Comment by frank_boyd
13 years ago
It means you can trash your phone. It's worthless. The iTemple will welcome you for your next iPhone purchase - if you accept not to indulge in any iBlasphemy.
The 12 hours are in stand-by (no screen/wifi/bluetooth/phone usage/message usage whatsoever).
And I had 3-4 days before the "upgrade".
In my case I just "upgraded" the OS on my 3GS to the current state: v. 3.1.6 (after having refrained from doing so for a very very long time - precisely because I had read about the drastic battery drainage at the time). So no beta software was involved.
EDIT: Here's an example of a thread in the "support" forum: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4325659?start=15&tstart... (I have tried every "solution" I could find on the net - nothing has fixed this. Which means we must assume this is strategy, not temporary bugs.)
It's called a BETA for a reason :-) The 3GS was released in 2009 which is quite a long time ago in technology terms so to expect it to be able to handle a more CPU-intensive update easily is a bit silly.
Did you even read?
> It's called a BETA for a reason
My "upgrade" was NOT BETA.
> The 3GS was released in 2009 which is quite a long time ago in technology terms so to expect it to be able to handle a more CPU-intensive update easily is a bit silly.
It worked perfectly BEFORE the "upgrade" (batter life: 3-4 days!), why would it not AFTER the "upgrade"? I mean, the "upgrade" was SPECIFICALLY coded for the 3GS. If it's "bricked" after the "upgrade", that says it all.
You have to be a sheep if you accept Apple "bricking" your device just like that.
EDIT: Ok, seems like I have enraged the iGods with some critical thinking.
No offence, but what does that have to do with iOS7's battery life? It seems you just wanted to start screaming about how everyone that buys Apple is a 'sheep' and use some terrible puns. You do tend to get downvoted if you don't contribute anything to the conversation.
You said my 'phone is useless now' which is completely incorrect. I wouldn't expect it to have perfect battery life in a BETA...
2 replies →
Blame it on the "iGods" if you want, but your ridiculous all-caps whinging is what earned this a down-vote from me.
Did your device get bricked? That sucks, it's never fun. Did you take it in to get it unbricked? Everyone I know that's had hardware trouble like that has had their phone either fixed or, surprisingly, replaced. If the OS is designed to run on your phone and it doesn't, that's a defect, and you're entitled to a fix.