Many people will be receiving gifts this holiday season as family and friends come together to celebrate all of life’s simple pleasures. But after presents have been unwrapped, holiday ham devoured, and eggnog downed at a feverish pace (don’t drink it all at once!), the grim reality of the holiday season eventually sets in– a lot of products have problems.

That new camera you received from grandma? Faulty lens. That Roku device you gave your kids? Can’t log in. And what about that iPhone 4s you purchased for dear ol’ dad? Low battery life. Problems and problems as far as the eye can see.

Luckily for you, FixYa always has the solution.

Below you will find a list of some of this season’s hottest holiday gifts. But most importantly, you will find the solutions to the biggest problems that these devices are experiencing.

Apple’s iPhone introduced the world to a new and improved smart phone, but battery life has begun to pay the price. Many owners continue to have issues even after the 5.0.1 OS update for the 4s was released. As two Fixya Experts point out however, the iPhone’s battery life can be drastically improved with just a few easy steps.

By going into settings and turning off location tracking, disabling data fetch/notifications, reducing screen brightness, turning Bluetooth off, and employing over 20 other quick and simple fixes you will see your iPhone battery life increase in no time. The full record of tips and tricks can be found here. Give it a read and make sure your iPhone’s battery lasts as long as it was intended to.

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In the next couple of weeks we are going to launch several major changes that will revolutionize the dynamics around how questions are answered and consequently, the reward experts will be earning for their solutions.

These changes are part of our vision and strategy with the new FixYa site to put our users in the center and provide them with a superb experience and value proposition. As part of that vision, we have decided to make it our objective to hit a 100% Answer rate or in other words allow every asker to get a solution to his question in a timely manner.

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FixYa user Kate G. could not figure out why her Singer 2950 sewing machine was stitching only one side a of a buttonhole and not reversing properly to finish the job.

Luckily, FixYa has many many sewing machine related solutions and experts to help solve the most riddling of problems.

In this particular case, FixYa expert Tally Girl not only provided a solution, but also recommended to Kate G the best place to find the user manual for her exact model of sewing machine.

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Since the release of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5, complaints about battery life have been spreading like wildfire in Apple’s own forums and across the web. Apple has finally acknowledged the problem and says that software bugs in iOS 5 are to blame.

Now that the problem has been narrowed down to the operating system, Apple has finally come forward with the news that a software update will be coming in a few weeks to address these issues.

This is great news for folks that have been experiencing battery life issues after upgrading to iOS 5.

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This week’s testimonial comes from the world of microwaves and once again a FixYa expert was able to rescue a kitchen appliance from being tossed to the curb.

FixYa user Tom M. was having problems with his Whirlpool microwave turntable not spinning or heating properly. Tom posted a very detailed explanation of the problem he was having and another FixYa expert knew exactly what to do.

The problem turned out to be a bad upper door switch or a loose door switch mount, which are pretty simple problems to fix, according to expert William M.

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