Still experiencing excessive battery drain on your iPod Touch (after iOS 4)

Hello folks,
I am wondering just how many of you are still experiencing excessive battery drain on your iPod, after updating your iOS to 4.0 (and beyond)?
If you are, I highly suggest that you submit a report to:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodtouch.html
... and keep submitting reports until this problem is solved.
Some have suggested switching the iPod to Airplane mode when it is not in use but really, that isn't very acceptable as a permanent solution. The simply act of placing it in standby should be enough... just like it prior to iOS 4.x.
A similar problem crept up on my iPhone 4 (with the release of iOS 4.3) but Apple did promptly solve it with iOS 4.3.1. It would be nice to receive the same consideration for the iPod Touch 2nd gen... OR at least provide a way to go back to iOS 3.1.3.
The following is my bug report to Apple:
Hardware: iPod Touch 2nd Gen
Since the release of iOS 4.0, the iPod has been unacceptably poor for standby longevity. The battery now drains completely within 24 hours.
Prior to iOS 4.0, the iPod could retain a standby charge for, at least, one week.
In use, with WiFi, 4-5 hours of run-time was typically expected, however, after the iOS 4.0 and subsequent iOS updates (up to the current iOS 4.2.1 (8C148) the run-time is about 2 hours.
There are a lot of iPod users complaining about this problem in the forums. Please solve this problem.
References:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2782778&tstart=30
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2474499&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12907584#12907584
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=13020367&#13020367

If someone has a suite of apps on their device and Apple pushes an update and then immediately afterward the battery drain starts, then from my point of view, the new OS is to blame.
Your point of view seems to be flawed and not valid.
Apple has no control of 3rd party Apps.
Maybe the older Apps are not behaving properly with the new iOS?
Maybe the 3rd party Apps need an update to comply to the new iOS?
Like I said above, everyone uses different Apps and we have no idea who has what Apps.
Please don't shift the blame, and why won't Apple address this publically or allow a pathway back?
Why do you think Apple needs to address this if you don't even want to try testing things yourself?
Report your own testing here.
Turning Airplane mode on will start in your testing. If you battery lasts longer, then try the next step like turning the Airplane mode off and turn then off all the Apps that use Push or Fetch. Try and identify the problematic App that might be draining the battery.
I am on my 5th day now and the battery is still FULLY charged.
I have no need for Apple to fix anything.
My suggestion would be to test the things I described above rather than placing the blame on 4.2.1 iOS.
If nothing works, and your battery still drains, then you probably have a defective iPod Touch or battery.
I am certainly not saying some people don't have defective devices or batteries, they just need to do a little more testing to find the problem.
Good Luck and let us know your testing results.

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