Battery Life on OS 4

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paddy_za

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I dunno if this has been talking about? If it has please don't hate on me. Just a confirmation would be nice.

Why has my battery life gone to **** since I updated my firmware to OS4?! Is it just me? If not, how do I get it back to how it was?

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Not just you buddy - I used to get out about 4 hours of battery life, but since I've upgraded to iOS4 I get about 3... On a 3Gs
 
My battery life has also taken a beating on my iPhone 3G since I've upgraded to iOS4.
 
Yup, I specifically check the "usage" option in the settings before I charge the phone at night
 
I've just jailbroken my iPhone 3G on iOS4 and selected multitasking and background wallpaper....so now the battery will take a huge hit!

Hey, at least I've got battery percentage now, so I can see how fast the battery drains. :p
 
Yarik11 said:
Not just you buddy - I used to get out about 4 hours of battery life, but since I've upgraded to iOS4 I get about 3... On a 3Gs
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I don't know what you guys are doing with your phone to get such bad results with the battery. Mine running OS4 gives me a whole day - from 100 % at 05.00am, it goes down to around 80 % at 11.00pm. I only use up 20 % through an extended day.....but then I don't play too much with apps, nor do I sit on the phone too much. I am getting about the same life as I was pre OS4.
 
I used to have that but after a few resets and charges battery seems fine again, there is a bug with the meter that requires a reboot and full recharge to calibrate the new OS I think.
 
I absolutely LOVE multitasking on my iPhone 3G! And it's fast when it switches between apps. Woo-hoo!

Battery meter now on 75%, from being fully charged two hours ago....and doing all the Cydia updates.

Will keep you posted.
 
surfs-up said:
I don't know what you guys are doing with your phone to get such bad results with the battery. Mine running OS4 gives me a whole day - from 100 % at 05.00am, it goes down to around 80 % at 11.00pm. I only use up 20 % through an extended day.....but then I don't play too much with apps, nor do I sit on the phone too much. I am getting about the same life as I was pre OS4.
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Surf the net, SMS, push Gmail, Facebook apps, an occasional game, some phone calls, ipod. For me that adds up to about 3 hours of active use. obviously I don't use ot for 3 hours in a row, but by the time I get home from work I have to charge it
 
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