Usage time is greatly inflated

I have my phone set to auto-lock with a passcode after one minute and my email checking set to "manual". After fully charging my phone overnight my Usage and Standby counters were reset to "0". I briefly checked my numbers before leaving the house and they read Usage: 2m and Standby: 3m.
Since checking those stats this morning I have not touched my phone except to press the Home button once to look at the time. I did receive two SMS messages.
After 12 hours of non-use my Usage now reads 1h 15m. Anyone know what would be inflating the Usage stats or why it would be showing the wrong usage?
bill
  Mac OS X (10.4.10)   1 GHz Powerbook G4

Okay so I restored the phone to its factory settings about 21 hours ago. I have used the phone a bit for surfing, watching movies, you tube, and using the calandar as well as being on the phone for 1 hour and 22 minutes. Wifi was on most of that time and I kept the phone on standby while I was't using it and while I slept.
I am happy to report that the usage is "somewhat" correct. It says that my total usage is 3 hrs 26 mins. However, even if you take the phone out of standby for a second it will record a minute or two of usage time. But it is not recording large amounts of usage while in standby and the battery is currently showing a 50 % charge. Which coincides with Apples battery specs.
In conclusion, the full restore seemed to work like a charm and the battery and the phone are doing great...As Advertised.
MacBook Core2Duo Black 2G Ram--iPhone 1.0   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

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