Flaw found in the iOS 5 software
A flaw has been found in Apple’s location services system in the news iOS 5 software. This particular problem may have caused several of the iPhone 4S to have their batteries drained faster than they should have. Many users have pointed that the “Setting Time Zone” option is working even when the user is not moving to a different location or time zone. It is known that the location services drain any smartphone’s battery.
On iDownloadBlog, Oliver Haslam suggested a temporary solution to the problem: “it appears that iOS 5′s GM release introduced a bug that causes the Setting Time Zone function to keep the location tracking circuitry running constantly, draining battery power considerably. Switching it off may mean that your iPhone will no longer set its own time zone when you travel, but that’s a small price to pay for having your iPhone last more than 12 hours on a full charge… We have tested this method on 4 different iPhone 4s handsets, including an iPhone 4 and an iPhone 3GS. All have reported drastically improved battery life after switching ‘Setting Time Zone’ off.”
Even though some users pointed out they had not noticed the difference, the icon is on and that means the service has been working continuously 24 hours a day.
Users believe that Apple’s use of location consumes too much battery power. “Two years working with dedicated GPS units taught me to be extremely careful with GPS settings: it kills battery very fast,” David Hamilton, a web and Java consultant pointed out on Twitter
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