iPhone leaking battery power like a MOTHER!

[Minimoose 360]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

Well, the title explains it. The past week my iPhone has been running out of battery extremely fast. I've reset the phone both ways, but it didn't fix the problem. I don't have Pandora or any bandwidth hogs running either.

I'm on vacation and didn't bring my MBP with me so I can't wipe/restore.

Does anyone know what could cause this? My battery is only lasting 2-3 hours, which is drastically less than usual.

(I also know that 3G uses more power, and I have been running on it because of the lack of wifi here, but even when I'm only using the iPod app it drains very quick)

 

[anonymous guy]

Is your phone running hot?

I had to get my iPhone 4 replaced for an overheating battery that couldn't hold a charge.

 

[S.B.G]

Wirelessly posted (iPhone 3GS: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8F190 Safari/6533.18.5)

Which model iPhone do you have? Maybe it's time for a replacement.

 

[iceterminal]

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[ucfgrad93]

How is your signal strength? If it is constantly searching for 3G that could do it as well. Go into Settings>General>Network and turn off 3G and try that for a day and see what happens.

If that doesn't work, then turn on Airplane Mode and enjoy your vacation.

 

[agentphish]

it can be signal issue and the phone searching for the best signal too much as was said.

I would say the first thing to do is restore and setup as new before you freak out. that will rule out software for you.