Ringer not working iPhone 4S

When a call or text is coming throug there is no sound. The settings seem fine. When I switch the side button to red nothing happens. What used to happen would be the bell sign would come up with a line through it indicating the ringer was switched off but now nothing happens whichever way I switch it. Vibrate is switched on in settings but it isn't vibrating either. Interestingly the alarm is working so the sounds are not completely gone.  I have powered it off an back on etc., but it hasn't made any difference. Any advice. Thanks Paula

iPhone 4 battery drain when powered off

Lately I've been turning off my phone and when I turn it back on battery is drained. Yesterday I turned it off at 80% and when I turned it back on 3 hours later it was at 62%. Then today I turned it off at 50% and when I turned it back on it was at 32%! Does anyone know why my iPhone is losing battery even when it's completely powered off? I feel like it shouldn't be losing any battery at all

Wifi greyed out on Iphone 4s

All of a sudden I lost my wifi signal....Checked out the settings and the WiFi is off and unable to turn it back on....i have powered down the phone...i have done a full restore and the wifi switched remains greyed out....any suggestions?

Battery life-iphone 4

Well I tried turning off the Bluetooth, turning off WIFI, turning off location services, and all Push activity.  After all of this my battery lasts about 8 hours.  I guess I could keep the phone powered off but I think that kind of defeats the purpose of owning the phone. Any studies on the lifespan of an iPhone 4 battery?  My applecare warranty runs out in a few months.

What happens when you follow all steps in this article but your 4s repeatedly gives you an error code 9 and you've changed cords AND computers and nothing working

My mom passed me her phone as she couldn't get it to restart.  I got it to charge and restart in recovery mode.  However, I've tried all steps on this and many other forums and it is stuck in "trying to restore".  On the phone, it will blink a white screen, show the apple logo and a progress bar then quickly disappear then on the computer give me error code 9.  I have tried 3 different cords, on both my MacBook Air and my iMac.  Same results on both computers.  She purchased a new phone as she couldn't do without, but would love to fix this phone and give to one of my children.  This phone has not been jailbroken.  Any help would be sooooo appreciated!  Not sure what will happen if I try to take this to Apple.

Iphone 5 no longer connecting to bluetooth in car

My Iphone 5 has been connected succesfully via bluetooth to my car for the past 5 months (Ford Fiesta).  Yesterday I went to use it and it wont connect, I powered off the phone, turned bluetooth on/off still not working. I debonded all phones from the car and went to start afresh but that wont work either. When it is searching for devices it just seems to be stuck?  I tried another Iphone 5 in my car and that connected no problems at all. Anyone have any ideas, it clearly must be the phone but wonder what on earth I have done.

This iphone not recognized and cannot de activated for service. Please visit your nearest apple store for more information

You're not addressing Apple here, just iPhone users, please don't provide your personal data like serial/imei numbers Have you tried this article? http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3424

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iPhone 4s not charging

My iPhone 4s is not charging.  Last few days it was eating up the battery life quicker than usual.  Tried doing all the power up deals, turning off then on, even a restore.  It is now completely powered off and not turning on even when plugged in.  I'm out of ideas.  A little help please!Thanks

After complete restore of iPhone 4 it still keeps turning off and has to be powered up again

We have been having trouble with our iPhone 4. It will just die. I researched the web and was able to find the information to restart it by pushing both buttons. This resets it, but does not last. I did a complete reset on the phone then updated it, but it continues to turn off and has to be restarted. It is out of warranty, any help would be great.

Advisor 612 .m. Hello My name Nate Welcome to AppleCare Support Please give me few moments to look over your information. Please note In event our chat disconnected due to systemconnection issue I'll email you your case numbe iPhone 5

I just started to get a SIM Failure Pop up on my iphone 5on Thursday while traveling and using Maps fornavigation. I cannot seem to remove or repair this error.I have gone to yoru support page and followedinstructions on how to reset network.I first tried to send a text and failure came up. Then resetnetwork and text went through, but pop up still came upwith Sim Failure every time I turn my phone on.I also followed instructions to remove Sim Card whenturned off and Reinserted it and that did not work either.What do I do? I have powered off, updated phone andanything on yoru site I couldl handle myself to do.Can you fix this? Or is it a Verizon Wireless issue?

