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...

Update: battery still drain out superfast with all network access blocked + BeejiveIm push notification turn off. Also experience some interference with nearby speaker when the phone is out from sleep mode.

Summary of experiment till now:

0. 3G and edge off, BeejiveIM PNS off -> battery life as normal compare to old firmware
1. 3G and edge on, BeejiveIM PNS on -> battery life as normal compare to old firmware
2. 3G and edge off, BeejiveIM PNS on -> battery drain out fast
3. 3G and edge off, BeejiveIM PNS from on to off -> battery drain out fast
4. Logoff BeejiveIM + PNS on, 3G and edge off -> battery drain out fast
5. Logoff BeejiveIM + PNS off, 3G and edge off -> battery drain out fast

Observation on (4) & (5) - scrolling on long list eg. contacts and btw home screen showing sign of sluggishness.

Removing the BeejiveIM app solve the sluggishness problem on (4) while restarting the phone after step (5) solve the sluggishness and battery drain issue.

time consuming experiment...

This post has been edited by mONSTers: Jul 7 2009, 12:20 PM

I am also experiencing battery drain on my iphone 2G after upgrading to OS 3.0. I literally see the battery percentage dropping in front of my eyes!

I will have it charge at night at 100%, when I wake up in the morning, it will be 80%, get to work 70% and by the time i reach home its 40%. This is with push, bluetooth, wifi, edge all OFF.

I removed my app with push functionality out today. Testing to see if this will help.

sigh... my battery is still draining abnormally fast & worst I have problem charging my phone. It doesn't charge normally without removing my sim card... by googling around i notice indeed thr r a number of similar cases. hope apple will address this issue soon...

yes...i'm having the same problem like TS ..

maybe there's a problem within this new OS.

waiting for next update :-(

@twinkerbel

My battery life improved alot after i turn off my push notification and reduce my screen brightness from 100% to about 70%. So far so good.. will update again later

@Nimzai,
You're most welcome. Yeah I forgot to mention about the screen brightness. Mine is on default at about 50%

Mine is at 40%. Fetch, push, all disabled. Running only on 3G (my office line is a 3G only line). Wifi has been on since 7 am to 10 am.

This morning battery started at 92%, now holding at 72%.

Youtube videos viewed:1
Cydia accessed 6 -7 times
Apps downloaded 1
Games played - 1
Calls - 15
SMS - 5

I dunno if this data will help anyone, but here goes.

No mote battery drain like last time. I've make it a point to always remember to log off Beejive, thus disabling Push Notification. Even dyer long sessions of Doom Resurrection and Rolando 2, battery drain is as expected. Now with Mophie Air, it us back to being able to use my 3G[S] the whole day without worry of battery depletion.

Funny how a few weeks back we were all clamoring for Push Notification and now we turn that disgusting thing off whenever we can!

Morphie air...Hmmmmmm.

I think it may soon be time to adopt such a measure.

@Lord_Ashe,
Yes the Mophie Juice Air doesn't look too bad but I don't like the weight

@stringfellow,
Are U having heat issues on ur phone?! I was out to lunch earlier and a colleague was playing with the phone, afterwhich I went onto BeejiveIM for a bit and realised the phone was a little hot...

Anyone encountered the batt draining issue?

there has been quite a number of users with battery issues since upgrading to 3.0 so i guess it's a common problem.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Search&CODE=show&searchid=4df0bebb0290238fdd9564932783b805&search_in=posts&result_type=posts&highlite=battery

Hmm..I m holding out from upgrading the firmware and wait for a better version.

my batt also cannot last long...normaly can tahan how long?

Yup, it gets hot. Not scalding hot, but warm to the touch. I was playing Doom Resurrection while having the background music playing music from the iPod, and it gets warm, warm enough to be felt through the Mophie Air.

i heard to fix battery problem on 3.0 firmware mostly turn off PUSH thingy.
other than that

i read some web site i heard that condition (Battery Drain) happened because the battery condition is not completely healthy meaning : usage of battery not healthy, ex. charge not completely full, we plug off from charger etc

So some web site suggesting we do Cycled battery and Calibration

How to :
1. Fully charge your iphone, Do not use it meanwhile in charge condition
2. After full, use it until completely drain, battery dead
3. Fully charge again, for about 2-4 hours
4. Process done, your battery full re-calibrated

Hope this would help a bit










I hope apple do fix this issue though, cause 3.0 is really good to resist, other than battery problem..................

