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It's not that it randomly shuts off, it's that the batteries drain incredibly quickly and the battery % indicator becomes inaccurate. I often see my 5 go from 6
by madsushi 13y ago
It's not that it randomly shuts off, it's that the batteries drain incredibly quickly and the battery % indicator becomes inaccurate. I often see my 5 go from 60% to 40% to 15% to off in less than 60 seconds. The Apple site ran diags on my phone and confirmed the battery had reached "failure" status, but without AppleCare, the warranty only lasts 1 year and the service is nearly $100.
The iPhone 5 is sort of a reverse antenna-gate: instead of realizing how badly made the phone was at launch, we didn't realize it until the iPhone 5S was out, and nobody cares if the "old" model has issues.
- elsurudo 13y agoThis certainly rings true for me. I've got a 4S. I must say, I've never experienced the problem before upgrading to iOS 7, but I don't think it started happening immediately after upgrading, either... Could cold weather have something to do with it? It started happening to me once temperatures started hitting sub-zero. I know that temperatures must affect the batter in strange ways.
- eli 13y agoThat sounds like a regular failed battery, which happens pretty often in all devices. Is it more common in the iPhone 5?
- UnoriginalGuy 13y agoConsidering the 18 page thread and the fact that the iPhone 5 came out in Sep' 2012 (not much over a year ago) I'd say that is quite unusual. I have many devices older than 2 years with highly respectable batteries, smartphones amongst them.
- eli 13y agoYou may well be right. That's a lot of complaints. But everyone complains about their phone battery. http://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-x/352798-moto-x-idle-battery-drain.html http://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-x/352798-moto-x-idle-b...
- tylerkahn 13y agoYup I have this exact problem. Sometimes waiting a few minutes and trying to turn it on again works.
- leothekim 13y agoHighly recommend just making an appointment at your nearest apple store and getting the battery tested. I had this problem a few months ago. At around 20% capacity my iPhone 5 would shut down. I brought it to the apple store and they said the battery had degraded. They also noticed the camera lens had a speck of dust in it, do they replaced my iPhone for free. Had it not been for the speck of dust, they would have replaced just the battery (at least according to the guy who helped me at the store). (Edited for grammar.)
- jyothepro 13y agoI ahd similar problem my phone dies when the battery meter says 20%, Apple genius bar suggested I have to setup my device as a new device and remove all user data(sms. apps etc) and not use the icloud backup :(