Apple Secretly Seeding iOS 5.0.1 To End Users Fixing The Battery Life Issue

Releasing the software update earlier to the developers to test out applications and improvements in battery life and Siri, the new update iOS 5.0.1, is now being seeded to selected customers of the iOS for testing. Some customers who have complained about the battery issue are now being seeded a software update of iOS 5.0.1 through the Apple’s AppleSeed Program.

Apple has also warned the people taking part in the program of the situation not being able to downgrade to the previous iOS 5. However they will be able to upgrade to the final version which is expected to release in few weeks.

In addition to the new update being secretly tested; the Apple Retail Stores have received a memo on how to deal with the battery life issue. For now the employees at stores are advised not to replace any phone and to tell the customers on waiting for a few more days until software update is available. So if you are facing such issues. Just Wait!

(Source: 9to5mac)

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Apple Replaces Your First Generation iPod Nano Due To Battery Issue

Apple Inc, which is the leading multination corporation of electronic hardware and software, has opened a replacement program for the first Generation iPod nano. The reason of this replacement is that these iPod nano’s are causing serious overheating problems.

Originally these components were sold between the months of September and December in the year 2005. According to Apple, the overheating problem is not on a large scale if the battery of these iPods is newly built but as these iPod nano’s are already five years old the chance of overheating are very high.

This is why, Apple started this replacement program in which it is telling people to stop using their first generation iPod nano and replace it with another one free of charge. This program is applicable through Apple’s website. The person, first have to write the serial number of his iPod to move forward then after filling the complete replacement page the user have to wait for six weeks.  After this break of six week, replacement unit for the first generation iPod nano will be sent to its user.

The important thing about this program is that first it is only for the first generation iPod nano and second after the break it will not replace the product of late informers. You can get additional information from any Apple retail store or an Apple authorized service provider.

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Initial Reports Indicate iOS 5.0.1 Fixes Battery Life Issues

Apple's iOS 5.0.1 update to address battery life concerns faced by a number of users, according to initial reports iOS 5.0.1 software is "nothing short of amazing". Most developers who have used iOS 5.0.1 beta reported much better battery life when on iOS 5.0.1.

Wired and Twitter have some quotes from users on iOS 5.0.1, here are a few of them:

"Frankly the difference is nothing short of amazing. To go almost an entire day without a change in the meter reading seems unbelievable. Where before I could almost watch the battery drain, now it doesn’t move at all."

@thebertolet: done [updated] it on a 3GS, a AT&T iPhone 4, and a 4s as shown. The 4s has gone from 15% loss per hour to 3-4%.

@sweet_431: My battery life has noticeably improved, I now only need to charge every other day as opposed to every day.

@itsmekhoi: I updated to IOS 5.0.1 beta 2 (9A404) and I definitely notice the battery life improvement.

Not all users reported improvement with the update, however:

@xHacKx: I have it and I don't see any improvements to the battery life of my iPhone 4. I'm running iOS 5.0.1 Beta 2

@ggfevans: sadly no difference in battery life (around 4 and a half hours of usage, 6 standby). only change I've noted is the version number

The last beta was seeded to developers just less than a week ago and we expect Apple to release it to the users anytime soon.

If you've installed iOS 5 beta then let us know what has been your experience.

[via Wired]

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Apple Confirms iOS 5.0.1 Have NOT Fixed Battery Issues (REPORT)

After release of iOS 5.0.1 yesterday, many users are still reporting battery issues on their iOS devices after the first update of the iOS 5.0 mobile operating system have been designed particularly to counter the complaints of battery life issues.

AllThingsD has been provided a statement by Apple that it is still investigating the complaints regarding the battery life to find out the root cause of the issue. This was the statement issued by Apple.

The recent iOS software update addressed many of the battery issues that some customers experienced on their iOS 5 devices,” the company said in a statement. “We continue to investigate a few remaining issues.”

Already working on a follow-up update for any problems yet to discover and incorporating fixes for it, Apple is still to commit on any near term iOS update to resolve any unknown additional issues.

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