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IPhone 3G battery dies quickly after 3.0 software update

My iPhone battery was never an issue until I upgraded the software to 3.0.

My phone now goes from a full charge to 20% in less than 3 hours while not in use.
I have Location Services shutoff and every other setting on my phone has remained the same.

I also notice my phone gets very hot when I do use it.

What's up with the decrease in battery life?

15" Powerbook, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jun 18, 2009 8:23 PM

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User profile for user: Darren 2007
Darren 2007
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Jun 18, 2009 8:53 PM in response to Community User

The exact same thing happened to me today. Normal use for me consumes 50% of my battery every day. My first day with OS 3.0 and at 4pm my phone was already turned off with zero battery life. I thought the phone had died.

I hope this is not going to be a daily occurrence.
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User profile for user: bimmer91
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Jun 19, 2009 2:07 PM in response to ollygin

idk if this is the actualy cause or not, but i did have the overheating and battery drain issues.. i believe the new push notifications feature is the cause of both these problems. after my battery got to 20%, with notifications on, i turned it off and went to bed. my phone lasted another 10 hrs before giving out. this morning i just wanted to make sure, so i fully charged my phone once again and it was still full after an hr or two. i turned on notifications, my battery died to 70%ish in a 1 hr. turned off notifications, i believe my battery is still at 70%ish
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User profile for user: Tech Guy Dre
Tech Guy Dre
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Jun 19, 2009 3:12 PM in response to Community User

I spoke to someone at AT&T and they said, EVERYONE is having network and phone issues. I turned off my options. Fetch on two accounts, only bluetooth for my ear piece with very light audio usage (You can play the ipod through a stereo headset via bluetooth), auto lock after 5 minutes, changing the brightness to auto and only using my phone on calls for no more than 15 minutes. I know its alot to do, but that how i kept my from from dying. I had about 50% usage for two hours, when it wasnt being charged. I havent charged it since i did a sync about 3 hours ago and have a full battery. The sync took only 30 minutes. It charges faster, but you have to use less on the phone.
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