Vertical Grey lines iPhone 5

I dropped my iPhone from waist height flat onto the back (I have a zoogue case on it), and now grey vertical lines appear down the left side of the screen. I have powered off holding the home/power button, but nothing changed. I can't swipe to unlock it, so I can't type in my password in order to back it up over the cloud/my computer before resetting it. Has this happened to anyone? Suggestions? Home fixes? Or am I helpless?

Iphone 4S will not allow WiFi to be turned ON

Hello Apple Commuinty, Recently my partners iphone will not let her to connect to WiFi as On/Off selection under WiFi is greyed out. We have tried all info shown in article TS1559 and still no joy. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks,Mike

IPhone 4S stopped reading S card after 6 months

I have iPhone 4S it has a H2o SIM card that's worked for about 6 months no problem then one day it said SIM card failure I powered phone on/off once and started working again. Two weeks later it took 3-4 times of me cycling power on/off and removing SIM card and reinstalling it in order to get it to work. Then a week later it did same thing but took even longer. Now it won't read at all and I thought it was SIM card so I went and bought a new SIM card but no change, I looked online for help and even tried to put tape on tray/card like someone said but no change(if I even putting the tape in right place. I tried several different ways) Nothing seems to work. My phone was manufactured between 19-25 of March 2012 so hopefully I can get warranty but not original owner so not sure. Does anyone have any idea what can cause this? Why hasn't Apple fixed this problem since its been happening for a long time

Verizon iPhone 5-UNLOCKED

There is an article today indicated that the Associated Press has discovered that the iPhone 5 from Verizon Wireless is unlocked and will work with an AT&T sim on the AT&T Network.  The article did not state if the phone will also work on other networks.  A Verizon spokesperson has verified that indeed their version of the iPhone 5 is unlocked.

iPhone 5 App store Shows Updates 4 but won t show which apps to update

FYI guys. I powered down my phone for a couple hours, then went back to the App Store. It had a fifth update, but this time it allowed me to complete my updates. Dunno if that helps you guys.

I lost my iphone 4S recently. I cannot contact my number and also cannot access it through icloud find my phone utility. Are other methods to find it as it stated as smartest phone available

As stated, iphone4S is the smartest phone available. I lost my iphone4S recently and the person who took it, immediately powered it off. I signed in icloud and put my phone in stollen mode using Find My Phone utility which is still pending. I got the sim blocked and reported to police. They will deal it in their own way. My question is: are there other methods to trace my phone?

iphone 5 screen suddenly turned off

Im a iphone5 user, also I am using the IOS 6.1 system.but nowadays I am facing to a terrible problem.The phone suddenly powered off when I open a app on the phone,and the screen become black slowly, and then the white apple come here. after that,sometimes it may become good. but the problem is still exist.

why my LED light not turn off iPhone 4

A few days ago, the LED light came on and won't turn off - not even when powered down.  I do not have any flashlight apps or anything that uses it other than the camera, what should I do?

updated to new 6.1 last week. I pay fee to read local newspaper monthly and now since update I have to put in e-mail and password every time i read different article iPhone 4S

updated to the 6.1 last week. I have a app for a local news paper that I pay a monthly fee to read on line and now since the update I have to sign in every time I read a diffrent article. What changed?

How to turn on powered off iPhone without hardware buttons

I'm trying to turn on my iPhone.  It's powered off, and the lock button is broken.  I think it turns itself back on when charged from 0%, but it was at 100% before this occurred, so it would take forever to drain the battery. Is there a way to kick the iPhone into being powered on?

will not charge unless unit powered off iPhone 4

I have an iphone 4 that is less than a year old that stopped taking a charge. So I let tje units battery die and one day decided to plug it in. It gav me the battery icon and indicated it was charging. As soon as it powered itself on it no longer showed the battery was charging and died a few minutes later. I'm really confuses by this. Any suggestions?

