sorry if im being paranoid here but after an hour and a half of light usage and three and a half hours stand by my battery drop to 90%. Should i just exchange it? I just dont want one with more problems
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Battery Issues
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I get 4 or 5 days and 7 hours of use
It's hard to believe you get 7hours of Internet usage. 7 hours of mixed usage with the majority of it being non-Internet browsing is possible I imagine though.
Let's all try to be accurate and honest in our usage reports folks. I'll try to detail what my actual usage is like:
As with my replacements, and the current iPhone I have (#3) I've been using the internet (edge) for a couple of hours (~2) and emailing, texting, ipodding (~1hr) and I've been roughly getting a little over 4 hours with about 15-17 hours standby. The wifi is usually turned off unless I use it at home. I'm getting the same amount of usage time on all three phones leading me to believe this is about average and that people who post longer hours are simply not using it as intensely as I am doing so.
For the five hour stretches I have been using it in the mornings (with the abovementioned tasks), the battery seems to run down about halfway by the afternoon. The usage reflects about 2 hours. By the evening after a couple more hours of sporadic use I usually get the 10% warning by the evening when I plug it back in to recharge.
I'm coming to think that this is normal, based on the three phones I've used and the threads I've read here and elsewhere. Those who report much longer periods of time are probably not accurately reporting their usage. Try using the internet browser for two hours straight on edge and see if the battery doesn't go down by about 25-30%.
As with my replacements, and the current iPhone I have (#3) I've been using the internet (edge) for a couple of hours (~2) and emailing, texting, ipodding (~1hr) and I've been roughly getting a little over 4 hours with about 15-17 hours standby. The wifi is usually turned off unless I use it at home. I'm getting the same amount of usage time on all three phones leading me to believe this is about average and that people who post longer hours are simply not using it as intensely as I am doing so.
For the five hour stretches I have been using it in the mornings (with the abovementioned tasks), the battery seems to run down about halfway by the afternoon. The usage reflects about 2 hours. By the evening after a couple more hours of sporadic use I usually get the 10% warning by the evening when I plug it back in to recharge.
I'm coming to think that this is normal, based on the three phones I've used and the threads I've read here and elsewhere. Those who report much longer periods of time are probably not accurately reporting their usage. Try using the internet browser for two hours straight on edge and see if the battery doesn't go down by about 25-30%.
I have read as im sure u have that it takes a couple charges to fully see the real potential. You say u have had 3 phones now ,what's the longest you've kept one? I have a little longer to go on my exchange date so i'm going to give another day or 2 and see if i see a change in stats before i do an exchange. Just food for thought.
Update:
After 4th full charge stats at 5% battery life left:
6hr. 1min. usage 13hr. 53min. stand by
normal? still bad?
After my third charge down to about 10% I was at:
4hr. 4min. usage 16hr. 16min. stand by
So I do think it is getting better. I'm going to give it a few more days, I don't think I'm going to run it down all the way over the next few days I'll charge it when I can for a day or two then run it down and see where its at.
Usage was pretty much the same maybe a little less web browsing but more talking and ipod use. Internet on both times was roughly 2+ hours with the majority of it being wifi.
After 4th full charge stats at 5% battery life left:
6hr. 1min. usage 13hr. 53min. stand by
normal? still bad?
After my third charge down to about 10% I was at:
4hr. 4min. usage 16hr. 16min. stand by
So I do think it is getting better. I'm going to give it a few more days, I don't think I'm going to run it down all the way over the next few days I'll charge it when I can for a day or two then run it down and see where its at.
Usage was pretty much the same maybe a little less web browsing but more talking and ipod use. Internet on both times was roughly 2+ hours with the majority of it being wifi.
Here is my question to all of those with usage times around 4hrs: Is your LCD of the 5 series or the 7 series variety? I ask this because I have now had 3 different iphones, where the first 2 were replaced for hardware defects (no sound out of external speaker, and dead pixel on #2) but both of those got amazing battery life (7+hrs of usage) AND were of the 5 series LCD batch.
However on the phone I currently have it has a 7 series LCD and it only gets around 4 hrs or so of mixed internet/phone use before hitting 10%.
So if those with battery problems could do the following procedure to find out if their LCD is series 5 or 7 and report back I think we might be able to potentially narrow this thing down.
