Fixed my iphone4s battery problem, how about you?

so I too ran into the now infamous iphone 4s, heah my phone is dead, in 4 hours problem.
tried a bunch of random garbage, turn all the cool stuff off, nope.
so I downloaded an activity monitor (not sure it matters which one, but one that shows CPU usage).
wow my brand new iphone 4s was using 70% to 80% of the CPU solid, no dropping down at all. no wonder the battery is going so fast.
starting turning things off check monitor, turn back on, check monitor.
Meanwhile I have an ICloud account, but storage and backup has always been off and never turned on.
so I thought hey ICloud is off right? wrong!
With iCloud off I went to a setting called documents and data (settings->icloud->documents and data->documents & data) and turned it
off (keep in mind everything else is on, GPS, push notifications, siri, the works).
and what do you know CPU went from 80% to 1%. battery went from 4 hours to now all day, using the phone, playing games, talking on the phone
and after all day its still nearly full green. Im thinking I can go two days without a charge now unless I talk on it more.
so your mileage may vary, so if the documents and data doesnt work for you it will still be a good idea to get a monitor otherwise
your wasting your time turning things on and off without knowing if its doing any good.
end result, everything is on, one thing (well two, icloud and documents and data) off, problem solved.
another point, is after messing with this its clearly a software problem and not a hardware problem.
good luck to everyone and hope this helps.

When you turned off the setting for Documents and Data did you get a warning that all docs and data would be deleted from your phone, and if so what was actually deleted?

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Background info
My Shuffle would not install properly on my laptop. I would plug it in the green light would flash twice then the orange/green error light would flicker then it would repeat that light pattern and windows would report a usb error.
Info about this solution
I found this solution on the web however it's orignal intent was to fix a problem with a sony camera that also used the USB mass storage drivers I have adjusted the guide to suit my situation. Also note that I knew ahead of time my USB 2.0 chain was unstable.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK IF YOU SCREW UP YOU HAVE ONLY YOU SELF TO BLAME AND KNOW YOU WILL BE CLEARING ALL USB DRIVERS FOR ANY DEVICES YOU HAVE
My Laptop Runs XP SP2 Fully Updated
Step 0: Unplug ALL USB Devices NO Exceptions!
Step 1: Remove Hidden Devices
1. Click Start. Click Run. Type cmd and press OK.
2. Type "set DEVMGRSHOWDETAILS=1" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.
3. Type "set DEVMGRSHOW_NONPRESENTDEVICES=1" (without quotation marks) and Press Enter.
4. Type "start devmgmt.msc" (without quotation marks) and click press Enter.
5. Click View. Click Show hidden devices.
6. Click "+" to expand Unknown devices and USB devices.
7. Are there any USB and unknown devices (including grayed out devices)? If so, please right click it and click Uninstall. (Devices, Hubs, Controllers, Etc)
Step 2: Remove all oem*.inf files
=========================
1. Click start and click run then under the run line type in the command "cmd" (without the quotation marks)
2. In the command line, type in the following (without the quotes) and press enter after each command:
"cd \windows\inf"
"ren infcache.1 *.old"
"ren oem*.inf *.old"
"del C:\windows\setupapi.log"
"exit"
Step 3: Removing all entries under HKEYLOCALMACHINE/Enum/USB that start with VID
==================================================================
Removing the VID entries from the registry will cause them to be redetected at restart.
CAUTION: If you have a USB keyboard or mouse, do not remove the VID entry for these devices, otherwise, Windows may not restart correctly.
1. Click Start and click Run. Type regedit and click OK. The Registry Editor window will open.
2. Go to HKEYLOCALMACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB.
3. Highlight and delete all the VID_.... entries. (Also I deleted the entire USBSTOREfolderE
Permissions may be set allowing the deletion of the VID_ entries by following the steps below:
a) Right-click the key to be deleted, and then click Permissions. The VID_... Permissions window will open.
b) With Everyone highlighted in the Group or User name section, select Full Control in the Permissions section.
c) Click Apply, and then click OK.
4. Turn off the computer.
Step 4: Reconnect the digital camera to the computer system:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Reinstall the software from the cd.
3. Restart Computer
4. After the Windows has finished restarting. Disable the USB 2.0 Controller in device Manager (aka USB ENHANCED)
5. Plug the Ipod into the usb port.
6. A New Hardware Detected window should open and reload the drivers.

