Battery Life

[susanoo26]

First, if you look at that screen shot I provided, I did have it plugged in for a little bit there at the end. But, I've easily gotten 20 hours with medium usage (2-3 hours screen on time, streaming a couple hours of music some surfing, some testing, and a couple of phone calls.

I have made it a "full day" (18 hours) ever since I've had this beast.

Barring something wrong with your phone, either you usage pattern is a lot higher than mine or you have poor service compared to mine. Have you switched your network mode to CDMA only from CDMA/LTE?

ah, I see now what you mean. I saw where you plugged it in. Thanks for the advice on switching it to CDMA mode only

 

[Mikey47]

ah, I see now what you mean. I saw where you plugged it in. Thanks for the advice on switching it to CDMA mode only

Turning off LTE should help a lot, report back in a couple of days and let us know of your battery life has improved.

 

[541rrhse]

Average weekend use from Friday afternoon through very early Sunday morning. Didn't make but a few calls.

 

[strudel#AC]

No complaints with battery life here. I am draining about 1% per hour when idle so I think I may be able to squeak out some more runtime with some additional optimization

 

[Mikey47]

So, I just had to try it. I commute 5.5 hours on Mondays and Thursdays. This morning with my phone at 100%, I started a Google Nav session to my first gas stop.

235 miles and 3 hours and 15 minutes later I was down to 13%. Not bad for constant GPS and 3G data.

Btw, checkout the pic, I've never seen anything use more battery than the screen before.

 

[susanoo26]

So this is what I've been getting. As you can see its not good. I've also had to charge it around 5 or so hours of use. And this is with the advice I've gotten in this forum. Any suggestions after seeing my usage?

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[DougB541#CB]

Looking good today...

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[ffejjj]

So this is what I've been getting. As you can see its not good. I've also had to charge it around 5 or so hours of use. And this is with the advice I've gotten in this forum. Any suggestions after seeing my usage?

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Man i dont understand this. Your screen is using most of the power and it still goes so fast...

I have my brightness set to 100% and i easily get 24hrs per charge. (closer to 15hrs with moderate to heavy use)

It looks like you partially charged in the middle of the cycle thus resetting the timer.

Hmm

 

[susanoo26]

Man i dont understand this. Your screen is using most of the power and it still goes so fast...

I have my brightness set to 100% and i easily get 24hrs per charge. (closer to 15hrs with moderate to heavy use)

It looks like you partially charged in the middle of the cycle thus resetting the timer.

Hmm

I know, its beyond frustrating.

 

[ZiggSVO]

Right before I plugged it in to charge. Granted mostly on wifi.

If it want for the multitasking I wouldn't even consider getting rid of this phone.


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[Drhux]

My EVO LTE was amazing for the first 2 days but it's gone to hell now. No matter what I do the battery is draining crazy fast off wi-fi and it's killing me. I'm going to exchange it and hopefully that fixes the issue.

 

[smgoma]

Recent experience.

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[htc evo 4g]

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Right before I plugged it in to charge. Granted mostly on wifi.

If it want for the multitasking I wouldn't even consider getting rid of this phone.


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What kind of battery indicator on the upper right is that?

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[crxssi]

My EVO LTE was amazing for the first 2 days but it's gone to hell now. No matter what I do the battery is draining crazy fast off wi-fi and it's killing me. I'm going to exchange it and hopefully that fixes the issue.

Restore to factory defaults option and use it that way for a while and see if it is something you did, set, or loaded that is causing the problem.

 

[Eclectech]

Restart your phone. The battery life is great on my Evo, however, one day I noticed it draining faster than normal. It resumed Itz awesomeness once I restarted it.

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[Shadnic]

I was pretty impressed the first few days I had mine, around 20-24 hours and I was using it pretty heavily (though in all fairness that usually included at least 6 hours of sleep). Now I'm getting like 11 hours. It still feels like it's doing a good job, but by night time I do have to plug it in. I definitely would love for it to get back to those 20-24 hour days. I can't believe some of the numbers you guys are getting.... I feel like I should blame games like Scramble with friends for running in the background.

 

[ffejjj]

Last few days i've noticed that chrome beta is still buggy. Twice now it has been up to 70% of my battery drain and killed me quick... I'll unload it and reload and see if that helps. If not its no chrome for now

 

[Drhux]

Restore to factory defaults option and use it that way for a while and see if it is something you did, set, or loaded that is causing the problem.

I ended up excahning for another model because I began having issues with the phone. BUt I think my battery issue may be an issue with Sprint and it's network. Recently recpetion and 3G have been horrible where I work and spotty around where I live. (I stay in Baltimore for the record.) Today I took the evo to work and used it as normal and it's doing horrible.

Mind you

- Screen set to auto brightness
- GPS off
- All uneeded apps disabled
- CDMA only


I'm going to need SPrint to send me an Air Rave or give me a credit for this horrible network

 

[DougB541#CB]

yikes....i just feel like if i didn't have good service in the two places i would be in the most (home and work)

I would not be using that service provider.



I got a good 18 hours last night and was still on 20% battery. Battery is literally no longer a concern for me which is the LAST thing i would ever say about the Evo.

 

[Drhux]

I've been tempted top leave sprint but their plans are the best and until recently my service has been amazing. But I guess they are upgrading the towers for 4G and toher updates but it's becoming a huge hassle.