download SBSettings (need to JB) so you can turn off/on all the services on the go without going through so many settings...

Dear Iphone user community, I have a question, or actually it is a problem for my wife's iphone and I hope this is the right place for me to seek for answer.

I'm using 3g iphone and she use 3gs iphone. She always complain that her 3gs iphone got heated up suddenly and randomly and also quite frequently, which resulted in battery power decrease rapidly. She even got panicked a few times and throw the phone to me and say it's gonna go KA-BOOM.

Before I send her phone to apple authorized store for check-ups, I hope someone here could enlighten me about my issue. Thanks

thanks!

i have a question, can i charge the iphone anytime i like? like if it's 80%, i wanna charge to 99%.. will it spoil the battery?

refers http://www.apple.com/batteries/

you could do that but not advisable to do so. Normally i'll just carry my eneloop KBC-L2A power boaster with me. good enough for a couple of 0-100% charge or whenever i need to charge it.




This post has been edited by Mackiddo: Nov 3 2010, 12:02 PM

Once i charged my iphone with wall socket and when i pick up a call i dropped my iphone due to electric static. it really hurts!

actually, frequent mini charges are encouraged rather than full cycle 0-100% charges. the best practice is to charge ur phone before it gets to the red zone (20%) or below battery level. my third iphone since the 3g and never had spoilt battery or dramatic loss of battery charge capacity.

thanks for the info! i thought it was better to charge when in red zone =_=

sorry, im kinda noob in battery related stuff

You're not answering my problem

issit jailbroken? the only times an iphone gets hot for no reason is when there's a running process running or in the background hogging up the processor. this doesn't happen on official firmware but i've heard it happening to a lot of jb'ed phones. my advice is to check what's running in the background and get rid of it.

my battery can last for about 6 hrs (to 20%) when i on wifi and ipod throughout that period with moderate gaming and around 30 smses. the rest is off, 3g, push notification etc. is this normal?

when im on wifi, i just do casual surfing, and 3-5 youtube vids.

oh and is it okay to use the phone while it's charging?

This post has been edited by RedElmo007: Nov 3 2010, 05:48 PM

Nope no jailbreak. I don't really get your meaning of running processor background thingie? Do you mean running an application but you directly lock the phone without closing the application or running an animated background?

Btw, thanks for attending to my problem man

depending on the game.. your battery will drain faster.
I think u can only get around 2-3 hours of 3d gaming...

So lemme get this right...

If i charge at 50%, its considered as 0.5 cycle...?

and charging at 60% is considered 0.4 cycle ?

This post has been edited by ysc: Nov 3 2010, 06:22 PM

yup...sort of like that

Then... that would mean charging at any battery percentage would be the same then....

10% batt left would mean 0.9 cycle...

Hi guys,wanna ask currently my iphone 2 running on firmware 3.1.3(Jailbrake) has terrible battery drain issue.
After the charging period(4 hours) i disconnect and start to browser around setting after 10min the battery level down to 87percent.
So which mean i only can use the phone about 8hours and talktime around 40mins.
So guys its that worth to change new battery for the iphone ?
Would it be the same as previous or how ?

please suggest me.thanks

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Added on November 6, 2010, 2:57 pmis that true ? jailbrake iphone only have this issue.
as my brother previouslly used iphone 2g,3g,3gs (All Maxis Set) before,every night he will charge the phone.
so maybe this problem even arise in official software.

So if im going to just unlock the phone only without installing cydia is that possible ?
Does anyone having iphone 2g Official firmware ?

This post has been edited by makaveli: Nov 6 2010, 02:57 PM

the only reason i think would cause the phone to overheat is something hogging up the processor. jb users have so many stuff installed in the background in the form of mobile substrate services. that's why they get a lot of battery drain and overheating issues. i was in the jb scene when i had my 3g but decided to go legit on my new phone :3 no hassle.

and as for battery drain. with 3g on (bluetooth off) an iphone 4 should last you roughly a day of normal usage. without 3g but using wifi, it will last much longer, without wifi or 3g it will last for days of normal usage. battery issues depends on ur usage, ur charging practices and whether your device is jailbroken or not. software unlocked phones and jailbroken phones in general seem to get most reports of battery drain most of the time its software related but every now and then it could be the hardware.

lotsa variables that would affect battery life so it's really hard to pinpoint the problem. to find out if its the hardware that's causing the problem or, just do a clean restore of an official iOS installation and see if the battery problems persist. if it does then its ur battery. if not, then its software related.

try do reset all setting. solved mine.

I cancel my Data subscription because of this.

So bacislly this is my setting

Wifi - Off
Notification *from all apps* - Off
Data Push - Off

My usage

Ipod-Non
SMS - 30sms
Call - 1 Hours

Jailbrake with Resnow and install cydia.i suspect my reflective dock and winterboard are the only background apps running form jailbrake.
So should i restore the firmware again from iTunes.The unlock i need Redsnow.Due to mine is AT&T set.
So no chance then unlock it using redsnow.
But just like other forumer/user,after full cycle charge,after 5min the battery drops around 10percent.That irrates me.

So bro,its that ok to change my battery together.Any forumer experience this same problem and after battery replace how is it ?