natasftw
Well-known member
Before restoring the phone try just to reset all settings in the general - reset option. Also reset your data usage in the usage tab and without doing anything for a day see if it shows something. In addition to everything mentioned above there could be a culprit app that is draining the same. Can you also tell us some of the JB apps that you have loaded?
Please never give that advice to a jailbroken phone again?
rgm, it sounds like you took his advice prior to the post on your own. You can not use that option after you jailbreak. As you see, it does bad things. If you're booting back up, you're doing better than most after pressing that button.
I think you're misunderstanding or incorrectly stating things. You're confusing a factory restore with a hard reset. A hard reset is accomplished by holding the home and power keys until power recycles. There is not an update to the iOS when you do this. It's essentially the same as turning the power off and back on. The most useful time to run a hard reset is when the devices becomes unresponsive so you're unable to simply power it down.
A factory restore requires plugging into iTunes. It may require you placing your phone into DFU mode prior to plugging it in to work. Again, things go crazy when you hit that button. This WILL update your iOS. Currently, you'll update to 6.1.4 and lose your ability to jailbreak. It sounds like you've already decided this is your best option. A heads up, I'm on 14.1 for my carrier as well. I'm on Verizon jailbroken 6.1.2 as well. I've never seen an update offered for the carrier.