iPhone plugged into power running icam app-Battery seriously discharges anyway

[Bill Stewart]

I am having a problem when I use the icam app to monitor my home for an extended time. I have my iPhone plugged into power while using the icam app. If I check the battery with a battery app I see that the battery has actually discharged from where it was when I plugged in the power cord and started the icam app. I did not think there would be a problem if I used the power cord. Does this make any sense at all? A few times I have not checked quickly enough and the battery would be at single digits even though it is plugged into power! Can the app use more "juice" from the battery than the power cord can supply? This has happened consistently for me and if there are any suggestions as to what I should do, please let me know. Thanks. Bill

[Stefan]

Is your battery display in the top-right corner of the screen showing something different than another battery app? I have left iCam running in the dock for more than a day without any issue.

[Bill Stewart]

Basically, I plug in the Apple charger to the wall, plug it in the phone and the top right little battery icon shows the charging icon. I open icam and have it on one camera using earphones - so i'm just watching one camera with audio. When I have stopped and looked at the battery it is sometimes in the teens. I have tried some tests of running icam and then stopping to open a battery monitor that also shows "charging" OR "discharging" - even though the phone is plugged in, it will show discharging for a bit and then switch to charging. It may be something else, but I have only had this happen when I have used the icam for an extended time viewing one camera - where the iphone is plugged into power and ends up with less battery than when I have been viewing icam. Anything you would suggest I try to help identify that it is not either icam or how I am using it. Thanks for your time and help. Bill

[Stefan]

Another thing you could try is to play a video through the iPod app for the same amount of time and see how that goes, since it's going to keep the screen "on" instead of letting it auto-lock and go to sleep.

[Alex]

it might not be icam, check if your pushing email or otherthings, push drains alot of battery and also did you get the last update apple sent.  there were issues with massive power drains while in sleep mode. update should resolve that issue.

[Bill Stewart]

Sorry. I have been sick and just got a chance to look at this again. I will try the video suggestion Stefan and let you know. Basically, I guess my question is "If the ipnone is plugged into power, should anything be able to cause the battery to drain?"

[Stefan]

"If the ipnone is plugged into power, should anything be able to cause the battery to drain?"

I wouldn't think so, but it does seem more of a hardware question than a software one, as we don't have any direct control over how much power is used by our applications.