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Master Geek

#237607 21-Jul-2009 17:52

Dam I leave mine on 24/7 and i keep 3G and everything on and I use it at Uni for browsing the web, downloading, listening to music texting and checking emails and it lasts two days no problem.

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#237660 21-Jul-2009 20:53

mmmm
I got no yellow screen- can you perhaps show us a screen shot of this??

I am quite hapopoy with my 1 1/2 days woirth.
As a side anyone sourced the Mophie Juice Air or the Richard Solo external power source yet for there Iphone??

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UrbanGrafix

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Master Geek

#237662 21-Jul-2009 20:56

psychrn: mmmm

I got no yellow screen- can you perhaps show us a screen shot of this??

I am quite hapopoy with my 1 1/2 days woirth.

As a side anyone sourced the Mophie Juice Air or the Richard Solo external power source yet for there Iphone??

I was going to but I like the form factor and well the battery isnt as bad as inticipated so I prob wont

thecripplernz

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Ultimate Geek

#237665 21-Jul-2009 21:05

if you google image it, im sure you will find a pic

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#237749 22-Jul-2009 07:46

I don't think that charging the phone every day will decrease the battery life as with my 4+ year old Nokia, I charge every day and the battery lasts 4+ days.

I have been putting my iPhone on the charging dock (very handy by the way) every night and will continue to do so : )

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#237802 22-Jul-2009 11:28

Mine's been lasting around 24 hours max, with a few hours of browsing / light texting and calling each day. Not very impressed, but it's hardly difficult to plug it in at work or before going to bed.

UrbanGrafix

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Master Geek

#237804 22-Jul-2009 11:30

Ouch, Have you turned down the screen brightness? Man if only the 3GS had an oled screen

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Master Geek

#237835 22-Jul-2009 12:59

Im hardly getting a day of life, where is the push setting?

I have been having Wifi on when i am at home and on in the office but as soon as i get on the road i turn it off, 3G is on for the Telecom network, pretty sure Push is off, Locations is off unless i need the map.
My screen brightness has been at about 90% should i try it down a bit?
Should that increase the battery life?

What is yours set to UrbanGrafix?

UrbanGrafix

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Master Geek

#237839 22-Jul-2009 13:08

Newguy: Im hardly getting a day of life, where is the push setting?

I have been having Wifi on when i am at home and on in the office but as soon as i get on the road i turn it off, 3G is on for the Telecom network, pretty sure Push is off, Locations is off unless i need the map.
My screen brightness has been at about 90% should i try it down a bit?
Should that increase the battery life?

What is yours set to UrbanGrafix?

I am on Wifi at home and Uni most of the time (I am using mail push which is under Mail, Fetch New Data and then u select it there (mine is set too 30mins))

My brightness is at about 20-25%but auto brightness is left on so that if it is in the sun it will get brighter.

Everything else is left on 24/7 - 3G, Location etc

thecripplernz

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Ultimate Geek

#237840 22-Jul-2009 13:11

yeah turn down the screen NewGuy

also the telecom 3g is a drainer i believe also

Newguy

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Master Geek

#237842 22-Jul-2009 13:16

hmmmmm ok

Ill try it with the same settings you have and report back,

So far today, i was up at 7:30am And i have done 3hours 5 minutes of usage and 5 hours 49minutes standby.

everything is now turned on except Bluetooth

Newguy

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Master Geek

#237844 22-Jul-2009 13:18

thecripplernz: yeah turn down the screen NewGuy

also the telecom 3g is a drainer i believe also

any different than Vodafone?

thecripplernz

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Ultimate Geek

#237845 22-Jul-2009 13:20

ah, dunno. but doesnt vodafone fall to 2G sometimes? making it less of a drain on the battery?

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#237851 22-Jul-2009 13:29

VF network falls back to 2G in Rural areas, dont forget it connects 2100 Mhz in the major cities, outside its likely to be 2 G unless you are on XT which is 850 mhz which Iphone can connect to.
So depends on your location too and where you are likely to roam.

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Master Geek

#237854 22-Jul-2009 13:31

Telecom Is where its at in Tauranga, Outa the main centre and your buggered for 3G

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