Best ROM for Tmo Dash? - HTC Excalibur

I just reflashed my wife's Dash with Kavana's wm6.1 and it looks great, runs well, but the battery dies in less than a day. Is there a better radio I could flash on there to increase the battery life? Or something else, a different rom maybe? I've tried clocking it down to 150 or less, and that is dreadfully slow.
Thanks

i have rickys rom version 14 and i get two to three days of battery life depending on usage. two days is with heavy use of e mail, text, phone, and internet. three days is with normal use of all thoes mentioned before. how long have you have the phone and do you only charge when it is low?

Your batter is just dead... assuming you're not receiving 500 emails a day through Activesync or she doesn't yap on the phone all day with wi-fi and BT turned on

The phone is about a year old. It gets charged randomly, but most of the time only when it is low, because it is low all the time. It really shouldn't matter though how often or when you charge though, Li-Ion batteries shouldn't have a "memory" effect should they?
the rom that you are using, is it WM6.1?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=380927
This is a little dated, but it talks about a few different version of Ricky's ROM. Some are like v5 some are variations of Kavana, I've searched but can't find a good thread on Ricky's ROM.

i have the same issue. ive had my s620 since january, charge it once a day (if it makes it that long) and i dont talk that much. Im running 6.1 (kavana) and have it clocked at 240mhz. i am always messing with the phone. i do a lot of texting, moderate email, some irc, browse the web etc.... mostly using wifi. so i know why my battery doesn't last. i have come to accept it and will be ordering the 2200mah battery off ebay shortly. that way, from what i hear, it will atleast double the length of the charge....then i can keep the stock battery as a spare. i think thats the easiest solution. costs like $20

Okay, it's 6:13pm and I had my phone of the charger since 7:30 am. I still got 68% left and had a couple short conversations and one that was just under 1 hour long. A bunch of emails a couple SMSs and overclocked to 240MHz.
I would say you got a dead/old battery. Just get a new one, i'm just not sure if you can trust the batteries on eBay. Can you?

i have yet to read a bad experience with the specific one im looking at. its $20....ill try it. if it doesnt last for days on a single charge, oh well, its still cheaper than an oem and im pretty positive it was last *atleast* as long. guess we'll see. ill report back and tell ya how it goes

I do believe there is some issues with the batteries, like certain ones just aren't as robust (maybe like some people say the LCD's can vary?) My wife and I got a dash each at the same time back in February. I flashed mine almost right away, hers has the stock tmobile firmware, but even doing that, I use mine WAY more than she ever does, and my battery lasts longer, we traded and it did end up being the battery. The local tmobile store was willing to switch it out with another one and it's better, but still not as good.
I'll be flashing hers soon I believe and we'll see if that makes a difference.

video chat on t-mobile dash
Hello
Is there is a software where you can do a video chat with msn or yahoo messenger on t-mobile dash. Thank you

the problem has nothing to do with the ROM, i was having the same problem before i found out that the battery life of the Li-Ion Battery is about 10 months. constant charging and over charging kills the batter and i was getting about 2 hours of batter life before it would die on me. all i did was buy a new battery, good as new

