Iphone iMessage question

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I've already replaced the battery, and I do have the tools. The one I put in supposedly has nearly twice the capacity of a stock one, but I didn't run a charge/discharge test to measure it, so it may be crap.

Sounds par for the course with apple not allowing a downgrade path. That's one thing I really like about my Opera browser; I think they're up to v24 but they still support v12. I genuinely hate every version after 12, and moreso with each one, but 12.17 is teh awesome. I seriously used to get 3-4 days out of this 4S with 6.whatever and the stock battery, and it went down to <8 hours when I updated to the first ios7 version. It'll go a day now, but not much more. This is the first apple product I've ever owned new (only because it was a $.99 upgrade), and it will probably be the last.

When you were getting 3-4 days out of your 4S, were you doing anything with it other than making the occasional phone call and/or sending a text or 2? I've never gotten more than a few hours out of mine unless I pretty much used it as a paper weight. I'll admit that if I don't have something to do or just get bored, I'll surf the net on mine -- a lot. (which would explain the reduced battery life).

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I'd send or receive an occasional call or text. I have a couple of games but don't play much. It was just there when I needed it. Then it started dieing within a few hours of a full charge. The difference was in-your-face obvious, and it happened with the 7.something ios "upgrade". Wish I'd known that would do that to me, I'd still be on 6.something. [bad word] apple.

 

[JetGirl]

[bad word] apple.

yeah, I'm never ever ever taking another fricken update, ever. I only did so I'd stop seeing the annoying alert. I'll live with it.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I'd send or receive an occasional call or text. I have a couple of games but don't play much. It was just there when I needed it. Then it started dieing within a few hours of a full charge. The difference was in-your-face obvious, and it happened with the 7.something ios "upgrade". Wish I'd known that would do that to me, I'd still be on 6.something. [bad word] apple.

yeah, I'm never ever ever taking another fricken update, ever. I only did so I'd stop seeing the annoying alert. I'll live with it.

I learned my lesson back with my 3GS. I figured I was good to go with v5 (or whatever it was at the time) because Apple said so. I figure that once you get to the 2nd major revision on a platform from where you started--you'd best be cautious.

 

[mrjarrell]

Unlike some I'm having no issues with battery life, iPhone 5S and iOS8. But, if you are you can help reduce some of he issues by following this advice.
Improve iOS 8 Battery Life Drain Problems with These Eight Tips | OSXDaily

Have those of you with battery issues actually contacted Apple? Or checked with their tech support site and/or people?