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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
Hello people, after having used my Touch pro 2's GPS function extensively one day on battery, I have realized that the battery's life has shortened by huge amounts of time. It lasts for less than 24 hours now, so I was wondering if I needed a new battery or is there something I can do to restore it back to the previous state. Thanks!
I don't think using the GPS should ruin your battery, just doesn't make sense! Are you sure you shut off the GPS after using it? Are you running any other programmes in the background? Did you flash a new ROM?
My battery started going down twice as fast after swapping to the new "official" Sense 2.5 ROM.
you can try a couple of things that may extend your battery life. try first turning off the auto speakerphone when the phone is face down. i just did this and i can tell a marked difference in just a couple of days. also search battery life reg edits. theres a ton out there here and on ppcgeeks that will definetly help. in general i noticed that when I use GPS the battery drain is pretty high. hope that helps
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Hello people, after having used my Touch pro 2's GPS function extensively one day on battery, I have realized that the battery's life has shortened by huge amounts of time. It lasts for less than 24 hours now, so I was wondering if I needed a new battery or is there something I can do to restore it back to the previous state. Thanks!
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Using the GPS all day will def drain your battery much faster, especially if you're using aGPS and/or an app that also downloads data to compliment the location info (like google maps). The GPS radio isn't 2-way like the phone or 3G or wifi, but it's still a radio and will give a noticible hit on your batt life when used even moderately, let alone all day.
If you're going to be using GPS a lot, you might want to try different radio roms to see if any of them make a difference in the batt life for you, but I don't know that will make as much of a difference as it does for the phone reception, etc. I would also suggest evaluating various GPS apps, with an eye on relative battery drain
Well guys, thanks for the answers, but that still doesn't solve my problem because I don't use the GPS function often at all, but the battery still drains quickly. Also, there are no programs running in the background. There is however a data connection that is always on and the mail checks for mail every hour. But the thing is I don't want to change any settings to enhance battery life, If it worked fine with the same settings before, why wont it do the same now? Do I need a new battery? Thanks!
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Well guys, thanks for the answers, but that still doesn't solve my problem because I don't use the GPS function often at all, but the battery still drains quickly. Also, there are no programs running in the background. There is however a data connection that is always on and the mail checks for mail every hour. But the thing is I don't want to change any settings to enhance battery life, If it worked fine with the same settings before, why wont it do the same now? Do I need a new battery? Thanks!
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Ahhh sorry, I misunderstood, I thought you were just saying it drains faster while you use the GPS like that, not since you used it...I get it now.
That one day of heavy use shouldn't have killed your battery, take a look at THIS thread, others with the same issue/question have posted different things that have worked for them...you might want to give the steps in post #31 a try before thinking about buying a new batt.
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Well guys, thanks for the answers, but that still doesn't solve my problem because I don't use the GPS function often at all, but the battery still drains quickly. Also, there are no programs running in the background. There is however a data connection that is always on and the mail checks for mail every hour. But the thing is I don't want to change any settings to enhance battery life, If it worked fine with the same settings before, why wont it do the same now? Do I need a new battery? Thanks!
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You can install " battclock " and you can continuously see what the battery drain actually is during different functions.
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You can install " battclock " and you can continuously see what the battery drain actually is during different functions.
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Yes, great recommendation! (why didn't I think of that? lol)
And with battclock you can now see your CPU usage in real-time, which is probably one of the best coincidental indicators of battery drain (much more so than memory load, in my opinion)
Hi Dimitri,
I experienced the same problem where my battery life suddenly "shifted" from 48 hours to 12 hours on regular use..
I thought the problem was the battery and I replaced it, this did not help at all..
The only cause of this problem that I can think was loading the official HTC UK 6.5 ROM (1.86.401.0)..
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Hi Dimitri,
I experienced the same problem where my battery life suddenly "shifted" from 48 hours to 12 hours on regular use..
I thought the problem was the battery and I replaced it, this did not help at all..
The only cause of this problem that I can think was loading the official HTC UK 6.5 ROM (1.86.401.0)..
