iPhone 4 Battery Prob?

[Laddey]

So i've searched the internet, and i've found page after page after page of a 'fix'


I've disabled Ping, deleted my email accounts, disabled location services.


Its jailbroken with the latest redsn0w.

But yet you can practically see the battery % ticking down. Getting right on my tits.

It's version 4.3.3. And i've also made sure all back ground apps are closed.


Has anybody experienced it and solved it? Proper pissing me off.

 

[old.user4556]

Wait, this is the iPhone 4 you've just bought... and you've jailbroken it?

I have no idea other than Apple are generally very good at replacing hardware. Don't know about jailbroken phones though, I'd think that'd be a no.

 

[Edmond]

mine was 100% this morning after having on charge all night. I have been texting, picking up mail and making calls all day. its now on 61%

I will put it on charge tonight though, as i do every night

 

[Edmond]

Actually yes, why have you jailbroke a brand new phone that may have problems, did you not think to wait till it was up and running and you knew it was ok b4 jailbreaking it?

 

[Lamp]

presumably apple won't replace a jailbroken unit?

 

[soze]

What's the signal like in your area? One of the places i work is right on the edge of HSDPA reception and 3G and that drains my battery in about 2 hours switching between the two. Telling the phone to stick to 3g only saves me. Might be worth checking.

I am fairly sure Jailbreaking is 100% reversible by restoring the original image over the phone so unless it is bricked it should not cause a warranty issue.

 

[caLLous]

Actually yes, why have you jailbroke a brand new phone that may have problems, did you not think to wait till it was up and running and you knew it was ok b4 jailbreaking it?

Yeah, that's what he needs - telling off.

 

[Edmond]

Yeah, that's what he needs - telling off.

I'll put him over my knee, god dammit !!!

 

[Laddey]

My man Davies in the o2 shop said i have 14 days to return it if i have any problems or they will replace it on the spot. So if the battery drain isn't fixed tonight i'll take it back and get a swap.

What's the signal like in your area? One of the places i work is right on the edge of HSDPA reception and 3G and that drains my battery in about 2 hours switching between the two. Telling the phone to stick to 3g only saves me. Might be worth checking.

Yeah i usually turn 3G off as i dont have much use for it, i'll be on WiFi when i'm home and no time to play on it at work.

Wifi also turns off after 1 minute auto lock.

Its dropped from 50%-47% since i made this thread (on my laptop)

Had the problem since i bought it, i remember charging it for 8 hours and then thinking the battery was appauling.

 

[caLLous]

But you've jailbroken it... which is the biggest warranty write-off possible isn't it?

As it's brand new, did you do the proper first charge (whatever that may be for iPhones)? Charge fully, allow to fully discharge without recharging, and then recharge?

 

[Laddey]

I updated my Ipod 3G to 4.3.3 a while a go and the battery life on that is amazing.

 

[Laddey]

Lets say its not jailbroken....?

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

You can reset jailbroken phones back to factory settings in the same way you normally reset an iPhone. It shouldn't be an issue.

So the people issuing the slaps should really just get back in their boxes

 

[caLLous]

Aww, that I did not know. Where's the danger in that then? I guess it's only an issue if you've had it a while and don't want to lose unbacked-up stuff.

I'm intending to root my S2 at some point but not until there is a stable CyanogenMod out for it.

 

[Lamp]

I'm still trying to root this

 

[ford prefect]

My iPhone4 typically lasts two days, but I also have a case with an extra battery built in for when I am away.

 

[Raven]

This is a problem that plagues all smart phones. Though if I don't use my galaxy much I can get 3-4 days out of it sometimes.

 

[old.user4556]

You can reset jailbroken phones back to factory settings in the same way you normally reset an iPhone. It shouldn't be an issue.

So the people issuing the slaps should really just get back in their boxes

To be fair it would have helped to know if the battery issue existed prior to jailbreaking.

 

[Keitanz]

Karma for buying an iPhone.

You have now sold your soul to the devil

 

[Syri]

I had a similar problem with an earlier version of ios 4 on my 3gs, but it was solved by disabling ping, turning of a load of notifications and also disabling push email, instead setting it to check for new emails every 30 minutes. get about 2 days battery life on average, 3 if i don't really use it much.
I did find jailbreaking it to be horribly unstable though, I'd never had a problem with it before, but I was getting slow-down swiping through screens and several lockups requiring a restart. It might just've been a bad firmware release, but that put me off a bit and it's been back on standard, which does what I need it to anyway.
It might be worth running it for a while on the standard firmware, instead of rushing straight into jailbreaking, just to see if it's a bad firmware install causing it. if it's still the same with the standard firmware, and all notifications off and all that, then I'd say you'd be looking into a hardware issue.

 

[Laddey]

I'm gonna update it to 4.3.5 and see if that makes any changes, i didnt realise about the update until recently.


Cheers for the help y'all

 

[Ch3tan]

Bloody hell, so many jailbreak n00bs in this thread... Laddey do a restore and take it back.

 

[Ch3tan]

I'm gonna update it to 4.3.5 and see if that makes any changes, i didnt realise about the update until recently.


Cheers for the help y'all

No no no! There isn't an untethered jailbreak for 4.3.5 yet... also, the battery drain you describe is not normal, mine doesn't do it and my firmware is old.

However, your battery will need charging every day from normal use... mine is 100% most mornings and down to 30ish by the evening. Turning off things is bollocks, you bought the phone to enjoy all that stuff/

 

[Lamp]

Exactly. Can't understand why you'd want to turn off all the internet stuff. Thats the whole point of having a smart phone. Weather widgets & location, emails, texts, social network feeds, breaking news, etc etc - all updated automatically. All you have to do is charge it over night when you go to sleep. My Mrs has a Wildfire - she has everything running, screen on max brightness - the phone lasts all day no prob & its charged over night. And the good thing about Android, it automatically closes tasks / apps you don't need, so when I go to a today screen, my game closes & its not running constantly in the background.

 

[E_E]

I think your biggest issue is having and iphone

 

[MYstIC G]

Lets say its not jailbroken....?

Restore with iTunes to undo jailbreakyness, return to shop for exhange.

iPhone batterys hold less charge over time but if this is a new phone that's bullshit and won't get any better.

There are tips and tricks on the apple support site but it's simple battery life and you can't fight it.

Also what Chet says, there's no point in a smartphone if it's being all dumb.

 

[Laddey]

I've restored it, sorted its shit out. Gonna charge it over night and see what the out come is. cheers chaps

 

[ford prefect]

Restore with iTunes to undo jailbreakyness, return to shop for exhange.

iPhone batterys hold less charge over time but if this is a new phone that's bullshit and won't get any better.

There are tips and tricks on the apple support site but it's simple battery life and you can't fight it.

Also what Chet says, there's no point in a smartphone if it's being all dumb.

Tis just a standard Lithium-Ion battery isn't it? They do degrade over time, but my brother still uses my 3gs, it is probably two and a half years old now, not sure, but it still holds the same amount of charge as it did when new - we were discussing it recently.

 

[ford prefect]

To be fair, the battery life is something that needs urgent attention across the entire smartphone market. I still miss my nokia 3210 with its near immortal battery powered by wishful thinking and the need to make a phone call.

 

[Yaka]

m first ip004 battery drained super fast, remove from crade at 5am, by 11 am it was flat. quick call to apple and they had new sent over. ups bloke takes the b0rked one back