of battery life it has? Did you also have your charger handy with your old phones? I never, ever had to worry about my phone dying with my 3G or 4. And that was with extremely heavy use. I would play FF Tactics for an entire hour over my lunch break, check email, twitter, etc., about once an hour, stream sports games and I never once came close to depleting the battery.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Trying to decide between this and the Xperia T, and having a hard time of it. The T is cheaper and has the iPhone beat in a number of areas. But I'm a Mac owner and an iPad user so my life is easier if I stay within the same ecosystem. I also have to wonder if ICS can live up to iOS' ergonomics.
You could just update it to jellybean.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
See, there's another strike against Android. Too many OS hoops to jump through; I don't like the way every company is on a different iteration.
No, I would say something is definitely pulling data on you pretty regularly. I know there was some sort of carrier issue regarding data at one time, but I think that had a carrier update. Verizon maybe, I don't recall.
Are you seeing that "circle" spinning in the upper left corner when not in app or in the browser? I wonder if this data you are chewing through is all background or a mix of some sort. One would think if it was any standard apps or software you would see the battery life on wifi as well since most of them wouldn't care where they were pulling data from. Odd situation.
Mecha_Infantry
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I think it's a little unfair to just label people tinkerers, if they want to move away from iOS
I will be getting the Nexus 4 and keeping it completely stock. I will not be "tinkering" it in any form at all.
What some people might not consider, is that people genuinely get bored with things if they use them day in day out. I'm an engineer at heart, so I have strong interests in technology. Like I called it before, it's a technological itch that needs to be scratched for me. Android have been making huge steps, a lot more larger and riskier ones than Apple have made, and that's why it feels, to me that Apple have been stagnant. There are many examples where android trumps iOS, one of which are notifications, which Apple STILL haven't got right. The notification centre IS USEFUL, but only about 30%, the Android implementation is a lot more useful.
The other thing is, I've been using mobiles since about the late 90's, and within that time I've used many, from Ericssons PH 338's, (no, not Sony Ericssons), Sony J70's, Motorola Startacs, 8110's, 3210's and a whole host of other phones. We used to change our phones twice a year at least back in the day. So my own personal reasons for change far exceed just wanting to "tinker"
I also thnk it's very disingenuous to say that people who want to move from iOS are just gonna change home screens and stuff. Android to me, is the most advanced phone OS on the market. The update to the camera, the keyboard and the notification centre in 4.2 are just some of thing things that Android does better than iOS.
Basically this
But hey this is an Apple thread. So ill stop there!
I will be getting the Nexus 4 and keeping it completely stock. I will not be "tinkering" it in any form at all.
What some people might not consider, is that people genuinely get bored with things if they use them day in day out. I'm an engineer at heart, so I have strong interests in technology. Like I called it before, it's a technological itch that needs to be scratched for me. Android have been making huge steps, a lot more larger and riskier ones than Apple have made, and that's why it feels, to me that Apple have been stagnant. There are many examples where android trumps iOS, one of which are notifications, which Apple STILL haven't got right. The notification centre IS USEFUL, but only about 30%, the Android implementation is a lot more useful.
The other thing is, I've been using mobiles since about the late 90's, and within that time I've used many, from Ericssons PH 338's, (no, not Sony Ericssons), Sony J70's, Motorola Startacs, 8110's, 3210's and a whole host of other phones. We used to change our phones twice a year at least back in the day. So my own personal reasons for change far exceed just wanting to "tinker"
I also thnk it's very disingenuous to say that people who want to move from iOS are just gonna change home screens and stuff. Android to me, is the most advanced phone OS on the market. The update to the camera, the keyboard and the notification centre in 4.2 are just some of thing things that Android does better than iOS.
Basically this
But hey this is an Apple thread. So ill stop there!
matt360
Member
I honestly haven't noticed the spinning circle. A lot of it seems to happen when the phone is in sleep mode. Pretty much 100% of the time when I wake up my phone after 20 minutes of no use it will instantly lose a percentage. Even if I put it right back to sleep and pick it up later, it will lose another point. I've only tried not plugging it in at night once, but I lost 15% overnight in standby mode, which also shouldn't happen.