This post has been edited by oscar7: Jul 9 2009, 09:35 PM

Not your fault -- Not your iphone fault -- No need reset -- but read this

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/913...63&pageNumber=1

This post has been edited by Gigabitz: Jul 9 2009, 11:47 PM

From what I observe last time (posted in one of the thread here). IF your push notification is set to on, and your iPhone is unable to access to the cellular data (e.g. jailbreak phone with EDGE off, or problem with the Carrier data [Couldn't use internet on 3G] etc.) your iPhone will try to connect to the internet constantly trying to fetch data off the push notification server, thus the super fast drainage of your iPhone Battery.

Solution for those who don't use cellular data (e.g. EDGE off) and want to extent the battery life = turn off push notification, turn off 3G (since u're not using cellular data anyway)

I guess push notification is only useful for those who are on cellular data plan or iPhone plan, or PPL who are not worried about the expensive on-the-go cellular data.

When my battery was draining that fast (even while charging, it is still draining) the last time round, I found out that there is a problem with VodafoneNZ 3G data in my area, as I can't surf internet while I'm on 3G, but able to do so on GPRS. turning off my 3G solve the battery draining issue (push notification still on). Now that VodafoneNZ 3G data in my area is back to normal, I can turn back on my 3G and battery life is back to normal even with all my Push notification on (incl. Beejive)

This post has been edited by psyeo: Jul 10 2009, 12:21 AM

Mine Battery Drain Issue & hard to get incoming call

Feel like wanna bang steve's head, from world most hi tech gadget turn to worst gadget i ever own. Have to bring charger all the time, really ruin my life.
Even without JB, stock OS 3.0 having same issue. Wth were they doin before release it. Read some info...they even knowing this problem even in BETA.

Any DiGi user here having hard to receive call??Other ppl i upgraded to 3.0 using Celcom have no problem with incoming call.

Regret 3G iPhone User!Help Me before i return back to Bill!

mine using digi ..and currently my problem is almost same with you , but my situation is , the DiGi signal is not so strong within iphone 3G.

the signal bar will be gone in a few seconds after i tried to use edge .

but if i'm using maxis ...it is fine ...no connection dropped while on the net or on call

plus battery draining although i didn't switch on "push notification" or enabling 3G ....that's strange

This post has been edited by kevler: Jul 10 2009, 09:50 AM

iPhone Generation : 2G 8GB
Unlocked? (or Part Number): Software Unlocked
Current Firmware : 3.0
iTunes Version : 8.2
PC/MAC : PC XP
Jailbreaking software : redsn0w
Problem Encountered : Battery Life Span.. Battery Drain very fast! Not even more than half day.
Steps Taken So Far :
Screenshot of Problem(if applicable) :
Other Information/Remarks :

@tinkerbell,

the phone is warm abit when playing game/runing some apps that drain cpu power. it quite normal too all electronics devices.

I feel that my iPhone 3G's battery life lasts a bit longer after upgrading to 3.0
However, I don't have 3G turned on all the time.

I not sure about you all, but i do think the upgrade OS did something to your phone.

I DO REALLY SUGGEST people with BATTERY problem, RESTORE THE PHONE AND START AS NEW IPHONE, INSTEAD RESTORE from backup. ( I have once before successfull JB due to some reason, my battey are draining like water, then i did start as new iphone, all goes right.)

dude do u restore from back up or did u start everything over as a NEW PHONE again?

@stringfellow,
I sure hope you're having fun with your 2 new toys! Thanks for the feedback on heat issues; mine feels like urs too but it's not so hot U can fry an egg

As to battery, mine seems fine for now with 3G switched on.

can someone tell me how to turn the edge off on my iphone? thanks

WOHhooOOo guys i am very happy thanks to Shock. i follow his instruction and now its not draining...
usually with 10 hours of standby and 1 hour usage my OS 3.0 iphone no battery already.
but now my phone just drop by 3 level (not even half) after 10 hour stanby and 1 hour usage.
Now i am experimenting with all the thrid party application whether causing draining of battery or not.
so far MIM, activateMMS 2G is not causing the problem...just install statusNotifier, later i will install SBsetting see will drain or not
i think statusNotifier and sbsetting might cause draining but later will know liao
will try install the app store apps as well to experiment see which is causing draining.

This post has been edited by sakak: Jul 13 2009, 12:52 AM

@breakdown47500,
Please refer to http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1061070 for disabling of APN.

3G browsing drains battery faster than playing a game!

Within 2 minutes it drops from 73% to 70%.

Incredible.

