Replacement phone has horrible battery life

[lennie paz]

My iPhone 4 had problems with the home button not working properly so Apple replaced the phone for me. I noticed when I got the phone at the Apple store that it came out of a plastic case instead of the factory packaging so I'm assuming it's a refurb. The battery life has been awful and the phone is usually dead by 9pm. My original phone would be at about 75% at around 9pm so something is definitely wrong. The phone is on FW 4.2.8 and I jailbroke it using jailbreakme. When I first connected it to iTunes, I did set it up as a new phone and didn't use a backup to restore it. Everything is EXACTLY the same on this phone as I had on the old phone,except that the old phone was jailbroken with greenpois0n and on FW 4.2.6.

 

[iCrank]

My iPhone 4 had problems with the home button not working properly so Apple replaced the phone for me. I noticed when I got the phone at the Apple store that it came out of a plastic case instead of the factory packaging so I'm assuming it's a refurb. The battery life has been awful and the phone is usually dead by 9pm. My original phone would be at about 75% at around 9pm so something is definitely wrong. The phone is on FW 4.2.8 and I jailbroke it using jailbreakme. When I first connected it to iTunes, I did set it up as a new phone and didn't use a backup to restore it. Everything is EXACTLY the same on this phone as I had on the old phone,except that the old phone was jailbroken with greenpois0n and on FW 4.2.6.

I had the same issue with my phone except the guy at apple gave me a factory boxed phone. I was happy. Let the phone break itself in.

 

[lennie paz]

Here is what my battery life has been like after a couple weeks of letting it break in:

Here is what my son's phone is getting and we are both on the same firmware and both jailbroke our phone's:

 

[IOSIphone]

I think their replacement is a used-phone maybe one which has been fixed. But it seems wrong.

 

[lennie paz]

I think their replacement is a used-phone maybe one which has been fixed. But it seems wrong.

So you agree with me that my battery life is bad,right?

 

[iJeff]

I would take it back to Apple and request a new one...

 

[lennie paz]

Here's the problem I face. I think I got lucky when the replacement phone was on firmware 4.2.8 which still allowed me to JB the phone. What if I take this one back and get one that is on 4.2.10 and I won't be able to JB it?

 

[IOSIphone]

I think their replacement is a used-phone maybe one which has been fixed. But it seems wrong.

So you agree with me that my battery life is bad,right?

Yes,
It doesn't seem right.
Does, It come in its original packaging?
Or not?

 

[lennie paz]

I think their replacement is a used-phone maybe one which has been fixed. But it seems wrong.

So you agree with me that my battery life is bad,right?

Yes,
It doesn't seem right.
Does, It come in its original packaging?
Or not?

No, it was in a hard,black, plastic case when he opened it and gave it to me.

 

[IOSIphone]

Has it got the original charger, the manuals and the other items?

 

[iCrank]

Ask your son what he's doing.

 

[lennie paz]

Has it got the original charger, the manuals and the other items?

Nope,just the phone

 

[vmars316]

Sorry,
I have to make 3 Posts
before Forum lets me 'start new thread'.
This is Post #3

 

[lennie paz]

Well, I just got back from the Apple store and they replaced the phone. Just my luck, the phone is on 4.2.10 so I am totally screwed. This phone is basically a paper weight now that I can't JailBreak it. I would rather have my Droid Incredible back now.

 

[iCrank]

Well, I just got back from the Apple store and they replaced the phone. Just my luck, the phone is on 4.2.10 so I am totally screwed. This phone is basically a paper weight now that I can't JailBreak it. I would rather have my Droid Incredible back now.

Wow. That's hard to believe. You'll rather have the Droid because you can't jailbreak.