Apple to fix iOS5 battery bug
Bugs in the iOS5 operating system of many iPhone 4S and older iPhone models have finally been acknowledged by Apple. Apple is promising to fix the problems brought by the iOS5 to the iPhone’s battery life in a few weeks.
A developer from an Australian app company, Mathew Peterson shared the iOS5.0.1 to other developers to help fix the problem. After testing if the issue is really fixed, the solution will then be made available to public.
Reports from people who updated their iPhone’s OS to iOS5 revealed a significant loss of battery life. Many iPhone 4S’and older iPhone models noticed a 19% drain in their phones battery within 50 minutes. A 10% loss was also noticed even when the phone wasn’t being used and even with many features turned off.
Even a staff member in an Apple store in Sydney didn’t have ideas so as how to fix the problem until such time solutions began appearing online. A lot of iPhone users have shared both their frustrations and solutions in online forums.
Some found a solution by turning off Location Services’ functions and notifications. Many have found that if the “Setting Time Zone” wasn’t disabled, the phone kept on checking the user’s location in servers even when deemed unnecessary.
Though turning off this iPhone feature settled the problem, lots of users still complained as to why they’d have to restrict their phone’s features for it to function as it was advertised.
Apple talked about the issue in a statement although failing to clarify what the bugs were, saying, “A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS5 device. We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks.”
The battery life issue was just like the iPhone 4 “antennagate”, a condition where the phone’s reception got problems due to the electrical connection which was made every time the hand or fingers or hand touches the external antennas. Calls tend to drop out because of antennagate.
The iPhone’s bugs or problems might be due to not testing a product in environments outside that of laboratories. Apple’s has been very secretive of their upcoming products.
Updates of any solution of the iOS5 bugs will be shared over-the-air, straight to the consumers’ iPhone handsets.