@sakak
StatusNotifier already compatible with fw3.0?

SBSettings won't drain the battery la ... why do you assume it will? It's just an extension to SpringBoard, not a program running at the background.

well it doesnt lauch the program.. but it still function i duno y. haha
ya ur right i have install all the 3rd party programs and application.. seems that my phone now is running as usualy like the old 2.2 OS.
it has been over 1 hour talk time 15 hours standby and 3 hours usage..
battery now not even half.. very happy and satisfying

i also having the same problem... plus, my fren always cant call through my phone. but my phone still have line le... problem arise only after i upgrade to 3.0...

now thinking of changing to nokia n96 d...

do u guys mind having a look at my usage on my iphone? issit considered as draining fast? thxx

This post has been edited by lancerie: Jul 14 2009, 09:18 AM


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anyone heard about the 3GS overheating and low battery life issues? well, mine is affected... it feels warm even without doing anything sometimes, and i need to recharge it every 6 hours!! nope, wifi is not on. gonna call apple when im back in oz...

Ok, I'm jailbreaking and unlocking, and restoring to a BLANK phone now as suggested by a forumer a few pages ago. The battery drain on my iphone 3G without wifi, screen at 50% is appalling! 5% loss in 1 hour, minimum!

Guys, try this out.

Disable/off these functions and use it whenever you need.

1) Push Notification
2) Location Services
3) EDGE
4) 3G
5) Wifi
6) Brightness set to half or less and off auto brightness
7) Mail - fetch new data set to off and Push Off
8) Kill all background apps by using Processes via SBSettings or use 4. Force Quit Program
9) Disable SSH if you install earlier for jailbreak iPhones.

*Charge your iPhone for atleast 4 hrs (USB cable or 3 pin plug)



This post has been edited by davidgary73: Jul 15 2009, 11:32 AM

ohhh u have so many things switched off? and it lasted 2 days 17 hours that is insane for me, and u left 40% ommfg T__T

may i ask how do we turn off push notification? b4 i upgrade to 3.0 i have push notification in my settings, now tat i am 3.0 its, GONE!!

and i dunno how to turn off edge, mail - new data set to off and push off, and lastly, disable SSH, i didnt know SSH can be disabled?

thank you so muchh.

Thanks for the pointers DG.

I've followed all of that except 3G as I need it to make calls for U Mobile. I didn't even install SSH after my jailbreak.

1) Push Notification - OFF
2) Location Services - OFF
3) EDGE - OFF
4) 3G - ON
5) Wifi - OFF
6) Brightness set to half or less and off auto brightness
7) Mail - fetch new data set to off and Push Off
8) Kill all background apps by using Processes via SBSettings or use 4. Force Quit Program - will try this nao
9) Disable SSH if you install earlier for jailbreak iPhones.

To enable Push, read this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3576

Use SBsettings (get it via Cydia) and disable EDGE, 3G, SSH (if you installed) etc

For Mail, check under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calenders

thank you so much david, i have switched them off, but its strange that my SETTING does not have MAIL in it. do u know why is that?

Have you setup a mail account (gmail etc) in the first place?

nope not yahoo or gmail or stuffs they provided in the list, my own hotmail O_O

How do I back up the content manually? Was searching through the pinned topic but I dunno which one it is...

Please read this: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/998251

From iPhone User Guide Chapter 1, page 14.


From iPhone User Guide page 198.

i cant find 'Push Notification' oh...now im using iphone 3g 3.0

Read 6 post above your post.

Read this: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1020761/+955

and this: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1061070

Section 'B' : Localising and tweaking your iPhone: 5. Push Notification Service

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Jul 18 2009, 08:00 PM

Hmm, I'm getting pretty worried about my iPhone 3Gs. It's generating quite alot of heat, so I was wondering, is it normal that iPhone generates that much heat? I understand that using any phone for a long time heat will definitely be generated but my iPhone is generating heat at a worrying level with just a short usage duration. Also, my phone is using a rubber-like full back casing which I purchased from Machines, could that be the problem? What worries me the most is that, back then, I came across a blog or article, saying that there is a case whereby a white iPhone went overheated and it somehow burned or something similiar to that and left some pink-like markings on the back of the phone cover. I've lost the link to the source and I don't know the reliability of that source which makes me worry even more.

Also, it seems like my iPhone battery duration is very very short. The battery level depletes very fast even when I'm not using it. The phone said that having 3G on will decrease the battery duration so I turned it off and yes I think I do notice slight changes but still not at an ideal level.

