Apple is aware of battery life problem on 4s and iphone 4

Rocko · Nov 10, 2011

Skull One said:
I just confirmed that my iPhone 4S shows the IR light on even though I turned Siri off and did a reboot. I can't use my iPhone 4S to test my coworkers iPhone 4 because the 4Ses camera has a bloody IR filter.

Hmm. Does anyone have a Droid or a point and shoot. Some of the older ones won't filter the IR.

p3unit32 · Nov 10, 2011

I just got a notification from App advice that Apple just released iOS 5.0.1. Can anyone confirm this?

Skull One · Nov 10, 2011

p3unit32 said:
I just got a notification from App advice that Apple just released iOS 5.0.1. Can anyone confirm this?

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Rocko · Nov 10, 2011

Rocko said:
BTW, 5.0.1 is out via iTunes!

Yes via iTunes at the moment, OTA didn't show up anything for me. I assume that will roll out in stages.

p3unit32 · Nov 10, 2011

Never mind it's confirmed on twitter by CNET.

Skull One · Nov 10, 2011

Rocko said:
Hmm. Does anyone have a Droid or a point and shoot. Some of the older ones won't filter the IR.

Thank you for making me think. The front facing camera on the iPhone 4S doesn't have an IR filter.

Ok, I just confirmed that the iPhone 4 only turns on its IR source when in a call. It is a steady light and actually seems a tad brighter than your video and my quick test in office shows.

Now I am questioning how much battery that IR source draws. Technically it shouldn't be much. But "What if"....

Rocko · Nov 10, 2011

p3unit32 said:
Never mind it's confirmed on twitter by CNET.

What are we, chopped liver?

Rocko · Nov 10, 2011

Skull One said:
Thank you for making me think. The front facing camera on the iPhone 4S doesn't have an IR filter.

Ok, I just confirmed that the iPhone 4 only turns on its IR source when in a call. It is a steady light and actually seems a tad brighter than your video and my quick test in office shows.

Now I am questioning how much battery that IR source draws. Technically it shouldn't be much. But "What if"....

Can you report this via your developer status? Might be nice to know we found a bug if in fact it's not supposed to be on all the time.

Skull One · Nov 10, 2011

Rocko said:
Can you report this via your developer status? Might be nice to know we found a bug if in fact it's not supposed to be on all the time.

I plan to file a full report on it tonight.

Rocko · Nov 10, 2011

Here is an image of the sensor.

The update did not change the sensors behavior. It still fires all the time when the screen is on whether Siri is disabled or enabled.

p3unit32 · Nov 10, 2011

Rocko said:
Yes via iTunes at the moment, OTA didn't show up anything for me. I assume that will roll out in stages.

Ok. I didn't see it via OTA either. I'll download it later.

p3unit32 · Nov 10, 2011

I just download the update via OTA.

Skull One · Nov 10, 2011

p3unit32 said:
I just download the update via OTA.

Ok if OTA is now up and running then I can confirm that iOS 5.0.1 Beta 2 is what went out because I am not showing an update as available since I am already on it.

p3unit32 · Nov 10, 2011

Skull One said:
Ok if OTA is now up and running then I can confirm that iOS 5.0.1 Beta 2 is what went out because I am not showing an update as available since I am already on it.

I just successfully finish the update. Now doing it on my iPad 2. Hope the battery is improved.