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I have a problem with the B&& newest version.
I loaded my Orbit and go sleep. At the next mornig are the Batery low 1% and this is every day..
I have this problem only at this new version.
What i can do that the Batery are not so fast going to low..
Sry for my bad english.
Did you leave your WiFi on ?
i have Wifi OFF
i had the same problem last night charged my phone till about 1.00am fully charged then went to sleep this morning i woke to a phone call and tom tom loaded on answer. 2 seconds later phone flat at 0% and would not switch back on. Is this phone prone to wasting its battery for no reason????
No,it actually has quite a good battery.
I had this problem with another ROM, but since I am using B&B 4.3 everything is fine...
I think this has to do with radio rom. I have 03.07.90 version now on my device and I have noticed it discharging something like 30%-40% faster than the previous version(02.98.90). Tho i think this new radio rom is of better quality comunicationwise.
Anyone else noticed this?
many ROMs come with overclocking features... not only that, but i've also seen a few ROMs where those features come ENABLED by default.
a friend of me had a older B&B rom (if i remember correctly) and his P3300 battery lasted for only 10 hours or so.
turns out his 200mhz processor was on 300mhz something (347 i think) all the time. the application "batterystatus" was not well configured, i fixed it for him and his problems ended.
i don't over or underclock my P3300, but tcpmp seems to underclock to 175mhz when playing movies, and that's nice imho as long as it clocks back to 200mhz when done, hehe.
my battery lasts usually 3-4 days depending on how many phonecalls i have, how often i sync with BT, etc.
for example:
monday 8:00 i unplugged the phone from charger. did a few phonecalls that day, a bit of bluetooth sync and not much more.
tuesday 8:00 battery was at around 82% if i recall correctly. that day i watched movies and played MP3 for around 3h. used tomtom 15 minutes, used agilemessenger with wifi on for 3h. and when i went to bed at 01:00am the battery was down to 5% which i think is excellent for all the use i gave the phone during the day.
i could have charged it before, as i always have a USB cable with me (i use the 4GB sdhc as "flash drive") but i wanted to see "how far i could go"
meh, i dont think that is the case. I use my dvice overcloaked to max all the time with all the roms i have used. Apps that i use stay the same. So that should not be affecting batery.
In my case, the main thing is the GPRS conection. If I want my battery to survive more than one day, I need to use NoData program to manage the GPRS.
The diferent ROMS I have tried made small diferences between them, compared with this matter.
I found whats sucking my battery. Its battery status. BB4.3 default is 247mhz which is already overclocked. Set it back to 201mhz and disable Battery status from Displaying in the Today screen and thats it! Long battery life!!!
I changed my email checking frequency setting and set it to dld only headers instead of header+5k body.
atm it seems as if battery is lasting longer, but still testing.
The TP2 has been out long enough that I think we can get a pretty good idea of it's video, graphical, and system performance. For those who have had one, what are your thoughts?
-Video
-3D/Graphics
-System
The battery life is terrible even with everything running at a minimal so hopefully hard spl and a new rom will sort it out.
Mine wont last more than 8 hour with data connection and push mail
can anyone say what the 3.2 mp camera's picture quality is like? any sample shots?
shadixs said:
Mine wont last more than 8 hour with data connection and push mail
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Wow, you sure you don't have a faulty device or battery? Or perhaps it's something you installed? 8 hrs is not normal.
I have push mail on during the day, push internet checking every 3 hrs, and I use the web browser quite heavily and I always end up with about 30-40% charge at the end of the day.
shunsai said:
can anyone say what the 3.2 mp camera's picture quality is like? any sample shots?
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Not very good, but certainly not bad. There are sample shots in many reviews of the device. Just check those out.
The overall concensus appears to be that it'll not replace your digital camera. Use it for casual shots and for using World Card Mobile. If you're expecting more, than you will be dissapointed.
my performance
ohyeahar said:
Wow, you sure you don't have a faulty device or battery? Or perhaps it's something you installed? 8 hrs is not normal.
