Battery Life

[tcwong#AC]

Anyone knows about the battery life on this device? Spec and actual usage are different things. Thanks in advance.

 

[ImTheDuke]

The couple reviews Ive read they mentioned the battery life not being good. Pretty much used to that with smartphones though as I take a spare battery if I think I will need it.

 

[aparigraba]

Just as bad as most smartphones. I have the Vibrant and the Evo and they are both at around 50% after a couple of hours.

 

[ima757]

Its a given with any smart phone running 3G and a big screen that you're not going to have the best battery life out there. It would be nice if they did come out with an extended life battery in the future.

 

[voghan]

I felt I got fairly good battery life on my first day. Limit the widgets and gps usage.

 

[jones4campn]

My first day of use was terrible - battery was gone by noon, even after full night charge. Day two seemed to be better, though, so I'm going to try the 3 battery cycle thing before really worrying. The battery indicator in status bar is definitely not matching up with actual use according to stats, however...

 

[voghan]

Check out battery indicator app on the market. It runs in your notification bar. The default battery status image is not useful.

I'm going to give it a few cycles as well. Right now I don't want to put this phone down. I'm not sure what to do about the screen eating up battery. I've got my brightness all the way down. Screen still looks great but consuming most of the battery.

 

[jones4campn]

Thanks - I'll check out the battery indicator app now.

 

[cgirl28]

Not Good

I unplugged my phone around 7hrs. ago and really haven't used it much. I'm down to 35%, though the indicator says 50%. I didn't think anything could get worse than the G1 battery life. Wow. Might have to invest in a spare battery.

 

[LoganK]

GPS and Bluetooth turned off, WiFi turned on, auto-brightness.

I tend to get about 30 hours out of the battery from completely full to completely empty. The Display accounts for about 40% of the usage (probably because I read a lot on it).

It's not as good as the ten days I used to get on the Motorola V195 (I'll be charging this one every night), but I'm not concerned about jumping from charger to charger.

I used the Google Maps Navigator yesterday (while simultaneously using Audible) and it started burning through the battery, though.

I am somewhat concerned that the compass process (/system/bin/sensorserver_yamaha) is constantly pegged at 7% CPU usage even though it shouldn't be in use. Might be something to look into...

 

[voghan]

If I can get a day on a full charge then I'm happy. Right now I'm getting close to 16 to 18 hours on a full charge. This its with wifi, gps and screen taking 52% of battery. I'm not using the accounts sync for facebook or twitter.I'm also using auto brightness.

 

[AndroidBoricua]

Is there any thing available to view open apps running in the background and then closing them?

 

[voghan]

Task killers can do that but beware. Often those apps are running for a reason. I don't use one. Turn of gps, bluetooth and don't use the account sync for facebook or twitter. I use dedicated apps for twitter and facebook updates. Use the network data for gps.

 

[rocketragz]

Battery is def an issue. Im about 56% after 3 hours of steady pretty much nonstop browser use. No phone calls and a few texts. Have brightness on both screen and browser as low as they go. Wifi, gps, and bluetooth turned off. Using 3g. No feed programs or widgets.

Im trying a few things to see if I can improve life. Im cycling the battery as much as possible. Last night I was able to drain dead and charge full for first time. Will do that a few more times. I installed atk and juice defender.

Cant think of anything else?...

 

[rocketragz]

^ Battery 100% at 7:30am, dead at 2:30pm.

steady browser use for 7 hours. Doesn't seem horrible, but not great either.

had live wallpaper on..

Comments?

 

[anon(42522)]

So far i've gotten 2 days off a charge with it being new and me also so alot of playing.