How to rate this article iPhone 4

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Unable to connect to wireless Network Iphone 5

I just bought the Iphone 5 two days ago. I am having a lot of issues connecting to every other network but my own network at home At home I am using a N900 Cisco Router. The security settings on it are WPA2, My verizon carrier update is version 13.3 and I have updated to IO6.0.2. I have reset the phone to factory defualts, I have reset the network, I have powered off the phone and done everything I could to get them to work on this network.   Personal. Now I have been to my girlfriends parents and many other places that are public and even after double checking the password. the Iphone 5  From Trouble shooting: I have noticed that the Iphone 5 doesn't seem to like many security options on the routers. Even on my new router I tried several different security options and it seemed to like WPA2 the best. Othrwise I was getting major issues. The iphone would connect sometimes only to be slow and not connect. The wifi signal would keep being scanned and would go out and come back in. The signal strength also qould keep fluctuation even when near the router. My brothers same andriod device was doing the same thing. My brothers Iphone 5 was doing the same thing when using the different networks.  Apple there is a major problem here that needs to be addressed when refering to wifi. Considering most carriers now charge for data it is important that if I have access to all the wifi networks I can connect too. This is a major issue that needs to be resolved and looking at the forums it is not an isolated incident.  Recomendations: People who call in with this issue, need to have phones replaced if not able to patch, Since no patch exists at the moment, it would be prudent to offer people who are having trouble a credit towards their wireless bill by working with cell providers and to have apple issue a version of an RMA number. Until the issue is resolved. I have 17 days to return my phone to verizon and I am going to wait to hear back. My girlfriend is in the market for a new phone and we can't have issues with a wifi connection especially when charges are going to ensue if we go over our data. Plus the unavailability of a network in areas my cell provider is not able to help with is important. We as apple users need immediate attention to this matter and it is not a matter of how the phone scans for networks. It is an issue with connectivity and how it is communicating with certain encryptions with the routers. Fix need asap.  This issue is also not localized to the Iphone 5 as it is happening on the Ipad 4

Intermittent lockup when powered iPhone 5

My IP5 intermittently locks up (frozen screen) when the charger cord is plugged in and the battery is charged to 100%.  At least, that's the only time I've noticed it.  As soon as I remove the charger cord, it works normally again.  Anyone else have this problem?  I'm wondering if this is a bug that Apple will have to address?

Iphone 5 hacked-about 30 emails sent out to what looks to be phishing website-TELUS customer

Woke up to find out my iphone had sent out about 30 emails to contacts (not my full contact list - guessing maybe the last 30 contacts that have been either received/sent via email).  The web site isn't one I ever remember accessing (which in iteself is weird).  http://dcrconsultores.com.br/pbolqlx.pho This is a fairly new phone acquired from my provider TELUS sent directly from TELUS during the inital shipment of iphone 5's last year. I am on the latest IOS 6.0.2....model MD295C....... Any suggestions on how to fix the problem Yes I have a window's PC.....but it was powered off last night when the emails went out from my iphone....also when I checked this morning there were no outgoing emails in Outllook....... 

My iphone was stolen however its still saved as one of my devices on icloud but its name has changed. Can apple find it

I left my iphone sitting on the dashboard of a taxi and forgot to lift it. As soon as I got out of the taxi, I remembered so I rang the taxi company to get it for me. I also rang the phone and it was turned off, which is strange as two minutes earlier it was on and it had a 80% battery life so I knew something was strange. Suprise suprise the taxi company never found it. I went on to icloud and put the phone (the device was called jacks iphone) in lost mode and tried to track it but it was offline so I could never find it. Now several weeks down the line I went back on to icloud and this mysterious device TonkhawiPhone7_ was in my list of devices. Its an iphone 4 as well. So could this be my iphone and the person who now has it has changed the name of the device? It doesn't appear to allow me to put it in lost mode for some reason. Can apple help me get my iphone back?  Thanks for reading

My new iPhone 5 plugged in and powered off but I am not getting charging icon on screen. suggestions. Phone new and not charged

I have a new iphone5. I have it poweredoff and plugged into the wall, but I am not getting any charging icon. Any ideas?.. Bill Steed