I have push mail on during the day, push internet checking every 3 hrs, and I use the web browser quite heavily and I always end up with about 30-40% charge at the end of the day.
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8 hours is normal for most of my WM devices, TP2 actually give me an hour more (9 hours) if you need more juice, consider an extended batttery like i do, it last me for more than 15 hours.
gunggu said:
8 hours is normal for most of my WM devices, TP2 actually give me an hour more (9 hours) if you need more juice, consider an extended batttery like i do, it last me for more than 15 hours.
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I really can't understand what you are doing with your phones.
I charged the phone over night and connected it to WiFi and am playing MP3 music since 6:00 in the morning with the display on. Every 30minutes my 3 EMail accounts are being checked. Additionally, I have written and received about 40 SMS today and made 3 phone calls.
Now it's 13:30, so it's running for 7,5hours under this conditions yet, and the battery is at 57%.
I can't imagine a way to drain the battery even faster, except GPS. No matter what I am doing, the battery at least lasts for a day.
Considering the fact that I am not playing MP3 the whole day normally, I get 3 days out of my battery in general -the same as with the SonyEricsson Xperia I had before.
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I really can't understand what you are doing with your phones.
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I get 3 days out of my battery in general -the same as with the SonyEricsson Xperia I had before.
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I second that. I have regular mail checks, browser use and calls on my phone and i see 3 days of battery life all the time with some exceptions in one or the other direction. The only thing which wastes battery like hell is tethering which will drain a charge in about 6 to 8 hours depending on the traffic.
My TP2 can last 1,5 to 2 days with average use... but only with Edge, because as soon as I activate 3g it berely last 6 to 8 hours... 3g and GPS are the two things that drains the battery faster. That is my experience...
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I currently have the Universal. It seems that the TP2 is slower. Particularly with video. I watch videos while flying. Am I going to be disappointed with this phone compared to my universal?
skycamefalling said:
I really can't understand what you are doing with your phones.
I charged the phone over night and connected it to WiFi and am playing MP3 music since 6:00 in the morning with the display on. Every 30minutes my 3 EMail accounts are being checked. Additionally, I have written and received about 40 SMS today and made 3 phone calls.
Now it's 13:30, so it's running for 7,5hours under this conditions yet, and the battery is at 57%.
I can't imagine a way to drain the battery even faster, except GPS. No matter what I am doing, the battery at least lasts for a day.
Considering the fact that I am not playing MP3 the whole day normally, I get 3 days out of my battery in general -the same as with the SonyEricsson Xperia I had before.
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Well, I'm connected 24/7 via gprs ad push mail on (exchange, with "as items arrive" setting), 2 other yahoo accounts with SEVEN, palringo.
100+ mails a day
40-60 messages
and bad gprs connection
and most of the time I feel the phone warm even in standby mode
I don't think this is a defect. since my tytn II wont last for more than 8 hours too. but when i gave it to my wife, the battery last for 2 DAYS!!!.. (she doesn't use push email or palringo, just facebook sometimes).
maybe I should turn the data off for 1 or 2 days someday and observe the battery usage..
mtcchef said:
The battery life is terrible even with everything running at a minimal so hopefully hard spl and a new rom will sort it out.
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Battery life is excellent for me. I have activated "energy saving" from "diamond Tweak software).
Even GPS with voice (GARMIN XT), it lasts 3 hours on battery.
Corrupto said:
My TP2 can last 1,5 to 2 days with average use... but only with Edge, because as soon as I activate 3g it berely last 6 to 8 hours... 3g and GPS are the two things that drains the battery faster. That is my experience...
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Hi,
How can you activate edge only?
Thanks for all the input guys. However, the original purpose of this thread was more for how responsive (sluggish) the phone was. Is menu transition and program start up snappy? Are there any delays throughout the phone or has that been ironed out? I've got a mogul and even with custom roms from XDA it's still very sluggish. Always has been.
It is HTC's graphical drivers. There are a few XDA born ones which help but they are no substitute for a proper HTC issued one.
skycamefalling said:
I really can't understand what you are doing with your phones.
