Battery Life fix (sort of)

I have an iPhone 4 with the latest OS. I also have 2 New Trent battery cases - one that no longer holds a charge and the other that I use regularly.
This last week, I had to go without the battery case. I immediately began having the same battery issues everyone else is complaining of. The phone would run out of battery at 6-8 hours with minimal use.
As a test, I fully recharged my phone and plugged the phone into the battery pack that does not hold a charge. I immediately saw my battery life go back to 2-3 days before charging. I then took the case back off and saw my battery drain. I did not do a re-install or make any other changes to any settings.
In reading through the other big thread started by scarface, I noticed a few other comments from people using battery cases that also indicated no battery problems while using a case.
My theory is that there may be a software bug related to the docking port that is causing the drain. It's suspicious to me that everything works fine with the case and drains the battery if I don't.
I hope this gives the Apple engineers a starting place since it's easily recreatable.

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