help pls, i hv updated to version 3.0 since 18/6 & was running smoothly. since yest i realize my batt drain very quickly, it is also a bit sluggish while using it. this morning when i charge the batt & after 3 hrs of charging, it was only half full so i decided to do backup restoration. as the restoration was in process the the battery level drop drastically at the same time. now after i hv fully restored and reboot my iphone, the battery level is down at critical level. As anyone encounter similar issue... pls help, tq

I have no problem with the battery. I can last 5 days b4 it totaly drain off.

Why not You try 2 suggestion i give?

1) Backup all the contact etc manually (can find the method in pinned topic) and restore the phone. afterthat START the iphone as new phone (DO NOT restore from backup). and close all the push mail notice.

2)check the push mail notice and set all to manually and OFF

if your iPhone has been used for quite time (or u regularly charge it), may be it is an indicator that the battert has begun to age?

no i'm having the same problem as f.stop too. before upgrade, battery last 3-4 days. after upgrade, 2 days MAX. so i restore the phone, set push notification to manual, set APN value to other stuff, all GPRS and EDGE turned off, still draining 50% per day.

maybe i'll try Shock advice - to set up as new phone after restore. but that'll be next weekend.

one question tho...set up as new phone meaning i have to SSH the contacts into iphone manually?

just go to itunes, find the "sync contact"/

Yes.. I experienced the same problem.. Battery drains faster after updated to OS 3.0.

I tried restore my phone and upgrade to OS 3.0 again. Still the same problem. B4 this can last 2 days. But now less than one day.

@Nimzai,
It is possible U have enabled Push Notification on some of the apps. If that is so, turn that off and u'll see better batt life

well... i must say mine is a little different case, i think 2 days ago when i hv downloaded few software's updates, all of a sudden the batt drain unusually fast. Same time I hv prob charging the batt, for half a day I only managed to charge a quarter of the batt indicator however, some thing strange when I removed the SIM card, it charge normally but when I insert back my SIM the batt drain quickly again. As I have to work, I don't have much time to diagnose without the sim & see if it drain the same rate as wit the sim inserted. sigh... I wanted to do a reset of all contents but notice it takes more then 2 hrs to do it, i decided to skip that for now (no time)

Bro, hv u installed bitesms / realsms? pls uninstalled these softwares as they drained your battery real quick. other option is to install MemoryInfo as u can free some memory of upto 40mb. If u are always links to 3G network , u can disable it to minimise the drainage of battery.

Hi i just want to share something strange that has been happening to my Iphone recently.
I returned from overseas a week ago and purchased a brand new hotlink simpack, got it activated without problems and works as usual. The weird thing is eversince then my battery life drains very rapidly and i end up recharging the phone almost 2wice a day. I don't use the wifi and barely make or receive calls. In other words i don't hang on to my phone too often.

Besides that, when i try to recharge the phone via wall socket, it becomes considerably hot and doesn't full charge.
I've checked with different sim cards from different service providers and everything is fine...no heating up while charging and charges to its full capacity.

Also the wave transmission is quite high because i can clearly hear the interference on various speakers even when the phone is on standby-locked mode.

all these symptoms have been counter-checked using different sim cards from different service providers except maxis because i don't have another maxis sim. so tell me if any of you have faced such an issue and how do i deal with it ?
tq

I'm actually currently in china since 17/6 & i'm using china mobile sim on my iphone whn i'm here but still it doesn't add up cuz it was running without prob, all these happen 2 days ago. I'm on maxis plan, bought it when it launch. I tried using maxis sim just now & its the same batt drain fast. i'm erasing all content now & see what happen... will update with u guys....

Let's me share my experience on this unusual-ultra-fast-battery-drain issue. My set is always with singtel simcard on normal day unless when i was travelled back to malaysia, then only i'll put my maxis simcard into it.

I have never has this battery drain issue with my singtel line with data plan. 3G, location service, BeejiveIM push notification are always on. Push and fetch on email on the other hands are set to manual. The problem happen last friday when I was travelled back to malaysia. As usual i'll set the fake apn on cellular data network and swap the maxis simcard inside. By this way i wont get data charge with my maxis line.

I was on my ipod starting from 9pm on bus and to my surprise when I was one and half and hour to reach KL, the phone displayed the 20% battery remaining warning. I have to stop the ipod and let the phone to rest as i'll still need to make another call b4 arriving KL. Well, not even half and hour later the phone totally turn-off.

