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Battery Issues
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Mine also is charged in a few hours
just curious for those of you able to get a full charge in about 3 hours = how do you charge your phone?
1) do u turn off wi-fi and turn it off completely or
2) do u charge the iphone while it's in standby mode
thanks
Mine also is charged in a few hours
ugh.. Man, this sucks.
Thanks for the info.
Well, it appears my phone is faulty. But I was turning the phone off completely (sliding the red slider after I had plugged into the wall)
so since my last full charge I've gotten about 4hr 50 min of usage and 1 day 6 hrs standby time.
Does this sound right?
The usage was a mixture of everything.
Does this sound right?
The usage was a mixture of everything.
How much do you have left? If you remember. Since my last full charge I have gotten 4 hours of usage and 1 day 10 hours of standby and I have around 60 percent left. The thing I noticed with mine is that it takes longer for the battery to go from full to halfway than it does to go from halfway to dead. Has anyone else noticed that or is that just normal?
I have gotten about 1 day of standby and about 8 hours of actual usage out of my iPhone.
Web surfing (using wifi and edge)
email checking
ipod
music (like 3 hours or so)
movies (half of Gone in 60 Seconds)
going to charge tonight as I won't be near a power source for a good part of tomorrow, and I don't trust my iPod adapter to charge the iPhone.
Web surfing (using wifi and edge)
email checking
ipod
music (like 3 hours or so)
movies (half of Gone in 60 Seconds)
going to charge tonight as I won't be near a power source for a good part of tomorrow, and I don't trust my iPod adapter to charge the iPhone.
I'm curious how my last full charge stacks up against others.
With about 15% of my charge left my usage was at:
1 day 7 hours of standby
5 hours 7 minutes of usage
Usage was a mixture of:
Primarily edge for email, txt, google maps and web surfing
Wifi was turned off with the exception of about 15 minutes of web surfing
20 minutes of music
20 min of video
~2 hours of talk time (although I'm not entirely confident about this)
With about 15% of my charge left my usage was at:
1 day 7 hours of standby
5 hours 7 minutes of usage
Usage was a mixture of:
Primarily edge for email, txt, google maps and web surfing
Wifi was turned off with the exception of about 15 minutes of web surfing
20 minutes of music
20 min of video
~2 hours of talk time (although I'm not entirely confident about this)
That's right around what I get if I am primarily using Safari on wi-fi. I'm right around 50 percent with 5 hours 40 min of standby and 1 day 12 hours of standby. It's mostly been iPod usage, some EDGE and Wi-Fi browsing and a few calls here and there I have been texting a lot throughout the day too
It sounds like a lot of you guys have battery problems. Take your iPhone to the Apple Store and let them look at it.
If you don't have a usage meter reading, they will replace your phone. Once they replaced mine, my battery life improved 4 times.
If you don't have a usage meter reading, they will replace your phone. Once they replaced mine, my battery life improved 4 times.
My battery didn't get full charge either, even after 8-12 hours of charging.
So I went to back to Apple Store where they did "Restore to the orignal settings" in iTunes. Well it did the trick. Sync your iPhone first if you going to do this. iTunes did a pretty good job restoring (almost) everything back.
I, personally, blame the old iPod charger I've used once I got iPhone.
So I went to back to Apple Store where they did "Restore to the orignal settings" in iTunes. Well it did the trick. Sync your iPhone first if you going to do this. iTunes did a pretty good job restoring (almost) everything back.
I, personally, blame the old iPod charger I've used once I got iPhone.
What exactly do you mean by "dont have a usage meter reading"? My battery seems to drain fast. I can get it fully charged (the plug appears in the battery icon) but for the second full charge, the usage meter is acting wierd. After charging 14 hrs and repeatedly getting back to the plus, usage meter says:
Usage Time since last charge: 10hrs, 13min
Standby Time since last charge: 10hrs, 13min
I havent even done anything in that time period except turn on, check usage meter, turn off.
Prior full charge got 5hrs, 15min usage (mostly calendar, email, 30min of safari, no YouTube, no music, no video, 15min talk time).
Does this sound like bad battery?
I'm definitely not getting as good of performance as some people are reporting, but it's so bad that it would concern me if I hadn't heard how good some batteries seem to be.
As far as getting a full charge and resetting the usage stats, I have found that I usually have to turn it off for the last hour or so to get it to go to 100% and update the usage time.
As far as getting a full charge and resetting the usage stats, I have found that I usually have to turn it off for the last hour or so to get it to go to 100% and update the usage time.
WiFi the culprit?
I've been thinking about buying an iPhone too, but the battery issue is a major concern.
On the Apple discussion boards, the consensus seems to be that when WiFi is enabled it will search continuously for a network, and hence, drain the battery fairly quickly and it interferes with a the iPhone charging to 100%.
While that make sense, some posters have said that turning off WiFi makes no difference.