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Tmobile Dash CRASH Poll

Im still in the process of choosing between the dash and the curve 8320 for tmobile...and so far im leaning more towards the dash but i see so many complaints about how windows mobile crashes like 5 times a day and its so slow that its worth getting another phone over
so ive decided to take a poll from the users to help me decide
Also ive seen lots of previous owners of the dash complaining about how the Screen broke VERY easily...are they just haters or is this true...? and how much do spare screens cost?
My opinion:
My Windows never crash - NEVER. I make everyting to crash it - Install unofficial ROMS every week, install many many programs, games, etc, edit registry to find what key for what is, end so on .
Good display
Good Radio
Good Wi-Fi
When you hit the phone to wall or to floor its normal to crash .
First problem is the battery - 2 days battery life with normal usage of wi-fi(20-30 min per day), gaming (15-20 min per day) and talking (20-30 min per day). If you use wi-fi more often, the battery will be uncharged very soon.
My phone is new but some guys here tells that the battery life become dramaticaly short after 8-9 mounths of usage - something like 6-7hours. But when this happen you just buy another battery fo 15 bugs - end of story.
Second problem is audio jack. If you don't have headset for mini USB jack, you must buy adapter for 3.5mm audio jack - someting like 10-15 bugs
Mine never "crashed" either.
The only thing that happened to me was installing some software locked it up and I had to hard reset.
If you like to tinker, and are a geek, and like lots of software, get the Dash.
If you are a pencil pusher, get the Curve.
Whatever you do, DON'T get the Shadow. You have never seen bad battery life
until you get that phone.
I have heard people talk bad about the dash. I have had my dash for about a year and a half. I just replaced the battery because it had gotten to the point where it was useless, but after reading more about battery life of the battery this was as expected. I got a desk charger for 12 and a second battery and now I have two batteries for use and I can do pretty much anything I want. As far as crashing my dash has only had to be hard reset once for a real problem and other than that it was by choice. The one time it was hard reset it was my fault as well. It hung in a reboot loop after installing some flaky software. If you want a phone that just works get the dash and get an extra battery.
galley
i had the curve 8320 and honestly its a smooth running os but it is soooo boring plus sude for the curve it is way lighter han dash but dash is so customizable any winmo phone nut my preference is dash have had mine for ove a year and a half and loving it
Mine used to lock up once in a while when I was on WM5, but it's never crashed (other than some battery related shutdowns before I replaced it) since I upgraded to WM6 and then WM6.1. With 6.1 I haven't had to reboot it once yet.
galley3175 said:
I have heard people talk bad about the dash. I have had my dash for about a year and a half. I just replaced the battery because it had gotten to the point where it was useless, but after reading more about battery life of the battery this was as expected. I got a desk charger for 12 and a second battery and now I have two batteries for use and I can do pretty much anything I want. As far as crashing my dash has only had to be hard reset once for a real problem and other than that it was by choice. The one time it was hard reset it was my fault as well. It hung in a reboot loop after installing some flaky software. If you want a phone that just works get the dash and get an extra battery.
galley
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What is real new battery price?
Where can i read about battery? . Can I do something to use one battery longer, how to make battery life longer?
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What is real new battery price?
Where can i read about battery? . Can I do something to use one battery longer, how to make battery life longer?
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Try puting your battery in the freezer..... of course it wouldn't do you any good in there now would it?
Battery info
This is by far the best article on battery life I have found...that doesn't make it great just a good article:
http://batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm
As far as Batteries how much:
http://www.cellphoneshop.net
I got two batteries and a desk charger sent to me by fed ex in 24 hours or so for 43 dollars. Desk Charger was 6 dollars shipping was the big item at 17.00, but I didn't have to use fed ex. The two batteries are 12.99. I did this last week and the stuff was sent to me via fed ex. I placed the order it shipped first thing the next morning and i had it about mid day on the third day. It came from Hong Kong.
Galley

What's your battery life like? (WM6 & WM6.1 welcome)

