WanderingWind
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I get a good 10-12 hours of battery life with normal use, about 7-8 with moderate use. Heavy use, about 5-6
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tHa_vIlLaMaN
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After going through four different cases - the Switch Easy Vulcan and NUDE, a CaseMate Gelli and a Griffin Reveal - I'm happy to report that I've finally found the perfect case, the Elago Breathe S4. It has a nice, slightly-rubberized feel that doesn't slide on surfaces, a raised 1mm edge to protect the glass in case it get's placed face-down, the perforated back looks like steel mesh, and a minimal profile. It's beautiful. It's honestly the best case I've ever used (Droid or otherwise).
Be careful with this case. I had it on my iPhone 4 for about 3 months, and while it looked good, when I finally took it off I saw it scratched the metal band horribly! Plus it made the back of the phone spotty from the dirt that got in between the holes and grinded between the case and the glass. The spots were permanent btw.
Be warned.
Leona Lewis
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That's horrible. Same thing happened with my SwitchEasy Nude for the 3GS. So much for buying a case to maintain resale value...
cuevas. PhD.
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Lock and home button at the same time I'm guessing.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Pushing both the home and sleep buttons on the phone at the same time.
edit: beaten.
You can take screenshots anywhere on an Iphone by holding the power button and then hitting the home button.
Synless
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so, the new iOS 5.1 beta is doing a great job, so far with the battery life.
looking good.
My battery life is nothing like yours, I wish I was getting that type of battery life.
What kind of use?
I get around 6-7 hours of usage on my 4.
If it seems really bad, back up, take it to Apple Store, exchange.
If you want something like that, then get the Speck Candyshell. One piece construction with s soft rubber lining that won't scratch, hard plastic shell to take a beating. It also has your usual refinements of port holes, volume buttons, power button, and a raised face to protect the screen.
https://www.speckproducts.com/iphone-case/iphone-4-case.html
Oh, great color selection too. And don't be fooled by the photos, the added bulk is minimal.
Treefingers
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What the hell? Thanks! I tapped the screen several times yesterday, and nothing came up. No, it shows a little slider along with a time display. Awesome. I knew Apple wouldn't let stuff like that happen
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
God dammit so hot..
Can I delete individual photos in the Photo Stream? Having everything in there without being able to delete it really annoys me. I know that it's related to iCloud by now at least, so I could just turn it off, I guess. But still, uploading everything to the Cloud without giving the user the choice seems to be a relly big oversight.
Actually, I don't understand that iCloud stuff anyway. I don't even know how I access it.
Actually, I don't understand that iCloud stuff anyway. I don't even know how I access it.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Proud new owner of a white 4s here. Let me tell ya sales people aT best buy and Verizon push the screen covers hard. Lady at Verizon said I needed one and I politely said no thanks Ive had an iPad since march and it doesn't have a scratch on it. She then says well, dont let any women with earrings use your phone. I just stood there and gave her a really!? Look. Oh yea before all that she point at the phone and says its glass like im some sort of moron. I think IT nerds need to wear a sin out that says I'm in IT please don't bullshit me.
Anyway I love this phone except I think I may have the battery problem. First day it was great I was using it to stream music to my AirTunes used the gps maps made a few calls and the battery was fine. Gave a full recharge when it was down to 20% cause we were going out for the night. Here's my "usage" since that time.
The problem is in that time I've gotten two texts and two emails and otherwise havnt used the phone as I've been asleep.
I know the battery should get better with more charges and all that.
Still love the phone, I would have never been able to post this from my old phone let alone take a screen shot upload it and then post that.
Edit: dropped 6% just making this post.
Anyway I love this phone except I think I may have the battery problem. First day it was great I was using it to stream music to my AirTunes used the gps maps made a few calls and the battery was fine. Gave a full recharge when it was down to 20% cause we were going out for the night. Here's my "usage" since that time.
The problem is in that time I've gotten two texts and two emails and otherwise havnt used the phone as I've been asleep.
I know the battery should get better with more charges and all that.
Still love the phone, I would have never been able to post this from my old phone let alone take a screen shot upload it and then post that.
Edit: dropped 6% just making this post.
Well, I've seen worse man, to be honest! 13 hours of standby time, en still 50% juice left.
Try draining the phone until it shuts itself of, and then fully recharging it to 100%, until the plug icon is displayed in the battery icon. If that doesn't help, delete mail accounts on your phone and manually add them back in again. If that doesn't help completely reset it, meaning wipe it clean and then manually without restoring, put all of your stuff like Apps and music back on it again. Also many people are turning 'Location Services' off, until hopefully Apple comes with a fix.
Try draining the phone until it shuts itself of, and then fully recharging it to 100%, until the plug icon is displayed in the battery icon. If that doesn't help, delete mail accounts on your phone and manually add them back in again. If that doesn't help completely reset it, meaning wipe it clean and then manually without restoring, put all of your stuff like Apps and music back on it again. Also many people are turning 'Location Services' off, until hopefully Apple comes with a fix.
It means that the phone has been unplugged (from full) for 1 day 13 hours and during that time it's been "on/used" 6 hours 59 minutes.
-Pyromaniac-
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My battery life seems quite good. Only thing I noticed is that it loses exactly 1% every hour while in sleep mode. Which isn't bad I assume.
Not bad when talking smartphones overall but when I had my iPhone 4 I could go through a night's sleep and lose 0-2% battery. Maybe their meters are more accurate now?
