@xpresside,
I'm with tnsai on the fake APN draining your battery. I was using that for about 10 months with no battery issues.

Tinkerbell,
were you tied to maxis contract when you purchased the phone?

hey there are reports on the net that others are having the same issue. so im not the only 1
as many or some of u mentioned b4, iphone tends to connect to the internet whenever it wants to. and trying to keep the apps updated. randomly searching updates for the os. so when it fails to connect it will try to reconnect for a few more times.
when i check my hotlink statement, i can see gprs charges every few hours eventho im not using the phone.
if fakeapn isnt draining ur battery, consider urself lucky or do a quick comparison on how long ur fon last when u off fakeapn n on it.
when using it my phone can barely last a day, now can last more than a day

Hmmm ok, thanks for sharing that with us, that is pretty interesting.. luckily for me i fall into one of the "worked-perfectly-for" category. I guess this is something for everybody to look out for..

Oh this scares me..
I haven get my phone yet but 1gb free data is more than enough i supposed?

Data Usage:




This post has been edited by teikwing: Nov 11 2009, 12:57 PM

xpresside,

found some info from this forum:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=764706

from the forum, looks like the cause are push and notification. If you have these two things enabled, then your iPhone will be looking for connection when it needs to fetch data for push or notification service.

also from the forum, I find the tool "iPhone Configuration Utility 2.1" is a great tool to track what your phone is doing (console view). So far my phone is not connecting randomly or searching for updates "sesuka hati". I'll do some more tracking using this tool and I'll update if anything changes..

Thanks alot teikwing.

True!
Push emails and notifications automatically updates your email which means they connect to 3g. Correct me if i'm wrong.
So if it's not useful to you, just simply switch it all to Fetch..

This post has been edited by Cyan7: Nov 11 2009, 01:13 PM

@whizzy,
My original i3GS is a Melbourne unit. I subsequently purchased a 2nd unit for a cousin in Germany and on that Maxis purchase, I signed up for the 12 month iData 2 plan.

@Cyan7,
1GB should be suffice.

Hmm my bill is not here yet, but according to the hotline my bill this month is about RM111 which I guess is normal considering the SMS i've sent etc .. no crazy data bill and I've loosened up this month

Supposedly is Rm100?

yes.. but landline calls, SMS to other networks are not included in the bill

Guys,

I need to ask you guys regarding IM+, i'm working from home.. so my phone n laptop using WIFI. Start from today I'd like to use IM+ 24/7 using my iphone. So no one disturb me when playing game/watch movies huhu.

But if i enable the PUSH notification, and connect to most of the social networks, and when I go out from my home, it will use my maxis data rite, then when i come back home then IM+ automatically use my wifi without me restarting the apps rite?

@manchurr,
Yes that is absolutely right, but if you don't have a data service plan or have disabled APN, your IM+ won't work if there's no wifi around

Thanks tink! I'm just afraid that if i come back home form using data, it will still use data where it should be using wifi..

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Added on November 12, 2009, 12:51 ambattery drain so fast using push notification for IM+..

from 6pm. til now. already 30% huhu.

This post has been edited by manchurr: Nov 12 2009, 12:51 AM

SBsetting addon FakeAPN is a good tool if u frequent chging the apn

i juz got my iPhone last 2weeks...its on 22nd of OCT..but on 24th OCT, my bill reached RM176.95 deduct the RM40 advance payment, i have to pay RM136.95...i subscribed for the iValue 1...it should be RM60 but it double up. And now the bill reached me and it stated there I had used up 65GB of network...what the hell?!! 2days can use up 65GB...Whats the matter? I complain to maxis CS and dont know what are they talking about what need 3days to activate my iValue la...But now the bill there stated everything is iValue1..the call and sms they deduct for my but not the network..The usage of my network is RM327.51..WHAT The hell wrong with their calculation? No tethering and sowhatever.

Think u may have used 3G before they activated your plan. For my case, they said only use after 1 day and I actually callled them the next day to check if it has been activated before using. My bill is ok...

not good coz fakeapn addon disable your mms setting also

Does anyone have maxis billing does they record the usage of MB use in your billing for those who took iValue Plan 1,2,3,4 ?