LOVE the phone... can't take the battery.

[jhamilton3#CB]

I must be one of the few with no battery problems at all.. and I'm a heavy user.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Which would even emphasize the need for an app killer... the phone did not monitor itself.

All i know... is that since installing ATK.. i've lost 8% battery in an hour and 5 minutes. I'm no expert... but I like those numbers.

I actually feel like i can go outside and actually use the phone now.

okie dokie. was only tryin to help

I have been using mine steady all day starting at 7am till now 7:30pm with tons of calls & running apps and my battery is at 50%. I think some people may have gotten lucky with the battery & some didn't.

That could be possible as well. I still say it's all a product of your signal strength, and the way CDMA searches.

 

[AldousSnow]

The signal strength thing doesnt fly if you're in the same location pre and post installation of app killer, does it? I didn't install an antenna or anthing.

 

[AldousSnow]

Well issue solved. 2 hours later i've lost 15% total of battery life. (From 60 to 45).

Got to say in my opinion... ATK really made the difference.

 

[JoshK]

I have been using mine steady all day starting at 7am till now 7:30pm with tons of calls & running apps and my battery is at 50%. I think some people may have gotten lucky with the battery & some didn't.

+1, been 12 hours for me, and I am at 40%. I have no task killer or 4G, but I have been browsing and texting a lot and I watched a few CNN videos.

I am happy with my battery life.

 

[kschuyler]

Took mine off the charger at 7:30 this AM. Fiddled a bit during the day, made a couple calls. Got 30-40 emails, played with ebuddy a bit and had about 75% life at 7:00 tonight. I don't think the battery life is nearly as bad as I thought it would be.

Keith

 

[vikingjunior]

There must be something google/HTC can do to improve battery life. The phone is way to cool to give up on, if I have to a extended battery will get strapped on.

 

[blupit30]

i got really sh1tty bat for the first day then i installed the task manager. and turned off the zombie live wallpaper. after that my phone bat is amazing. charged last night while i slept and i used it to play games and watch sprint tv. txt web calls. and its almost 1100 and i just hit the orange bat. so its been good for me. also if it helps i went through about 6 bat cycles. now its fine tho

 

[pedromartinez1983]

Hey guys dont forget to check this article that definatly has helped my phone get incredible amount of battery life 20 tips to improve HTC EVO 4G battery life

 

[fonefanatic]

Not sure what phone you are coming from? But coming from a Palm Pre this thing has a great battery life! I have been using mine for 12 plus hours on moderate use like with my pre where I only got about 7 hours

 

[NVNJ]

I can not understand the battery issues. I took my phone off of the charger at 4:45am this morning. I browsed for about an hour through out the day. Made about 30 mins worth of phone calls. Sent about 25 texts, 5 emails and checked email through the day. it is now 11:10pm and I still have 25% Battery left. Maybe I just have the super EVO. :+) Not sure.

It makes me really wonder when I read battery life threads sometimes..

 

[EVO1Android]

After using the tips posted above and setting ATK to the specified settings in this thread, my battery drain has slowed down very much. I will see tomorrow how long the battery actually lasts.

 

[Caitlyn McKenzie]

It boggles my mind how many people refuse to actually diagnose the situation, instead happily nerfing their devices with ATK.

After all, who cares about silly little things like "multitasking".

 

[AldousSnow]

I can not understand the battery issues. I took my phone off of the charger at 4:45am this morning. I browsed for about an hour through out the day. Made about 30 mins worth of phone calls. Sent about 25 texts, 5 emails and checked email through the day. it is now 11:10pm and I still have 25% Battery left. Maybe I just have the super EVO. :+) Not sure.

It makes me really wonder when I read battery life threads sometimes..

Super Evo? 30 mins of calls... 25 text messages and 5 emails??? I'm sorry and no offense.... but you don't need a PDA for that. I need to send and receive about 100 to 200 emails a day, I definitely need more than 30 mins of calls a day.... and i need to be able to use data without restrictions... (kinda why we pay the $10.00 more).

 

[MDteX]

I can not understand the battery issues. I took my phone off of the charger at 4:45am this morning. I browsed for about an hour through out the day. Made about 30 mins worth of phone calls. Sent about 25 texts, 5 emails and checked email through the day. it is now 11:10pm and I still have 25% Battery left. Maybe I just have the super EVO. :+) Not sure.

It makes me really wonder when I read battery life threads sometimes..

So you are right and everyone else is wrong? While my battery may not be as bad as some I can only get about 6 hours of use and that is not heavy use either.

 

[skullsdontfade]

my battery has been great. i was very busy at work yesterday, but still did a decent amount of text/browsing, and after 8.5 hours of being unplugged i had around 70%.

 

[MDteX]

My EVO charged all night. It has been uplugged for 2 hours and is down to 56% with very minimal use. Bummer. I'll visit Sprint for a different battery.

 

[gnehc]

Turn off 4G if you are not using it. That helps my EVO a lot.

 

[AldousSnow]

My EVO charged all night. It has been uplugged for 2 hours and is down to 56% with very minimal use. Bummer. I'll visit Sprint for a different battery.

Do me a favor.... try a task killer

 

[MDteX]

Do me a favor.... try a task killer

For now I'm anti task killer apps. Too much controversy so far.

And why would I turn off 4G when I'm in a 4G area? Isn't that why I bought the phone in the first place?