Another thing I've noticed is that every other person I know in Hiroshima who has an iPhone 5 is experiencing the same problem. A few of them aren't tech savvy in the least, and they are still noticing the difference. None of them are gamers, and most are very light users. A coworker of mine averages just over three hours (mostly because he plays a Gundam social game constantly).
I'm with the provider Softbank, which is known in Japan as being the worst of the major three, although they recently received a major upgrade. However, Hiroshima City is a major urban area and I have never had a problem with 3G coverage in the past with my 3G and 4. I'm no engineer and I'm really just talking out of my ass here, but I really feel like Apple and Softbank are just not playing nice here. Maybe some faulty code in the iOS that draws too much power from the battery trying to maintain a strong signal when it's not really necessary. Or maybe it's Softbank skimping on service as they tend to do. Either way, I am completely dissatisfied with the iPhone 5. If I could return it and go back to my 4 I would do so in a heartbeat. But that's what I get for being an early adopter I suppose.
BolognaSoup
Member
Haven't had a chance to take a pic at 1% yet. This is about 30% brightness. Light gaming, wi-fi Safari, email, Tweetbot, etc. Bluetooth off, email push off. Better than my iPhone 4 was after 2 years for sure. Can't really remember how it was new compared to this.
ElectricBlue187
Member
IPHONE HAS BEEN PLUGGED IN SINCE THE LAST CHARGE
SOMEBODY COMFORT ME
I just got my iPhone 5 two days ago and I have upgraded from my launch day 3GS. Huge upgrade, but I always had an OtterBox on my 3GS.
Based on a lot of the talk on here I have decided to go caseless, but it has me worried.
The phone slides out of my pocket very easily without a rubber case.
I love the way the phone looks so I am trying not to cover it with an ugly case, but it is nerve racking.
I just got my iPhone 5 two days ago and I have upgraded from my launch day 3GS. Huge upgrade, but I always had an OtterBox on my 3GS.
Based on a lot of the talk on here I have decided to go caseless, but it has me worried.
The phone slides out of my pocket very easily without a rubber case.
I love the way the phone looks so I am trying not to cover it with an ugly case, but it is nerve racking.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
I got a nice scuffgate-ness while going caseless. Still caseless but more will happen. Good luck!
Haha that is not very comforting.
With the new Gorilla Glass 2 do I have to worry about the screen cracking very much with average drops?
I rarely drop my phone, but that was when it had a rubber case and stuck to the sides of my pocket. Now I am worried about it slipping out and hitting the ground when I sit down or lean back in a chair.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Does anyone with the white IP5 notice any kind of scuffs on theirs? I always figured thebalck ones would be the only one prone to this, due to using colored aluminum. On the white one, the aluminum is native through and through so even if it scuffs it should not show, right?
I haven't gotten any yet, but scuffs will defiantly show, if my iPhone 4's band proves anything. I'm terrified for the giant aluminum back.
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
there was no standby time tho. i basically had it on the entire time. my Droid X would need a recharge in like 3 hours, lol.
forgot to mention i have a podcast playing as well.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
I've never used a case for any of my iPhones, and I've had iPhones since 2007. The iPhone 5 is a bit different than the 3GS in that scratches are much more viewable. That being said, if you're not clumsy and somewhat take care of your phone, yet want to forgo a case, just buy a sleeve. Amazon has some really nice ones on the cheap, which is especially great if you're a Prime member.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
They would show yes, but it would be a silver scuff on a silver surface, as opposed to a silver scuff on otherwise black surface. That's why I was asking if it's even noticeable compared to a black model.
petethepanda
Member
So I have a m4r ringtone file ready to go on my laptop, but I don't have a sync cable with me and I can't sync wirelessly over our work network. Is there any way to add a ringtone from the phone itself without needing a cable?
(Times like these I wish I hadn't updated to non-jailbroken iOS 6)
(Times like these I wish I hadn't updated to non-jailbroken iOS 6)