Definately I feel the strange behaviour of my phone battery at that moment. Once reach home, the phone having difficulty to fully charge. I suspected the problem could be due to the block apn setting so i removed the fake apn profile and let the phone to charge overnight. The next morning the phone finally at full juice.

Since i dont have any data plan on my maxis line so i decided to set the fake apn again. God, the battery started to drain even at the standby mode. I guess i have to turn off the BeejiveIm push notification but the problem seems to be on and off.

In the end, i decided to restore the phone and setup as new instead from backup. I set the fake apn again, and never startup the BeejiveIM app even after installed (so this time i wont get push notification setting option). The phone able to last me from KL to SG, with ipod listening along the whole journey and battery remaining at around 70% by the time i reached SG.

This morning i've done another experiment and block all the network access with my singtel line but with BeejiveIM push notification turn on and yes, this time the battery drain unusual fast again. Now im trying with the network access blocked and BeejiveIm push notification turn off as well. Will update later on how the battery life perform.

p/s: this all happen after upgraded to OS 3.0. never had a problem on old firmware.

This post has been edited by mONSTers: Jul 6 2009, 01:38 PM

YES, my battery is considered OK not drain like water... but my WiFi cannot use at all after upgrade to 3.0. Another updates coming around July to fix battery and WiFi bugs?

My Batt Drain very fast after I upgrade to 3.0 and I need to charge half a day.

And I found a strange thing when charging.
I Connect the phone to the socket.
Sometimes the batt sign change to charging. And sometimes the batt sign change to the sign like charge finish.
But my battery level still maintain at around 20 or 30 % ( cause I just started to charge)

... I have finished erasing all content & installing all data & software's back into place. tested playing with games for awhile & so far so good, batt remain at full... also tried switching between both msia & china SIM cards, works fine.
now i pray it stays that way... thanks a lot guys

Well... I believe this unusual-extremely-fast-drain-out-battery issue is caused mainly by Push Notification feature (to me at least).
Why I said so ? Here's my situation.

Yesterday I played games on my iPhone and it was about near 20% left, so I stopped playing and planned to charge my phone today.
In the morning, my iPhone battery is near to "Red" level.... and I charged it only about 2pm.

While I was charging my iPhone, I did turn on iPhone's WiFi to update some of my Apps. I turned off WiFi after the updates completed.
So, I left my iPhone charging with my laptop and do my stuffs. After 1+ hours, I checked back my iPhone charging status, and surprisingly
it is in critical RED battery level instead of Green.

Without any doubts, I checked the "Notifications" settings... and I found out that "Tap Tap Revenge"'s Notifications (both Alerts+Badges) are ON !
I remembered that I OFF them before this right after I updated "Tap Tap Revenge". Anyhow... for my case, I believe the Push Notifications have
certain caused the battery-drain-out-extremely-fast than you could think of.... Furthermore, it is extremely HOT even you can feel it with the casing on it.

My suggestion to those who encountered similar situation, better to :
1) Check your Notifications Settings
2) Immediately UNPLUG if you are charging (cos of overheating)
3) Make sure Notifications are OFF (if unused) before chargining
4) Constantly check your charging status while charging to prevent it is draining out instead of charging

Hope the coming FW 3.1 will resolve this issue too.

@twinkerbel

Yes.. My push notification is On. But for the programs in the Push notification list, they are all off. But anywayz.. im turning off my push notification now.. and will test it again.. hopefully it helps.

as for me, i've switched off the PUSH notification and yet my battery is draining fast like river flows..... Damn, do i have to restore my iPhone?

@Nimzai,
Keep us updated. Also, switch off Bluetooth if and when you're not using it to conserve battery

@deadman8836,
Er.. perhaps U have other stuff which are switched on?! I was on BeejiveIM today and my batt level dropped from 97% to 50+%. And then I went for a meeting in the evening, and now it's just about 47% so when the phone is truly in standby mode, it doesn't take up much battery - u prob have something running in the background.

hey tinkerbel.... this problem has been with me for almost a week... i've tried all sort of methods, from checking the processes using SBSetting to checking every apps one by one but no vail.... the only resort i could think of restoring,which i dont have the time to do.... the manual backups and yada yada cos i like to restore it as new phone.... hahahaha... anyway thanks for your prompt reply...