iphone 4s fast battery drain question

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#175812 12-Jul-2015 19:34

Hey guys

I'm more Android savvy (*ducks*) but my wife has an iphone 4s which has some battery drain issues

Given that its an older phone, i wouldnt expect stellar battery life, the main issue is that it will drop from say 50% to 1% within seconds. Have already taken it to get a battery replacement but it dosnt seem to have helped. What would next steps be.. factory restore? jailbreak?

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#1341747 12-Jul-2015 19:36

What os is it on?

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#1341748 12-Jul-2015 19:39

Who did the replacement?

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#1341764 12-Jul-2015 20:02

Settings-general-usage-battery will show you what's using the battery. Dropping like that though is probably faulty battery but could be caused by software. Running latest iOS? Could try to erase and restore.

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#1341765 12-Jul-2015 20:05

It's on whatever the latest ios available is for a 4s (i'll check to confirm the ver #). It's been doing it for about 6 months or so

battery was replaced by 'iRepair Ltd' however the issue was happening with the original battery too

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#1341780 12-Jul-2015 20:43

Are they authorised ' Apple ' agents?

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#1341793 12-Jul-2015 21:02

Sounds like a third party battery that is not very good?

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#1341804 12-Jul-2015 21:12

a possibility for sure, but it was doing this with the original battery which was why i replaced it

Not really too keen about paying extra for an 'authorised' outlet for a phone that was released in 2011 and was out of warranty yonks ago

Am probably going to ditch the phone and replace it , was just really seeing if anyone had seen similar issues and resolved it

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#1341821 12-Jul-2015 21:43

my 5S is never sure whether it has 1% 5% or 15%!

just yesterday it shut off at 5%. as soon as i immediately plugged it in it showed 25%. ???

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#1353643 28-Jul-2015 18:47

Not a good quality battery who ever replaced it... needs a battery replacement for sure.