jonnybryce said:
First, there's a chance you probably won't even notice, a lot of people that post about stuff online are really anal about nonsense. Second, you really don't need a protector unless you can't have a dedicated pocket for your iPhone (as in, it won't be with keys and chance bouncing around). I've used and recommend the Zagg Inivisible shield, but I'm not 100% sure if it's compatible with revo2. I cannot think of a reason why it wouldn't be, it's thin and covers the entire face of the iPhone. Check it out if you feel you need a protector.
True, I think the biggest way to protect your iPhone is to simply not stick it in your pocket with your keys. Besides scratching, you run the risk of bending over and the pressure of an object upon the glass just cracking it - not screen protector will help you there.
mrkgoo said:
I did a test of my iPhone 3G on 3.0 battery life last night.
Around 10pm, fully charged.
Played a game of scrabble, listened to a couple songs. Put it to sleep.
8am, I wake it up and it's giving the 20% warning. So it must've used at least 80% power over night with the actual usage coming in at about 15 minutes. Of course, the phone reports around 4 hours use - I've heard push notifications cause it to page using the GSM antenna all the time, and possibly the cause of the battery life drop. This makes sense - even though I have no data plan, push MUST be paging often to check. OR trying to connect. I know when I finally connect to wifi, a bunch of apple push servers show up on my router.
I've charged it close to full again, and am turning off push notifications for the day and see how I go.
I've been zeroing in on the drastic reduction in battery life since I upgraded to 3.0 (or maybe when I activated push notifications on BeeJive). I'm not talking like losing 10-20% - I'm saying reduction DOWN TO 20% of what I uses to get. I was able to go 2-3 days before (2 days on some use, 3 days on minimal), but now it's like I can't even let it go overnight without it draining - doing nothing.
1st test:
Overnight (around 12 hours):
Full charge. I have no 3G or bluetooth, but I have Wifi and push notifications on (email set to fetch manually). I checked it for a few minutes before sleeping it before going to sleep myself. In the morning, I get the 20% warning! The usage says something around 3.5 hours usage and 10.5 standby. Could this be right?
2nd test:
I recharge to
near full and take it to work, but this time I switch of push notifications. I get 4 hours usage and 12 hours standby. I used it slightly moderately (2 hours ipod, 1 hour wifi. Seems about the same. I was sure push notifications was the issue, but this would seem like it did nothing.
3rd test:
After installing a new version of skype, I REBOOTED the iPhone. I charged it to full, out it to sleep and went to bed. In the morning, I'm still reporting 100% power, with
1 min usage and 7 hours standby.
It's clear that this is how it's meant to be. Usage should be close to zero overnight - and the 3-4 hours usage I'm getting on other nights is what is causing the drain. It's like a background process is keeping the iPhone in use while in sleep (now you know why Apple want to discourage background apps). What is this process? A buggy app? Perhaps. My bet is still that it's a buggy push notification, or maybe even that's how it's supposed to work. Regardless of what people think, I believe push MUST maintain a connection with Apple servers - and maybe this connection is draining. I reckon a reboot cleared out my previous connection after I switched notifications off. Perhaps switching it off turns off alerts, but maintains the connection until you reboot. Maybe.
I think my iPhone will hold out the day again. I might try switching on push notifications again to see how it pans out later.
. Still early though
