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492 posts

Ultimate Geek

#361882 2-Aug-2010 20:23

ahmad: I always get crap batteries in my iPhones! Not fair!!

As a final resort when I have some time I might backup all my data and then start fresh as a "new phone".

Today when I hit 20% I had:

Usage: 4 hours 14 minutes
Standby: 10 hours 1 minute

I would recommend doing that I got about 2x more life from my iPod touch after doing that. Made it faster aswell

ChrnoXIII

167 posts

Master Geek

#361893 2-Aug-2010 20:36

hm.. is this decent? i am always in low signal areas too...

when i reached about 10% and decided to charge i had these stats

Usage: 7hours
Standby: 14hours 1minute

location services + 3G on. wifi for a few minutes. browsing on 3G for the most part with push email+fb. also some relatively short bursts of gaming

only lasted about a day i guess

MattD

663 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#362055 3-Aug-2010 06:15

MattD:
Today not as good performance, from 5am to 8pm now (15hrs..) I am down to 20%. Having said that, I have been more reliant on 3G connection, bluetooth, and re-paired with car BT and it transferred 1950contacts.
5hrs 20mins usage and 13hrs standby. Will probably last until bed, and then charge again before morning.

Well it was 5% at 11:30pm last night, and over 6hrs usage. Happy it lasted from 5am-11:30pm with solid usage. Was 11mins of calling during the day, facetime, gps, browsing, push on 3 mail account, fetch on 3 others, BT. I do not have expectation for a smart phone to last more than 1 day.
Also in comparison if I used 3G tethering on my Nokia 6120 it lasted until lunchtime!

ahmad

1937 posts

Uber Geek
Inactive user

#362079 3-Aug-2010 08:12

You guys are all getting better than me. Did you "restore from backup"?

I'm going to start afresh when I have the time to ensure my data is not lost.

ChrnoXIII

167 posts

Master Geek

#362323 3-Aug-2010 13:16

nah, this is my first iphone, so no backup to restore from to speak of haha.

miguelwrang

121 posts

Master Geek

#362391 3-Aug-2010 14:35

I restored from back up and I'm getting pretty good battery life.

MattD

663 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#362738 4-Aug-2010 06:43

miguelwrang: I restored from back up and I'm getting pretty good battery life.

ditto

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wazzab

84 posts

Master Geek

#362805 4-Aug-2010 10:24

First full day of use I got the following

Down to 27% left
4 hrs 30 mins of usage - had wifi running with exchange push
20 hrs standby

mattk

255 posts

Ultimate Geek

#362846 4-Aug-2010 11:28

Are these actually any good?

http://firstin.co.nz/products/sharper-image-ipod-iphone-portable-battery-pack-3016/

irSilentone

74 posts

Master Geek

#363301 4-Aug-2010 22:13

I was pretty sure it takes a few full cycles for the battery come into full swing? Which is usually a few weeks..?

ahmad

1937 posts

Uber Geek
Inactive user

#364325 6-Aug-2010 16:22

Any other usage stats from people?

20% today after a FRESH restore and nothing running in the background. The ONLY installed apps are Twitter and Speedtest.net app.

Default (middle) brightness, auto-brightness ON. No email polling or push. 3G is ON

Mainly using Twitter. No phone calls. I don't think even a TXT today.

Usage: 4 hours 3 minutes
Standby: 8 hours 0 minutes

NOT impressed.

wazzab

84 posts

Master Geek

#364339 6-Aug-2010 17:03

Rather happy with mine - following the recommended charging instructions I read somewhere. Do 3 complete charges and run to completely flat cycles - no synching in between - day 4 and only done 2 charges so far.

17% left
Usage 5 hrs 20 mins
Standby 1 day 8 hours

Impressed (compared to last iPhone)

ahmad

1937 posts

Uber Geek
Inactive user

#364358 6-Aug-2010 18:09

I get the feeling that it is going to be around 5 hours usage regardless of the standby.

I'll see what happens but this is still bad.

MattD

663 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#364364 6-Aug-2010 18:12

Why is that much usage bad?

mattk

255 posts

Ultimate Geek

#364366 6-Aug-2010 18:16

Are you guys VF or XT?

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