Willing to Lose Your Jailbreak for Better Battery in iOS 5.1? [POLL]

We’ve heard from many of you that newly released iOS 5.1 has resulted in better battery life, as promised by Apple. The question remains–are you willing to lose your iOS 5.0.1 Absinthe jailbreak to get access to increased battery life in iOS 5.1? The A5 jailbreak for the iPhone 4S was a long time coming.

iPhone in Canada reader Rebbenik sends us a screenshot of his iPhone 4S battery life, along with the following comment: Battery at 22%. This kind of usage normally gives me 3%.

Some of my favourite jailbreak tweaks are SBSettings, My3G (for FaceTime calls over WiFi!), numerous Cydia tweaks, and a plethora of others. Updating to iOS 5.1 will remove my jailbreak, but I’ll also get access to iPhoto for iOS. Hmm, quite the conundrum. What will you do? Vote below!


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Jon
Jon
14 years ago

I waited waaay too long for y jailbreak to go without it again. Even though I have to charge my phone 2-3 times a day I’ll put up with the battery issues for the tweaks I have. I”ve come to the realization that an iPhone without a jailbreak is like driving a Lamborghini with a Toyota’s engine.

Edge
Edge
14 years ago

I’ve been jailbroken since my original iPhone and right up until 5.01. I decided with 5.1 that I just really don’t have enough reason to jailbreak now. And to be honest, my phone us more stable and has longer battery life.

Edge2
Edge2
Reply to  Edge
14 years ago

 One major reason to Jailbreak.  FREE paid apps!

Edge
Edge
Reply to  Edge2
14 years ago

There is that, and I’ve been there. But decided I’d quit being a cheapskate and actually support the devs, and pay, um 99 cents for something I like and use!!

Wuju007
Wuju007
14 years ago

I heard that some people has worst battery life from 5.1

So it’s not guaranteed.

Jbaril
Jbaril
Reply to  Wuju007
14 years ago

I’m finding my battery draining much faster, getting about half as much standby time as before.

Jasonalphonso99
Jasonalphonso99
14 years ago

I give up my jailbreak but I haven’t regretted it at all,before 5.1 the battery suck on my iPhone 4s,I would start my morning off from 7.00am with %100 and by 1:00pm it would have lost %40 of my battery,but now I only lost %5 of my battery,so I have no regrets,yeaaaaaaa 🙂

Me
Me
14 years ago

I have a 4S unlocked from apple store, I won’t give up my jailbreak status, it doesn’t make any sense, Some cydia tweaks drain battery, I have just a couple and I have no battery issues whatsoever. I waited too long for this jailbreak.

K3
K3
14 years ago

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Well having stuck with a 3gs holding out for the actual iPhone 5 the battery problem became apparent immediately following the update to 5.0… there were zero issues, then the update, suddenly the phone is shutting down at %35. 

After a month that shutting down showed at %75… the week before 5.1 it had been 85%.  Every time the phone would not turn on unless plugged in and the red battery icon would show with an apparent 5% charge left. 

After the update, same exact 85% bs but pushing the power button brings the phone back up with the 85% still remaining, this also seems to happen at 65% and 35% now but the phone is still usable with 
no need to be plugged in for power up to happen.

All in all- WTF Apple & this was a non jailbroken device.

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Glitch1989
Glitch1989
14 years ago

People who jailbreak have already thrown battery life out the window. They shouldn’t care

Trashforms
Trashforms
Reply to  Glitch1989
14 years ago

Wrong.
The jailbreak does not affect battery life, it’s the apps which constantly run in the background like sbsettings or themes.
Btw, I went with the update and a tethered JB.

roadcarver
roadcarver
14 years ago

At the end of the day, I always charge my iPhone 4 anyway so the battery life extension is not a biggie for me.  The manual correct, My3G, GPower and Lockinfo are my favourite jailbreak tweaks. 

Leung Eyl
Leung Eyl
14 years ago

I have been jailbreak free since I got my 4s which is like 2 months ago! I’ve always been a fan of jailbroken phones but now I don’t even find the reason to do so anymore. I love my stock IOS 🙂 

Dj_vallejo2001
Dj_vallejo2001
14 years ago

How do I remove my jailbreak to update? What do I do??

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