I charged the phone over night and connected it to WiFi and am playing MP3 music since 6:00 in the morning with the display on. Every 30minutes my 3 EMail accounts are being checked. Additionally, I have written and received about 40 SMS today and made 3 phone calls.
Now it's 13:30, so it's running for 7,5hours under this conditions yet, and the battery is at 57%.
I can't imagine a way to drain the battery even faster, except GPS. No matter what I am doing, the battery at least lasts for a day.
Considering the fact that I am not playing MP3 the whole day normally, I get 3 days out of my battery in general -the same as with the SonyEricsson Xperia I had before.
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I guess you aren't a heavy user. Me and one of my collegues can empty the battery in about 5hrs...
That's with bluetooth on, HSDAP connection, 10min checkup on exchange server (with about 20-30emails and calendar changes in those 5 hrs) and about 1-2 hrs calling.
The phone gets a bit warm, but that would be understandable I guess...
My experience with the battery life is that it's pretty good. Better then with my old HTC Vox.
It checks my gmail and hotmail every 15min. When at work i don't really use my phone. With some spare time it gets to the end of the day easily with some music playing in the morning (when going to work) and some in the evening (when going home). And allot of browsing in between.
Overall, for the performance and big screen you get. The battery life seems really good to me. When i got my phone i discharged it to ~10% and then let it charge 24 hours. After that i started using my phone till ~10% battery charge again and charged it till it was full.
Maybe this method helped a bit in the battery life? I currently have my TP2 for 5 days, so i'm still playing aroudn with it allot. But with normal use i could get 2 days easily with my usage.
Grtz,
FeareX
So how does this perform with Diamond Hologram, how many FPS?
I'm assuming that, this device like all other HTC's with the 7201a processor, suffer from bad performance.
I have mine ordered, but I'm not expecting it to be any faster then my touch PRO, if anything slower, since there are no custom roms as of yet
I was wondering what others are experiencing as far as battery life on their TP2 or other variants?
My experience so far has been very disappointing. As soon as I unplugged my device and sent one text message it went down to 95% and watched it drop to 94% shortly after. 20 minutes later I'm down to 90%. I do have some things running in the background; Email (Outlook Exchange, 2 Gmail accounts that check for mail every 2 hours) and palringo mostly but that's it. I've even turned off 3G with no help. Has anybody experienced this as well or do I just have a bum battery? Please shed some light on this for me. Thanks in advance.
I sync with various sources every 15min via 3G, definitely have a bum battery.
I have the Tilt 2 and, coming from the Tilt, have been very pleased. Worked a night last night and removed the phone from charge at ~11pm. Used internet for a total of about 30 minutes and a few various apps for a short time. Used net again in browser for another 30 minutes this morning. Not a significant amount of use but right now, at 1:30pm, I am at 80% charge (standard battery meter). My Tilt would be probably 30% by now or worse. The net really seems to suck the life out of it.
I would think you have a battery issue unless you're using different battery software. It might not be reporting correctly. Either way, something's up. Good luck!
I have an unbranded Touch Pro2 and have been very pleased with the battery life on my device, it's much better than any other similar device I've had before.
I tend to leave the phone enabled for about 12 hours per day and have the device auto collect emails hourly. I have WiFi enabled all the time and frequently use the device for email, web browsing, RSS feeds etc.
Even when I've been using the device a lot I tend to get about 3-4 days' use before the battery gets low. Even then it's probably no lower than 20% so I could probably carry on a bit longer if I wanted.
I'm using a Tilt 2 and so far the battery experience has been excellent. Its so much better than the Fuze (which would nearly be dead before dinner time).
I have Outlook set to sync every 60 minutes, Windows Live set to sync every 30 minutes, and I'm a heavy texter. I also like to play with the applications when I'm bored (like Google Maps w/GPS). So I use the phone quite a bit throughout the day.
It does sound like you either have a defective battery or as someone mentioned, your battery software isn't reporting correct battery levels.
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I have an unbranded TP2 and use it mostly just for the phone and a little bit of WiFi and one sync a day. Also play games and watch movies. The phone is unmodified and I can watch a full length movie (from the storage card) and be down only one bar on the battery. I could probably watch two full length movies without any problem. Normally I top my battery off every two days, but almost never go lower than one bar down.
