Iphone 3gs battery-my story-please help

hi all
i expierenced issues with my iphone 3gs since iOS 4.1,my battery drain was terrible but after iOS 4.2 i thought it becomes better but no,after 2 weeks i observed what my battery is draining sometimes very fast-for example when i charge it yesterday from 0% to 100%,after one call my battery in my eyes decrease from 100% to 97% and this is not for first time.and when my battery goes from (for example 97 to 88%) it stays on 88 % all the day,please i want to use my phone normally,tell me what to do,i tried many times in iOS 4.1 restoring in iTunes but nothing helped,maybe to try to restore in iOS 4.2 ? any sugesstions will be apreciated,thank you !

Hi,
You may have to Restore as New...
See this link,
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2687888&tstart=15
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