I'm curious to know what other people experience in terms of battery life. I've just put a fresh 1500mAh battery into my phone, and I've flashed it with two ROMs in as many days.
I got average battery life out of the first ROM I tried (Schap's v4.31 Full), but I'm currently running with CRC's Release 13.3 Stable (Build 20270) and I can - literally - see the battery life ebb away in front of my eyes. From the moment I unplugged it, the battery went down to 99%, 98%, 97%... slowed down at 94%, but it's carried on going down.
The phone's only been unplugged for about 3 hours, with moderate usage (occasional use, installing a couple of apps, a lot of time just sitting by my computer) and already the battery is at 79% (one minute ago it was at 80%).
I can monitor the power consumption with BatteryStatus and it does seem to be using more power than you'd expect just idling - 43mA with the phone idle, bluetooth turned on and paired to my headset and the backlight on. With the backlight off completely, it's still using between 25mA and 50mA! Is this to be expected, or is something sucking the battery power up?
Is WM6.1 just a thirstier OS than WM6, or is CRC's ROM particularly resource intensive? I have done a little tweaking, but mostly doing things like turning power management ON (to lower SD card power usage) and installing a couple of extra apps (none of which are currently loaded in the background).
If people have a particular ROM which has very good battery life, please let me know - I'm interested to see what people are using and what kind of battery life everybody is getting.
Cheers
Christopher
Battery
Where did you get a 1500MAH battery for a herm? i could only find 1350!!!
I'm using Black Satin. 6.1pro but it doesn't have anything fancy, like manilla 2d or stuff its really basic. With 3g turned OFF! the phone doesn't overheat. As soon as the phone gets a little hot the battery just drains for some reason. I believe that the 3d card when its turned on it must not have signal everywhere and as soon as the connection is broken if you step outside of the coverage area it tries to find the signal and BOOM! your phone is dead! battery just drains.
on the average day ill take it off the charger around 8am. and just leaving it on standby not doing anything its usually dead around 5pm...
And this is the Black satin rom so far out of all the roms i tried it has been the best for power consumption. There is a guide on the "Best" tested roms in the stickie... its a great starting point. Some of the top rated roms didnt work for me cause i needed to install some 3rd party software for work ... and they didnt work, im guessing cause there was some stuff that was stripped out.
it is not only about the rom. it is also about the battery you purchased.
I have an old original battery which is about 4 years old. I also have a cheap brand new battery I purchased from china. The 4 year old battery holds more power than the cheap brand new one. I found that the new batteries are not properly initialized, or that there is something wrong with how they report the remaining power. My new battery drops down to 60% percent very fast. Then it hangs there for a long time and then starts going down very fast again. In standby it gives me 2-3 days. With wifi turned on, I get about 20-30 minutes. The original battery gives me a couple hours even with wifi turned on.
what you say makes sense, when i called HTC about this overheating / Battery issue they told me that they didn't specifically make batteries. After reading a bunch of posts there seems to be different models from different countries of the hermes. After looking deeper into the battery issue there are also different manufacturer of batteries from different countries also. The thing is HTC can not tell you EXACTLY which on you need cause each operator has different standards for the phone some even modify the phone from HTC... When i called Expansys which was where HTC recommended i purchase the battery from they had 2 models. 1 that was 1300mah and 1350mah. I Opted for the "House" brand instead of the other one which was cheaper in price ... I guess this is the reason. Like memory when it is made in JAPAN its quality is not the same as KOREA.
I agree with regards to the battery quality. That's why I only buy Cameron Sino 1500mAh batteries for my Hermes (I buy them from Morpeth Mobiles here in the UK, they also sell on eBay and I'm sure they'd ship international if you wanted to buy from them).
They handled a recent return excellently and I've been very happy with their service.
The nice thing about the 1500mAh batteries is that they fit inside the case without a replacement back cover...