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I was wondering what others are experiencing as far as battery life on their TP2 or other variants?
My experience so far has been very disappointing. As soon as I unplugged my device and sent one text message it went down to 95% and watched it drop to 94% shortly after. 20 minutes later I'm down to 90%. I do have some things running in the background; Email (Outlook Exchange, 2 Gmail accounts that check for mail every 2 hours) and palringo mostly but that's it. I've even turned off 3G with no help. Has anybody experienced this as well or do I just have a bum battery? Please shed some light on this for me. Thanks in advance.
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Palringo could be it...
Check background processes and see if there's anything that's cpu-intensive
strikeIII said:
I was wondering what others are experiencing as far as battery life on their TP2 or other variants?
My experience so far has been very disappointing. As soon as I unplugged my device and sent one text message it went down to 95% and watched it drop to 94% shortly after. 20 minutes later I'm down to 90%. I do have some things running in the background; Email (Outlook Exchange, 2 Gmail accounts that check for mail every 2 hours) and palringo mostly but that's it. I've even turned off 3G with no help. Has anybody experienced this as well or do I just have a bum battery? Please shed some light on this for me. Thanks in advance.
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Try it without Palringo. From my experience with the Tilt and the Fuze it is a battery killer.
The first 2-3 days I had my Tilt2, the battery seemed to drain really fast. I even charged it up before using it like the manual said to. By the end of each day, the battery was at or below 50% which really surprised me since my Blackjack 2 would last about 3 days on a charge.
After religiously plugging it in every night when I go to bed, the battery life seems to have stabilized. I haven't done any tweaks, hacks, or ROMs other than hide a few TouchFLO screens that I won't be using. I have bluetooth, 3G, and push email enabled.
So, give it a few days and it might get better. I think it might be the battery driver trying to equalize itself or something. If you don't see an improvement, maybe a warranty exchange is in order?
Had a sprint TP2 and I was lucky if it wasn't shot by 9pm everyday. Have a tilt2 now and I'm getting about 2 days out of it.
EDIT: Not a heavy user so YMMV.
Much better than my Fuze. I could easily go two days with it. My Fuze was out of juice at the end of one day.
i've had the touch, touch pro and now using touch pro 2... i'm by far pleased and impressed by tp2... plus there is an app that somehow controls the battery life, a friend hooked me up with it... look it up
Battery life isn't bad for me. I think it a little better than my Kaiser (original Tilt).
I've traditionally done battery usage measurements for giggles, done it on my last few phones, and so far my measurements on the Tilt 2 are equivalent to the Tilt I replaced.
Backlight on 100% is a little higher, I suspect the backlight itself is brighter. The idle and standby is the same, battery usage with Flexmail online (2 online imap mailboxes) is the same, I believe the GPS was a little lower but I haven't done much testing with it yet, not significantly different.
I think it's just the battery conditioning period, plus there's the New Toy battery syndrome. Batteries tend to get worn down faster when the device is a New Toy.
not as good as it should be
I don't have much going on in this phone, it does hourly look up the emails, but by the end of a day when I rarely get or make calls, the battery is low and needs recharging. Very surprised, was expecting the two-three days' charge others above had mentioned.
Though it's not fantastic, it's a whole lot better than my Tilt, so it seems very good in comparison. If you have bad battery life, try closing CPU intensive background services, and using Advanced config, set an inactivity timeout to disconnect from HSPA/GSM (I use 5 minutes of inactivity). Also, enable most if not all of the power saving features in advanced config. Reboot, and you'll find that your battery should last longer. Also, you might want to check your radio version, as there are definately more battery intensive ones (like my current one).
I figured I'd tack onto this thread. I just got my Tilt 2 and I'm curious about battery conditioning. Is there some way that I should condition my battery during my first period of use?
