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Question

Problem with draining battery on iPhone 4S

Sep 16, 2012 12:57PM PDT

I have had my iPhone 4S since they were released last year. For no reason about 3 days ago the battery quickly starting draining fast. One morning I took it off and when I looked at the phone 4-5 hours later without using it once the battery was down to around 28%. I thought it was a fluke but the same thing happened yesterday and now the same thing today. Without even using it within hours the battery is almost dead.
I first did what I've learned is some type of reset by holding the home button down while turning the phone off and then turning it back on. I also have opened the task manager and closed all apps in the task manager. That is what I did last night but got the same results today.
I keep thinking there is some app that's running and draining memory or something to do with notifications. I have many apps on my phone and many are set up to give notifications but I have not changed much at all on my iPhone in the last 3 days. The only thing I can think of is maybe installing 2-3 new apps and one or so that had notifications. Why would it start doing this?

Is there any way that I can somehow find what app(s) or notification(s) are draining my battery or is it something else?
Is it possible that something is simply going wrong with the battery?

I've been fortunate to not have to deal with Apple support much at all. Is it something I can call them on the phone for support or is it best to simply visit a genius bar? The nearest Apple store is not that close to me so I was hoping this is something I'll find a solution to on these forums. As much as I'd love a nice new iPhone 5 this is still in warranty and I hope to have it fixed.

Thanks

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Still in Warranty?
Sep 16, 2012 9:53PM PDT

Call them and explain what is going on.

I hear of people, with defective iPhones, visiting the Genius Bar at an Apple Store and walking out with a new one


Could be worth the trip

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Going to Genius Bar
Sep 17, 2012 8:33PM PDT

Thank you for your advice and as you stated it may well be worth the trip. If they replace my iPhone is it possible they'll replace it with the iPhone 5? I would imagine I'll get another 4S which is fine but I'm wondering if they would even give me the option of upgrading to the iPhone 5 for possibly a small fee. It seems it just may be a good time to upgrade to the iPhone 5. Then again if I push for that they may suspect something with the timing of this problem. I've tried to reset it multiple times though and still today on day 4 it's continuing to lose battery power quickly.

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Not very likely....
Sep 17, 2012 10:00PM PDT

Apple has plenty of iPhone 4S phones in inventory. They would swap for an identical model in your case. They don't upgrade year old phones like you are asking. You could ask, just be aware of the facts.

Reportedly, Apple sold 2 million iPhone 5's in pre-orders and that some folks won't get their phones until October.

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Going to Genius Bar
Sep 18, 2012 5:29AM PDT

Just thought it may be worth a try. I'm very happy with the iPhone 4S and often skip 3 gens (upgraded from 3G) so likely will wait for the 6 or likely 7 or whatever they're called. I'm making an appt tommorrow so hopefully I get my phone fixed or replaced. Nothing I try seems to help and with it going dead in just a few hours my phone is barely useful now.