Thanks for pointing that out. That was an oversight of mine when I transferred it from Pages and forgot to actually put the link in. My apologies, it should be fixed now.
I had an iPhone 5 on 7.1 and now have a 5S on 7.1.1. Battery life has been very consistent, once you turn off Background refresh. Disabling transparency and motion also saves battery (tested with System Status app).
Battery drain from bad apps happens on all platforms. Having background refresh on with the bad app is a going to exacerbate the effect.
I have turned off all the following features on my iPhone 5. (1) Location Services & System Services (2) Background App Refresh (3) Automatic App Update (4) Email Push and Fetch disabled. I only get new email when I run the Mail app.
In addition, I always kill all running apps before I put it on standby. And I don't have the Facebook app either.
Before the iOS 7.1 upgrade, it lasts almost 2 days. After the iOS 7.1 upgrade, it barely last 6hrs with about the same usage.
Do a complete restore? I have background refresh on, automatic app update, Facebook installed, parallax enabled, transparency on, push enabled etc. and still end the day with 30% left...
The touch ID is working much, much better for me in iOS 7.1.1. I'm 68 years old, maybe have dry skin, and touch ID used to be hit or miss. Now it recognizes me almost every time and it is faster too. Yeah!
It bricked my iPhone. Left upgrade running when I got back it was dead. Apple ended up replacing it. Was out of warranty (1yr) but australian consumer law apparently states 2 years. Pretty happy to get anew phone though.
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Kevin G - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - link
"An overview of the changes and bug fixes in iOS 7.1.1 can be found <a>here<a> on"Where? I think you're missing a link.
Brandon Chester - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - link
Thanks for pointing that out. That was an oversight of mine when I transferred it from Pages and forgot to actually put the link in. My apologies, it should be fixed now.kurahk7 - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - link
He's just missing the tag </a> instead of <a>.stun - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - link
I guess the battery drain issue won't be fixed anytime soon.Abelard - Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - link
What's the battery drain issue? I have an 18 month old iPhone 5, have always updated on time, and have not experienced any battery drain issue so far.Sushisamurai - Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - link
I surmise it's Facebook and background app refresh and unnecessary iCloud document syncs. Who would've thought, but FB kills iOS batterybigstrudel - Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - link
I had an iPhone 5 on 7.1 and now have a 5S on 7.1.1. Battery life has been very consistent, once you turn off Background refresh. Disabling transparency and motion also saves battery (tested with System Status app).Battery drain from bad apps happens on all platforms. Having background refresh on with the bad app is a going to exacerbate the effect.
steven75 - Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - link
You're welcome: http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-...stun - Thursday, April 24, 2014 - link
I have turned off all the following features on my iPhone 5.(1) Location Services & System Services
(2) Background App Refresh
(3) Automatic App Update
(4) Email Push and Fetch disabled. I only get new email when I run the Mail app.
In addition, I always kill all running apps before I put it on standby.
And I don't have the Facebook app either.
Before the iOS 7.1 upgrade, it lasts almost 2 days.
After the iOS 7.1 upgrade, it barely last 6hrs with about the same usage.
My wife's phone is having the same issue.
resiroth - Monday, April 28, 2014 - link
Do a complete restore? I have background refresh on, automatic app update, Facebook installed, parallax enabled, transparency on, push enabled etc. and still end the day with 30% left...Luap - Saturday, April 26, 2014 - link
The touch ID is working much, much better for me in iOS 7.1.1. I'm 68 years old, maybe have dry skin, and touch ID used to be hit or miss. Now it recognizes me almost every time and it is faster too. Yeah!Oscarcharliezulu - Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - link
It bricked my iPhone. Left upgrade running when I got back it was dead. Apple ended up replacing it. Was out of warranty (1yr) but australian consumer law apparently states 2 years. Pretty happy to get anew phone though.