After upgrading my iPhone 3G to OS 3.0, I was really exited to start playing with all of the new features. Some of my favorites include spotlight, cut/copy/paste and push notifications. Unfortunately, immediately after installing the update, my battery life was terrible at best. I use my iPhone for work and receive over a hundred emails per day through our exchange server. Before the 3.0 upgrade, I could easily get through a day on 1 charge.

Apple products have not been kind to me over the past couple of months. For starters, about 2 months ago, the plastic on my iPhone’s back cracked right at the mute switch. This is a common problem that has been documented all over the internet ( link1, link2 ). Here’s a picture of mine: Soon after this happened, I purchased a second battery from the Apple store. Good thing I did, because the very next day, my original battery wouldn’t charge.