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Old 08-05-2008, 02:11 AM
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Ok, lets check it:

Push - Off
Bluetooth - Off
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Brightness - Dim

Wow, maybe now I can make a phone call, LOL.
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Old 08-05-2008, 02:32 AM
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B-Line, you're not crazy. The 3G actually has less battery life than the old one. I'm holding out until they give it a proper redesign to get rid of my "outdated" iPhone.
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Old 08-05-2008, 11:11 AM
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FYI, on Monday night a new version is available: 2.01 from iTunes.
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Old 08-05-2008, 02:13 PM
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I did let my battery drain the first time I used the phone. I didn't know draining it again was helpful...

So, I'm draining it again !
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Old 08-05-2008, 02:27 PM
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I did let my battery drain the first time I used the phone. I didn't know draining it again was helpful...

So, I'm draining it again !
The batteries in the Iphone do NOT suffer from memory issues. It's a lithium battery. Don't waste your time. In fact, draining a lithium battery is bad for it.
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Old 08-05-2008, 04:02 PM
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The batteries in the Iphone do NOT suffer from memory issues. It's a lithium battery. Don't waste your time. In fact, draining a lithium battery is bad for it.
I know it's a lithium battery. But my battery life was just RIDICULOUSY poor out of the box.

My phone's battery life improved after draining the battery twice... Others may not see the same results -- I'm just saying what I did that improved my battery life...

I did do a firmware upgrade to 5A347 (by doing a restore in iTunes) around the same time so it is possible that did improve my battery life instead.
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Old 08-05-2008, 04:51 PM
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The batteries in the Iphone do NOT suffer from memory issues. It's a lithium battery. Don't waste your time. In fact, draining a lithium battery is bad for it.
I know little to nothing about how batteries work so I wouldn't know how to argue with you. You're probably right.

But I was specifically told by the salesman at the Apple store to drain the battery down before it's 1st charge.

I assumed he was speaking on behalf of Apple and the technology, but he could have just been talking out his arse...
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Old 08-05-2008, 05:06 PM
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I know little to nothing about how batteries work so I wouldn't know how to argue with you. You're probably right.

But I was specifically told by the salesman at the Apple store to drain the battery down before it's 1st charge.

I assumed he was speaking on behalf of Apple and the technology, but he could have just been talking out his arse...

Despite the fact that he didn't drop trow on you and start conversing with you directly from his butt, he was indeed talking out of his ass

His advice is great for NMh based batteries, and idiotic for lithium. you can google it if you wish.
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Despite the fact that he didn't drop trow on you and start conversing with you directly from his butt, he was indeed talking out of his ass

His advice is great for NMh based batteries, and idiotic for lithium. you can google it if you wish.
OK, I googled it. I found Apple's page for improving iPhone battery performance. There's a whole list of things and one of them are "For proper maintenance of a lithium-based battery, it’s important to keep the electrons in it moving occasionally. Be sure to go through at least one charge cycle per month (charging the battery to 100% and then completely running it down)." So I guess the advice that B-Line got from the Apple employee to let it run down matches this recommendation...

Apple's iPhone battery link

And gresh, you are correct. As a rule, these lithium batteries should not be run down. My battery's performance was just unacceptable and I wanted to try running it down. Otherwise I was going to have to return it to the Apple store for a replacement...

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Old 08-06-2008, 07:18 PM
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But if you turn off Push, then you can't use MOBILME...
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