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matt611

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I just got back from the apple store where I had hoped to get my 3GS - which is 3/4 yeard old - sent off for a new battery. However, the guy in the shop said that it wasn't needed as my battery was still operating at 90% and instead i should let the battery fully decharge and then fully recharge and also disable a few apps that have location settings as they drain the battery. It sounded to me as though i was being fobbed off, but why would they do that seen as I am paying for a new battery? I'm currently charging pretty much every day which i never used to do. Also i can't alsways let the phone fully decharge because this would happen when i was out an about so instead i have to charge in the morning when it still has 15% left.

Has anyone had any experience with apple and replacement batteries?
 
no changing batteries, but you are moaning you have to charge it once a day? mine gets charged twice a day and i still often run out of juice come evening... i have a 5...
 
Take it to one of the high street phone repair shops, they will replace your battery for around 25-30 quid fitted. I had one of my users across the water do exactly just that as his 3gs wasn't lasting a working day any more, 27 quid I think he paid, bolton direction.
 
Sounds like they were trying to be helpful, but I'm not sure you can tell the state of a battery just from looking at it. At the very least, they would need to do a full discharge/charge cycle and measure how much of a charge the battery takes.

How long have you had the phone? In ideal conditions, a battery should last about 1000 charge cycles. This equates to 3 years approximately, but in real world conditions probably 2 years.

Perhaps they are working on the premise that if you can still get a days use out of it, that it's ok, but that would depend on your typical usage. I guess from your comments that you used to get longer than a day?
 
no changing batteries, but you are moaning you have to charge it once a day? mine gets charged twice a day and i still often run out of juice come evening... i have a 5...

Only very rarely do I have to charge twice a day. I remember my old nokia 5110 would last for at least a week!

Sounds like they were trying to be helpful, but I'm not sure you can tell the state of a battery just from looking at it. At the very least, they would need to do a full discharge/charge cycle and measure how much of a charge the battery takes.

How long have you had the phone? In ideal conditions, a battery should last about 1000 charge cycles. This equates to 3 years approximately, but in real world conditions probably 2 years.

Perhaps they are working on the premise that if you can still get a days use out of it, that it's ok, but that would depend on your typical usage. I guess from your comments that you used to get longer than a day?

The guy was certainly helpful, but I can't help feeling that they give the same response to everyone who goes in there. I think i will leave it a week or two and see how i get on, if no improvement I'll go back; at the end of the day I'm paying for the battery, it's not like they are doing me a favour. Otherwise I'll take Brendy's advice, although for a little more money with apple you have the safety of a guarantee
 
My 4s is charged a minimum of once a day but then it gets rinsed from browsing and music to as have a few tracks for playing in car or if I get train as it saves carrying an iPod and a phone.

To be fair I think once a day charging is decent with modern phones but looking forward to next week when I can upgrade it as I'm bore of apple phones and going for a change to a windows phone for something a bit different and the fact it has a Carl zeiss camera and wireless charging, I do love a gimmick me!

If you think once a day charging is bad you Shod see my mates galaxy s4 is on constant charge as so many apps remain running it just rinses battery life and its the size of a small car.
 
My 4s is charged a minimum of once a day but then it gets rinsed from browsing and music to as have a few tracks for playing in car or if I get train as it saves carrying an iPod and a phone.

To be fair I think once a day charging is decent with modern phones but looking forward to next week when I can upgrade it as I'm bore of apple phones and going for a change to a windows phone for something a bit different and the fact it has a Carl zeiss camera and wireless charging, I do love a gimmick me!

If you think once a day charging is bad you Shod see my mates galaxy s4 is on constant charge as so many apps remain running it just rinses battery life and its the size of a small car.

Once a day on a 4 year old 3GS is good going. Apple are soon to take the original iPhone out of its updating as its "old tech". To spend money on a battery with apple on a 3GS is pretty pointless, I think the apple store was right.

My ipad2 has just stopped charging properly. I'm heartbroken!
 
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