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    Before the window closes: 4S with 9A405 or 9A406 -- which has better battery life?

    So for those of you on 5.0.1, I listened to Dev-Team and have downgraded to 9A405 while the signing window is still open. As expected the firmware downgraded with it (never actually saw THAT happen before on an iPhone!).

    My question to this group: which one has better battery life? It's only been a day since I've downgraded, but it seems that 5.0.1 is worse than 5.0.1b.

    I have two 4S's, and I'm a lifer on AT&T. The potential to unlock is a nice-to-have but not a must-have. Most important to me is performance and battery.

    Thoughts welcome (quickly)!

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    Quote Originally Posted by goestoeleven View Post
    So for those of you on 5.0.1, I listened to Dev-Team and have downgraded to 9A405 while the signing window is still open. As expected the firmware downgraded with it (never actually saw THAT happen before on an iPhone!).

    My question to this group: which one has better battery life? It's only been a day since I've downgraded, but it seems that 5.0.1 is worse than 5.0.1b.

    I have two 4S's, and I'm a lifer on AT&T. The potential to unlock is a nice-to-have but not a must-have. Most important to me is performance and battery.

    Thoughts welcome (quickly)!
    If you're a lifer, jump up to 5.0.1b. The battery life seems way better

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    That's one. Any others?

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    Bit the bullet and moved my two 4S devices back to 5.0.1b and 1.0.14 firmware. I'll take my chances with better battery life than the vague maybe promise of an unlock sometime in the future that I don't need...

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    How to upgrade to 5.0.1 b

    Just wondering how one would go about upgrading to 5.0.1 b or is it part of the iphone developers kit?
    Thanks

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    links from Apple's support site to both versions of 5.0.1 firmware for iPhone 4S (pick your poison):

    9A405: http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/04...5_Restore.ipsw

    9A406: http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4//0...6_Restore.ipsw

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