Sudden Increase in Battery Life

[rtomstudios@live.com]

The extended battery life occurs at the end of this post so bear with me as I relate my story

Had my iPhone 4 for almost a year now and the average battery life was about 18 hours with a 5 hours of usage phone calls, sudoku, ibooks, web browsing etc. Wifi on, locations services on and from time to time bluetooth would be left on.

I never thought much about my battery life although I've heard rumors that the iphone 4 has a general standby life of 40+ hours but I thought it might have been the way I used it.

I tried a couple of times of draining my battery to 0% before recharging it but it still had no effect on my total hours of usage, so I gave up and simply recharged it when I went to bed regardless of the battery depletion.

I decided to buy one of those cheapy external battery case of 2350mAh extra power packs from ebay and after a couple of weeks it arrived.

I began using my iphone until it completely discharged and slipping the case on to recharge my phone only when it was depleted; I've done this twice now. Remember that I only use the external battery pack only when my phone was completely discharged. Once I tried using the external pack all day keeping my iphone charged at 100% until the external battery pack was unable to maintain a charging state which basically gave my iPhone another 18 hours on top of whatever time my iphone normally gave me.

Then I started to notice something strange. My iphone would still be about 80% charged by the end of the day (no external battery pack) (approx 18 hours) before bed with only a couple of hours usage.

Currently at this moment, the phone has been on standby for 1 Day, 14 hours with 3 hours and 37 minutes of usage with 47% left on the battery.

I expect it will last through the night giving me a total of 48 hours or more standby and probably 5 hours of usage.

Has something changed in recent IOS updates? or has the way I have been using my external battery triggered something that is normal on my iPhone 4 all along?

Has everybody always been able to use their iphone 4 for a couple of days and I was the only one that had an abnormal phone?

Thanks ahead of time for any replies and answers.

 

[iCrank]

That's normal usage for me with no external battery packs. The latest updates are suppose to help with battery life but I don't notice anything different. The power cycle probably refreshed your battery.

 

[rtomstudios@live.com]

That's normal usage for me with no external battery packs. The latest updates are suppose to help with battery life but I don't notice anything different. The power cycle probably refreshed your battery.

so 40+ hours is normal? that is good to hear...

Currently:
35% battery remaining
Usage 4 hours, 27 Minutes
Standby 2 Days, 1 Hour

 

[iCrank]

so 40+ hours is normal? that is good to hear...

Currently:
35% battery remaining
Usage 4 hours, 27 Minutes
Standby 2 Days, 1 Hour

Here is a screen of my usage. As you can see I could've pushed it a little longer for usage.

 

[codysanborn]

so 40+ hours is normal? that is good to hear...

Currently:
35% battery remaining
Usage 4 hours, 27 Minutes
Standby 2 Days, 1 Hour

Here is a screen of my usage. As you can see I could've pushed it a little longer for usage.

mine is like 6hours of usage to 10hrs standby hahaha. im on mine 24/7 at work

 

[rtomstudios@live.com]

Here is a screen of my usage. As you can see I could've pushed it a little longer for usage.

Very nice. Do you have Wifi and location services off?

I am now down to about 20% with similar specs except I'm at 2 days 4 hours (and I do have wifi and location services on).

 

[iCrank]

I once got 11hrs usage 22hrs standby

 

[kcallahan]

With 5 hours of usage in the last 24 hours, I'm still at 50% battery life. That also included 6 hours of listening to music at work.

 

[iFrog]

With 5 hours of usage in the last 24 hours, I'm still at 50% battery life. That also included 6 hours of listening to music at work.

You have a truck battery with that iPhone? Lol

 

[Darkstar2007]

You have a truck battery with that iPhone? Lol

Lol that's what I was thinking! I wish my battery would last longer. I'll probably have to buy another one. I've troubleshooted everything imaginable. I guess my battery is just burned out. !

 

[prem1995]

See mine I m on standby for 1 day and usage is 13 hours

 

[codysanborn]

Wtf mines *moderated*

 

[codysanborn]

 

[Darkstar2007]

See mine I m on standby for 1 day and usage is 13 hours

Your screenshot shows you've plugged your iPhone in since the last charge.

 

[codysanborn]

Your screenshot shows you've plugged your iPhone in since the last charge.

You seen that to huh