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This is exactly what I am experiencing. (This together with not being able to connect the device to PC)
Installed several 6.5 ROMs and suddenly the battery lasts only half a night.
My question is: When the battery is full, when you turn the device off (completely off, not in standby mode!) does the battery drain then?
As far as I see, the battery has only 50% left after a night rest while it is off. So, the only way to keep the battery full is to remove it from the device.
What are your experiences with this?
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This is exactly what I am experiencing. (This together with not being able to connect the device to PC)
Installed several 6.5 ROMs and suddenly the battery lasts only half a night.
My question is: When the battery is full, when you turn the device off (completely off, not in standby mode!) does the battery drain then?
As far as I see, the battery has only 50% left after a night rest while it is off. So, the only way to keep the battery full is to remove it from the device.
What are your experiences with this?
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If you are truely turning it completely off, the battery should NOT drain at all. Have you tried a new battery? I bought a pair of batteries and an external charger on flEabay for like $12. The batteries are good as originals as far as I can tell.
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If you are truely turning it completely off, the battery should NOT drain at all. Have you tried a new battery? I bought a pair of batteries and an external charger on flEabay for like $12. The batteries are good as originals as far as I can tell.
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Yes, I have two batteries, even an external charger.
Even when a battery is charged with the external charger, then put in the phone it drains the battery
hey guys can anyone link any of the forum topics to tweak battery life? the only things I have done is the general setting on the phone and the power management options with advance config are there more options and tweaks available?
thanks for all help!
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If you are truely turning it completely off, the battery should NOT drain at all. Have you tried a new battery? I bought a pair of batteries and an external charger on flEabay for like $12. The batteries are good as originals as far as I can tell.
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I will test this (again) tomorrow night.
Bright.Light said:
This is exactly what I am experiencing. (This together with not being able to connect the device to PC)
Installed several 6.5 ROMs and suddenly the battery lasts only half a night.
My question is: When the battery is full, when you turn the device off (completely off, not in standby mode!) does the battery drain then?
As far as I see, the battery has only 50% left after a night rest while it is off. So, the only way to keep the battery full is to remove it from the device.
What are your experiences with this?
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Bright light...I'm also having BOTH of those problems...stock ATT rom. Within the past week my battery life has dropped exponentially, and when I went to sync last night, had not done so in a week or so, I get nothing...none of my PC's will recognize the phone as even being plugged in, let alone sync. I'm thinking maybe an ATT botched update?
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Bright light...I'm also having BOTH of those problems...stock ATT rom. Within the past week my battery life has dropped exponentially, and when I went to sync last night, had not done so in a week or so, I get nothing...none of my PC's will recognize the phone as even being plugged in, let alone sync. I'm thinking maybe an ATT botched update?
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So it seems I'm not alone.
Mine is a universal one, no brand whatsoever. I will try to reflash the original (6.1) stock ROM, including radio.
Have you flashed yours already?
@Bright.light @VirtualHomer:
I have the crap battery + no activesync issue.
I'm on the Josh's Black 1.7 ROM. I tried hard reseting, reflashing, going back to the stock ROM, but no improvement.
I have heard that removing the battery overnight is a possible fix for the USB issue (maybe for both?), but I haven't tried yet, will try tonight.
If anyone out there has any potential soultions here... would be great. Right now, I only get 1/2 a day (~6 hours) out of the battery & no hotsync at all (other than BT).
One thing I am pretty sure of: The bad battery life and the activesync issue came up around the same time. Wierd.
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@Bright.light @VirtualHomer:
I have the crap battery + no activesync issue.
I'm on the Josh's Black 1.7 ROM. I tried hard reseting, reflashing, going back to the stock ROM, but no improvement.
I have heard that removing the battery overnight is a possible fix for the USB issue (maybe for both?), but I haven't tried yet, will try tonight.
If anyone out there has any potential soultions here... would be great. Right now, I only get 1/2 a day (~6 hours) out of the battery & no hotsync at all (other than BT).