Also, according to the Apple discussion site, lithium batteries should only be drained once a month or so!
I've been thinking about buying an iPhone too, but the battery issue is a major concern.
On the Apple discussion boards, the consensus seems to be that when WiFi is enabled it will search continuously for a network, and hence, drain the battery fairly quickly and it interferes with a the iPhone charging to 100%.
While that make sense, some posters have said that turning off WiFi makes no difference.
Also, according to the Apple discussion site, lithium batteries should only be drained once a month or so!
Mean,
My usage was blank. Well it has the reading as (-).
Battery life is a none issue with my iPhone. I can see my battery lasting for 2 days.
My usage was blank. Well it has the reading as (-).
Battery life is a none issue with my iPhone. I can see my battery lasting for 2 days.
Your wifi question is a good one. It would be great to get other comments. I am somewhat suspicious that Wifi is hurting my battery life but, even so, I am thrilled with the iPhone. A question for those knowledgeble about wifi and these devices. Do you think a weak wifi signal would cause more battery drain than a strong signal?
On a separate note, I see my battery drain from 20% to 0 very, very fast. Like with just 30-40 minutes of overall usage of email, calendar, etc. That is compared to 4:30 that it took to get to 20% with the same type of usage and tons of standby.
You bring up some good points
Does this seem like a hardware, or software issue?
If Apple can fix this with a patch, that's one thing, but if the batteries themselves are defective, that's a much bigger problem. Especially since:
1) Batteries aren't covered under the warranty, even with Apple Care.
2) The iPhone has to be sent in for a replacement battery and at an $89 charge to boot.
While it makes sense that WiFi would be a big drain on battery, there are still the related issues of overheating and the iPhone not showing the usage info.
I hope this issue gets resolved for everyone.
BTW, why didn't this come up in testing? Or did it?
Does this seem like a hardware, or software issue?
If Apple can fix this with a patch, that's one thing, but if the batteries themselves are defective, that's a much bigger problem. Especially since:
1) Batteries aren't covered under the warranty, even with Apple Care.
2) The iPhone has to be sent in for a replacement battery and at an $89 charge to boot.
While it makes sense that WiFi would be a big drain on battery, there are still the related issues of overheating and the iPhone not showing the usage info.
I hope this issue gets resolved for everyone.
BTW, why didn't this come up in testing? Or did it?
Hey guys,
Like some of you, I'm also having a blank (-) Usage and Standby even after fully charging my iphone. It takes a lot of time to charge, maybe 5 hours or so. I don't know if this is normal. Tried everything...reset 3 times, shut down, drain...but no Usage/Standby data.
One thing I noticed is that, having a low signal from ATT easily drains it. When I use the airplane mode to shut the phone and edge service in low signal areas, it lengthened the battery life somewhat.
Those of you, who have replaced it, did you show your receipt at the Apple store. I bought mine from Cingular and I seem to have misplaced my receipt. Can I still exchange my defective iphone?
Please advise. Hate the hassle, but really love the iphone. And my MBP too!
Mike
Like some of you, I'm also having a blank (-) Usage and Standby even after fully charging my iphone. It takes a lot of time to charge, maybe 5 hours or so. I don't know if this is normal. Tried everything...reset 3 times, shut down, drain...but no Usage/Standby data.
One thing I noticed is that, having a low signal from ATT easily drains it. When I use the airplane mode to shut the phone and edge service in low signal areas, it lengthened the battery life somewhat.
Those of you, who have replaced it, did you show your receipt at the Apple store. I bought mine from Cingular and I seem to have misplaced my receipt. Can I still exchange my defective iphone?
Please advise. Hate the hassle, but really love the iphone. And my MBP too!
Mike
Yes you need a receipt.
Yes it's worth the exchange, as my battery life is at least 4 times better.
Yes it's worth the exchange, as my battery life is at least 4 times better.
Usage: 5 hours, 26 minutes
Standby: 9 hours, 10 minutes
I'm at about 10 or 15% battery. This is pretty pathetic in my opinion.
I listened to about 20 minutes of music and talked on the phone less than 5 minutes. The rest is SMS messaging, a little email, and just a bit of web browsing.
Does this sound abnormal? Shouldn't I expect more?
Standby: 9 hours, 10 minutes
I'm at about 10 or 15% battery. This is pretty pathetic in my opinion.
I listened to about 20 minutes of music and talked on the phone less than 5 minutes. The rest is SMS messaging, a little email, and just a bit of web browsing.
Does this sound abnormal? Shouldn't I expect more?
I'm screwed.
Hey MikeGT,
It might be worth going to the store you got it from and seeing if they have another copy. I had a problem with my p'book a couple of years ago and needed the receipt for Apple Care, I went back to the Apple Store I got it from and they were more than happy to pull one from their records, just remember to say please
It might be worth a try.