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With virtually every iOS release come a number of reports of dramatically reduced iPhone battery life. iOS 4.1 is no exception–although many iPhone users experience better battery life after the update, a number have reported decreased battery life under similar normal operating circumstances. Fortunately, there are a few go-to fixes and workarounds for this issue: Fixes Disable/check [...]

If your iPhone battery is draining inordinately quickly, you may want to try turning off Facebook push notifications. AppleToolbox reader Kevin Flynn writes: “I had a similar problem, but found that tuning my Facebook app fixed it. Find ‘Settings’ and turn all the “push” options OFF for Facebook. If you can live without this, your battery charge [...]

After each iOS update, a small portion of users reported dramatically reduced battery life. There are a variety of causes for this issue, and a corresponding long list of fixes, including disabling location services, checking Internet tethering, deleting problematic apps, turning off Push, calibrating the battery, closing extraneous Safari windows, and restoring. Several users have now reported success with [...]