Now that the most adventurous iPhone owners have upgraded their software to the new, flat iOS 7, the software's initial kinks have started to show. First impressions of the new mobile operating system have techies generally impressed, despite minor panic after the beta developer version debuted in the beginning of the summer. After playing around with it for a few minutes this morning, it felt snappy and wonderful. But not everything is perfect. Here are some common complaints about the new software and some possible fixes:
Problem: Battery Life. iOS upgrades often lead to battery life issues for certain users and this version is no different. Along with the bunches of people who reported battery drain with the upgrade, Ars Technica's tests on its own devices found that all of its devices were "negatively impacted by the iOS 6 to iOS 7 transition." The iPhone 5 dropped from 661 minutes battery life on iOS 6 to 444 minutes with iOS7. Lifehacker said the drain was particularly bad on the iPad, which seems to be having the most problems with the new operating system.
Fix: iMore has a rundown of habitual changes you can make to increase battery life, like using your phone less, plugging in more, and turning off any thing that might drain the battery. The "App Background Refresh" feature, which keeps apps running and refreshing in the background, is also a huge suck, according to LifeHacker. To turn that off, head to: Settings > General >Background App Refresh and toggle the setting to off.
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