Well, when I read 380W PSU I tyhought that doesn't sound much. What will all that kit you've got in there. Plus trying to run a raid on top which means the PSU works harder & uses more power.
But then I realised it's Antec TruePower and that means it ought to be fine @ 24A on +12v.
On the other hand I've seen lots of posts about an apparent incompatibility between Antec PSUs and nforce m/boards generally - have you seen those? This one refers to the Neo2 and doesn't really seem to reach a conclusion, but it has links to other discussions on the same subject. Maybe worth trying a different one just to test it.
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In Firefox Tools>options>Advanced Hardware acceleration is turned on.
I don't know if that is different that tuning it off and on in Flash or not, but for now it is a moot point.
As I stated in my previous message, after following all earlier suggestions/instructions nothing helped. But The latest one, someone suggested that maybe version 17 of Flash might be a stable version.
I made no other changes except to install it, a few days ago, and so far so good.
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I do understand that most people will not have the time or will not bother reading through all the advice given in the massive battery problem thread. So I just want to repeat my experience here and I hope it will help someone.
Ok, my 4S is now working completely as expected.
I'm not sure which step did it in the end, so I'll just repeat my experience.
FIRST ATTEMPT:
I did the 'recovery mode' restore first (google for 'iphone boot recovery mode' to learn how to do this). After which I started from scratch (using a 4S backup should work as well) and disabled the often mentioned notifications (disable calendar) and location services (disable time zone) that seem to cause trouble.
After that I did a full discharge and charge of the phone.
That made a huge difference. The phone still discharged too quickly but it was A LOT better than before, especially when actually using it (as opposed to it being on standby during the night)
SECOND ATTEMPT:
And this is where the magic probably happened.
I did a 'restore settings' (which doesn't wipe the phone: General > Reset > Reset All Settings), disabled the usual notifications and location services again (see above).
I then used 'Battery Doctor Pro' to do a charge with trickle charge.
Went to bed, phone 100%.
Woke up, phone 98%
4hrs later with moderate use (email, texting) but lot's of driving (so network searching)
Phone 93%
Latest update:
I did my second trickle charge yesterday evening. Went to bed (battery 100%) woke up in the morning with the battery still showing 100%
8hrs later with fairly heavy use (emails, calls, text) and mast jumping (driving), notifications, Siri and location services switched ON.
Battery 80%

Better than it was....
New 4s and have done the following:
Restored once. Drained until dead twice.
Have location services on for maps, reminders, Siri & weather.
All location services>system services off except mobile network search.
iCloud & Gmail email accounts both set to fetch every 30 minutes.
Using reminders for diary and calendar events in notifications.
Went to bed last night with phone at 100% charge - 0 minutes usage and 0 minutes stand by.
Now this morning after using Siri for three instructions, receiving 15 emails and making a call for about 10-15 minutes, this is what I now have:
81% battery left
Usage 2 hours 51 minutes
Stand by now 13 hours 4 minutes
Not bad but it could still be better, so hopefully an update from Apple will correct things fully.

IPhone4 Battery life: The report you all have been waiting for!!!

