Apple customers have been whipped into a frenzy in recent days by constant reports of battery problems, software hiccups, and overheating issues with popular Apple gizmos from the iPhone to the iPod.

1. November 25, 2011
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Apple customers have been whipped into a frenzy in For weeks complaints about the phone’s battery life
recent days by constant reports of battery problems, havepiled up on Apple’s support Web site – to the
software hiccups, and overheating issues with po- tune of hundreds of pages of threads, thousands
pular Apple gizmos from the iPhone to the iPod. of comments, and more than 350,000 page views.
Some people have noted improved battery perfor-
mance after making adjustments such as turning
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off the time zone setting, or reinstalling the phone’s
operating system.
How has Apple responded to the iPhone battery
complaints?
Last Thursday Apple issued an iOS 5.0.1 system
update that was supposed to fix several bugs that
caused some iPhone 4S and older iPhone devices
to rapidly drain their batteries. The update also
brings more multitouch gestures to the original iPad,
several bug fixes for iCloud, and improved Siri voice
So what gives? Here are some answers to frequently recognition capability for Australian accents.
asked questions to help users cut to the heart of the
issues.
Did the update
What’s the problem with the Nano? solve the battery
drain problem?
Apple issued a statementsaying that in rare cases
the battery of the original Nano — sold between Sep- Many are saying it
tember 2005 and December 2006 — may overheat didn’t. In fact, some iPhone 4s owners are ha-
and pose a safety risk. The upshot is that the mini ving problems after the update that they didn’t
music player isn’t likely to cause anyone real harm have before, including microphone failures, Wi-Fi
but if you’re conscientious enough to still have one signal loss, and cellular network reception issues,
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2. November 25, 2011
batteryfast.co.uk
Battery Problems : FAQ for iPhone and iPod Nano Users
according to reports. Some people, however, say Is everyone with a new iPhone having
the update did solve their problem. battery problems?
Is it true that even older devices are
having problems after installing iOS 5.0.1?
It appears so. One user on an Apple support forum
said the person’s iPhone 3Gs battery used to last one
day and a half, but now after updating to iOS 5.0.1
it drains 10 percent per hour. If iOS 5.0.1 is causing
problems for older devices it wouldn’t be the first
time; Apple has faced similar complaints in the past.
Last summer after Apple rolled out iOS 4, iPhone
3G owners complained of slow performance, poor
battery performance and hardware overheating.
The problems also sparked at least one class action
lawsuit. Apple eventually improved the situation
with an update in late 2010 to iOS 4.2.
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Oddly, no. In the first place, some iPhone 4S users
haven’t ever had a problem with their new phones.
Some people say the latest iOS update works fine.
And as PCWorld has pointed out, most of the reports
from unhappy iPhone users have proved impos-
sible to replicate. Although one staffer had difficulty
installing the update, none of the iGadget users in
the PCWorld/Macworld offices have noticed any pro-
blems with their phones or tablets since installing
5.0.1. And, as far as we can tell, no other tech publi-
cation that we’ve seen has been able to concretely
verify the reported glitches either.
Not only that, but in PCWorld testing the iPhone
4S actually performed pretty well, coming in third
when compared to eight other smartphones. As Ja-
red Newman put it, “smartphone batteries stink.”
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3. November 25, 2011
batteryfast.co.uk
Battery Problems : FAQ for iPhone and iPod Nano Users
At this point, what might help?
Adjusting settings on your phone may help. For
instance, some people have found that the “Setting
Time Zone” element within Location Services in iOS
seems to be operating when it doesn’t need to be,
resulting in excessive battery drain.
Also, given the degree to which reported problems
seem to vary from user to user, one possible explana-
tion is that the problems are the result of corrupted
installations of iOS rather than a problem with the
update itself. For instance, if the update process
gets interrupted in any way, it could corrupt your
data, or the operating system itself, which leads to
all sorts of glitches.
If you’re experiencing a lot of bugs with iOS 5, or
if you’ve had problems after updating to iOS 5 or
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5.0.1, you may want to try restoring your iPhone to
the factory defaults on your iGadget to start fresh
with a new install of iOS.
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