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7hr standby battery!!!

hehe299792458

hehe299792458

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Dec 13, 2008
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After charging my new iphone 3gs for 11+ hrs, I it went dead after 7 hours. I received 1 call, made 2, totaling no more than 15min. 3G, Wifi, and were turned off the entire time, and I only used bluetooth for about 30 min. What's wrong with my iphone?
 
What does the usage show?
Did you have push email on ?
Did you have push app notification on ?
 
instaxgirl said:
If you're battery took 11+ hours to charge then I'd straight away think something was wrong. Mine does it in, I dunno, 2 or something.
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no, that's just how long I left it connected to the charger.


I did not have any push notification of any sort on.
 
Charge the battery fully and make sure Settings->General->Usage resets to zero, then "Reset Statistics" and reboot phone. Let battery get down to <5%. Check usage stats. If it drains fast again, take a screen shot of the usage statistics and set up an appointment at the genius bar.
 
scootaru said:
Charge the battery fully and make sure Settings->General->Usage resets to zero, then "Reset Statistics" and reboot phone. Let battery get down to <5%. Check usage stats. If it drains fast again, take a screen shot of the usage statistics and set up an appointment at the genius bar.
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but the problem is that this is a factory unlocked phone from HK - I don't think apple stores here service those phones
 
iBookfan said:
It's prob. a fake battery in it, which causes the strange behavior... But try contact the seller you bought from. Apple won't deal with it..
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I'm pretty sure it's not fake since I ordered it from the apple hk website and had it shipped to a friend there
 
hehe299792458 said:
I'm pretty sure it's not fake since I ordered it from the apple hk website and had it shipped to a friend there
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Do as instructed here on the forums.

Fully charge your iPhone.
Reset your statistics (Settings --> General --> Usage --> Reset Statistics)
Let your battery drain to about 5%


Check your stats to see if something might be draining your battery.


If nothing is causing the battery drain, it's probably a hardware issue. In which case, sorry, you'll need to send it all the way back to HK to get a new one.
 
pelicanflip said:
Do as instructed here on the forums.

Fully charge your iPhone.
Reset your statistics (Settings --> General --> Usage --> Reset Statistics)
Let your battery drain to about 5%


Check your stats to see if something might be draining your battery.


If nothing is causing the battery drain, it's probably a hardware issue. In which case, sorry, you'll need to send it all the way back to HK to get a new one.
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ok...


how would I determine if it's a hardware issue from the stats?
 
hehe299792458 said:
I'm pretty sure it's not fake since I ordered it from the apple hk website and had it shipped to a friend there
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It should still be covered under the warranty. You will probably need to ship it back to your friend to take it to the Apple store there. There's no reason why they wouldn't honor the warranty.
 
in a last ditch effort, I reset everything on the phone - settings, files, etc

and now, I'm still at 95%+ battery after 3 hours of pure standby. that leads me to believe that an application is draining my battery quickly. here's a list of my applications:

assassin's creed
backgrounds
bbcreader
bloomberg
chess free
cnn reader
cooliris
cube runner
daily finance
dictionary.com
documents to go
ebuddy
evernote
free hangman
free RSS reader
google earth
HSBC market watch
huffingtonpost.com
itreblid+
lemonade tycoon
lux touch
movies
multiconvert
nytimes
orblive
paper toss
rolando
showtimes
speedtest.net
tatomic
thomson reuters
todo lite
weatherbug
what's on yv
wikipanion
wild west pinball
wsj
yellowpages
your park lite
500 free wallpapers
 
It's always a good thing to check Safari and make sure there are no open pages - it's been reported that Safari can still run in the background even if it has been "shut down"via the home key.
 
John T said:
It's always a good thing to check Safari and make sure there are no open pages - it's been reported that Safari can still run in the background even if it has been "shut down"via the home key.
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I didn't even use safari
 
John T said:
OK But are you sure none of your Apps do - e.g. RSS Reader, Google Earth and HSBC market watch?
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hmm.... I'm not sure what caused it, but erasing everything seemed to fix the problem. However, I'm not left with a new problem: no incoming calls when email is enabled... I suppose that's for another thread
 
hehe299792458 said:
hmm.... I'm not sure what caused it, but erasing everything seemed to fix the problem. However, I'm not left with a new problem: no incoming calls when email is enabled... I suppose that's for another thread
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make sure you have 3G enabled and that you are in a 3G covered area: EDGE network won't allow you to check email AND receive calls at the same time...
What happens is that if you are browsing the net or checking email on EDGE and you receive a call, it goes straight to VM.
At least this is how i remember it being on my iphone 2G...am i wrong?
 
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