How to Fix the Battery Draining Issue on Your iPhone After Updating to iOS 6.1.3

When the 6.1 version of iOS was released back in February, complaints of severe battery drainage for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users exploded onto every Apple-related forum on the Internet. Everyone was either losing a percentage every three or so minutes, or their battery only lasted half as long as it did before the update. Earlier this month, Apple released iOS version 6.1.3, to supposedly fix a recent exploit that allowed anyone to bypass the lock screen—but as it turns out, the update didn't really fix the issue. Now it appears that the newest Apple update has not only been unsuccessful in its futile attempt to fix the passcode exploit, but that is has also unfortunately reintroduced the battery drain issues that plagued 6.1 users. Nice. One quick look through Apple's discussion forums and you'll notice tons of complaints, mostly for the iPhone 5 running 6.1.3. Kara_Bela50: "I am losing like 1% every 5-6 minutes." Timurjonchik: "Last night I updated my iPhone 4S to a iOS 6.1.3 and now it drains my battery in extremely fast manner." erockem iphone 4S lcd: "Prior to 6.1.3 i could go 16-24 hours easily on a charge. Now I can only go about 8-10 hours." angelbyte: "I'm having the same problem. I had to charge my phone TWICE yesterday and I hardly used it." peanutbuttachampagne: "I had around 80% last night when I set my alarm before going to bed. Woke up this morning and my phone was dead." Seriously?! So, how can you go about improving the battery issues for your iOS 6.1.3 fueled Apple device? If you have the same issues, try out some of these solutions. Don't Update Yet!!! If you haven't upgraded to 6.1.3 yet, DON'T DO IT! The sheer amount of forum threads and articles littered across the internet point to the update as the culprit of the batter drain. It is very likely that Apple will release an update in the near future, in order to quell the uproar.iPhone 5 Parts My iPhone 5 is running 6.1.2 and the battery life is excellent. Disable Push Email Having your iPhone constantly check for new emails is stressful on your battery. Instead of having your phone check for emails constantly, disable Push email. To do this: Go to Settings -> Main, Contacts, Calendars -> Fetch New Data. Set Push to OFF. Click on Advanced and set each email account to Fetch or Manually (as opposed to Push).