10-31-2018, 08:12 AM | #1 |
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Cell phone makers intentionally weakening battery life with OS updates
I'm tired of the bs these companies do with intentionally weakening battery life to force you into a new phone.
We all know Apple got caught doing it. My S8+ now magically has shit battery life after the latest updates. We, as the consumer, need to end this bs. |
10-31-2018, 10:29 AM | #2 |
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I dead set believe this is happening.
I am tethered to the outlet an dmny phone is two years old FFS, and yes i've nuked the entire thing and gone back to the initial install with no apps. Still, shite. |
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10-31-2018, 10:41 AM | #3 |
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Agreed, I just ran the update for Android and now I'm always having to charge it. Did a 15 minute drive from an airport this morning with GPS and Bluetooth running. Was at 100% when I left and 78% when I got to the airport in a whopping 15 minutes.
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10-31-2018, 10:41 AM | #4 |
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I've noticed my battery life isn't what it used to be just a few weeks ago. I pulled my phone from the charger at 6:00 am this morning and it is already on the charger at my desk.
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10-31-2018, 10:43 AM | #5 |
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I'm already down to 72% & I have barely touched it.
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10-31-2018, 10:57 AM | #6 |
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It takes battery power to send info on everything you do to data mining companies for profit.
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After getting my iPhone 7 to ios12, I lost functionality to use it as a phone (microphone doesn't work anymore), battery is stuck at 1% for the last two weeks yet it doesn't shut down (though it is plugged in all the time), all in all a simple update utterly destroyed my phone
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Apple also made good by offering replacement $30 new batteries for iphone users so you can get max performance on older phones. Then they introduced iOS 12 which actually speeds up performance on older iPhones.
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10-31-2018, 12:14 PM | #12 |
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The extra processing new features do and degrading battery does play a factor.
One of the reasons Apple had given for reducing processing power is because the degraded battery causes instability or more crashes. Soo now you can choose your poison. |
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10-31-2018, 06:49 PM | #13 |
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I got a Moto Z Play2 last year to replace my Droid Turbo. I'm figuring that once the internal battery starts going to hell, I can use one of the battery pack mods to keep it going.
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10-31-2018, 06:51 PM | #14 |
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I only see low power mode after updating and that has been around for awhile.
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10-31-2018, 09:52 PM | #15 |
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Guess I might be the only one who got better battery life after an iOS update, went from around 6 hours of on screen time to 9 hours of on screen time
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Excuse me, but Apple wasn't caught making the battery life worse, on the contrary.
It was making the processor work less in order to preserve battery and ensure the phone wouldn't shut down unexpectedly. Some argued that was intentionally slowing down performance to make you buy a new phone. Being a victim of bad batteries and unexpected situations shutdowns, I kinda sided with Apple's decision there... later, after the fiasco, iOS was enhanced with a feature to choose between one or the other. Batteries degrade over time. Doesn't Android show you the health of the battery? It just may need to be replaced for you to get regular life... I replaced the battery on my iPhone 7 2 months ago, after 1 1/2 years. Much better life now. Edit: a tip for your battery to last longer is to not leave it charging over night. Try to keep it around 80% and charge a little over time throughout the day to keep it above 50% and under 100%. I've been doing that. |
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I have an iPhone 6s plus. The photo quality is so much more grainier than it was when I first got it. I can compare my photos from two years ago and see the difference.
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11-01-2018, 12:52 AM | #18 |
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turn off you BT, wifi, gps, facebook, tweeter, mail, all 100 aps you installed and you will have amazing battery life. I still use my 4 y old S5 with original battery lasting 1 day. Never have gps, wifi bt on unless i need them. few apps , no fb app
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turn off location services, background refresh, email change to manual, etc...
You can charge your iphone for another 45min after it reaches 100 it will last longer. Typical battery drop in airplane mode is 3-5 hours per %, but it takes almost 1 day to go from 100 to 99. This I have tested on 4S (7.1.2, 9.3.5), 5S (7.1.2), SE (11.4.1) and 8 (11.4.1). |
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I never had to resort to crap like that, and if I did, I would likely not be happy about the extra hassle of having to turn stuff off and then back on. The battery life decreasing with update seems like an Android thing, Apple has it's own separate issues.
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