I know that using 3G can suck the life out of our phones given the awful chipset (using it on GPRS only or in 3G with a very strong signal will always yield better results) but at the moment I'm not sure if it's a problem with this particular battery or with the ROM itself - I have two others with which I can do some comparisons, so I will be doing that later. However, the battery life today has been awful. I got home earlier, and less than 12 hours after being unplugged, my phone was down to 18% battery. Just awful, the worst battery life I've ever seen from my phone. I'm not sure whether it's the fact it's Windows Mobile 6.1 or whether it's a problem with this particular battery or the way the ROM has been cooked... I'll have to do some more experiments, but I know for sure that something's not right!
The roms Also do play a part i beleive, some use up more memory and have processes running.. this uses power. Its the same as a LAPTOP. The LT will not last forever.
But im really dissapointed with the Hermes. i had NON touch screen HTC's . s640 and S621 and they used to go for days on end without charging...
i herd some back feedback on these touch screen phones also ... about the life... but every time also the 3g would murder the battery life!
Although on balance, I still don't think our phone does that badly... You realise that it's almost on-par with the more recent technology, particularly when you hear some of the battery life horror stories from iPhone users, who are dismayed that they can't get more than 12-15 hours' use out of their beloved phone when they attempt to do anything vaguely like USE it (push email, multimedia etc)...
The saga continues.
I may just buy a petrol generator on a small trolley and attach the whole thing to my belt. Now THAT's ultra portability. I could use my phone on 3G for days!
I picked up my Hermes from another xda member a week and a half ago. I flashed to CRC's stable 13.3, added HTC Home and a few other extras, nothing real system heavy or anything. Battery life was abysmal with bluetooth and 3g turned OFF, 3 email accounts syncing every 30 min, on the original 1350mah battery - I was lucky to last half a day.
I ordered a 3000mah extended battery, it arrived yesterday, I let it drain completely. It's fully charged and running now. I have bluetooth and 3g on, and my email accounts are syncing every 10 minutes. I will monitor the battery life over the next few days and report.
I too have noticed the battery meter being very eratic in CRC's stable rom for both batteries. I'm not sure if this is a battery issue or a rom issue. I may try turning 3g off as some have suggested and see if that yields better results.
My previous phone for 8 months was a Motorola Q9H, so I'm not exactly a noob to the winmo world. With the q's extended battery and bluetooth/3g on I was getting a good day and a half to two days with a rather large amount of data use in there. Honestly, as much as I love the upgrade to winmo pro, if the extended battery doesn't do the trick I'll be back to the moto for the remainder of my contract and the Hermes is going on ebay. Anyone with any suggestions or tips would be appreciated.
Thanks
Yep i just installed CRCs Release 13.3 Stable... Looks nice, but i think you are right .... im stuck with this clunker for now cause i need it for work but im waiting on a Touch diamond... As soon as my company can afford it! LOLOLOL
Let us know about the 3000ma bat... Is that the one with the HUGE back door that sticks out?
I seen that online and though to myself.... WTF the phone is already too big!!!
What's your battery life like
I have an HTC TyTN that originally had Windows Mobile 5. I flashed to the rom to 6.1 pro and also noted a significant power drain that I didn't have with 5.0 or 6.0. My thoughts are that moving from 5.0 to 6.1 is much like going from Windows XP to Vista. The power demands are greater. At least that's my hunch.
Roms RULE!
Well i tried all these roms ... The Manilla roms look GREAT the touchflo is really cool!!!! But dam the phone doesnt have enuff ram or juice... So what happens if you get all kinds of bugs ect...
But if you try some of the other 6.1 roms like Black Satin or CRC which dont have touch flo ... the bat is not soo bad... The lite verisons of the roms can also be nice .... But they lack support for other software.
i prefer the classic Windows with the home cause you can use the Screen Lock feature ... specially for the HTC Herm ... i always had it in the pounch then all of a sudden i would pull it out and IE was open!!! or i was calling someone LOLOL that sucks!
i have tried lots of roms that were developed here on xda.
the best battery life was using k's final wm6.0. it was unbeatable.
the other thing is that it also depends on the type of storage version of the rom itself. the big storage roms eat your battery for breakfast but you get better performance.
if you have more today plugins they also eat up the battery
you also should, before flashing your new rom, flash the original rom. after that you flash the normal rom.