Lastly, I just got my iPhone from Maxis for about 3 days so my knowledge about iPhone is very limited, so please enlighten me. iPhone 3Gs do have bluetooth right? The bluetooth here ONLY refers to pairing with other devices which means I can't receive any files from other phones or send any files out? From my understanding, bluetooth enables user to transfer files across, so was wondering, is it my phone's problem or? I also went to look for alternatives to transfer files and I found Cydia. I know that in order to have Cydia working, I'll have to jailbreak my phone and Cydia works like an app store. In Cydia app store, there is an app which enables file transfering, right? I know my next question is a very preference base question, but do you all think Cydia is worth getting as I know by jailbreaking iPhones, it will void the waranty of the phone. Just wanna listen to some opinion.

Alright, I guess that's all that I wanna ask. Thanks in advance!

same thing happen to my iphone 3Gs, after i fully charged my iphone it only last for 1 1/2 day, i did try using d wi fi, but just for half an hour then i turned it off. when i play video streaming from youtube the phone starting to feel warm already. is this case normal or smthing wrong with the new 3Gs???

Hmm...I turned all the push notification, 3G connection, bluetooth , location services , fetch mails all off and brightness at about 50%..but wi-fi still on. I don't know how to turn EGDE off cause I haven't jailbreak my phone and all the methods that I found requires SBsettings to turn EDGE off. After turning all those off, I tested my phone with Tap Tap Revenge 2, just with 2 and a half songs, battery level went down by 4% I don't know if I have any problems in background which is running cause I went on app downloading frenzy so I openned quite a number of apps and I just hit the home button whenever I wanna leave apps. I dont know if this totally close the apps or just allows it to run in background. So my solution now will be restoring my phone like mentioned in earlier posts? Care to explain a lil more on the steps? I dont really get the process. Thanks.

all the answers to your questions can be found at the pinned threads. do take some time to read them. thank you.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1061070/+6
7. Battery Drain Fast with iPhone 3.0? How to have longer battery usage?

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1061070/+2
2. iPhone 3G/3GS with iPhone 3.0 BlueTooth allow to send files/data?

Note: There's an app on Cydia called 'iBluetooth' which enables bluetooth file transfer between iPhones/mobile phones. However, it wasn't made compatible with OS 3.0/3.0.1.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/868281/+6
9. 3G iPhone Warranty
A: Claim warranty from the country that you bought the 3G iPhone from if there's defect or hardware related issues.
Online Service Assistance Warranty Check: https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do
*For those who have jailbreak your 3G iPhone(Maxis, Singtel etc), warranty will be void. Do an Erase All Content and Settings and restore to default settings before sending back for warranty.


on your question "do you all think Cydia is worth getting as I know by jailbreaking iPhones, it will void the waranty of the phone."

from my humble opinion, it brings much more benefits/convenience than harm/disadvantages. it enables your phone to perform tasks and specific functions which non-jailbroken iPhones wouldn't able to perform. (eg. themes customizing, background processing, killing off background running apps etc.)

besides, if you're worried about your warranty being void, just restore your phone to its original settings and it'll wipe out all the trace that the phone has been jailbroken before, before sending it in for warranty purpose. in short, you got nothing to lose.

This post has been edited by teikwing: Aug 4 2009, 01:53 AM

I read a battery guide the other day that the biggest "threat" to li-ion batteries is actually heat. All batteries eventually die off, but li-ion ones are apparently highly susceptible to heat, which greatly accelerates the rate of "decay" of the battery ... so the iphone, which already has crap battery life, also generates a lot of heat, which further rapes the battery ... it's a vicious cycle!

@ndri11 >> 1.5days is actually pretty good. On work days (i.e. I don't use the phone except for calls & sms) a full day takes about 70-80% of the battery life.

On weekends sometimes I'll be out of battery even before dinnertime.

in my case ,

been using the 3gs a few days from now ,

i have everything turned off ( fetch data , push notification ,location services ,3G) and my screen brightness stay at 70% (with auto brightness)
i can last for more then 1.5 days which i am alright with it ( averagelyif the phone is in sleep mode , battery percentage drop 1% per 60mins)

but i m that kinda person who always wanted to fully utilized which ever function the gadget provided, besides what's the point getting a 3G and push phone if we cant enjoy the joy that our baby brings?

i tested with 70 % screen brightness , 3G off , push & location service and constantly have Bjeeve On . the battery averagely dropped 4~5% per hour ...and i m not sure if these is normal

can iphone gurusss share their battery usage too ? ?
i seriously hope the coming 3.1 OS will have better battery usage

This post has been edited by Akechi84: Aug 4 2009, 11:58 AM

Hmmm, I think my battery is still depleting very fast even when I have 3G, push notification, fetch mail, location service, wi-fi all turned off. I'm trying to jailbreak my phone at the moment to turn off EDGE as well. I did a restore and started it as a new phone as well. Anything else that I could do?

