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Is this normal? (short battery life)
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Well, Push + Beejive = red battery in 8h without using Beejive at all. If I turn Push Off I can get 2 days of battery life without intensive usage (no gaming).
It's sad truth, I hoped that they would at least change the battery capacity on 3GS, but it's basically the same model. 🙁
AforAndromeda
macrumors member
Finding what's causing the drain
Hi guys,
On the basis that there's an App for everything, is there an app which will show 'what's running on the iPhone'?
I know we are not into M*S* multi tasking or whatever they call it, but isn't there something which can show this sorta thing up?
If not then here's a niche....
😉
Hi guys,
On the basis that there's an App for everything, is there an app which will show 'what's running on the iPhone'?
I know we are not into M*S* multi tasking or whatever they call it, but isn't there something which can show this sorta thing up?
If not then here's a niche....
😉
-aggie-
macrumors P6
i took a snap shot of my usage and battery amount left and ill do the same thing tomorrow and saturday... So when I go into the apple store for my appt. i have proof that my battery life sucks
AHDuke99
macrumors 68020
I have push email and push notifications on for BeeJive, Sportacular, eBay, and task2gatherer and it does suck away battery. I get like 4 hours of usage and 1.5 days of standby on a full charge.
What's really sad is that the Motorola phone I am about to get rid of doesn't get NEARLY this much battery life. It just beeped "low battery" at me and I haven't even used it to talk today. Just a few texts.
Don't forget how far behind we were only a few years ago.
_Refurbished_
macrumors 68020
I tend to experience similar battery life with my iPhone 3GS with the original post starter.
About 5~6 hours of usage and about 16 hours of standby time.
Contrary to many information online, I tend to have all my settings on.
For example, I have my screen brightness to 100%, Fetch my emails every 15 minutes, location service on all the time. I do use Wi-Fi whenever possible, but most likely when I'm outside I use 3G for talk and data.
I even read all the newspaper articles and do necessary searches with the phone.
I actually don't complain. Just wish the battery would last longer. I know having all those settings drains battery quickly, then I thought why own a device and turn off or adjust to lower settings instead of running at full capability.
Think of it this way.
It's not a phone with a computer capability. It's a computer with a phone capability.
I know it's just some terminology word play, but I never owned a notebook computer that lasted any more than five hours. So thinking that way, puts me at ease. (I know, it's not the best advice/information, but still.)
About 5~6 hours of usage and about 16 hours of standby time.
Contrary to many information online, I tend to have all my settings on.
For example, I have my screen brightness to 100%, Fetch my emails every 15 minutes, location service on all the time. I do use Wi-Fi whenever possible, but most likely when I'm outside I use 3G for talk and data.
I even read all the newspaper articles and do necessary searches with the phone.
I actually don't complain. Just wish the battery would last longer. I know having all those settings drains battery quickly, then I thought why own a device and turn off or adjust to lower settings instead of running at full capability.
Think of it this way.
It's not a phone with a computer capability. It's a computer with a phone capability.
I know it's just some terminology word play, but I never owned a notebook computer that lasted any more than five hours. So thinking that way, puts me at ease. (I know, it's not the best advice/information, but still.)