you can also check the processes running in the backgroung, maybe there is something left over that occupies the processor.
3g is a big drainer especially if you get to an area where the signal is weak and dissapears. then the phone constantly tries to find the 3g and your battery drains quickly. normaly, when i don't go online as much, i keep 3g swiched off.
now i'am using the new wm6.5 beta and i get more than one full day of battery life of normal usage. phone, mail, internet...
godofthesms said:
Yep i just installed CRCs Release 13.3 Stable... Looks nice, but i think you are right .... im stuck with this clunker for now cause i need it for work but im waiting on a Touch diamond... As soon as my company can afford it! LOLOLOL
Let us know about the 3000ma bat... Is that the one with the HUGE back door that sticks out?
I seen that online and though to myself.... WTF the phone is already too big!!!
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Yea the extended battery turns the Hermes into a tank. It does have a nice feel to it in your hand though, and my Body Glove universal case ($15 walmart) actually fits, although its snug.
If the battery doesn't give me the life I'm looking for from CRC's 6.1, I am considering flashing to the stripped down version of ATT's 6.0 rom, or perhaps trying out the new 6.5 hybrid build from josh. Who knows, maybe CRC's rom is just a battery suck (which I can't imagine it is, it's pretty stripped down/light weight). I guess we will see after a few days here.
NICE!
i would like to try 6.5 .... but i cant seem to find any links with screen shots... If it has any sort of Touch flo ... Forget it ...
Do you have a link to 6.5 WWE?
Interesting about the comments re: big storage eating battery, and interesting also that other people using the same ROM as I am currently are also experiencing battery life problems.
I just swapped out the battery in my device - from the brand new 1500mAh battery to the older (identical) 1500mAh battery, freshly charged. As soon as I got to the Today screen, the battery was already down to 97% - and just sitting on my knee ticking over, it's already gone down to 94%. 93% now!
This is ridiculous. The battery life in WM6.0 is the same (just as bad? ) as the original WM5 ROM I had on it, it's mad to think that a simple point release of an Operating System can cause such a massive difference to battery life.
However, this ROM may have Big Storage enabled, so that could be sucking the battery life out of the poor thing. Does anybody have any pointers or links to previous discussiong about how (or why) Big Storage drains the battery more than a regular ROM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=461680
the best 65 ROM so far and with relatively good battery life.
i had the same problem with the battery life and came to realize that NO rom is good enough in thus area.
i guess that is a small price to pay for free OS
i would also recommend you to try the original ROM for your country or WWE and check his battery life for a few days - you will soon find out that the more application you will install you'll get more processes that are running in the background = less battery life.
if you can live with the default WM - you wull get the best battery life.
Hehe, unfortunately the ROM which came with my phone was from my phone provider - T-Mobile UK - and it is awful! Broken Bluetooth, huge lag on the phone because of all the preinstalled crap, almost no free device memory, slow to respond generally... All of these new ROMs I've flashed make my device feel so quick again! It's amazing what a small change can do.
Has anybody cooked a WM6 ROM without the honeycomb Today screen interface? And is it totally impossible to go back to WM6/6.1 after you flash 6.5?
pickiki said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=461680
the best 65 ROM so far and with relatively good battery life.
i had the same problem with the battery life and came to realize that NO rom is good enough in thus area.
i guess that is a small price to pay for free OS
i would also recommend you to try the original ROM for your country or WWE and check his battery life for a few days - you will soon find out that the more application you will install you'll get more processes that are running in the background = less battery life.
if you can live with the default WM - you wull get the best battery life.
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Has anyone tried this EVIL rom? 6.5? It saus dont synch with VISTA... i have vista...
Going for it
IM going for the 6.5 RIGHT now!!!!
Stay Tooooooooooooooned!
Problems problems problems!
Oh **** my phone is screwed! LOLOL
Installed 6.5 evil v10.. hehe works YEH! but when i connect to my Windows box "Vista" the phone freezes! i gotta hard boot!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOT GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