One thing I am pretty sure of: The bad battery life and the activesync issue came up around the same time. Wierd.
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You are right in assuming that battery life and connectivity issues came at the same time.
I was assuming this was because of a (bad?) flash, or maybe a bad ROM which changed something in a position that should not be changed and which is not restored by flashing another ROM.
A night without battery won't help, I think, because my device has been numerous times without any power and without any battery. However, I will try it again.
Could this be a faulty device? Or a design error?
@Bright.Light
I confirm that a night without the battery solved nothing. I have had my phone on for 5 hours now, taken 5 calls, none of them too long, checked email every 10 minutes (automagically) and I am down to 27% battery.
Also, I confirm that a replacement battery solves nothing, as I have also tried this.
I am planning on returning my device to an ATT store next week for a replacement... We'll see how it goes.
Cheers,
Matt
I'm in the same boat with mine. About two weeks ago the battery just started draining fast. Fast enough that it wouldn't make it to 4-5 hours without being charged. You could watch the battery meter drain. And what was weird was that there was no ROM change or anything that started this. Came out of the blue. Calling Spring tomorrow and getting a replacement is the best solution I can think of.
Just recieved my 2400 MAH extended battery, I have had the device running now for 12 hours straight with all connectivity turned on (including syncing, wifi, data) and in that time I have also done some web browsing. The battery is still at 100%.
I know it is an extended battery but still, by now my standard battery would be at 50% roughly.
My concept is that the standard battery the phone comes with maybe faulty or have some problems?
Any thoughts or ideas?
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My concept is that the standard battery the phone comes with maybe faulty or have some problems?
Any thoughts or ideas?
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It heavily depends on the ROM you're using... I've tested several Sense and non Sense ROMs and the variation of the battery could go from 1 to 3 days aprox. I'm actually using OpenDesire latest ROM and its easy to get 2 days of battery life with a normal use and 3G/Sync enabled all the time.
Obviously having a more powerfull battery also helps...
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It heavily depends on the ROM you're using... I've tested several Sense and non Sense ROMs and the variation of the battery could go from 1 to 3 days aprox. I'm actually using OpenDesire latest ROM and its easy to get 2 days of battery life with a normal use and 3G/Sync enabled all the time.
Obviously having a more powerfull battery also helps...
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Well i've got an unrooted desire and using stock 2.2 rom. The battery life has been so bad, even when i turn syncing off.
I know its an extended battery but still why was the standard battery so bad
Hmm. Not sure. I don't have a bad battery life, but that sounds pretty awesome as far as battery life goes. You wouldn't happen to have a link to where you bought that from would ya? Would be interested in taking a look at it my self. Is it larger then the normal battery, or just higher capacity? I know many of the aftermarket batteries are a good deal larger then the stock ones.
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The battery is still at 100%
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I can't see how your battery could possibly show 100% after 12hrs usage
It's either bad battery stats, or the battery status indicator isn't scaled correctly for your battery.
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Dave
it is probably because its voltage figure is still higher than that of a standard one.
I just replaced my battery and noticed it doesn't go beyond 4 - 5 hrs. So I was wondering if the battery has an issue or something. Can everyone using Froyo 2.2 state their battery life, please, mentioning also your phonel type.
I use a Touch Pro 2 from Sprint, that is RHOD500.
Thanks for your responses.
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First the TP2 from Sprint is a RHOD400.
Second, it highly depends on usage. Lots of phone calls? Browsing? Streaming video, etc? 4-5 hours isn't bad then. If the phone is sleeping 100% of that 4-5 hours, NO radios (cell, wifi, bt, gps, etc) then that's pretty bad.
I typically get 6-10 hours (again usage ^^). Mostly idle, 10 hours. More browsing, videos, phone calls... closer to 6. I try to stick near a charger.
The port is far from perfect. The battery meter is off, and there's probably some places where power management could use some help - but it'll never sip batteries like WinMo does. WinMo is doing nothing basically, and Android isn't so great on native devices batteries... so I'm not exactly surprised Android sucks my battery dry.
