Possible Fix for iPhone Battery Problems
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Having upgrading my original 1.0.2 version iPhone all the way up to version 1.1.4 and stopping at 1.1.1, 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 along the way, I noticed that the battery really seemed to drain much faster in versions 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 than it had using previous versions of the software. I was perusing the hacktin0sh forums last night and stumbled upon a discussion where some were claiming that flashing a bootloader from version 3.9 to 4.6 helped return the iPhone's battery drain to its normal levels. Because I recently used the dev team's fabulous pwnage tool, I had a copy of their bootloader flashing app, BootNeuter, on my phone. Among other things, BootNeuter can upgrade and downgrade the iPhone bootloader to and from versions 3.9 and 4.6. Without much hesitation, I fired up BootNeuter and "upgraded" to bootloader version 4.6. The quick and painless process finished in only a few minutes after which I hard booted my iPhone. Much to my surprise, my iPhone battery meter seems to not have even moved today. Normally, it would have drained close to half just sitting idle. It looks like it may have worked. If you've experienced the dreaded 1.1.4 battery drain problem, give BootNeuter and 4.6 a shot.