Energy Efficiency

I remember on my Wizard, that certain ROMs would drain the battery more quickly...there were actually radio patches to improve battery life, and they worked.
The DASH battery is problematic...it's a wonderful phone, crippled by an inadequate battery. I'm looking to extend its life, till I talk myself into an extended battery. (I've never been a fan of the "wart on its back" style of battery)
So, is there a ROM which is known for energy efficiency? I'm currently running Kavana.
Thanks for any guidance that can be provided.
Chuck
Energy Rom Save battery
Kavana is good and i really liked it but, battery was still draining like the factory t-mobile Rom. I installed the Energy Rom and the battery last about 10% more and is a much nicer Rom.
i recomend getting a extended battery i got a 2200 mah it looks fat but its worth it
i believe i saw a thread on it already but since this one is open, can you reccomend a good extended non fat battery? (like a site that sells them)
megacapacity.com is a big seller
thanks, i wonder is the 1050ma battery is worth it.
skaroger867 said:
thanks, i wonder is the 1050ma battery is worth it.
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I've heard this is a good battery, is the fattest you can get without having to fatten up the phone. http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/basi13tmdhm.htm
I'm waiting for my battery to hit the crapper to get one.
roloracer said:
I've heard this is a good battery, is the fattest you can get without having to fatten up the phone. http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/basi13tmdhm.htm
I'm waiting for my battery to hit the crapper to get one.
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I have this battery and it's good quality. I'd recommend them over the fat-ass ones that double the phone's size and screw up its attractive feel and profile.
I just finished my first full day with the Energy ROM and I can attest that it is more energy efficient than the Kavana ROM. Kinda' pretty, too, but I'm not sure where all the icons are, yet.
This is the first day in a while, that I didn't have to charge my phone mid-day.
NICE!
Now, I'll save up my pocket change and purchase an extended battery. A shame, since my brand new holster won't hold it, any more.
THANKS!
Chuck
roloracer said:
I've heard this is a good battery, is the fattest you can get without having to fatten up the phone. http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/basi13tmdhm.htm
I'm waiting for my battery to hit the crapper to get one.
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holy crap 1300ma and i thought the 1100 i saw on e bay was a good size. i just dont know if im comitted to the 40 bucks. gotta get a grip on how many days i can get on my dash on regular use.
Seidio 1300mah dash battery is the best purchase you could make
I really wouldn't give the 40$ price of the Seidio a second thought. It is well worth it if you do not want a unsightly buldge in your battery compartment, and want long battery life.
I don't use my phone much at all. I just browse the net a bit, make a few calls. I can usually grab the phone 7 am monday and it will last until friday 6pm. Before this with the standard battery it would last 7am till 3pm the next day. I don't know how I get almost 3 times the battery life but there you go.
If I stream music from the web it lasts about 4-5 hours. Or I listen to music stored on the flash almost all day and still have more than half the battery.
Yianaki said:
I really wouldn't give the 40$ price of the Seidio a second thought. It is well worth it if you do not want a unsightly buldge in your battery compartment, and want long battery life.
I don't use my phone much at all. I just browse the net a bit, make a few calls. I can usually grab the phone 7 am monday and it will last until friday 6pm. Before this with the standard battery it would last 7am till 3pm the next day. I don't know how I get almost 3 times the battery life but there you go.
If I stream music from the web it lasts about 4-5 hours. Or I listen to music stored on the flash almost all day and still have more than half the battery.
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i think i might go with the 1100 off e bay for 12 dollars. i should be able to get three days off normal use. which is more than plenty.
Jeez...with normal LIGHT use, no bluetooth or wifi, and the regular battery, I'm lucky to get 8-10 hours of use. I admittedly live out in the country, but routinely have 3-4 bars of signal strength.
The battery is brand new, and head and shoulders above the original one, or I'd think it was a bad battery. Stock capacity, though.
-- Chuck Knight
Heres the truth yes some roms are drainers but the kavana on a S621 Pro is bomb for battery Life , you can overclock to 264 stable and the battery will last all day, in mind that you're not constintly on it, wifi batt life is 12 hours straight, set on 20 mins auto disconect and reconnect, you can spend some time through out the whole day on ur phones browsers on wifi, gprs i would imagen would last longer on our phones then wifi if u get a auto disconnector.., also huge tip, never charge your phone via USB, i wont go into why but this will kill your batteries Life.
U can turn off USB charging on the phone so syncing wont charge your phone, i recommand if u need to boost the battery use the wall charger!
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1300 maH battery is the only battery you need for daily! use in My opinon.
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Amazing. No wifi, no bluetooth, and just AT&T cell phone use of 90 minutes or less in a day will kill my phone in under 10 hours.
That's with a fully charged, brand new, stock battery.
I live in a rural area, so maybe I'm having to use a higher radio power level...but even so, this battery life is just pathetic. This phone, I love. But, the battery life, I hate.
Apparently I've *got* to change to a higher mAh battery.
-- Chuck Knight
chuckknight said:
Amazing. No wifi, no bluetooth, and just AT&T cell phone use of 90 minutes or less in a day will kill my phone in under 10 hours.
That's with a fully charged, brand new, stock battery.
I live in a rural area, so maybe I'm having to use a higher radio power level...but even so, this battery life is just pathetic. This phone, I love. But, the battery life, I hate.
Apparently I've *got* to change to a higher mAh battery.
-- Chuck Knight
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Do you have all power settings on with screen dimer aswell running when you can? have you used celetask to turn off your scren when u give ur phone a break, u on Kavana rom ?
where can i find this energy rom?!
I am using a T-mobile Dash flashed into an original htc excalibur rom .. and since you guys are talking soo well about this energy rom i would like to give it a try... is there anybody among you kind enouth to host a download of it here?!
Thank you!!!
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Do you have all power settings on with screen dimer aswell running when you can? have you used celetask to turn off your scren when u give ur phone a break, u on Kavana rom ?
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Yes all power settings are on, and scrn dimmer aswell, celetask i used before i found it improveed batt life.. when u used celetask to turn off the screen, celtalk will turn the screen off but keep wifi going.. for those who dont know this.. and yes Kavana the best 621 S620 rom.
But nevercharge phone at night wth ur USB on ur pc, never do that.
Will surge the battery when the battery is fully charged, will just keep pumping the battery, and i recommand disabling the charging option when u sync.

How is your battery life?

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.
Battery Life
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.

