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Very poor battery life since 3.0.1

Hi everyone,

I bought a 3GS around one, two month before. it was running on 3.0
Then battery wasn't lasting very long, around one day of full utilization (2 hours game, many mails/internet, music all day long at work, etc ...)
And then, since my update to 3.0.1, my iPhone autonomy fell to around 3,4 hours of standby, yeah great i admit it could be worse.

The best part is that the battery level became completely nonsense : 20 minutes of standby, 100%=>50%, and then 20 minutes more =>20%, and then 20 minutes more back to 90% ....

The point is : Ok it's fun, but that not what i was after when i bought that piece of geeky stuff. After having searched on internet, it seems i'm not the only one having that tremendous problems on 3GS since 3.0.1 ...

No 3.1 update since then, is there anything official communication on this problem ?
What should i do ? send to repair ? get a new one ?

Message was edited by: KuMike

iPhone 3GS, iPhone OS 3.0.1

Posted on Aug 30, 2009 8:21 PM

65 replies

Sep 7, 2009 10:24 AM in response to Steven2004

Got appointment tomorrow! wise i never got the iphone! i paid £300 for it! Blackberry is next for me!

K-Pgh

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Sep 7, 2009 12:17 PM in response to GP-Dallas

All,

GP-Dallas' solution appears to be working for me, too!

Suddenly, about two days ago, my phone started to discharge at a phenomenal rate. In ten minutes it would go down SEVERAL PERCENT. In less than four hours it would be <20%.

Deleted and re-created my Exchange account on the iPhone. Still at 100% after an hour; re-sync'd Exchange; Wi-Fi ON; Push ON.

Thanks, GP-Dallas

Derrick C

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Sep 7, 2009 2:29 PM in response to KuMike

Try this. it helped me alot!!

Hope it helps you if you have it on your phone.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2116176&tstart=0

Winono

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Sep 14, 2009 6:28 AM in response to KuMike

I'm not having problems anymore. I just waited for the iPhone to power off due to low battery, then I charged it up to 100%. Since then - two weeks ago - my battery is having a good life and no erratic behavior.
Even the 3.1 update went fine, no problems after it as well.

Toriolyn

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Sep 17, 2009 8:34 AM in response to K-Pgh

I've also been struggling with battery life (draining battery even when not in use). Haven't yet upgraded to 3.1

However, I deleted my exchange account yesterday (my office doesn't yet support it) and after about 2 hours of usage (wireless is off), I've got 40% left. Wondering if constant searching for the account was the culprit.

Hoping this is the end of the trouble.

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Very poor battery life since 3.0.1