Bricked iPhone 5 error code-1 My Story

Around 5am this morning I picked up my phone to look at the time and noticed that it said 'searching.....'  where my carrier name should be, normally I get great signal in my home.  I didn't think much of it and went back to sleep.  When I woke up two hours later it still said 'searching' so I toggled airplane mode with no change.  I then powered the phone off with no change, next I did a hard reset by holding the power button and home button till it shut down.  Same result.  'searching.......' forever.  I then plugged my iPhone into my computer and loaded up itunes, it correctly identified my phone then asked me to backup and update it to 6.0.2 firmware.  Thinking that this may clear whatever bug may be affecting the 3g radio I accepted and started the process.  The phone backed up without issue (thank goodness) but then as it was about to complete the firmware update it threw a -1 error back.  Multiple re-attempts at restoring did not work.  The iPhone now just displays the 'connect to itunes'  screen.  A few minutes of searching revealed that it was most likely a hardware issue.  This phone has been babied, kept in a simple, low profile case, never dropped, no moisture whatsoever has touched it.  It really ***** that this would happen out of the blue like this.  Apple is taking care of me though, with no Apple retail shop anywhere close to me, they offered to cross-ship a new phone to me. I don't mind the hold on my credit card.  Should be here just after christmas. 

My phone will not allow me to switch wifi on at all. I have tried to power on and off but still will not switch on. iPhone 4S

Problem on getting wifi to switch on Cannot slide the icon across at all Have reset powered down and still not working

Needed Find My iPhone Feature

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246056/Woman-takes-picture-mobile-phone -stolen-nightclub-unwittingly-sends-owner.html A woman has unwittingly taken a picture of herself on a stolen iPhone that has then been sent to its rightful owner. With a downloaded app, the owner was able to take a photo of the woman as she tried to unlock the +$400 (£319) mobile phone, as well as map the phone's location after it was stolen from the Coalition nightclub in Brighton, East Sussex earlier this month. The owner, armed with the information and the photo emailed to them by the app, called Sussex Police. The dark-haired woman appeared to be sitting in a car as she tried to access the white iPhone 4. Police said they do not know whether the woman pictured was responsible for the theft but they appealed for her or anyone who recognises her to contact them. Pc Gavin Crute, of Sussex Police, said: ‘The owner of the camera has a rather cool app that takes a picture of anyone who tries to unlock it, maps their current location and then sends all the info back to the owner in an email. ‘We know where and when the photo was taken and it appears to be in a vehicle with quite a large sunroof. ‘We don't know that the woman is the person who stole the camera, but she obviously has had some connection with it in the meantime and I'd like to speak to her about it.’ Anyone with information is asked to call Sussex Police on 101. There are various iPhone apps that track stolen iPhones. It is thought that the app used was iGotYa which is activated when a wrong passcode is entered into the phone keypad. iGotYa is a third-party app, made by Cyndia, which is not available in the official Apple store. It is an alternative to Apple's free Find My iPhone software, which shows a stolen phone's approximate location on a map but does not take a picture of its user. Device Locator costs $2.99 (£1.86) allows the phone owner to track the location of a misplaced iPhone and take a photo which is then sent to a website where the photo can be viewed. This app also allows the user to trigger an audible alarm on the phone. GadgetTrak costs $3.99 (£2.48) can generate location reports, send discreet messages to the device and also take a photo of the thief. The latest statistics reveal 170 iPhones are stolen every day in London, many of them from pedestrians targeted by muggers on bicycles. The wife of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason recently said she is now too scared to use her phone in public after she was mugged while walking her dogs. Annette Mason had her iPhone snatched from her grasp by a bike-riding hoodie as she was trying to send a text.    Okay just who do I gotta convince at Apple to get them to add this to the App Store? Or at least get the feature where a picture, location, date & time is sent back to my email whenever someone enters in the wrong password?  I just heard about this story today & taught that's an incredibly beneficial feature to have. Now my iPhones not jailbroken and I really have no interest in jailbreaking so I can't get this app but I would vary much like to see this added to Find My iPhone.

So only water sensor can be checked on iPhone 5 on S tray

So according to this article the only sensor is on the SIM tray but shouldnt it be one in the headphone jack or on the lightning connector?