1) Bring up your iPhone Dialpad
2) type *3001#12345#*
3) Press CALL
4) press Versions at the bottom of the list
5) Now your LCD Panel ID should be in that list under firmware version
6) Write down whether the number begins with a 5 or a 7 as that is the series designation of the LCD
7) Post your LCD series and latest battery times on this thread
maybe this will yield some useful stats, maybe not.
-Jordan
However on the phone I currently have it has a 7 series LCD and it only gets around 4 hrs or so of mixed internet/phone use before hitting 10%.
So if those with battery problems could do the following procedure to find out if their LCD is series 5 or 7 and report back I think we might be able to potentially narrow this thing down.
1) Bring up your iPhone Dialpad
2) type *3001#12345#*
3) Press CALL
4) press Versions at the bottom of the list
5) Now your LCD Panel ID should be in that list under firmware version
6) Write down whether the number begins with a 5 or a 7 as that is the series designation of the LCD
7) Post your LCD series and latest battery times on this thread
maybe this will yield some useful stats, maybe not.
-Jordan
Just wanted to let everyone know, I just finished doing a test to see what kind of usage I could get if I let the ipod just play music all day and night and see when it died. I ended up with 19 hours and 35 minutes usage and 20 hours and 40 minutes standby, that was with continuous ipod use, about 6 2 minute phone conversations and about 15 text messages, and I was feeling like my battery life was a little bad before when I would talk a lot and use interenet, but I think that is pretty good battery life, for others how does this seem? I know apple got 24 but that was not using the phone at all and probably one long playlist, I had to keep turning it on to keep he music playing. Anyone else done something like this? With these numbers can i give up worrying about battery life?
I have a version 5 lcd phone
My battery life is good, getting 6+ hours a day of usage, with heavy wifi internet. When i plug it in at night, the battery is at 40-50%.
HOWEVER, when i wake up, i do get the plug, but not the full big battery in the middle. i charge using the wall charger.
I have noticed, 2 times, where i get a full charge with the wall, (plug, but big battery is at 90%..not full). I plug it into the computer, and cycle power (on/off), i get full big battery and plug.
that doesn't happen all the time.
So it looks like i have the software bug, but it doesn't seem to be affecting my battery life, since.. it is working fine for what i use it for. I guess it "could" be bettery, but really have no point of reference.
My battery life is good, getting 6+ hours a day of usage, with heavy wifi internet. When i plug it in at night, the battery is at 40-50%.
HOWEVER, when i wake up, i do get the plug, but not the full big battery in the middle. i charge using the wall charger.
I have noticed, 2 times, where i get a full charge with the wall, (plug, but big battery is at 90%..not full). I plug it into the computer, and cycle power (on/off), i get full big battery and plug.
that doesn't happen all the time.
So it looks like i have the software bug, but it doesn't seem to be affecting my battery life, since.. it is working fine for what i use it for. I guess it "could" be bettery, but really have no point of reference.
Just a vague estimate...
ipod + video - 2.5 hrs.
phone - 0.5 hrs (I was on a BT link for about an hour but no calls on BT)
internet - 5 hrs? (easier for me to remember phone/ipod usage times and subtract it from the total)
I have mail set to check every hour. WiFi is on, but join available WiFi is not enabled. BT is normally off. 50% brightness setting, auto-brightness enabled. Auto lock set to 1 minute. No syncs were performed during the "test".
Keep in mind that it's taken nearly a month of ownership to get to these numbers. Battery life didn't perform like this out of the box, but it has been steadily improving.
7 series, great performance
i have a 7 series
i have not noticed any problems whatsoever.
i also get incredible battery life compared to what i have heard. mine will last 2 full days with ipod use for 4 or more hours at least each day, and safari surfing for about an hour each day and talk time of about 20 minutes each day. at the end of 2 days i have about 20 percent remaining at which point i charge it
i do not have the checkerboard or white dots crap
i have a 7 series
i have not noticed any problems whatsoever.
i also get incredible battery life compared to what i have heard. mine will last 2 full days with ipod use for 4 or more hours at least each day, and safari surfing for about an hour each day and talk time of about 20 minutes each day. at the end of 2 days i have about 20 percent remaining at which point i charge it
i do not have the checkerboard or white dots crap
Ok, admittedly I didn't read through all 7 pages of this thread, so someone may have already got to this, but after the first 2 or 3 I saw people saying I only have 2 hours of usage and 20 hours stand by, etc. Others saying they have blank usage and standby. Usage seems to refer to something like how much you actually used the phone since the last charge and standby as the amount of time its been "sleeping" without your using it or completely turning it off. If you notice after a charge it goes blank.