When plugging the iPhone to my computer, I get an error meassage in iTunes saying that my iPhone couldn't be connected due to the service "Apple Mobile Device" not being activated... But I can't start the service using the task manager either...
So, what's wrong? How to solve that problem? Anyone?
So, what's wrong? How to solve that problem? Anyone?
Proud new owner of a white 4s here. Let me tell ya sales people aT best buy and Verizon push the screen covers hard. Lady at Verizon said I needed one and I politely said no thanks Ive had an iPad since march and it doesn't have a scratch on it. She then says well, dont let any women with earrings use your phone. I just stood there and gave her a really!? Look. Oh yea before all that she point at the phone and says its glass like im some sort of moron. I think IT nerds need to wear a sin out that says I'm in IT please don't bullshit me.
Anyway I love this phone except I think I may have the battery problem. First day it was great I was using it to stream music to my AirTunes used the gps maps made a few calls and the battery was fine. Gave a full recharge when it was down to 20% cause we were going out for the night. Here's my "usage" since that time.
The problem is in that time I've gotten two texts and two emails and otherwise havnt used the phone as I've been asleep.
I know the battery should get better with more charges and all that.
Still love the phone, I would have never been able to post this from my old phone let alone take a screen shot upload it and then post that.
Edit: dropped 6% just making this post.
clearly the software is bugging out if usage time = standby time. I've had this happen before, and usually it can be solved by a reboot of the phone. There is likely an app that has crashed and failed to close in the background or something like that.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It was the same in the 4. They're all like it.
So I bought an iPhone 4S
it's white
and the camera is a big step up from the camera on my old phone
which had like, a hectopixel
actually the phone is a step up overall
I don't know if I have the battery problem yet, but thanks to this thread I know there might be a problem with the battery
I also get an iTunes error when the phone is not plugged into the computer, but that's nothing serious
it's white
and the camera is a big step up from the camera on my old phone
which had like, a hectopixel
actually the phone is a step up overall
I don't know if I have the battery problem yet, but thanks to this thread I know there might be a problem with the battery
I also get an iTunes error when the phone is not plugged into the computer, but that's nothing serious
Thats reassuring, i think.
My 4S has that rattle too (I always hear it when I place my phone down), but I think the consensus is it's actually the camera component making the rattle. Googling '4S Camera Rattle' will reveal quite a few similar posts with the same symptoms.
Leave it off. Put it in a bag of rice to help absorb water. Wait until dry and then try again.
But you may just be fucked.
If you plan to do a lot of recording, spring for the 32GB. Here is a good article explaining storage and the 1080p video.
http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2011/...-and-1080p-hd-video-should-i-go-32gb-or-64gb/
Keylime
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They are using a new vibration mechanism in the 4S vs. the 4 (at least compared to the AT&T version). I noticed it immediately. Much more powerful which is great because now I actually feel it in my pocket.
Brofist
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The nice thing is you now can make your own vibrate pattern.
twinturbo2
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Well, if I stick with Sprint, they're ready to give me a $150 discount on my next phone. All I need to to is sign a two-year contract with a monthly plan rate of $35 or higher, and I'm good to go.
If I can use the discount on a 64GB iPhone 4S and pay $250 out of pocket, I'm staying with Sprint and getting the 450 minute plan w/unlimited data for $80 a month. I don't need any more minutes, but after reading Wario64's tweets on how he had to download Infinity Blade II three times, I'm not risking a data cap surcharge.
If I can use the discount on a 64GB iPhone 4S and pay $250 out of pocket, I'm staying with Sprint and getting the 450 minute plan w/unlimited data for $80 a month. I don't need any more minutes, but after reading Wario64's tweets on how he had to download Infinity Blade II three times, I'm not risking a data cap surcharge.
Anything over 20 MB needs to be downloaded over wifi.
I just got a black 4s 32gig on sprint yesterday and omg this phone is legit! Light years ahead of my htc hero. Even if we just compare making a phone call or texting. The camera is amazing and siri is pretty cool. Texting while driving is pretty doable with it.
Does anyone have an in car mount for this phone? I run autox and rallyx and I've seen in car video recorded from an iphone and it looked and sounded pretty good. If I can find a decent windshield suction cup mount for a good price I might get it so I can get my record my runs.
Does anyone have an in car mount for this phone? I run autox and rallyx and I've seen in car video recorded from an iphone and it looked and sounded pretty good. If I can find a decent windshield suction cup mount for a good price I might get it so I can get my record my runs.
JaseMath
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Like every case, I'll remove it every week to clean underneath. In the 2 weeks I've owned it, it's nowhere near as bad underneath as with the Switch Easy cases I used. Thanks for the heads up.
How? Haven't seen a menu item for it
Brofist
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Thanks a lot! Now if only there were a way to set the time in between my text message alert reminders longer than 2 minutes...
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Huh... someone please pass that on to Wario, please.
Sprint's been good to me, though. That discount is going to be hard to pass up.
Keylime
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It should be fairly apparent if that's the problem he's running into. The error message literally says something to the effect of "apps over 20MB must be downloaded over WiFi. Please connect to a WiFi network and try your download again".
Otherwise I'm not sure what the problem would be. I downloaded Infinity Blade II on my iPad 2, and it instantly downloaded to by mine and my wife's iPhone's automatically all without a hitch. Updated all clients as well without a problem.
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