Battery dies in 6 hrs

Ok at 5:30 am I took the phone off the charger. Phone was in my truck on stand by till 2:00 pm and dropped to 91%. From about 2:15 pm I was on the web till now 9:20 pm and the phone is at 3%. I had every feature on. Wifi, Bluetooth, 3g ect. I personally impressed with the battery. My samsung omnia with full charge surfing the web would of been dead after an hour under the same conditions and really hot. My iPhone didnt even get warm.

Message was edited by: ausher1880

Ok, So i got home tonight after work with a completely dead iPhone 3GS. I plugged it in with the wall outlet to USB adapter and let it charge. Of course it auto turned on and i checked on it form time to time. It reached 97% and just seemed to stay there. At that point, i powered off the phone and left for another 20 minutes.

I powered it up an hour ago and it has mainly been sitting on my desk in standby, only checking on it occasionally to see if the battery is draining. after an hour it is still on 100%. I'll post back in the morning after i get to work and let you know what percentage it's at.

i like replying to you b/c i am from Jersey and went to U of M
It is very important to let the battery drain to red a few times!!
Also watch the Wifi...no need to have it on when you are not using it...Big drainer
Bluetooth usually is a drain also but people tend to need it more b/c of ear pieces & car connections...Brightness feature also drains batt. use auto dim..(then you'll be back on with a whole other set of problems/... LOL)
once you have ""primed" your battery (item #1)you should get immediate satisfaction
i believe the question of direct connection vs. USB has been addressed correctly previously
Push for your email is certainly fine no reason to start short changing yourself or the phone!! keep it on!
Certainly keep 3G on why did you get the iphone in the first place?
honestly, these steps mentioned above will improve your dissatisfaction and batt. drain in no time...good luck & M GO BLUE!!

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just charged it 100% and restarted it, hopefully this works?

So I'm here at work... 10:30pm was 93% ... 7:30am is 70% ...

20% through the night is still a fair bit, esp when the 3G sitting right beside it maybe used like 5% judging from the battery icon.

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I am having all these same problems as everyone here, just tried the hard reset...im sure its a software issue, this was happening with my 3g at release

I am chiming in on the battery issue from the perspective of a new 3Gs owner who switched over from a Blackberry. I am actually surprised at how fast the battery drops (until it gets to about 10%) compared to the BB the only solution seems to be to shut off the very things that I made the switch to get.

i turned off all the "unnecessary things" but i am having similar issues with the battery draining too fast. i am now on a call with apple support and they will send me a replacement phone. i don't know if this is going to help though.

the best thing you can do now is call apple. they need to be aware of what's going on.

cheers

I have everything ON. 3G, Wifi, locations service, BT... I spend most of the day connected via Wifi, both at home and in the office. Moderate usage, with maybe 20min of talk time.

6am - pulled off the charger with 100% showing

11pm - 25% remaining charge

Lots of playing with my new toy, so I'd say my experience is more than acceptable.

32gb 3GS

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Same battery problem for my 32gb 3GS too.
3G, Bluetooth, wifi, locations service, push powered off and during the night the battery draining from 100% to 63%. Seems too fast considering I haven't use my iPhone.

What is your service status when the phone is sitting idle at night? Are you in a strong 3G signal area? Weak? 2G?

I have had my phone off the charger since 6am, with all features turned on. Wifi connect except for 3 hours, BT connected for 2 hours. about 15min of phone calls and lots of email/txt work and I'm still at 75% @ 1:30pm.

Unfortunately, more of the same here

but

I have conditioned the battery, going from 100% to 0% (dying overnight) back to full charge and I am still not seeing any improvement. I've just completed my third full charge and have restarted/reset it (held home and lock buttons).
Additionally, is anyone seeing any strange jumps in battery level? For example, today I woke up and used it for internet and messaging for ~30 mins and dropped it from around 95% to 45%. After leaving it locked for a few minutes, it jumped back to around 83%

More info never hurts haha

Mines doing a little better today after completly draining it yesterday and fully chargng it overnight. We'll see how it holds up?

@bobthemunk

Actually, my 3G S does the same. Today, it stayed at 100% for the first hour, then it began occasional jumping between 90% and 98%. It even shut itself down during a call, like when the battery dies. I powered it back on, and it was back at 85% or so.

Ok. I fully drained the battery, then charged it and did a reset. The battery is at 65% after a few phone calls (30 min total), text messages (5?), and about 30 min of listening to music on the headset. It's been on for about 5 hours.

Not absolutely terrible but not great either. My 2 year old 1st gen iphone is however hasn't been charged since yesterday and has about 80% of it's battery left.

WHEN IS APPLE GOING TO acknowledge that there is a major problem here???? What happened to all the "it just works" bs?

Hello?