- 01-22-2011, 03:52 PM #351
As of late, I haven't had any issues with battery life. Yesterday I even got 12+ hours of moderate to heavy use, including a couple of almost-hour-long game playing sessions, and a 2hour phone call, several other short calls, a WHOLE LOT of texting and emailing, a lil bit of facebooking and gtalking off and on, some note-taking and Bible use. I had passed the 12hour mark when my 15% battery life warning came on. I don't use any special battery monitor...thought about it, but decided against it...and I don't constantly force close "running" apps either. My settings are pretty simple too...
I use WiFi most of the time (whenever available), but I don't have it set to notify me when a network is available.
Bluetooth is off unless I'm using it.
4g is off unless I really need it--and quite honestly, WiFi and 3g where I am is fast enough...I've only used 4g a couple of times in NYC...and I'm rarely there...
I only use the mobile network and/or gps (for navigation only, tho) when I'm out and about, away from WiFi.
My screen timeout is 1 minute.
My screen's lighting is low, maybe about 25-30%, and it's still quite bright.
I do have on all screen animations but I'm not using some outrageous wallpaper either...just the HTC Sense (with the big clock/weather widget on the home screen)
I do have background data and auto sync on, but only for facebook, gmail, and weather. I don't leave myself signed into facebook though. I log in a few times a day (if I'm away from my laptop--which is where I leave it logged in 24/7). I just refresh/sync when i log in. On the rare occasion I leave myself signed in a few hours, then the auto sync is available.
My other emails (aol and yahoo) are set to sync/download every 4 hours. Now I do check them usually before that time and I just manually sync...but that's only if I'm expecting something. My notification settings are on, but no sound or vibrate.
I rarely use vibrate at all...Usually I just put the phone on silent when I'm in a situation requiring my phone to be off or in vibrate.
That's pretty much it though...no major to-do.
For a very short while I had the battery widget that displayed the exact amount of power I had left...but I found myself watching that so much and bugging out about making sure I would be able to charge up, that I couldn't really enjoy my phone. I took that right off! Now I really enjoy my phone, and do what I want without trying to restrict myself. The only batter icon on one of my home screens is the one that tells what and how much power a program has been using since last unplugged. I've got 8 hours unplugged right now and still a lil more than half battery life left. I think if users relax and find what they really need at the moment from their phone, then battery life wouldn't be such a big issue.
Of course, I do know that the standard battery for the Evo is really not equipped to handle all that the Evo can do, but battery innovation has yet to catch up with cell phone innovation nowadays...It's coming though...and hopefully without the extra bulkiness, huh? :-) - 01-22-2011, 05:45 PM #352 I totally agree with you. My device is rooted and I'm getting, what I consider to be "acceptable" battery life now. And I use that term lightly. Acceptable means I can pretty much trash the battery from a full charge and have enough power to last an 8 hour shift at work. But, there's more to life than work. So I have had to make some concessions as to my usage.
Originally Posted by MzSongstressDanielle 
AC's own Jesse Potter just posted a review of the Seidio 3500mAh battery. Its a beast indeed.
My Evo lives happily in a Otterbox Commuter case so the added bulk simply won't work for me. But for those who may be interested, I would urge you to read the review and decide. The thing looks huge compared to the stock 1500mAh battery. Once its in the handset things look less grim
Or at least to me. But the up-side is that it effectively doubles the battery power over the stock battery. Which is HUGE. But so is the battery. And I digress.
- 01-26-2011, 05:11 PM #353
- 01-26-2011, 05:51 PM #354 Technically that means 93% of the time, your phone is doing nothing. If the phone is just idling its normal. There should be other items listed like in this shot Originally Posted by Tonay
What are the other averages?Last edited by slipdisc; 01-26-2011 at 05:52 PM. Reason: added quote
- 01-26-2011, 05:56 PM #355
- 01-26-2011, 06:06 PM #356 Ok, and time since unplugged? Originally Posted by Tonay
- 01-26-2011, 06:09 PM #357
- 01-26-2011, 06:11 PM #358 My bad, I should have asked before, what amount of battery power do you have left? Originally Posted by Tonay
- 01-26-2011, 06:49 PM #359
- 01-26-2011, 11:39 PM #360
- 01-31-2011, 06:16 PM #361 What kind of battery life are you getting?
Just like the title says, what's your battery life like. I usually go about 15 to 20 hours.
- 01-31-2011, 08:16 PM #362
- 01-31-2011, 08:20 PM #363
That is about the same as myself(16-20hrs). Before cm7 nightlies came out I got a 44 hrs on cm 6.1.1. Mostly due to the fact I was constantly busy and didn't do much on my phone. But I'm happy with around 20 hrs of life
- 01-31-2011, 08:47 PM #364
Running Cyanogen 6.1.2 I normally got 15-20 hours. Much less on the nightlies.
- 01-31-2011, 10:25 PM #365
i have a quik question about rooting. what is the best to go with to get best battery life and still have about 90% of stock things on the phone ? thanks
- 02-01-2011, 01:45 AM #366
- 02-01-2011, 02:03 AM #367
WOW! I'm impressed to the EVO user who was not rooted x)
Well, I'm not rooted either (but from time to time, I temp root
for screen shot purposes) and with non stop use, I get about 4hours
of battery life in continuous browsing, downloading/installing apps, etc xP
Might as well root my phone sooooooon ^^ S
itty Battery Life xD
- 02-01-2011, 10:04 AM #368
Yeah night and day difference with battery life on a rooted vs stock phone. Stock I was lucky to make it 5-6 hours before getting below 20%. I could never go back for that reason alone.
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk - 02-01-2011, 10:14 AM #369 There are Sense ROMs that are similar to stock. Originally Posted by saleen2002
Sprint Lovers - Sense based ROM that has some of the bloat removed (can run setCPU to lower idle CPU usage)
Calkulin's EViO 2 - Sense HD based ROM (further refined pre-installed CPU & voltage management kernel)
Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo - A popular Sense ROM that is a bit more of a deviation from stock. (I can't personally vouch for battery life)
You also have the variable of running a different kernel for other performance benefits. - 02-01-2011, 10:34 AM #370
- 02-01-2011, 11:23 AM #371
I don't even try to measure my battery life. I unplug it at 6:30 am or so and plug it on my travel charger from around 7:30 until 8:15 while I listen to WEEI out of Boston via TuneIn Radio. Then, I go to my office and charge the phone again around 11:30 or 12:00 when I get down to about 60%. I will then top it off around 4:00 PM to make sure I have a full battery so I can browse the web instead of talking to the wife after dinner.
- 02-01-2011, 11:32 AM #372 I think if I was your wife I would throw your EVO against the wall. Haha. Originally Posted by redsoxfan2133
- 02-01-2011, 12:47 PM #373
Redsoxfan... that was hilarious!
Monday - Friday, I avg. around 14 hours. This is only achieved by toggling my data on/off as needed. On weekends, my results mirror what an earlier poster said... about 4 hours if used continually (web browsing, downloading, streaming media, etc)Those who nobly do their best have no reason to bow their head in shame - 02-01-2011, 04:39 PM #374
missjenell are you stock or rooted ? if rooted...what are you running to get the time that you get
- 02-01-2011, 06:14 PM #375 I am rooted. I get that kind of battery life running either VaelPak or Ava-Froyo ROMs with HTC #15 kernal. Originally Posted by saleen2002
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