I also got this app from the app store called "BatteryStatus". When I run the app when my phone is fully charged, it shows all the battery duration for different usage and this is the problem, my battery info is similiar to what apple stated on their site for iPhone 3G but not 3Gs. Why is this so? The battery status apps isn't reliable and or my battery itself is having problem?

what apps have you installed so far? I had this same problem too but ok already now

This post has been edited by idoblu: Aug 4 2009, 05:48 PM

I have about 33 apps at the moment, most of them are free applications. Apps is the one causing problem?

if they are from the app store, they shouldn't be the culprit

i think mine because of one IM app

The only IM app I got was fring...so any advice regarding this matter? I did everything mentioned in earlier post but still having the battery problem.

Delete that and see. I havent tested which app is causing the problem but I also have fring. Tomorrow Im going to install back one at a time. Mine was depleting like 10% every hour - scary
Remember to let us know the results.

Please read this about fring - http://www.fring.com/blog/?p=1299
try turn off frings notification. if still drains, then uninstall it

This post has been edited by idoblu: Aug 4 2009, 10:37 PM

i suggest you turn of location services too. that really drains the battery.

my i3g don have this battery problem except i m using tethering with my laptop. I also have use Push mail , but off notification. Just now morning i listen to song , around 1 hours, decrease 8% of battery.

erm.. i have used my iphone for couple of days, i need to fully charge everyday == is that ab-normal, but everyday also i got play games, use wifi and test some application la.. btw i already JB my phone d
the longest can tahan is yesterday until 6pm, that's the best i had, i haven't tried before 1 day or 1.5days... will it drain the battery life span if i full charge everyday? since apple said only got 400 cycle ==

I dont think my Fring was the cause. I just did a restore for my iPhone and started it as a new phone as it was a suggested solution earlier and I haven't open Fring since then. I haven't even entered any mail to Fring, therefore, Fring is still not running so no push notification from Fring. As for apps being the culprit to this problem, the first day I got my iPhone, I was still having problem with my iTune account so I couldnt get any apps on the first day and if I recall correctly, the battery depletes very fast from the very first day as well. So, I dont think app's the problem.

So anyone who solved his/her battery problem, could you all share your solutions? It's sad to charge my phone twice a day while waiting for the new OS patch and hope that they would fix the problem.

maybe there's something that runs in the background drains the battery.

Well, how do I check if anything is running in the background? Anyhow, I dont think that I was running anything in the background eventho I dont know how to check, lol .

After your restore to new phone you should have not install back all your apps. If not then how to confirm whether the problem is still there or not? Just not using Fring doesnt mean its not doing anything

I just confirmed mine is due to fring last night. This is what I did - I installed back fring before I went to bed and also charge up the phone. I did logon to fring and then go back to home screen. Notifications On.

This morning - cannot turn on iPhone. Now I am going to charge up again and turn off Notification

This post has been edited by idoblu: Aug 5 2009, 09:02 AM

U need to jailbreak and install SBSettings, then u go to "Process" and can see all the process running.
I personally think jailbreak have more or less effect battery life, if u play hard on your phone theme, but not a critical point of battery drain fast la.

Ok folks here is my story.I have solved my battery drain issue.i am on 2g.I hacked and installed mms for 2g via cydia and that was my problem.So i uninstalled that and also uninstalled winterboard as well and reinstall to remove the carrier icon.I also reset network settings once.I also uninstalled all push app and reinstalled im + and before using the app go to settings and off all push notification for im+ and also in the im + app as well go to push settings and set keep im services active on exit to off.
Also kill all processes via sb settings often after apps usage,off location service,bluetooth and off push mail service as well,brightness set to half and off auto brightness

Apple battery sucks....have to do all that just to get more juice.It limits the phone's capabilities

i also SSHed in my iPhone and moved the APSD file from start up in: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.apsd.plist

and moved it into a dummy file somewhere else.. and reset the iPhone (iphone still worked).

ever since after doing all that battery last more than a day.

