Been unplugged off of full charge for 2 hours, battery at 43%

lazymac · 07-14-2011, 11:02 AM

Screen at lowest setting, all location off, no gps, no bluetooth, rooted but stock OS, haven't performed MR2 update yet, minimal use, no widgets on homescreens, no animated home screens, something has begun absolutely KILLING my battery the past several days or so.

What's a good app to track realtime cpu / mem / network stats by process, the way you can do with windows task manager? The "what has been using my battery" option is terrible.

pt1911 · 07-14-2011, 11:15 AM

Are you in a 4G area? Last Thursday I took mine off the charger at 8:00a.m. and it sat on my desk and didn't even get used once and it completely died by 12:30!!!! After the update Saturday I turned my 4G completely off and now yesterday I took mine off the charger at 8:00a.m. and I still have 50% battery left!? I am thinking that when it searches for 4G/3G it uses HUGE amount of battery? I could be wrong though.

effingpace · 07-14-2011, 11:20 AM

4G is a battery killer,1st day i got the phone (few weeks ago) i had it charged at 100%, went to bed had it off the charger, woke up 6 hours later it was at 12%, since then i turned 4G off and i get 15+ hours a day with my battery, i also ordered 1700 mah batteries off of ebay that dont use the extended cover so that also helps. even if you have a great 4G signal it will still destroy your battery

OhioG · 07-14-2011, 01:30 PM

I have had 9.5 hours of 4G since unplug. This includes all the set up after a factory reset and about 8 hours of idling where I got 2 emails and weather check every hour and battery info shows 7/10 bars remaining on the charge. I think a lot does have to do with signal. When I was in Chicago, 4g was wrecking my battery but here in SW Ohio, a much smaller market than Chicago, I am getting a good 10 hours of use on 4g.

Tip: If you are planning on letting your phone sit around and not really use it for streaming videos or surfing the web (full webpages, not widgets or mobile web), then either go through settings and put in CDMA only or get the 4g LTE On/Off switch on the Market.

yodatom10 · 07-14-2011, 01:33 PM

The thundrbolt is a battery sucker I would do the update. As it helped the battery life

baja141 · 07-14-2011, 01:44 PM

ppl need to stop saying that battery life is better after the update because it's not for everyone. For some reason all our phones act different. Mine has never rebooted and battery life was great after update it sucks. Even put in a call to HTC. The tech. Was going to transfer me to warranty too see what they could do. But I decided to life with the Devil I know.
So don't tell me it's great because it's not.

lazymac · 07-14-2011, 03:15 PM

An update to my original post, I installed the free version of Juice Defender with normal settings and it is acting completely differently. My battery drain is tremendously lower. I am in a 4G area but they must be testing lately. Because, I've been in different 4G areas and not ever had drain like this. Will post updates as I gather more info.

yodatom10 · 07-14-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by lazymac

An update to my original post, I installed the free version of Juice Defender with normal settings and it is acting completely differently. My battery drain is tremendously lower. I am in a 4G area but they must be testing lately. Because, I've been in different 4G areas and not ever had drain like this. Will post updates as I gather more info.

The testing might be really hurting the battery.

RetiredJedi · 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baja141

ppl need to stop saying that battery life is better after the update because it's not for everyone. For some reason all our phones act different. Mine has never rebooted and battery life was great after update it sucks. Even put in a call to HTC. The tech. Was going to transfer me to warranty too see what they could do. But I decided to life with the Devil I know.
So don't tell me it's great because it's not.

Well, my battery life is better so it's not a lie to say that.
Uptime 10:12
Awake time 1:10
Battery 89%
10 hrs since unplugged
That 1:10 of awake was some of me playing contract killer, angry birds, text, phone calls, and some web surfing to watch some FSU videos. Granted I have the extended battery but before the update I would be in the low 80's to high 70's range. I'm not bragging and I wish everyone had the same results as me but I think it's ok for people to be happy with their battery life if it's improved since the update and find people on here who are experiencing the same results. Just like the OP posting battery problems in the hopes that someone else has them and is looking for a solution on how they fixed it.

dmcman73 · 07-14-2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by baja141

ppl need to stop saying that battery life is better after the update because it's not for everyone. For some reason all our phones act different. Mine has never rebooted and battery life was great after update it sucks. Even put in a call to HTC. The tech. Was going to transfer me to warranty too see what they could do. But I decided to life with the Devil I know.
So don't tell me it's great because it's not.

My battery went from great (off charge at 6:30AM, in the red and asking to be plugged in around 9:00PM) to a hell of a lot worse after the update! (off charge 6:30AM and wanting to be plugged back in at 2:30PM!) The update made things worse for the battery at least for me. In both instances (before and after update) I've had 4G turned off and left all services as is and I used my phone exactly the same before and after, no changes. I am beginning to hate this phone more and more with each update. I'm afraid to wonder what will happen to the phone when the GB update is released!