how to get great battery life?

[oskar1995]

Quick question: For those who are getting really good battery life (and those who aren't too), how much battery % do you lose in 20 minutes with the display off? It seems like any more than 1% loss means there's a problem, does that seem accurate?

That seems to be pretty accurate. Pretty much if I don't touch my phone for an hour it won't lose more than 2 MAYBE 3 percent.

 

[milominderbinde]

Then something is wrong. It should be 1% an hour with everything off. Maybe poor signal or roaming? A rouge app. Try the steps to see.
30+ Hours Battery Life on the Epic 4G Touch-How Long Can You Go?

 

[dguidry12]

To be honest folks ..being that this phone has poor signal the battery is jot going to be great at all.. this phone does not have good batter life if you use it heavy

 

[garrettfarnum]

This is what I got today, I had about 23% right after I took these.
Music is the last one on the list and has only used 2% in case you can't see that.

 

[taylormah]

For the people who are getting consistent green phone signal bar, what is the signal strength (in dbm) that you have? You can find it in Home->Settings->About Phone->Status. I get around -86dbm, and I have real bad battery life. How much dbm is needed to be green on signal bar?

 

[garrettfarnum]

I get right about -91 dbm with yellow so it would probably be -95 or so for green phone signal.

 

[taylormah]

I get right about -91 dbm with yellow so it would probably be -95 or so for green phone signal.

Actually it will be opposite. Since its a negetive number, the lower the value of the number, the better the signal. So -65 will be a green I guess, -75 a bright yellow, and down from there. What is a proper breakdown of the colors? Is it green > bright yellow > dark greenish yellow > greenish gray > red? At my home, I am hovering around -86dbm and I am getting dark greenish yellow on my phone signal bar. What are you getting?