Need help pairing Jawbone Prime with iPhone 5

I've reset my Jawbone Prime. It goes into auto pairing mode. iPhone 5 sees "jawbone" but won't pair. Any advice? I've already tried the following protocols from online support communities. Thanks for your help, Janet  To reset your Jawbone Prime simply follow the steps listed below: 1. Press and hold down the Talk Button on the Jawbone Prime. (It does not matter whether the Prime is on or off.) 2. Connect the Jawbone Prime to the USB charger cable. (The cable needs to be plugged into an active USB port or to an electrical outlet via the Wall Charger unit.) 3. Release the Talk Button. 4. Disconnect the Jawbone Prime from the USB charger cable. Turn on the Jawbone. It should begin to flash red every six seconds when it is turned on. While it is flashing red press the following sequence of buttons. NoiseAssassin Button, Talk Button, Talk Button, NoiseAssassin Button, Talk Button, Talk Button The Jawbone should flash red/white/red/white showing that it is in a manual pairing mode. Pairing mode will last for three minutes or until pairing is complete. THIRD : powered up iphone 4 while Jawbone flashing red/white. Turned on Bluetooth ( Settings / General /Bluetooth ON ). Jawbone PAIRED with iphone4 AUTOMATICALLY ( no request for 0000 code ) and Jawbone flashes WHITE when paired and on. I tried this too:i was having problems with pairing my "JAWBONE" bluetooth device. i followed the directions and still nothing. i turned on the bluetooth on my iphone the auto search kept searching for devices but nothing would show up. i called tech support and was told to go to "settings" then switch the "airplane mode" on and off several times then turn the bluetooth on and off and then back on. it started worked instantly!  

Iphone 4 can't restore

Hello Developers, I have a big problem. I have bought an Iphone 4G from a girlfirend of mine. She said that the Iphone has to be send to the AppleService, because she could not turn it on. I tried to restore it via iTunes but with no success. At the middle (the end) it comes a notify (An unkown issue occurd. Iphone could not....ERROR -1. "Latest iTunes.C:WindowsSystem32driversetchost  - checked---Tried several times, also on other pc'sWin7USB-Cable works..."Brand" T-Mobile (Austria) So i came to the mind to make a cfw without Basebandupdate....; It worked but with no service; bluetooth and wifi are greyed. .Please help... "She said that it happend when she updated it from iOS 4.0.1 to iOS 6.0.1 ...I just want to use the Iphone..Please help... IShe also noticed that the Iphone 4 worked for three days with the iOS 6 . After she where watching a film on the Iphone, it went down and didn't worked."  I also opened it,  put all out cables out and checked if there where broken cables.. After that i tried it again. still does not work. Yours faithfully Mr. Armin O.  Device Descriptor:bcdUSB:             0x0200bDeviceClass:         0x00bDeviceSubClass:      0x00bDeviceProtocol:      0x00bMaxPacketSize0:      0x40 (64)idVendor:           0x05AC (Apple Computer)idProduct:          0x1281bcdDevice:          0x0000iManufacturer:        0x020x0409: "Apple Inc."iProduct:             0x030x0409: "Apple Mobile Device (Recovery Mode)"iSerialNumber:        0x040x0409: "CPID:8930 CPRV:20 CPFM:03 SCEP:02 BDID:00 ECID:000003CA690C95CD IBFL:03 SRNM:[87125L53A4S]"bNumConfigurations:   0x01 ConnectionStatus: DeviceConnectedCurrent Config Value: 0x01Device Bus Speed:     HighDevice Address:       0x02Open Pipes:              1 Endpoint Descriptor:bEndpointAddress:     0x04  OUTTransfer Type:        BulkwMaxPacketSize:     0x0200 (512)bInterval:            0x00 Configuration Descriptor:wTotalLength:       0x0039bNumInterfaces:       0x02bConfigurationValue:  0x01iConfiguration:       0x050x0409: "Apple Mobile Device (Recovery Mode)"bmAttributes:         0x80 (Bus powered )MaxPower:             0xFA (500 Ma) Interface Descriptor:bInterfaceNumber:     0x00bAlternateSetting:    0x00bNumEndpoints:        0x01bInterfaceClass:      0xFEbInterfaceSubClass:   0x01bInterfaceProtocol:   0x02iInterface:           0x00 Endpoint Descriptor:bEndpointAddress:     0x04  OUTTransfer Type:        BulkwMaxPacketSize:     0x0200 (512)bInterval:            0x00 Interface Descriptor:bInterfaceNumber:     0x01bAlternateSetting:    0x00bNumEndpoints:        0x00bInterfaceClass:      0xFFbInterfaceSubClass:   0xFFbInterfaceProtocol:   0x51iInterface:           0x00 Interface Descriptor:bInterfaceNumber:     0x01bAlternateSetting:    0x01bNumEndpoints:        0x02bInterfaceClass:      0xFFbInterfaceSubClass:   0xFFbInterfaceProtocol:   0x51iInterface:           0x060x0409: "Apple USB Serial Interface" Endpoint Descriptor:bEndpointAddress:     0x81  INTransfer Type:        BulkwMaxPacketSize:     0x0200 (512)bInterval:            0x00 Endpoint Descriptor:bEndpointAddress:     0x02  OUTTransfer Type:        BulkwMaxPacketSize:     0x0200 (512)bInterval:            0x00

