Horrendous 3gs battery life

[miniConvert]

I'm happy you fully charged yours the second it was put into your hands... but I HIGHLY doubt that has caused the related issue.

But if your implying that failure to charge the phone the night I got it caused all the related battery issues. That would mean that any iphone in inventory since Monday would be experiencing the same problem, and that anyone who EVER drained their battery would be experiencing the same problem. sounds pretty dumb, and if that is the case, I would assume there would be a big giant sticker on the phone that says, failure to charge immediately will cause permanent, irreversible damage to your phone.

The phone has been plugged into multiple chargers (Computer, Wall, and Auto) for about 60 hours of the 96 hours that I've owned it and I have seen less than 10% battery 8 times already.

Sorry, I thought I was clear. I was simply saying that when I receive a new battery powered device the first thing I do is charge it fully, then I use it for the first time until it is completely flat. After that I charge as-and-when required.

Sorry for existing!

 

[kenkneeb]

Battery Life on 2nd iPhone doing the same juice sucking

Now I know what the 'S' stands for on my now 2nd iPhone 3Gs in 10 days... It stands for SUCKING, or is that "SUCKS," like that giant sucking sound I've experienced after having the now 2nd phone plugged in for 8 hours from the wall charger, taking it off and... with NO WIFI, NO EMAIL or APP PUSH on and screen set at half brightness w/Auto Brightness turned this thing sucked over 50 percent of battery power in approx. 3 hours... and I wasn't even on the phone AT ALL!!!! And that's after Apple iPhone Tech 'Experts' helped me set up the new phone as a new phone, etc. then reload my apps, and oh yeah, they forgot to tell me to back up my contacts. ARRGGHH!!!

Can you say Class Action? Can you say Beta Tester? I knew you could. So, if this were a defibrilator or a pacemaker, there'd be a lot of dead bodies right now. THIS IS WRONG. I've wasted at least 8hrs on this issue and I have a business to run and family to support... and I bought the phone outright so I would't be a 2 year indentured servant to ATT. So, I'll give Apple 1 more chance to get it right. If not, BACK IT GOES!!! I'm a 25+ year user of Mac stuff (17" MacBook Pro 2.6Ghz, LED High rez blah blah blah, Quad Core Xeon yada yada yada.)

APPLE, Wake Up And Smell the millamphours, and your brand name and consumer confidence draining, fleeing, from your bottom line~!

WTF?

negatively discharged in iPhone land I am,

iRemain,

ken

 

[Carnivor]

heres what i did, after 3 reflashes, still having this problem,

i used redsn0w to jalbreak, then not liking it and confused i decided to official flash again, all normal i thought, setup mail and ssl failed to verify, never had that before, so far all working as it used to , i have push mail on, push apps off, bt off, wifi off, 19hrs standby 3hrs 11 usage (45 mins music, 30 mins gaming rest twitter and facebook and mails. Which is familiar with previous 2.2.1 build.

 

[enigmaverse]

Well, the new phone is definitely better, but I'm still having issues. The last one the battery drained no matter what I had on or off.

I'm still having an issue with MS Exchanging sucking the life out of the battery. I currently have it disabled, and trying to see the difference in battery life. I am constantly on and off chargers as I move from computer to vehicle. As I sit now, I have 59 min of usage and 14 hours 9 min of standby with 74% battery remaining.

When I activate MS Exchange, if I lose signal, it kills the battery in a matter of 2 hours... maybe less.

The thing I dont get, I'm connected to a wireless network, if I have no cell signal, shouldnt it be getting the mail via wifi?

I think I'm going to start a new thread on this and see if I can track actual info.

 

[surf2snow1]

We took my gf's phone in to Apple and they ran their diagnostics... besides having some days where 30% of her calls were dropped, they didnt find much. After explaining that the phone should not be dead after being on for 8 hours, they relented and gave her a new phone. This one is working MUCH better.
Good luck OP!

 

[robkaplan1]

2nd 3gs phone, battery sucks, not even 3 1/2 hours usage, both new phones

I did everything genius bar and applecare told me
my phone will not last 3 1/2 hours of just phone calls, and internet use, and apps
my brightness is down to 30%, I don't play or download games...
just read news apps, check email (set to push manually) about 10 times a day, the weather a few times...
any suggestions...
not happy

 

[stevenD]

I just got a 3Gs and while it is not as bad as some here, it certainly has me wondering about Battery Life.

Wed. PM: Got the Phone and charged it overnight
Thur: Phone was down to 74% by days end (turned off 3G network)
Fri: Minimal usage, phone down to 50%
Sat: Minimal usage (3G still off) down to 29%
Sun AM: down to 5%,......... recharging

Also I used ZERO Apps, ZERO Internet, Zero Camera, Took 1 Video, listened to ZERO Music and turned it off everynight.

So with 6 hours Usage and 2 days 5 hours of Stand-by, the Battery Charge lasted just over 3 Days...

I will be revisiting AT&T today...

 

[AZREOSpecialist]

When I first got my 3GS, the battery drained to 60% or less remaining after a full business day of receiving push emails, going in and out of 3G coverage as well as in and out of wi-fi range, etc. Push, wi-fi, bluetooth, 3G, and location services are all on. The only thing I have disabled is automatically rejoining wi-fi networks.

After completely draining the battery to the point of the unit shutting off, then re-charging and re-booting immediately afterwards, my battery now easily lasts me 2 days. It helps to cycle the battery once or twice, thereby re-calibrating how the iPhone reports battery usage. With a device like the iPhone, it's easy to be constantly tinkering with it and thereby unconsciously using more battery power.

I was not happy with battery life initially, but I'm having absolutely no issues now. It seems to improve over time.