IF ALL ELSE FAILS OFF THE PHONE MUA HA HA

Try it guys

This post has been edited by hussain: Aug 5 2009, 09:57 AM

Hi,

I used to have battery issue after upgrading my 3G from fw 2.2.1 to Fw 3.0. Battery would be down to 30% by lunch time. My settings then was PUSH mail ON, Location Services ON, Bluetooth ON, IM+ after exit stays online with push notification on for another hour. It was rather frustrating and I find that I have to charge it up before I leave the office.

Now with these changes made

1. PUSH mail OFF, I now configure fetch mail every 15 minutes
2. Location Services OFF
3. Bluetooth - ON
4. IM+ goes offline after exit with home button.
5. Push notification OFF
6. Brightness 40%
7. 3G on all the time
8. Wifi OFF
9. ALMOST LEFT THIS OUT. I disable MMS and this seems to make a lot of different.


I find that with these changes made, with moderate usage I still have 30 - 40% of battery at night and I charge my iPhone every night with the charger on my bed side table as it is my alarm clock. So everyday I have a fresh 100% battery when I leave the house . And I just purchase a FastMac Truepower IV as a backup charger that I keep in my bag, this Truepower iV has 3100maH and a nice flash

This is how I solve my Battery issue on my 3G FW 3.0

jackdon

*** using Facebook with iPhone while driving is definitely an OFFENCE and asking for trouble ***

This post has been edited by jackdon: Aug 5 2009, 09:52 AM

Care to elaborate more on the bold text? I dont quite understand that part.

Also, I did everything that jackdon and hussain did regarding turn those services off etc, still no luck. That's why I was wondering.

Apparently com.apple.apsd.plist function is to ensure push works and always checks servers to find things to push.(This is what i read from another forum) so if u move it out from the launch daemons folder it will stop doing that.However newbies who do not know how to ssh u have to really read up how to do it and not mess the files in the phone or u may have more problems....

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Added on August 5, 2009, 3:11 pmTo check if any processes are running in the background install sb settings and use the processes icon to delete background apps

This post has been edited by hussain: Aug 5 2009, 03:18 PM

I'm already using SBsettings to disable 3G,EDGE,push, etc. So far, under my processes, only "Phone" is running. I tried closing "Phone" but it'll reappear everytime I check my processes so I assume it's set to have it running no matter what. I dont think that would be the problem right? So my only solution now would be read up on SSH and try to take off the function of push notification? I'm not really a computer or phone wiz so all those terms may be a lilttle bit hard for me to absorb

just delete Fring to try. you can always install it back with iTunes once you confirmed its not the problem

I tried deleting fring. No other messenger problem in my phone. So I guess my only solution now is wait for the patch from apple

last nite after full charged 100%, me unplug de cable and went to sleep.... to my surprised, my iphone alarm didn't work... when i check my battery, it was dead ==1 brand new phone, battery drain from 100% to 0% in less then 8 hours ==1
i suspect its the tap tap revenge, coz i had played it before i charged the phone and everytime i play the game, my phone get quiet hot after a few games...
this morning me also notice the phone battery drain very fast, almost 1% every 5mins... but after i reboot the phone, then things sort off turn normal again...
so, guys take note if you have install tap tap revenge...

@zdongdongz,
ur case are damm serious...tap tap revenge wont cause the battery drain , I installed before and many users played since last year, so far no complaint. I duno this battery issues exist on every i3gs users , or only random users. We cant assume the quality of every units of i3gs is the same, some might get better, some might unlucky.

The exact problem with mine. Fully discharge overnight but mine due to fring

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Added on August 5, 2009, 9:46 pmDo you know how many percent down in one hour?

This post has been edited by idoblu: Aug 5 2009, 09:46 PM

Here's what I've been able to achieve lately.



1) Push Notifications - OFF
2) Location Services - ON
3) EDGE - ON
4) 3G - ON
5) Wifi - OFF
6) Brightness - 50% (Auto brightness OFF)
7) Mail - Fetch new data OFF
8) Bluetooth - OFF
9) SSH - OFF
10) Background Processes - Phone ONLY (except Mail which pops up occassionally)
11) Vibrate - ON
12) Jailbroken - YES

Note:
- Occasional WiFi, surfing on Safari, IM, Cydia
- Minimal gaming
- On iPod occassionally
- 2-3 hours of total phone calls duration in the last 36 hours
- Constant SMS
- Apps with Push Notifications installed: Beejive IM, Tap Tap Revenge

This post has been edited by teikwing: Aug 5 2009, 10:13 PM