Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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Was on 65% at 4:30, I've sent 3 msgs and now its on 3%. No apps running. WTF?
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Should have bought a geek day mate
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ashleh
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Registered: 23rd Dec 08
Location: Nottingham
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They're shit for battery, I have to charge mine everyday.
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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Charge mine every night. I use it quite a bit though. Hardly go on the laptop now
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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quote: Originally posted by ashleh
They're shit for battery, I have to charge mine everyday.
And that's your problem. The batteries have a memory and by charging it all the time your ruining it.
Run the phone until it turns off, then charge it over night, do the same a few days in the row and you'll find the memory will increase and you won't need to keep charging it.
It's the same as laptops.
This website explains it well: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=943276
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Every two days for mine. My old one was lasting less than a day towards the end of it's life...
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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Mine is alwys flat when I go to bed
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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ash_corsa
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Registered: 15th Apr 04
Location: Shrewsbury
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quote: Originally posted by Bart
Run the phone until it turns off
Not very practical for most people mate, i need mine to last me all day, cant have it dying on me at lunchtime!
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Skylined
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Registered: 27th Sep 05
Location: Sideways, Surrey
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quote: Originally posted by Bart
quote: Originally posted by ashleh
They're shit for battery, I have to charge mine everyday.
And that's your problem. The batteries have a memory and by charging it all the time your ruining it.
Run the phone until it turns off, then charge it over night, do the same a few days in the row and you'll find the memory will increase and you won't need to keep charging it.
It's the same as laptops.
This website explains it well: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=943276
That says the opposite.
Lithium batteries need to be kept topped up and should be ran down flat around once a month.
Memory thing doesn't make a difference.
I've noticed mine getting worse recently now it's a year old
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ashleh
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Registered: 23rd Dec 08
Location: Nottingham
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quote: Originally posted by Bart
quote: Originally posted by ashleh
They're shit for battery, I have to charge mine everyday.
And that's your problem. The batteries have a memory and by charging it all the time your ruining it.
Run the phone until it turns off, then charge it over night, do the same a few days in the row and you'll find the memory will increase and you won't need to keep charging it.
It's the same as laptops.
This website explains it well: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=943276
I use it everyday so don't really see when I'd get the chance to do this...
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Wasn't it only NiCd batteries that had a 'memory' too?
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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Sorry about it not being in geek day...
It's not normal tho, the phone was on STANDBY in my pocket, bar the 3 txts I sent, and when I look 5 hours later 62% of the battery was used... That is not normal.
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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If it's under a year old, can the place you bought it from not replace it under warranty?
I had the same problem with an o2 XDA although I only had it a few days, so I swapped it for a Nokia 5800 whose battery lasts like a week!
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Norcy91
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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I've had my iPhone just over a year now and the battery is still doing fine! Its not had an easy life, it even got dropped in a foot of snow a couple of days ago I've had mine on charge nearly every night for the last year as well, only running the battery completely down accidentally sometimes, so i don't believe in this "memory" thing too much
EDIT: Having said that, my dads iPhone is just over a year old and his battery hardly lasts his day at work anymore
[Edited on 05-12-2010 by Norcy91]
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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quote: Originally posted by Sam
If it's under a year old, can the place you bought it from not replace it under warranty?
I had the same problem with an o2 XDA although I only had it a few days, so I swapped it for a Nokia 5800 whose battery lasts like a week!
I'll wait and see how it is today, if it uses loads on standby again, I'll ring orange.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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If your phone has been searching for signal in your pocket then it could drain the battery extremely quickly.
An iPhone won't last long though, Orange won't be able to help much unless you have insurance, if not you need to talk to Apple who the warranty is with.
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Scotty C
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That's true. But it was at work, a place that always is in the 'G3' network, with full signal.
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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quote: Originally posted by ashleh
They're shit for battery, I have to charge mine everyday.
This. Mine will die in about 3 days without me even using it. Getting a 3GS 16Gb for Xmas so hopefully that'll be a little better
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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Mines the 3GS, and its shocking...
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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My 3g is appalling now.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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quote: Originally posted by Scotty C
Mines the 3GS, and its shocking...
Perfectly normal battery life tbh. Mines no better
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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It's not usually that bad tho, this is my point. I was expecting over 60%...
Been fine today though
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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Turn the brightness of the screen down. If you've got it on full whack it will drain as well, even though you've said it's be on standby/sleep.
Do you have emails on your phone? If so do you have it so they are pushed through straight away?
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Screen brightness is automatic isn't it? Definitely turn push off if you don't need it, can really see the difference!
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