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taz
tp2 battery is one the best...if you need longer life get another battery..dont forget this is a mini pc
I'm not really having any problems with the battery. I was just wondering if there was something specific I could do with the new phone to condition the battery out of the box to make it perform at peak efficiency. I thought I read somewhere that you should fully charge and then fully drain the battery several times when you first use the phone before ever "topping it off"...
replaced mine
the battery I got in Oct 09 with the TMo TP2 was getting a full charge, then without doing much of anything but one call or one note in a 6 hr period, the battery was already at the red level of <=10%.
Called TMo about this back in Nov, then again in early January they agreed and sent a new battery. The new one is doing much much better at holding the charge. I don't know what the issue was, but that they replaced it without much question has me believing there was an upgrade in the battery technology.
Today was my first day at work since i got my Desire on Sat. So it was the day without regular charging.
Firstly, reception was poor as compared to what i was getting with Touch Pro 2. Same network (Orange), same place, less signal bars and less 3G coverage.
Secondly, unplugged phone 7 o'clock this morning, 100% charged. All day only had time for couple of calls (10-15mins). Used internet (3G when available) for max 20-30mins. Tried couple of games for 15-20 mins and at 7 o'clock at night, the battery was 15%. This is not a heavy use by my standards. Used to do a lot more on Touch Pro2 and battery used to last 2-3days. (I know the capaciy difference btw Desire and TP2 battery but still, Desire should last atleat > 24hours)
Not sure if all these issues are related to Orange ROM/Radio. Will we (on Orange) get OTA firmware update like T-mobile, which has apparently improved their battery life? If not then ...... :-(. Not satisfied with the battery life. Shame it is such a good phone but battery life and signal strength is putting me off.
Whats the fun if you have a "superphone" in your pocket but cannot use it to its full potential due to these two isuues.
Mine was the same,
But after a weeks worth of usage, its now reasonable, IE 18 hours between charges,
Fon22
I totally agree, there are other posts telling us to turn off or reduce all sorts of settings, its ridiculous that you would have to run any phone at less than its full potential just to compensate for a poor battery.
Sure you could buy a second battery but if that was necessary then they should put two in the box
If you leave gps on then you are asking for trouble, a lesser extent wifi. Having a toggle on off isn't such a hardship though. Poor signal hammers the battery too.
I easily last the working day (7-7) with an hour of music and 2 hours surfing and a smattering of calls and texts.
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If you leave gps on then you are asking for trouble, a lesser extent wifi. Having a toggle on off isn't such a hardship though. Poor signal hammers the battery too.
I easily last the working day (7-7) with an hour of music and 2 hours surfing and a smattering of calls and texts.
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Come on guys, if you have a laptop, and you turn on bluetooth, wi-fi, play some games etc, it WILL run the battery down faster. It's just common sense. Just because this phone does heaps of things, dosn't mean it will last forever. As phones get more features, they are getting worse battery life - in general. And android is a data centric device, I would get used to it, or simply turn off some synching features if you need to get through more than half a day. Or perhaps get a spare battery etc.
Just out of curiosity did you have your previous phone to constantly sync throughout the day for time, email, google account, marketplace updates, location, weather using gps, 3g, hsdpa, accelerometer etc? Remember some of these connect are activated every 5 mins or so. Will make it worse if you have poor reception. COMMON SENSE PPL!
My issue is that even after the T-Mobile update, last night I charged phone on this time and it would only get to 98% again. Then drop down quickly.
If I charge it off, It seems to be ok (although I will test this again.)
Frustrating.
My battery life is woeful (TMo uk, updated firmware). I've been trying to figure it out using Juice Plotter to record power usage. Basically, whatever I'm doing, if it's on the battery falls off a cliff - I'd say 10% per 30m and my first impression is that it makes little difference whether networking is enabled or not. This makes little sense to me, I've always found in the past that 3G is just about the most power intensive activity on the smartphone, but it's consistent with some experiences I had flashing roms on my Blackstone - some of them would just run the battery down, others would go for ages. One hypothesis is that when a phone is in that kind of "sick" power state, the drain is not really related to which facilities you're using, but something deeper - perhaps the CPU is running full throttle all the time, or something else. I have no idea what's going on right now but I know I have an unusable phone which lasts half the time my Blackstone did with heavier use. I think many others have the same problem and I wonder if there's a bad batch. Bad news if so as we'd have trouble proving it and getting exchanges.
