Apple on Thursday released iOS 5.0.1, which was intended to include a fix for a bug that drained iPhone battery life, among other things. Some users on the Apple Forums, however, are reporting that they are still experiencing some battery issues, as well as other glitches.
"After upgrading to 5.0.1 my iPhone is draining the battery even faster!" reported user art_in_motion.
"Early yesterday afternoon, I downloaded the iOS 5.0.1 update on my iPhone 4s," wrote a user named jeffrogers01. "After installing, I watched my battery drain 10 percent in 40 minutes while doing nothing on the phone. This update does absolutely nothing for battery life. I am beginning to wonder if this is a hardware issue."
The user said this is his second iPhone 4S; the first one had the same issue so he got a replacement, but the new one did the same thing.
JoshG03, meanwhile, said his battery life "has seemed to worsen as well, with in one hour of full charge I was lost 10 percent." With iOS 4, he said, he could get between three and four hours before losing 10 percent.
Some suggested a hard reset, which at least one user found to help the situation. "I know resetting doesn't change the iOS version, but it seems like it is working foor me. Two hours in, I am still at 100 percent," wrote lamfromnj.
An iPhone owner named Captain Zabel, meanwhile, reported that iOS 5.0.1 "really seems to have fixed the problem." He did a test after installing the update, running all the battery-hogging features like Siri, location services, and iCloud backup, and watched a two-hour movie on Netflix.
In PCMag's comments section, however, a reader named Justin Carpenter found that "5.0.1 update didn't seem to fix my issue at all. I have been experience battery drain to the tune of 100 percent from the time I unplug it in the morning at 7am, to the time it dies around 5pm... Not even 12 hours."
Battery life is not the only iOS 5.0.1 complaint. Some users are having Bluetooth connectivity issues, one reported no sound via the Music app on the iPad, while another was having Wi-Fi issues.
Reports of decreased iPhone battery life cropped up late last month in the wake of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 releases. One user told the Guardian that he experienced a 10 percent drop every hour, and Apple engineers reportedly started contacting iPhone 4S owners about the "known issue" with its battery.
Apple confirmed the bug last week. "A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices," Apple said in a statement. "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."
Two beta versions of iOS 5.0.1 were then released to developers and Apple also provided it to those in the AppleSeed program, which provides test, pre-release software to real-world users.
Has the release fixed your battery issues? Let us know in the comments.
For more, see 6 Tips to Boost Your iPhone's Battery Life and How Apple Got the iPhone's Battery Problems Right, And Siri Problems Wrong. Also check out PCMag's full review of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 and the slideshow below.