Comments on: iPhone 3.0 Battery Draining? Here’s a Possible Fix

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:04:26 +0000

Thanks heaps, my battery is still at 79% after 36 hrs.

By: john kofi owusu

john kofi owusu — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:00:51 +0000

my apple iphone went off and ive been charging it 2 days now and is not coming back….i can see the battery indicatin as it is here above ur website now..i dont know the problem..plss help me

By: Ramith

Ramith — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:02:20 +0000

I have a different kind of problem first of all my battery gets drained very quickly.
Second thing is that my battery logo is always full it never goes down. And it gets switched off anytime. So once i connect the device to charge it, It shows the fully charged sign in just One minute and i have some serious problem with my battery.

Can u help me with this????

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:06:22 +0000

The guy in the ATT store it a dingbat. You should get a minimum of 24 hours and more likely 48 from the phone. I get this from mine making several calls and using it constantly for email.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:21:31 +0000

Despite of the setback of iPhone for not having MS Office, reluctance of Apple to incorporate reading Adobe files, and inability and complexity of storing and moving data between iPhone and desktop, I used to describe myself as “a proud owner of iPhone 3GS” until I upgraded the operating system to v. 4!
Battery doesn’t last more than a few hours with no program opened and without using the phone. I believe the problem is due to multitasking without the ability to close each program on exiting.
Windows mobile offer Task Manager where users car terminate an opened program. Though I don’t use my iPhone 3GS, 32GB. Until Apple rectifies and respond to complaint of that nature (not like when they rediculed complaints about the new, then, iPhone 4 antenna problem, I am a strong believer now that 2GB is more than sufficien and iPhone is losing its sparkle.

By: Suzata

Suzata — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:46:33 +0000

I followed all ur instructions but what the hell
it is still draining in no time. Even in the standby
mode it stays only for 3 hrs……. It’s really so
fustrating…… What to do do help me out

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:52:14 +0000

I agree, if your battery is better with the new OS, good for you – but I am finding i get about 4-5 hours off a full charge, and that is assuming I don’t actually make any calls. I don’tuse it for email at all, have only the apps you can’t delete on there, all of them mostly disabled to try to squeeze an extra few minutes out of the battery. This is my third phone in less than a year for this problem since the guys at the Apple store keep replacing it for me. Definitely not getting another one.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:05:06 +0000

Push was already set to Off – yet Battery went to 9% in one day with mimimal use of phone. Loses 40% overnight from 100% charged etc.

By: cuongvan do

cuongvan do — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:51:24 +0000

I just try your indication, need time to know does yours works. When got result, a few hour, i’ll inform you as soon as possible. Thanks 1st for your information.

By: Colton Cobbs

Colton Cobbs — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:55:06 +0000

OMG thank you.. I love you..

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:51:47 +0000

Audible.Com for iphone… Just installed this and can now watch my battery life drop while this App works at downloading an audible book. The depletion of the charge is freakishly fast.

By: David Akers

David Akers — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:50:13 +0000

Nope,

Unfortunately, I had already turned off this feature some time ago and I still loose battery at an alarming rate… just sitting there.

If you have any other ideas, please share!

David

By: Melody

Melody — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:57:10 +0000

Yikes, bought the 3Gs 2 days ago and even with Push off get only 5 hours of life w/wo a lot of usage. It is a fun, easy to use phone, but I need it for business. The guy in the AT&T store said “well 5 hours, that’s about what you’re going to get”. I said “DUH!!!” I told the boy who sold it to me that I use this phone for business and use it a lot…could have told me about the incompetent battery life. I thinketh I am going back to my trusty BlackBerry!

By: tony

tony — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:30:37 +0000

I suggest all you guys to change it back (downgrade) to 2.2.1. I had 3.0 mine last about 1 day. When I change it back 6 days 5 hrs standby, 6 hr use with wifi turn on. It's a bug!

By: Khaled

Khaled — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:50:48 +0000

That is exactly what was happening to me: continuous buzz near pc speakers or other phones, heating, can't receive phone calls (goes to voicemail) or messages, phone is sluggish while using it (scrolling would stop for fraction of a second and continues). After turning 3G on all those problems went away!

Judging from a lot of the posts in this thread, apparently this kind of problem can be carrier-specific; I'm in Egypt with Vodafone. Not sure though if this is the case, but am I glad I saw this thread! Thanks Chris (and to everyone else for sharing).

By: Khaled

Khaled — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:39:22 +0000

Wow .. that solved my battery problem. Thanks!

I used to hear a buzz near my speakers all the time, and the battery would drain so fast, and also the phone was warm all the time. Turning on 3G solved all those problems. Thanks again!