My next step I think will be to hard reset and run it in a very basic mode for a while, maybe some of the apps are causing it.
I'm also finding out that battery life improves dramatically after the 5th 6th charge. When I first got my Desire I could barely make it through the day, after properly charging and letting it discharge all the way to 10-15% now I get 18-20h of battery life with wi-fi on non stop (but with the setting to to turn itself off after 15mins of inactivity).
I was very worried about this when I first got the phone, but now it's starting to be better and better at battery life. I know my demands from a smartphone when I buy it and if a phone get's me through the day I'm OK with that, plus I have chargers at home, in my car, at work, so it's not a problem
I've got one of the very first batch of T-mobile Desires that were shipped on 26th March. It has been updated with the T-mobile 1.15.110.11 patch.
I last charged it on Saturday afternoon. I've only had to start charging it again this morning Tuesday. I've been making a few calls, probably 10-15 minutes total. A few texts. Browsing with G and 3G, maybe a few of hours worth in total. Little bit of Bluetoothing, though that's only a couple of minutes worth. I've had it down the pub a few hours where the T-mobile signal isn't brilliant, so it will have been doing a little "shouting" to find and communicate with the nearest T-mobile mast.
But that means it's lasted a good 66 hours admittedly with fairly moderate use. GPS, Wifi and Bluetooth are turned off unless needed. And it's not regularly Syncing with Facebook, Twitter and all that stuff. The only regular syncing is the weather.
Not sure if these are bugs with some hardware/software or standard functionality with your usages. I'm getting excellent battery life with my usage patterns/settings and far happier with this than with any of my previous devices, since this adds an exorbitant amount of power-draining functionality and flexibility over them too.
- Heaviest use is netting 28-33 hours.
- Typical use is getting minimum 3-3.5 days.
- Light use (also the norm for me me) lasted 5.5-6 days.
- Basic inconsistent call/message/email/net/stocks/news/stop watch/GPS/ compass/notepad/office/weather/ vid/pic/audio throughout the day kept the battery at 84% after 24 hours. 3G off, using WiFi. I don't keep any but the needy apps/settings running BTW.
- Charges to 100% always and stays up there consistently as expected.
However there is a pertinent aspect yet unmentioned;
Biggest difference between my usage and the typical internet crowd is that I don't use or bother with "social networking" (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc) or its likes nor do I play any games on this (hence sync with such apps is off and any updates are set to manual). However rss feeds, e-mail and IMs with close ones I do use during the day when I have spare minutes.
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I've got one of the very first batch of T-mobile Desires that were shipped on 26th March. It has been updated with the T-mobile 1.15.110.11 patch.
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Same situation as mine there.
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I'm deffo leaning now that there are faulty batteries out there causing the problem. I can get good life if I can get the battery to charge properly. but when it doesn't battery lasts hardly half a day. I don't use any apps that require automatic updates (all manual or off). But net on drains it very quickly (if I leave data on). Faulty Batteries I feel.
My Desire has a better ability to hang on to a weak signal than my other phones. I am on T-mobile. Battery life is adeqaute, in that, I can get through a day of use before a charge is needed. Will switch-off GPS and see what happens -I never had GPS on all the time on my other Smartphones.
Coming from a G1 that could barely make it through the day on standby this phone seems pretty good.
I got mine last friday it has just come off of it's third charge. I charged it for 3 hours when I got it, ran it right down >10% then left to charge up fully again.
I installed JuiceDefender and bought the UltimateJuice upgrade as soon as I got the phone.
Day 2 (with JuiceDefender) - battery lasted 13h27m, thats with WiFi, phone calls, MMS, 3g, internet browsing/showing it off to mates in the pub and then listening to an album on spotify in the car.
Considering this is a new battery and it still needs several charges before it is working at full capacity, I think that is pretty good for a smart phone! It can only get better, right?
