Flashing screen and little red light

I have an 8gb iPhone that has a small red light on by the speaker also the screen flashes on every minute or so and this seams to be draining the batery anyone got any ideas why and what to do about it???

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I have an 8gb iPhone that has a small red light on by the speaker also the screen flashes on every minute or so and this seams to be draining the batery anyone got any ideas why and what to do about it???
Since your iPhone is 8 GB it cannot be a 3GS model (they are all 16 or 32 GB). You may want to post this at the Original iPhone forum
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1273
or the 3G forum
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1274
depending on which you have.
BTW .. I'm not aware of the "red light" you mention and it isn't clear where you are seeing it -- at the bottom of the phone where the speaker is or at the top of the front where you put your ear.
I do wonder if the "red light" is the moisture indicator I've heard (but not seen) is on the bottom near the connector. If your iPhone has gotten wet, that could be your problem. But this is total speculation.
Later: Some discussion of the moisture sensors here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1757950&tstart=0
Phil
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