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Android isn't so great on native devices batteries... so I'm not exactly surprised Android sucks my battery dry.
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I've had my lady's HTC Desire running Android in no-sim mode for three days now. Looks like it might need a charge later today. I did a 40 minute stint using the GPS and a mapping program during that time.
Suggestion to OP: Keep the backlight low, and on a short timeout. Also, disable the high speed network when you don't need it. Especially if the phone hops between high and lower speed networks frequently. Also, the battery might improve a bit after a few charges/discharges. Is it an OEM battery or a cheap knockoff?
Twice as short as in Windows
I really love Android on my TP2 and I'm amazed how well it's running on it. Really impressive, the only thing I'm less happy with is the battery usage. Even on stand-by it lasts at less then in Windows mode.
I've been comparing it now for a few days: I can do at least 1 day with a charge in Windows mode (sometimes even 2 days), but in Android mode I have to change before lunch time and before dinner to get through a day. Even while doing more or less the same things. (Turning off WiFi, GPS, sync etc do not seem to save much).
So, I'm afraid that I can only enjoy Android while there is power outlet nearby. This is really too bad as I would simply love to get rid of the whole Windows install.
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I've had my lady's HTC Desire running Android in no-sim mode for three days now. Looks like it might need a charge later today. I did a 40 minute stint using the GPS and a mapping program during that time.
Suggestion to OP: Keep the backlight low, and on a short timeout. Also, disable the high speed network when you don't need it. Especially if the phone hops between high and lower speed networks frequently. Also, the battery might improve a bit after a few charges/discharges. Is it an OEM battery or a cheap knockoff?
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Well with no SIM in of course it would last days. One dev found our port could run 65+ hours in this manner...
GerardNL said:
I really love Android on my TP2 and I'm amazed how well it's running on it. Really impressive, the only thing I'm less happy with is the battery usage. Even on stand-by it lasts at less then in Windows mode.
I've been comparing it now for a few days: I can do at least 1 day with a charge in Windows mode (sometimes even 2 days), but in Android mode I have to change before lunch time and before dinner to get through a day. Even while doing more or less the same things. (Turning off WiFi, GPS, sync etc do not seem to save much).
So, I'm afraid that I can only enjoy Android while there is power outlet nearby. This is really too bad as I would simply love to get rid of the whole Windows install.
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C'est la vie, read above. Android will never, ever be as frugal with your battery like WinMo is. Which do you want, Android and crappy battery or WinMo and good battery? Choice is yours, no one is forcing you either way. Can't have both tho.
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WWhich do you want, Android and crappy battery or WinMo and good battery? Choice is yours, no one is forcing you either way. Can't have both tho.
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I've actually been pretty happy with FRX7.1 and battery life. I'm consistently getting 24+ hours with my usage (mostly data, some talk).
WinMo would easily go 50% more, but a full day is enough that I can forget to put it on the charger at night and not be dead in the morning.
FaluSeyi - If it's not direct usage I would check to see if you have GPS accidentally turned on, in my experience that seems to be the thing that kills my battery if I forget to shut it off when I'm done using it.
First the TP2 from Sprint is a RHOD400.
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Blame the guy that changed the phone casing before I was given the phone. lol. The front says Sprint and under the battery cover it says xxxRHOD500.
Second, it highly depends on usage. Lots of phone calls? Browsing? Streaming video, etc? 4-5 hours isn't bad then. If the phone is sleeping 100% of that 4-5 hours, NO radios (cell, wifi, bt, gps, etc) then that's pretty bad.
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I rarely use BT, cell and messaging are my regulars and of course data. wifi doesn't work, though I wonder if it ever goes off. That leaves GPS, which I think is almost always on.
Thanks, y'all!
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Blame the guy that changed the phone casing before I was given the phone. lol. The front says Sprint and under the battery cover it says xxxRHOD500.
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Well if you know this, then say that. Your first post would make me think that the Sprint TP2 is a RHOD500, which simply is not true.