New iPhone 5 will not connect to WiFi

I finally upgraded to a iPhone 5 from my old 3G and I cannot get it to connect ot my home WiFi.  It can see the WiFi and I have WEP encription on the network using a Netgear WGT624v3 wireless router and 128bit encryption and when I enter the password, the iPhone gives me an "incorrect Password" warning.  I have tried several times to enter it and even texted it to the phone and copied and pasted it to avoid any typos to no avail.  I have powered down the router, removed the encryption, tried another encryption key, rebooted the iPhone but cannot get it to connect.  This is a router with a 802.11 g and b protocol working on channel 11 and I have not had issue with our iPad 2, my wife's iPhone 3GS, my old iPhone 3G or our Macbook Pro.  I also tried to enter the network manually and it just does not want to accept the password whether it needs one or not.  What am I not doing correctly?  I say that there were some issues when people upgraded from an earlier operating system to the current one but this is a new phone as of yesterday??

iPhone 5 bad voice quality

Since I have the new iPhone 5 I notice a bad calling voice quality. Especially at home were I had before never problems with my iPhone 3. The person on the other side understands my fine only I cannot understand the calling person. At the conversation parts are missing, that I even not understand what the other person means. Carrier is O2 in Germany, I already order a new SIM Card on the advice of the Apple Support, where I already open up a case.  What I am concerned about and is Apple already working on this, is that I already found a lot of forum article, about this issue and all didn’t had any solution, even after change the SIM card and replacement iPhone from Apple the bad calling voice quality stayed.

My IPhone 4S seems to have malfunction.

      I have to double click my buttons before it accepts my inputs (i.e. passcode numbers).  Just started today.  Have powered it down severla times.  The screen seems to be locked also, will not let me navagate up or down with finger.  Help!

WiFi not working on iPhone 4S iOS 6 and 6.0.1

Having problems connecting to WiFi router at both home, work, and at public hotspots.  I have the iPad from April 2012 which is also on iOS 6 and has no problems connecting. I cannot see nor connect to WiFi routers anywhere.  If I turn my phone off at night, and turn it on in the morning, it works for around 30 minutes before the WiFi is lost. I can also put my phone in a ziploc bag and put it in the freezer for a few minutes (10 minutes or so) and it will work for about 30 minutes also. My guess is that the heat sensor or whatever type of sensor saves the iPhone from any type of thermal damage is malfunctioning following iOS 6.  I'm wondering if the thermal disabling limit was programmed in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, and maybe that's the mix-up. Prior to the iOS 6 upgrade, everything was fine with my phone, and I could connect to routers all over.   As I'm able to connect with my wife's iPhone 4S to the same access points I can't even "see" on my iPhone, I believe it's a software issue.  She's still running iOS 5.1.1 because I won't let her upgrade. Thoughts or advice? I do NOT want to return this to Apple to get a refurbished device in exchange for my new device. I truly believe this is a software based issue. If there was a way to go back to iOS 5.1.1 on my iPhone 4S I'd love to hear it. Thanks. (iPhone 4S, Black, 16GB, CDMA, powered by Sprint....  iPad April 2012, Black, 16GB, WiFi)

why doesn't my iphone upload to youtube anymore

My iPhone 4 used to be able yo upload to youtube.  Since I got iCloud I cannot anymore.  I get the message: We see irregularities in the aspect ratio of your uploaded video file. If your upload does not fit well in the video player, read this article for tips. What's going on? 