Battery issues

Ok, this is just plain frustrating and I have no clue about what to do.
The lifetime on my phone is dropping ridiculously fast. I replaced the original batery (that used to get ran down pretty quickly, about half a day, without using the phone much) with a spare battery a friend gave me (it's from a different model, but a minor modification it fit perfectly. For a while, it worked somewhat more decently (although should I have used the phone, I'd lose about 1% for every 30-45 seconds of usage). But for a couple of days, it started wearing down a lot quicker as well.
For instance, just charging the phone and then leaving it without actually touching it on the desk will leave it at 88% battery life within about 30 minutes.
I've checked the processes to see if there's anything out of the ordinary, but everything seems fine. I'm thinking maybe the battery may have gotten damaged in the meantime since it wasn't the designated model for this phone, but I'm having serious doubts.
Also, I've ordered a new battery which should ship any day now. Hopefully it will solve the issue, although I'm considering getting a new phone.
Any ideas?
Also, the old Asus that I used to have (WM 6.0, standard keyboard) still has an amazing battery life, at least compared to the HTC (it can do about 3-4 days in standby, and 2 days with normal usage. Also, it's able to run for 12 hours while playing music and occasional web browsing. I can barely squeeze two hours of usage from my HTC)
mtranda said:
Ok, this is just plain frustrating and I have no clue about what to do.
The lifetime on my phone is dropping ridiculously fast. I replaced the original batery (that used to get ran down pretty quickly, about half a day, without using the phone much) with a spare battery a friend gave me (it's from a different model, but a minor modification it fit perfectly. For a while, it worked somewhat more decently (although should I have used the phone, I'd lose about 1% for every 30-45 seconds of usage). But for a couple of days, it started wearing down a lot quicker as well.
For instance, just charging the phone and then leaving it without actually touching it on the desk will leave it at 88% battery life within about 30 minutes.
I've checked the processes to see if there's anything out of the ordinary, but everything seems fine. I'm thinking maybe the battery may have gotten damaged in the meantime since it wasn't the designated model for this phone, but I'm having serious doubts.
Also, I've ordered a new battery which should ship any day now. Hopefully it will solve the issue, although I'm considering getting a new phone.
Any ideas?
Also, the old Asus that I used to have (WM 6.0, standard keyboard) still has an amazing battery life, at least compared to the HTC (it can do about 3-4 days in standby, and 2 days with normal usage. Also, it's able to run for 12 hours while playing music and occasional web browsing. I can barely squeeze two hours of usage from my HTC)
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Maybe you should get a new and proper battery to your device, maybe your fix does not work anymore. Also you can damage the excalibur motherboard if your messing with different volts from batteries design for other phones.
Well, the battery voltage is the same. So is the pin layout (well, that was pretty self implied). Both batteries are manufactured for HTC phones.
I guess I'll find out when my new battery arrives. However, my phone has been acting weirder and weirder. SD card issues, now the battery... And on top of that, I wonder if the two issues are related.
Edit: also, will the charger output make much of a difference? Say I use a 500 mA charger or a 1000 mA one.
Issue solved. Apparently it was from the SDHC patch I had installed a few days before. Removing the patch did not solve the issue (also, the patch disabled my WIFI) so I proceeded to reinstall WM on my phone. Now it runs fine, with regular battery drain.
I think the patch may have not allowed the CPU to enter idle mode. I can't think of any other explanation.
nah its definitely ur battery. i had the same problem, its that ur battert has degraded and it has become unable to withstand its charge. just call ur phone carrier and tell them. the should send u a free battery.
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mtranda said:
Well, the battery voltage is the same. So is the pin layout (well, that was pretty self implied). Both batteries are manufactured for HTC phones.
I guess I'll find out when my new battery arrives. However, my phone has been acting weirder and weirder. SD card issues, now the battery... And on top of that, I wonder if the two issues are related.
Edit: also, will the charger output make much of a difference? Say I use a 500 mA charger or a 1000 mA one.
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I know some HTC batteries are the same voltage, but why do you think they make different ones especifically for every model eventhough they have the same voltage.
Just to let you know and regarding the output charger; I did a little experiment once, with motorola chargers (V3) since you can charge your dash with them but I tried to charge the exact phone (motorola) with the original HTC output charger.....and it didn't charge at all.
After months of using the motorola charger I started to realize my battery was not working well in my excalibur and in a period of 4 months my battery didn't hold a charge for more than 3 hours. I bought a new one and I strictly used the orginal HTC charger.
My battery is 9 months old now and works like charm (2 days + hours) with the latest ookba 3vo rom.

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