3GS Battery draining REAL fast... or is it the meter?

[DjPiLL]

Today I noticed my battery went from 100% to 33% in the span of an hour. I did a power down and reboot but that didn't help, as I was losing a percentage point a minute.

So I went to charge it on my PC, and got it back up to 44% and then unplugged it because I had to make a phone call. About 5 minutes later the battery meter jumped up to 82%.

So when it seemed ok for a while, but then it started draining real fast once again.

Any idea what the deal is? Is it really draining that fast or could the meter be off? I have a 3GS that is redsnow JB. Not unlocked.

I could restore it if need be to factory. But I am curious if anyone has seen this type of behavior. TIA.

 

[ntrigue]

Your battery is absolutely defective. Restore will not improve that condition. Even gaming with everything on should get 3 hours.

 

[-aggie-]

Your battery is absolutely defective. Restore will not improve that condition. Even gaming with everything on should get 3 hours.

Uh, I don't think we know that for sure yet. He should at least try calibrating the battery to make sure the meter is not totally off for whatever reason. I would still do a DFU restore after that, if it doesn't help, since he's going to have to do one anyway to take it back.

 

[macachia]

try doing a restore WITHOUT using a past backup. Solved my battery problem

 

[fsumac23]

I've had that happen to me couple times. All of a sudden the battery is very low. One time it died on me. Another time it said 10% left and a friend called me and after I looked and it was back up to around 50%. Should I exchange it? I got it when it came out and my schedule has just been extremely busy to take it in.

 

[Macnificant]

IPhone wont power up

I was listening to Howard Stern through the pocket tunes sirius app with a half charged battery and about 2 hours in phone died so I put on the charger through the macbook and 2 hours later I tried to turn it on and it wont start up. I plugged it into the wall for a while still no luck.

I know the pocket tunes app drains the battery fast but it should hae some charge by now right?

Any ideas?