I've lurked around here since I got my iPhone, figured I'd finally register and post this...
I've noticed a couple of issues with my phone since updating to the 1.1.1 firmware. The first is that the bluetooth headset battery status seems to be inaccurate. Shortly after the update, I was on a fairly long call, and after about two hours of talking, the headset indicator was showing red with a sliver of life left. The headset itself, however, had not made any beeps or other indications of being low on battery. I ended the call at about 2 1/2 hours, and went ahead and docked the phone and headset to let it charge anyways. In less than 15 minutes, it was already saying the headset was at full charge. For the most part, I attest this to a new feature that just needs to be perfected.
The second issue, however, is a bit more of a concern to me now. My usage habits of my phone vary from day to day... some days I only lightly even use the phone, with the exception of checking e-mail while I'm away from my desk or making a quick call; other days colleagues might think that my fingers are glued to the screen. My average battery life is roughly 7-12 hours, depending on how often I use the phone part of it. I have had days where I've multitasked the phone to be exchanging IM's via webpage and sending e-mails while talking to two people in a joined call -- all at the same time -- and still the phone has lasted at least most of the day.
Yet, since the firmware update, there have been a few days where I've noticed the phone is practically dead in less than five hours. And in all of the cases when I've noticed this, the phone hasn't really been used much. Today is a prime example of this... it's Sunday. I undocked the phone at about 10:30 this morning, and I've had one call around 10 minutes and a handful of text messages. I also showed off a few pics out of the photo album for a few minutes. *Nothing* compared to my daily usage during the week -- yet the phone was entirely [u]dead[/] by 5:00pm (read: I had the lightning bolt screen for 10 minutes after plugging it in before I could even power the phone back on). Not even a full 8 hours. The last time I saw this was earlier this week, and it only lasted about 4-5 hours that day before it started telling me it was low.
So.. my suspicion is that there's something related to the new update that is running in the background, using up the battery. An educated guess here points me towards a possible memory leak, since I've noted that this has been a few days between occurances, so it's likely something gets caught up in the background and slowly gets worse until it's consuming resources.
Anyone got any ideas? Seen this on their phone?
I've noticed a couple of issues with my phone since updating to the 1.1.1 firmware. The first is that the bluetooth headset battery status seems to be inaccurate. Shortly after the update, I was on a fairly long call, and after about two hours of talking, the headset indicator was showing red with a sliver of life left. The headset itself, however, had not made any beeps or other indications of being low on battery. I ended the call at about 2 1/2 hours, and went ahead and docked the phone and headset to let it charge anyways. In less than 15 minutes, it was already saying the headset was at full charge. For the most part, I attest this to a new feature that just needs to be perfected.
The second issue, however, is a bit more of a concern to me now. My usage habits of my phone vary from day to day... some days I only lightly even use the phone, with the exception of checking e-mail while I'm away from my desk or making a quick call; other days colleagues might think that my fingers are glued to the screen. My average battery life is roughly 7-12 hours, depending on how often I use the phone part of it. I have had days where I've multitasked the phone to be exchanging IM's via webpage and sending e-mails while talking to two people in a joined call -- all at the same time -- and still the phone has lasted at least most of the day.
Yet, since the firmware update, there have been a few days where I've noticed the phone is practically dead in less than five hours. And in all of the cases when I've noticed this, the phone hasn't really been used much. Today is a prime example of this... it's Sunday. I undocked the phone at about 10:30 this morning, and I've had one call around 10 minutes and a handful of text messages. I also showed off a few pics out of the photo album for a few minutes. *Nothing* compared to my daily usage during the week -- yet the phone was entirely [u]dead[/] by 5:00pm (read: I had the lightning bolt screen for 10 minutes after plugging it in before I could even power the phone back on). Not even a full 8 hours. The last time I saw this was earlier this week, and it only lasted about 4-5 hours that day before it started telling me it was low.
So.. my suspicion is that there's something related to the new update that is running in the background, using up the battery. An educated guess here points me towards a possible memory leak, since I've noted that this has been a few days between occurances, so it's likely something gets caught up in the background and slowly gets worse until it's consuming resources.
Anyone got any ideas? Seen this on their phone?
I don't use it too much but probably 30min of talking each day and maybe 20 texts, and sometimes check my email but I get maybe 1 email each day.
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