About Lost iphone .

Recently I read some article or posts either in the forum or out this forum. basically, the lost iphones are turned off and later on they would sync the itune to swipe off the phone as new. Just from the processes of restoring the phone as new. I am kinda inspire that Apple allows people to set passcodes to turn on the phones, why doesn't Apple allows  the iphone users to set passcodes to turn the phones off, or even passcodes to connect to itune and sync the phone as new?

This Cause Of iPhone 5 Battery Problem

So, I think I might have an idea as to what is causing my new iPhone to use battery like it is going out of fashion.  There are lots of threads on here talking about battery life, trying to figure out if it is the iPhone 5 or ios 6 that is causing the problem.  I have spent far too much time looking for answers online over the last few days.  I am interested to know what network people who are having problems with short battery life are using in the UK?  If my theory is correct I think you are on T mobile or Orange.  The 2 things that make my battery percentage indicator act like a count down timer, are making calls, and using 3g.  The closer I go to london the worse it gets.  I have been using the speedtest app (free in the app store) to keep an eye on my data download speeds, I have been getting 15mbps on 3g and that just shouldnt be possible!  My phone is now showing the EE network logo rather than the old T mobile one.  Check out the link below, this is the most likely cause for my shocking battery life in my opinion.http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/iphone-5-battery-life-reduced-due-to-lte- signal-strengthSo if you battery is bonkers and you live in the UK, please let us all know which network your on so we can work out if apple are at fault, or if Everything Everywhere are pinching all my battery life.

Charging Problem-Only Charging When powered Off iPhone 4

I have a new problem with my Iphone 4 since last 3-4 days. It will only charge when switched off. Also, when connected to the PC, it says "Device not recognized".... Please help... anybody...

checking lifespan left on iphone 4 battery

i am looking to find out how much /life/ is left on my battery as opposed to how to /save/ the battery from running out on a daily basis too fast. i mean, it seems to run down quicker now (before the day is out) whereas when i first bought it it seemed like i could run it for two days or a day and a half before having to plug in. i tried googling this and found an apple tech article and other links that did not seem to answer this issue. TIA i think i have gsm as opposed to cmda but in any event i am on at and t

Thoughts on battery life iPhone 5

I'd like to investigate and get your comments about the battery life issues introduced with iOS 5, which iOS 6 failed to fix, only making it worse with even more services that potentially cause problems. It seems this doesn't affect everybody and always. For instance, Apple engineers using AT&T in cupertino do not seem very concerned by the issue, but if you are on Orange, Switzerland, it's another story. From my understanding, big battery drops (~10% / hour) are related to the way iOS handles bad cellular network conditions. Often, the iPhone will "think" it has cellular data available (o/E/3G icons next to the operator) where it actually won't be able to reach the operator and never receive a response. In this case, iOS will leave the 3G chip powered for several minutes until a timeout occurs, even having the phone locked. If mail is fetched every 30 minutes like me, it makes 5 minutes of usage per 30 minutes, and should easily drain your battery in one day.(Note that this will also happen every time you use the calendar for example, if it's synchronized with iCloud.) So first problem: a timeout way too long. It's an usual, but still annoying thing with OS X. Second thing, as long as iOS doesn't realize that the push connection is invalid (i.e. it thinks it has network but will actually not be able to receive anything) it's ok. If a small drop or change in connectivity happens though, the connection will be reinited, and that's where things get very bad. The connection may fail at that point: 5 minutes of battery usage (~2% battery), but iOS will try to reopen it right afterwards. If connectivity is not properly restored, 5 more minutes lost, and so on. This is shown as usage when you go to Settings > General > Usage.Yes, my mother did not use her iPhone 4S a single time after charging it yesterday, yet it was dead at the end of the day with 3 hours 30 minutes of usage. This do not happen on Android devices like my father's Galaxy S, who uses the same operator. For people who have battery life issues, have you observed something like this on your iPhone too?

