Well, like everyone else who jumped in head first to the iPhone 3rd party app scene – one of the first things I did (because I’m a windows user) was install OpenSSH. If you’ve noticed the battery life slipping a little bit since adding some third party apps – chances are OpenSSH might be part of the problem.

So you’ve just finished hacking your iPhone and installed every application you could find, but what the heck happened to your battery life? In the process of installing various things, you’ve likely installed OpenSSH, the tool which allows remote login to your iPhone from a computer. The problem is, SSH requires that a listener called SSHD constantly runs, waiting for a remote login attempt. This in turn drains your battery. The solution is to disable SSHD when you don’t need it.

Hit the link below for the rest of the (super simple) how-to….

Regain Battery Life After Installing 3rd-Party Applications | iPhone Alley

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