Fix Ultrasn0w iPhone Battery Drain
12/06/2010 05:33:00 PM - 0 comments
If you are one of the thousands of people out there who have an unlocked iPhone using Ultrasn0w on the 6.15.00 baseband then this article is definitely for you. If you are experiencing iPhone battery drain as many users are then the following should help.
According to iPhone hacker Sherif Hashim it is not redsn0w that is causing the problem but the process in which the iPhone is unlocked. This is happening when the iPhone is being activated using the pwnage tool or redsn0w instead of using the iPhone’s official network SIM that it was purchased with.
It should also be noted that the iPhone 4.2 and iPhone 4.2.1 are not like the older iOS’s and they seem to be constantly looking for valid push certificates using the Wi-Fi and through the network. If you check your data usage it will show this and this can be the cause of your battery drain as well as using up a lot of your data. There are a few solutions that have been released and these are:
1. Activate your iPhone using the official carrier SIM if you have it even if it is an old SIM and not working.
2. If you don’t have the SIM it has been suggested that you try to install SBsettings which can be found on Cydia and turn off the Wi-Fi and data when they are not in use. You should be aware that doing this will also shut down 3G and Edge.
According to reports jailbreak app developer @sbinger is currently working on a solution but there is no news as to when this will be finished. The good news is that a solution is being worked on.
There are some reports that disabling push notifications has helped with this battery drain problem too but there are other people who are claiming that this won’t do anything so if you want to try it that is something else. You can also try turning off location services as this has been reported to fix the problem too.
Until an official solution is released these are some of the things that you can do if you are experiencing battery drain on your iPhone.
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