Battery Life Problems - Does Your Glow? - Page 13

lgennarell · 02-14-2008, 07:48 PM

this may be a dumb question (and is waaaay after the fact since i see you posted like 7 months ago), but did the phone on the left side of your pictures have on some sort of protective shield that included the screen? maybe that made the difference..

Buffy · 02-14-2008, 07:55 PM

No, there really is a difference between the one on the left and the one on the right. I also couldn't get a "full" charge (or the 'glow') initially. I took it off the charger, powered it down completely, and charged it overnight before turning the phone on again, and I've had the glow ever since.

lgennarell · 02-19-2008, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by Buffy

No, there really is a difference between the one on the left and the one on the right. I also couldn't get a "full" charge (or the 'glow') initially. I took it off the charger, powered it down completely, and charged it overnight before turning the phone on again, and I've had the glow ever since.

thanks. yeah, i saw the updated pictures (sorry -- i should've followed the thread further last time).
I also noticed "the glow" for the first time today (I've had the iphone for about ten days now). Yesterday, after charging my battery to what appeared to be full, i used it for a bit last night and it quickly drained about 5-10%. I put it back on the charger overnight and, upon waking, noticed the full battery appeared different: a thin faint halo around it -particularly at the top corners- and a faint, thin, green, hazy line just above the upper edge of the battery. I imagine this is what others refer to as "the glow". Perhaps this is the true full charge (after the trickle charging has completed).
I'm curious to see how this affects my usage for this cycle. Previously, it seemed shorter than i expected. As commented by others, the battery appears to drain very rapidly (visibly even) when surfing or watching youtube via the edge network. I haven't tried the wireless yet, but will later today.
I did a trial run of the battery two days ago.. with wireless and bluetooth off, and keeping the phone in airplane mode for all but one hour(sent two text messages and checked one e-mail), I was able to watch four movies back-to-back before it completely died (i.e. over 6 hours of usage). So that was reassuring. Of course, that trial run also left me cross-eyed.

Hawk · 02-19-2008, 08:55 PM

All of you do know that the Glow is just a picture, right? And no, mine is not glowing.