Hello fellow iPhoners,
I'm a proud owner of an iPhone4 who have been getting sporadic battery performance for a little while. One day I can get 5 to 6 hours of usage while another the phone can barely make it past 4 hours doing the same things.
Therefore, I decided to start my own observation and document my findings regarding why my iPhone 4 can give me good battery on some days and terrible in others.
Intro:
Now I'm sure all of you have read all the typical battery saving tips such as turn off fetch, dont game too much blah blah blah. Well, I wanted to know what is the real world impact do these things really do on battery and how much better is the battery life with them off.
The following are always ON for me: Wifi, notifications (no push or fetch), edge (I never use 3g - too slow anyway).
Screen brightness is set in the middle so IOS decides when to raise or lower it. Actually IOS seems to only be able to brighten the screen if you say, walk from a dark to well lit room. The reverse seems not possible. You must put your phone to sleep and wake it in order for the display to dims.
Keep in mind I typically get between 6 to 7 hours of medium usage. But I set out to find why do I get
less than 5 hours in some cases.
Observations:
1. After placing iphone in charge at night, went to sleep, woke up in morning to find that the iphone was at 65% and losing power while still PLUGGED IN. I had to unplug and replug.
2. Sometimes iphone will get real hot while I'm not using it. Even after a reboot, it would continue to remain hot and drains battery.
3. Observation 2 (above) has only happen 2 times unexpectedly.
Answers to Observations:
1. I no longer plug my iPhone on certain outlets to charge. I have come to realize that all outlets aren't equal and while some of them will charge up the iphone very fast, it tends to lose that power very fast also which would contribute to the days where I barely get 4 hours out of it. Thus I recommend plugging your phone into a wall outlet and not via an extended outlet. Also using USB to power it up via my PC doesn't provide the best battery life either.
2. When my iPhone4 gets hot on standby, I know the processor is still running(very fast) which to me means an app is still running even though IOS4 is SUPPOSED to only SUSPEND apps in the background. However, we dont know and assume apps that have not been updated to OS4 simply get closed when we press the home button. Well, I have never updated my AP Mobile app (because the latest update *****) and I feel like it may be one of the culprits that render my phone a hand warmer. However, I also feel like Call Of Duty: Zombies might be another culprit as I always have used one of these apps when the phone keeps getting hot.
Now of course I won't blame these apps solely as I also feel IOS4 itself IS buggy and may be the bigger culprit. Sometimes X'ing out everything in the background tray solved the hotness problem, sometimes it doesn't and the phone will keep on dropping in battery until it dies.
Now I always wondered how did apple arrive at their claim of "up to 14 hours talk time on 2g" and "up to 10 hours of internet use on wifi" when I can barely get within that vicinity. While I have been able to figure out how I potentially could get 14 hours of talk time on edge, I still can't see how 10 hours of internet is possible on wifi because... wait for it... WIFI as I have just discovered is one of the biggest slow battery drainers.
It's true. According to my observations, with Wifi TURNED OFF my iPhone will drop 1% of battery every 7 to 8 minutes of light usage such as reading a book via iBooks or reading jokes on iPhunny. If you do the math, 7.5 x 100 = 750 /60 = 12.5 hours of light usage. Remember this is with wifi off and on edge only.
Now with WIFI ON and about 2 notifications for apps, doing the same exact thing, I get between 4 to 5 minutes per 1% of battery. One may say, that's not a huge difference, but it is sizable when we do the math, 4.5 x 100 = 450 /60 = 7.5 hours of light usage. This falls in line with my usual 5 to 6 hours since I tend to play a lot of games as well, which required more battery usage than say just reading a book.
This also hold true for when the phone is on standby which drops 1% every 40 to 60 minutes with wifi OFF. With wifi ON, it was about half the time.
When I turned off notifications completely with wifi still ON, I failed to notice any significant improvements to battery life as a whole.
QUESTION:
Since I'm not an apple engineer, I was wondering if any body knows an answer to this: I'm aware that the iphone - when wifi is enabled- will keep on scanning all the time. However, I was under the impression that once it FINDS AND CONNECTS to a network, that it should STOP scanning. I mean, why should it keep on scanning if it's connected to a network already?
But, I feel like the reason why battery life is so different with wifi ON is because it keeps on scanning no matter what. So there's always this tiny process running all the time.
Conclusion:
Despite over blown antenna issues, iPhone4 is a great device with great battery life to boot. The question is whether you are fine with say 6 to 7 hours of usage? If you would like to get more, remember to use a good outlet, turn off 3g if you dont need the data speed since phone calls tend to drop less on edge anyway, and turn off wifi when you dont really need it. Those remedies can add at least 2 extra hours of usage for you.
DISCLAIMER: Please all the above is only my opinion based on my own observation of my own iPhone4. I'm no professional techie or engineer. So no flaming or raging.
Thanks!

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Hi, I'm using my phone more than a year.
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