ok, after reading all your posts, now i'm trying to test my battery life. i had it fully charged yesterday, and haven't sync nor plug it in, now my usage is 4hrs, 41 mins, and standby is 1 day and 1hr, and the battery icon show that it less than half way. i read some of you guys said that it's 80%, 40% or whatever %, is that just an estimation or does it show anywhere on the phone? because i can't find it anywhere. BTW, my usage is mostly music, mail, and web searching with Wifi on (just turn it off actually lol i didn't know you weren't suppose to have it on)
OK. I have a 7* iPhone with a horrible battery life. You be the judge.
With a full charge, the battery died in 11 hours.
- 20 emails sent/received
- wifi off
- BT off
- 15 Min. call
- 50% brightness
- 6 Min. iPod usage (music only; shuffled songs)
Is this normal? It says I have 11 hrs 21 min for standby, and 4 hrs 20 min for usage.
With a full charge, the battery died in 11 hours.
- 20 emails sent/received
- wifi off
- BT off
- 15 Min. call
- 50% brightness
- 6 Min. iPod usage (music only; shuffled songs)
Is this normal? It says I have 11 hrs 21 min for standby, and 4 hrs 20 min for usage.
i was gonna try to read all the posts, but its too much..
I would like some responses about my battery life , that in my opinion is SUX !!
I've been using a lot my iphone to check emails and internet and the battery is dying very fast.
Today i fully charged my iphone , and now at the end of the day since i unplugged from the power cord:
USAGE: 3:10 mins
STAND BY: 7:15 mins
Current period ( call time ) : 4 hours.
and my battey is almost dead.. just have one bar.
is that normal ?
i just talked a lot on my phone almost 4 hours, and checked email 2 or 3 times and went to some websites. I just cant see 8 hours of talk time , no way thats possible.
thanks.
ob: the CURRENT CALL TIME and USAGE is different things ? because 4 hours of talk time + 3 hours of internet/email = 7 , than im talking ****.. but otherwise, 4 hours is crap.
any help and responde is aprecciate thanks again.
how can i know the serie of my iphone and what that mean ??
I would like some responses about my battery life , that in my opinion is SUX !!
I've been using a lot my iphone to check emails and internet and the battery is dying very fast.
Today i fully charged my iphone , and now at the end of the day since i unplugged from the power cord:
USAGE: 3:10 mins
STAND BY: 7:15 mins
Current period ( call time ) : 4 hours.
and my battey is almost dead.. just have one bar.
is that normal ?
i just talked a lot on my phone almost 4 hours, and checked email 2 or 3 times and went to some websites. I just cant see 8 hours of talk time , no way thats possible.
thanks.
ob: the CURRENT CALL TIME and USAGE is different things ? because 4 hours of talk time + 3 hours of internet/email = 7 , than im talking ****.. but otherwise, 4 hours is crap.
any help and responde is aprecciate thanks again.
how can i know the serie of my iphone and what that mean ??
iPod battery chargers
Found this thread on battery chargers for iPhone and iPod touch.
http://www.touchtip.com/forums/search.php?q=ipod+charger
Looks like a pretty good community site.
Found this thread on battery chargers for iPhone and iPod touch.
http://www.touchtip.com/forums/search.php?q=ipod+charger
Looks like a pretty good community site.
hi there, i have a series 5 lcd screen, and my stats are as follows
from a full charge- usage 4hrs 22mins
standby 1 day 19 hrs
call time current period 55mins
edge network data sent 284kb received 1.1mb
i had my 10% left warning a while ago, but it seems to last a good while on that final 10%.
note this is the first time since i got it in 2 weeks ive got my usgae indicator to work.but to be honest, im not really impressed with the above figures.
wifi is only on a few times in that period.no ipod use.auto brightness etc etc.
emails are checked every hour.mostly via edge.
are the above times normal?
from a full charge- usage 4hrs 22mins
standby 1 day 19 hrs
call time current period 55mins
edge network data sent 284kb received 1.1mb
i had my 10% left warning a while ago, but it seems to last a good while on that final 10%.
note this is the first time since i got it in 2 weeks ive got my usgae indicator to work.but to be honest, im not really impressed with the above figures.
wifi is only on a few times in that period.no ipod use.auto brightness etc etc.
emails are checked every hour.mostly via edge.
are the above times normal?