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How to Downgrade to IOS 5.1.1 from IOS6 iPhone 4S

*********Attention: Apple Support Communities Staff.  This post complies fully with the terms of usage set out in https://discussions.apple.com/static/apple/tutorial/tou.html. It does not violate any part of this agreement. Please do not remove this post, it is providing genuine assistance to the Apple community. To clarify, the process below used iTunes and official Apple restore functionality, it complies with your terms of usage, please do not remove this post.********* Working Solution – Downgrade to IOS 5.1.1 from IOS6  (Windows XP SP3 & iTunes 10) This guide is intending to assist people with moving back to IOS 5.1.1 from IOS 6, who do not have a full backup of there iPhone prior to upgrading to IOS 6. If you do have a full backup, I suggest you use that to restore your iPhone back to your last IOS. Notes: The most difficult part of the process is installing the correct USB Recover. Also this guide need to followed step by step, do not skip steps. Make sure you take a full backup of your phone, ideally to both the iCloud and locally on iTunes. In my case I didn’t need to do this because all of my contacts and photos were via sync’d Gmail / Google drive. First off you need to ensure that Windows XP will recognise your iPhone when it’s in recovery mode. In my case the drivers were not recognised until I did the following. Launch iTunesConnect your iPhone (which should be powered on at the moment) via USBiTunes should show your iPhone device listed on the left Menu.Switch to Recover Mode by Holding down the Power button and the Home Button until the screen goes black (this will take around 20’s).Press the Power button on the iPhone and you should see a “graphic” showing recovery mode. Windows may try and load the driver at this point (unless you already have recover mode drivers installed). Simply follow the normal Windows driver install process.  You will now need to check that the drivers have been installed correctly. Open Windows device manager and check if there are any devices listed as “Apple Recovery Mode” listed in “Yellow”. If the devices are listed in Yellow, you will need to do the following. Right click on each of the Apple Recovery Devices listed in Yellow and choose uninstall.Next expand the “Universal Serial Bus Adapters” node in device manager. You should see an items listed as “USB Composite Device”Right click on “USB Composite Device” and choose Update Driver.Choose Advanced “Install from a list or specific location” and click nextChoose “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install” and click next In the driver list, select “Apple Mobile Device USB Driver” and click next Choose “Continue Anyway” when you see the digitally signed warning.Click Finish.Disconnect your iPhone from the USB cable and take it out of recovery Mode by Holding down Power and Home until the screen goes black.Power on the iPhone Note: you may be prompted to the diver updates again when the actual recovery is taking place. This will depend on your system setup. Ok, so now the IOS Downgrade to 5.1.1  1.Download IOS 5.1.1 from apple to you local machine. http://appldnld.apple.com/iOS5.1.1/041-4346.20120427.1RuDG/iPhone4,1_5.1.1_9B206 _Restore.ipsw Note: iTunes will try and delete copy of this file if you place it into the iTunes iPhone Software Update area at this stage. On that basis, make sure you save it to something like c: emp and also keep a copy of the file somewhere else just in case you make a mistake in the upgrade process and iTunes deletes the file. Create the iPhone Software Updates directory if it does doesn’t already exist.C:Documents and Settings<username>Application DataApple ComputeriTunesiPhone Software UpdatesLaunch iTunesConnect your iPhone and ensure that it shows up in the iTunes device list.Switch to Recover Mode by Holding down the Power button and the Home Button until the screen goes black (this will take around 20’s).Press the Power button on the iPhone and you should see a “graphic” showing recovery mode. You should now see you Device listed in iTunes, as Recovery Mode. You may also be prompted to install drivers again. See driver update walk through at the start of this guide.Copy the IOS 5.1.1 file to the “iPhone Software Updates” directoryIn iTunes you need to launch “Restore” in a particular way. On the main device summary screen you should see 4 headings “iPhone”, “Version”, “Backup” and “Options”. Hold down the Shift button on your keyboard and click the “Restore button” shown inside the version section of the summary screen. You should now see a Windows browse to file dialogue box open up.Navigate to the “iPhone Software Updates” and select the file called “iPhone4,1_5.1.1_9B206_Restore.ipsw” and click Open. You should now see a dialogue box warning, “Restore” or “cancel”.Click Restore and follow the on screen prompts until the restore completes. You should now have an iPhone running 5.1.1 once your phone restarts  Good luck and a little note to Apple. Until the performance issues and bugs in IOS 6 have been address and Google releases a Maps application, I’ll be sticking with IOS 5.1.1 RegardsMarc