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I rarely use BT, cell and messaging are my regulars and of course data. wifi doesn't work, though I wonder if it ever goes off. That leaves GPS, which I think is almost always on.
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Wifi works fine. GPS is broken to always on, read the FAQ. That's the reason your battery life sucks, you don't know how to read!!
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Wifi works fine. GPS is broken to always on, read the FAQ. That's the reason your battery life sucks, you don't know how to read!!
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The FAQ says something about getting a position fix, but I couldn't see anything about switching it off. How is that done? Or can't it be done?
The Desire ran 92 hours before it demanded a charge up, including the 40 minute stint on GPS + program with always on backlight. 10 month old OEM battery used daily.
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The FAQ says something about getting a position fix, but I couldn't see anything about switching it off. How is that done? Or can't it be done?
The Desire ran 92 hours before it demanded a charge up, including the 40 minute stint on GPS + program with always on backlight. 10 month old OEM battery used daily.
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It's a bug with our port. Once GPS is turned on/used, it is 'stuck on' until you manually turn it off. This bug is fixed in the new GB build.
You couldn't see how to turn it off? Settings --> Location & Security. Wow... from a native device owner, I'm kinda surprised.
New GB build? Nice news... I thought it was a dead project by now
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New GB build? Nice news... I thought it was a dead project by now
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Ye have little faith!
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You couldn't see how to turn it off? Settings --> Location & Security. Wow... from a native device owner, I'm kinda surprised.
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Heh, it 'just works'(tm) and I haven't had to turn it off manually.
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Faith is the last thing to die...
Hello ,
That's my first days impression about Xperia S !
any advice plz about improving the battery life please ?
Give it a weeks worth of charges to get going.
although screen brightness and 3G have the biggest impact on battery life
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Give it a weeks worth of charges to get going.
although screen brightness and 3G have the biggest impact on battery life
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Thanks for your response , I will give it other chance and see what will happen
By the way screen brightness is nearly 40% and 3g is off
with every thing is off the battery may survive , but hello SONY GUYS , I didn't buy the phone to disable all it's abilities !
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Thanks for your response , I will give it other chance and see what will happen
By the way screen brightness is nearly 40% and 3g is off
with every thing is off the battery may survive , but hello SONY GUYS , I didn't buy the phone to disable all it's abilities !
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You might consider to check out some other threads before complaining about the battery life. There's many available so browse a bit i suggest.
Tips, Tweaks, and many other good information available on battery life extension. Search, you will find those.
And definitely the battery back up should increase after at least 7-10 days of use.
had the same impression when i first got my sxs, but after about a week or two, and a few tweaks it's pretty good now (1 1/2 day with normal use)
for the screen keep it between 40-60% brightness, especially if indoors. i only set it up to 100% when im outside at long periods of time,
switch off 3G/mobile data when you're not using it, and switch off "account sync" if you're not waiting for some important email etc. 3g/mobile data + account sync will kill your battery really really fast, so i advice refreshing apps manually.
i did some research and its fine to keep nfc open, since it uses very minimal battery WHEN it needs to use the battery which is pretty rare (unless you pass around a lot of data via nfc the whole day, which is pretty unlikely).
if you want to go the extra mile, unlock your bootloader, root your phone and mix and match with different custom roms / kernels that optimize battery life.
A very useful trick is to use 2g when you don't need 3g, it saves one hell of energy..
No idea what you're talking about. My battery goes for almost two days with 3G on all the time.
just use it for two weeks with normal charging. and if i were you, i wont unlock it until two weeks (but i have unlocked mine the first day i bought it..hahaha..),
why do i say this, so that if there are problems occur within those weeks, you can return it without problem.
and you will have more time reading and understanding anything that can be done with your phone,
see my signature "Read ME" for head start.
It's because you've just got it. Is it even updated to the latest software? And you've probably been dicking about with it non stop so of course you'll hammer the battery
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
Disable Auto Sync, apps like skype / viber are also hard on battery.
You may also try "Deep Sleep Battery Saver Pro" app.
Thanks for you all , I will try every advice written here
thanks again