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>> My 3GS battery is failing badly, going essentially to zero by 6 pm.
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>> When I double click the home button, it shows Safari, Game Center, Phone, Mail and multiple others still running.
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>> How do I shut off programs? I've tried by turning off notifications, shutting down bluetooth, and Mail is only to check once an hour. The only thing left is to put it in Airport mode or simply power it off.
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> Hold down one of those running icons for a few seconds. Then they wiggle just like the desktop icons. You can then delete the programs that you want to stop.

Of course, many of the programs displayed in the "rapid-switching" tray may not actually be running. It simply displays the last 40-odd Apps that were run.

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