Up grading iPhone 3GS to OS4
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From: Chris Ridd on 8 Jul 2010 11:36 On 2010-07-08 16:34:36 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:35:43 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> On 2010-07-08, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The battery life of my 3GS seems the same with iOS4 as with 3.13, >>>>> here. Not any better, unfortunately. >>>> >>>> Right-o, thanks. SWMBO mentioned that hers seemed to be draining >>>> quicker, but she's not investigated fully yet. Might just need some >>>> settings resetting. >>> >>> I have been running it quite a while and haven't noticed any difference >>> either way. I guess it depends what apps you run though, not doing any >>> multitasking here >> >> She isn't -knowingly- multitasking. I think she's just playing Angry >> Birds more... > That would do it! Power hungry, those birds. I think more notifications are used by default in iOS 4, which sucks the juice a bit. You might want to try disabling them for a while to see if it makes a difference. -- Chris
From: Woody on 8 Jul 2010 11:38 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-08, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> The battery life of my 3GS seems the same with iOS4 as with 3.13, >>>> here. Not any better, unfortunately. >>> >>> Right-o, thanks. SWMBO mentioned that hers seemed to be draining >>> quicker, but she's not investigated fully yet. Might just need some >>> settings resetting. >> >> I have been running it quite a while and haven't noticed any > > difference >> either way. I guess it depends what apps you run though, not doing > > any >> multitasking here > > She isn't -knowingly- multitasking. I think she's just playing Angry > Birds more... Was a mistake getting that for the iPad. My iPad seems to go missing a lot in the evenings. Lucky I take it to work or she would never get anything done! -- Woody
From: Jim on 8 Jul 2010 11:42 On 2010-07-08, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> She isn't -knowingly- multitasking. I think she's just playing Angry >>> Birds more... >> That would do it! Power hungry, those birds. > > I think more notifications are used by default in iOS 4, which sucks > the juice a bit. You might want to try disabling them for a while to > see if it makes a difference. Good idea. I'll suggest that to her. Thanks. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Jim on 8 Jul 2010 11:43 On 2010-07-08, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >> She isn't -knowingly- multitasking. I think she's just playing Angry >> Birds more... > > Was a mistake getting that for the iPad. My iPad seems to go missing a > lot in the evenings. Lucky I take it to work or she would never get > anything done! I was very pleasantly suprised to find that the normal iPhone version upscales (x2) very nicely. I haven't bothered buying the HD version. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Woody on 8 Jul 2010 12:02
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-08, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> She isn't -knowingly- multitasking. I think she's just playing Angry >>> Birds more... >> >> Was a mistake getting that for the iPad. My iPad seems to go missing > > a >> lot in the evenings. Lucky I take it to work or she would never get >> anything done! > > I was very pleasantly suprised to find that the normal iPhone version > upscales (x2) very nicely. I haven't bothered buying the HD version. Never tried the iPhone one. I guess it probably doesn't downscale! -- Woody |