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« on: March 18, 2011, 09:17:13 AM » |
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Ok well since the phone has been out for 24 hours now, I have been checking on battery life. The phone was only about 30% charged when I got it and it was charge a little at various time thru the day yesterday and I have to say that with all the tinkering I was doing, it semed to do pretty well. I do notice the phone takes a while to charge. Last night at 3:30am I had it fully charged and then I unplugged it and left it alone to check on standby, battery time. Well with all notifcations running, such as facebook updates & twitter the battery went from 100% to 64% in 6.5 hours with no use by me. Thats not too bad. Right now I just have the auto brightness off and screen around 25% with no other settings to help the battery so Its doing pretty well. I am going to run it for a while and mess around with it and se how the battery goes today. I will update this post with more info as it happens... Here is some info I found over at XDA (courtesy of OneStepAhead) - I will put the main info here but i will add the link so you can see the whole post. To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly: (This is straight from HTC themselves)1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6988794#post6988794 |
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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2011, 06:43:30 PM » |
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I used it heavily yesterday, as I just could NOT put it down. I recieved it at about 50% I showed it off for a bit then shut it down to charge it up; charging was horrible to wait for. It took about 2 hours to get full. After that, I used heavily (reinstalling apps, signing into accounts, etc.) for about 4 hours till it died. Today, with notifications on Twitter, facebook, Tapa, etc. for 15 minute intervals. Texted about 20 messages (in and out). Running a live wallpaper and showing it off (again). Buying an app, which meant putting in a card #, setting it up and checking my bank account It ran down to 10% around 3. I just charged it up - while napping - and am now doing this.
I will also try out that "battery improver" sometime this weekend. Thanks!
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2011, 06:08:07 PM » |
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I tried this trick out and It seems to have worked!
I have 33% now (at 5pm) after unplugging at 11am (6 hours). I have Twitter and Facebook running on 15 minute intervals. I was on Tapa all day (dealing with an error). Took a couple more pictures. Took a quick 2 minute call. The previous days I've had to charge multiple times a day. When at school I rarely use my phone so this will surpass what I need on an average day! I feel that this is well worth the trouble. Do the 8 hour stint overnight, then it's a breeze.
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2011, 07:26:53 PM » |
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Great, Im gonna try it, thanks
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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2011, 07:32:32 PM » |
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Thanks for the info!
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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2011, 08:53:18 PM » |
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First thing...OK, maybe second or 12th thing I will do when I get mine tomorrow!
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2011, 08:55:28 PM » |
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First thing...OK, maybe second or 12th thing I will do when I get mine tomorrow!
Also, remember: do not turn it on until you plug it in and charge it fully. That will give the best results with battery. |
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« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2011, 05:36:27 AM » |
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First thing...OK, maybe second or 12th thing I will do when I get mine tomorrow!
Also, remember: do not turn it on until you plug it in and charge it fully. That will give the best results with battery. huh? the quote says : turn on and charge 8 hours or more, then off ,, charge for an hour and then on for 2 minutes, off and charge another hour.... Where does this come in? [/quote] Also, remember: do not turn it on until you plug it in and charge it fully. That will give the best results with battery. [/quote EDIT** Never mind....a cup of coffee has made me see the light  |
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2011, 01:31:24 PM » |
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Is the battery improver a stock app or something off the market?
Since getting the phone a week ago, it's been really good on battery life for me... That is until yesterday... It was dead about halfway through my 8 hour shift at work and nothing was really different as far as my usage.
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2011, 02:50:08 PM » |
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It could have been searching mire for 4G. The coverage isn't everywhere so it can start to roam for it, using battery.
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2011, 03:07:48 PM » |
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The 4G network was down till about noon est yesterdy. So as JPC said, your phone was probably searching all that time for a signal... You should see a difference today
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« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2011, 09:38:38 PM » |
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That makes sense. I have 4G most everywhere I go out here in AZ, but if it was down then that would be my issue. It just freaked me out.
Thanks for the input.
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« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2011, 04:04:11 PM » |
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ive seen that charging using the charger it came with and a verizon car charger it charges fast but say in my laptop or xbox or cable box or any other usb it takes for ever to charge way longer like 8 hours other way about 2 or so
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« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2011, 10:42:51 PM » |
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ive seen that charging using the charger it came with and a verizon car charger it charges fast but say in my laptop or xbox or cable box or any other usb it takes for ever to charge way longer like 8 hours other way about 2 or so
Yea, the votage and ampage is slightly different (not bad) but slower so it takes longer.. |
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« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2011, 11:52:31 PM » |
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Today my battery decided to be nice. I unplugged around 10am. Had it shut off for about an hour, and with heavy testing (with sending and receiving a few pictures), used Tapa on two forums, took about 20+ pictures and had 5 minute call and it Is now 11pm and I'm running on about 15%
It was a great battery day.
I've reduced my normal brightness to around 15% which is a perfectly comfortable level for indoors.
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