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Iphone 3gs battery drain right away when unplug

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Johnnybrav0

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Jun 19, 2009
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Morning everyone,

I unplug my iphone 3gs this morning as I was going to work...I notice that it was 100% but when I unplug it...it drops to 98% right now.... it just drop again to 97%....

Is this normal? As of now I'm waiting for it to drop under 95% so I can recharge and see if I can duplicate this issue....

Has anyone else experience this bad?
 
There is def a problem with the charging, and honestly, I think Apple is trying to make a buck...

If you notice while your phone is charging it will periodically drop as far down as 98% when its not being used. Doesnt seem like a big deal does it? Well it is. You can go through several charge cycles per night depending how bad this is. A normal charge cycle is 100% of the battery used. So if you use 50% today, thats half a cycle. If the charger allows 2% to drain every 10 minutes... well you see the issue.

It also wont stay at 100% when running GPS. GPS drops the charge down regardless of if its plugged in.

My guess is the phone is stopping its charge the second it hits 100% and isnt running from the charger at all times. Easy way for Apple to make money off your battery replacement.
 
Nope....no push or anything....but I did notice this after installing facebook apps....

I will test it out and see....
 
Johnnybrav0 said:
Morning everyone,

I unplug my iphone 3gs this morning as I was going to work...I notice that it was 100% but when I unplug it...it drops to 98% right now.... it just drop again to 97%....

Is this normal? As of now I'm waiting for it to drop under 95% so I can recharge and see if I can duplicate this issue....

Has anyone else experience this bad?
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I suggest you turn of the battery percentage before you lose your mind. What you're seeing is nothing out of the normal. You're talking about 2 and 3 percent changes. Read through all the threads on here about these issues. Most likely all you have is a battery calibration issue, if that. You'd need more history to know for sure. Really, relax.
 
bbplayer5 said:
There is def a problem with the charging, and honestly, I think Apple is trying to make a buck...

If you notice while your phone is charging it will periodically drop as far down as 98% when its not being used. Doesnt seem like a big deal does it? Well it is. You can go through several charge cycles per night depending how bad this is. A normal charge cycle is 100% of the battery used. So if you use 50% today, thats half a cycle. If the charger allows 2% to drain every 10 minutes... well you see the issue.

It also wont stay at 100% when running GPS. GPS drops the charge down regardless of if its plugged in.

My guess is the phone is stopping its charge the second it hits 100% and isnt running from the charger at all times. Easy way for Apple to make money off your battery replacement.
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RIIIIIIGHT. cross-reference that with all the anal-retentive posters returning their iphones for the littlest issue and I am SURE Apple is looking to make a buck.

(dripping sarcasm....)
 
Its normal. The 3.0 update needs to be tweaked on the next update. I had mine for 4 days and had the same results. Took it back and swapped it out for a newer production dated one. It does the same thing. And after talking to about 10 friends who also have this the 3gs....theyre complaining about the same problems.
 
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