JuiceDefender - I can't recommend this app enough, I don't want to mess about with Task Killers (that don't really save battery), I don't want to stop stuff syncing (because thats the whole point of this phone) but I want to optimize my battery life to get me through the day and this app does it so well!
I've currently got it setup to turn 2g/3g off when in standby but set to turn data back on every 5mins for 30s to allow apps to sync. You can specify a longer interval which will obviously save more battery over the course of a day. The phone connects back to a 2/3g connection so quick when you bring it out of standby so your not waiting around to get back online.
Switch on WiFi at known locations - I have this setup because at home, 3g signal is a bit patchy and it probably uses more battery constantly trying to get a 3g signal all the time, than it does if it is just connected to WiFi.
Turn data off between 2am-8am while I am sleeping.
Turn data off when battery is below 15% - with my G1 it would hit 15% just as I'd be heading home on the train in the evening, so I'd turn data off just so I could send a few texts or so I had just enough battery to make a call. So I figured I might as well use that last 15% battery for basic phone operation and give me enough battery to get home! I probably don't need this with the Desire though.
Any one else using JuiceDefender?
th3 said:
Not sure if these are bugs with some hardware/software or standard functionality with your usages. I'm getting excellent battery life with my usage patterns/settings and far happier with this than with any of my previous devices, since this adds an exorbitant amount of power-draining functionality and flexibility over them too.
- Heaviest use is netting 28-33 hours.
- Typical use is getting minimum 3-3.5 days.
- Light use (also the norm for me me) lasted 5.5-6 days.
- Basic inconsistent call/message/email/net/stocks/news/stop watch/GPS/ compass/notepad/office/weather/ vid/pic/audio throughout the day kept the battery at 84% after 24 hours. 3G off, using WiFi. I don't keep any but the needy apps/settings running BTW.
- Charges to 100% always and stays up there consistently as expected.
However there is a pertinent aspect yet unmentioned;
Biggest difference between my usage and the typical internet crowd is that I don't use or bother with "social networking" (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc) or its likes nor do I play any games on this (hence sync with such apps is off and any updates are set to manual). However rss feeds, e-mail and IMs with close ones I do use during the day when I have spare minutes.
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WOW, can I have your battery please ...
What did u do to get this powerhouse. Was it weaker in the begining and got better with charges or was it like this from the begining?
I dont use GPS at all. Only for navigation, when in car and then it is on charge. Normal day.. no gps, no auto data connection - do it manually when internet connecttion is neede. But battery doesn't last a day, merely 12-14 hours. Charged 3 times yet, only 3 days old Desire.
I cant find juice defender in the market?
When I first got my Hero I remember my battery life being terrible, most of it was down to fiddling all the time, however over time my usage changed and the battery had been charged a lot the life was a lot better. Also there were a number of radio upgrades installed, which probably helped.
Since I've got my Desire, the "desire" to fiddle hasn't stopped and I feel as if I'm in the same situation as I was with the Hero.
My opinion is that over time the battery life will be better, as with the Hero.
callummc said:
I cant find juice defender in the market?
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Yes both Ultimate Juice and Juice Defender are in the Market.
Juice defender was missing for me a couple of hours ago. But actually, when I installed it thinkgs started to go wrong for me. May be a coincidence, or may be a conflict with some other sw.
Following shocking power drain, I have hard reset, and left it with nothing syncing and all networking disabled. As you'd expect, battery level is barely falling in standby. Now to start adding things back in and see what efects it has. First step is to spend 30 mins browsing over 3g, previously this would take out 10% of my battery.
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Yes both Ultimate Juice and Juice Defender are in the Market.
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It's not there for me either currently, neither is mybackup pro... :/
hey everyone, thought i wanna ask everyone here since im tired of my ipod....do you think my tilt 2 will survive at least 4 to 5 hours of music with a couple of received and sent sms here and there and also hourly update on twitter with 3G connection? and how much roughly will i have left on the battery?
if you got an advice thats useful please let me know thanks
XERO_Racer said:
hey everyone, thought i wanna ask everyone here since im tired of my ipod....do you think my tilt 2 will survive at least 4 to 5 hours of music with a couple of received and sent sms here and there and also hourly update on twitter with 3G connection? and how much roughly will i have left on the battery?
if you got an advice thats useful please let me know thanks
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It should be able to handle that, IF you're using a pair of corded headphones or an aux connection through the 3.5mm jack. However, if you're broadcasting them over Bluetooth, that might push it a bit. I use about 3 hours of music a day over my BT stereo headphones, and I have enough batt left throughout the day for as much use as you describe...but adding another 2 hours of music over BT would probably go past what the battery could be counted on for.
PS...it would probably help a lot though if you would kill the 3g connection in between twitter updates, that can save a fair amount of juice for you.
I've used my phone multiple times as an mp3 player for my plane flight and had it last around 4 hours. I started with 100% and ended with around 60%. Mind you I wasn't text messaging and more than half the time the screen was off whlie playing (plus it was in airplane mode). I'd say you should be fine though.
The 3G is your worst enemy... but it seems like it would last.
I think if you loaded a very minimalist ROM (like, not running Sense 2.5, for example) and keep the screen turned off most of the time you should easily be able to run the music for that long. I don't use the Energy ROMs, so I don't know what's included with that, but here's a link to a very basic ROM, very stable. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=585403
Just today I used my Tilt 2 and listened to 3 hours of Slacker Radio (radio over internet) and it went from ~100% to ~60%. That also means it was using the 3G connection during that whole time as well. I am using the stock ROM as well.
I have listened to music off the SD card for much longer before, though I never timed it.
The real trick is to put it in your pocket so you do not keep hitting the button to turn the screen on, that is the battery waster!
hi
lol i can tell you from experience.. i have an lg100 bluetooth stereo speaker i listen to while at work. its always synced with my tp2 flashed with latest energy rom and 4.49.25.77 radio. i trade off between pandora and slacker all the time, pandora is much more relaible but slacker has cool features. my battery stock 1500mah seens to last me about 5-6 hours straight with texting and light internet usage. i will monitor power consumption with acbpowermeter. later though.
On my TP2 with stereo BT headset I can get from 100% to 5% in 4 hours. Which fortunately is just the length of my journey...
Might try wired 'phones sometime to see the difference,
R.
This doesn't really apply too much, and my battery is a little worn down, but listening to streaming Slacker radio for 20 minutes usually takes 15% off my battery on 3G. Ouch.
like everybody else has said...a couple of things you want to avoid while playing music...
and yes since my car stereo was stolen a couple of days ago.. I know the run down on playing music on the rhodium
i have figured out that by recently flashing to a new rom will drain the battery significantly because the battery is not calibrated (I had just done this so -fail for me) - like others have said also running 3G all the time (which I do so - fail for me again) - multitasking while playing music like ie texting, twitter, facebook, internet with either 3G running / wifi (which I have done also so - fail)
overall if you do any of these things while playing music you will see you battery not last the end of the day (and I don't even talk or text that much either) -
anywho-I = fail at life
man Im wondering how I am going to last 4 hours in my car driving back home when the semester ends without my stereo and just my phone playing music...
xconomicron said:
like everybody else has said...a couple of things you want to avoid while playing music...
and yes since my car stereo was stolen a couple of days ago.. I know the run down on playing music on the rhodium
i have figured out that by recently flashing to a new rom will drain the battery significantly because the battery is not calibrated (I had just done this so -fail for me) - like others have said also running 3G all the time (which I do so - fail for me again) - multitasking while playing music like ie texting, twitter, facebook, internet with either 3G running / wifi (which I have done also so - fail)
overall if you do any of these things while playing music you will see you battery not last the end of the day (and I don't even talk or text that much either) -
anywho-I = fail at life
man Im wondering how I am going to last 4 hours in my car driving back home when the semester ends without my stereo and just my phone playing music...
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thanks everyone
just received my HTC headphones, synced music and should be set for tomorrow and see how it goes
one question though....does the bitrate(192kbps,320kbps) of the song effect battery or performance in anyway?