Going back to my Droid Incredible

**paliz** · 03-24-2011, 12:53 AM

I've given my Thunderbolt a week to condition the battery… I've turn off everything, I've increased the sync times between sync's, I've eliminated almost everything I can which draws power from this awesome phone. Yet, my battery can't make it past a half-day of standby time. My HTC Incredible never had poor battery life like this! I'm taking advantage of my 'worry free guarantee' and going back to my previous HTC phone… It's too bad as I really like this phone with exception for its poor battery life.

**PhxBlue** · 03-24-2011, 01:06 AM

theres an app in the market which will allow you to turn the LTE radio off very easily. Its made a difference it seems.

**CrotchBat** · 03-24-2011, 01:41 AM

You can't do 12 hours of stand-by? Are we talking you just putting the phone to sleep and doing nothing with it and you can't make it 12 hours? Yikes. I can do 4+ days of pure stand-by.

**Kevin O'Quinn** · 03-24-2011, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by CrotchBat

You can't do 12 hours of stand-by? Are we talking you just putting the phone to sleep and doing nothing with it and you can't make it 12 hours? Yikes. I can do 4+ days of pure stand-by.

Maybe you should tell everyone what you do to get that kind of battery life.

**KoukiFC3S** · 03-24-2011, 02:29 AM

That sucks. Try an exchange, Im getting amazing battery life.

**Droid_Evo_8** · 03-24-2011, 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by PhxBlue

theres an app in the market which will allow you to turn the LTE radio off very easily. Its made a difference it seems.

And what's the name of the app?

**jmsdvs** · 03-24-2011, 02:41 AM

That's too bad, I get plenty of hard use and only get down to about 30% at the end of the day. I am rooted though.

**Duvi** · 03-24-2011, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by iamlilysdad

Maybe you should tell everyone what you do to get that kind of battery life.

turned wireless off the device for 3 of those days. lol.

not sure how that is possible or how that was even tested. wasn't used for 4 days? ha.

**theGman911** · 03-24-2011, 03:37 AM

"Phone info" app I think he means.... Just makes it easier than punching in *#*#4636#*#* u still have to toggle it manually tho.

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**magikspl** · 03-24-2011, 04:27 AM

Yes, turn off your 4g radio if you are in a no coverage or extended coverage zone. At my house I am in an extended zone and it KILLS my battery trying to hunt the signal. Turned to 3G only and 8 hours of standby used only 4% battery. I love it

**jmz768** · 03-24-2011, 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by KoukiFC3S

That sucks. Try an exchange, Im getting amazing battery life.

No, no you don't.

**my3chis** · 03-24-2011, 06:23 AM

I am having the same battery life as my Incredible. But...I don't have 4G in my area so I don't know if that will make a difference.

**Joe378** · 03-24-2011, 06:55 AM

I don't get great battery life with the stock battery, but I get very good battery life with the extended battery.

**Komodod** · 03-24-2011, 07:11 AM

Full day battery life experience here. Should re-review the great tips for saving power, check to see if you are on a 3g/4g boundary(which can hurt a lot) and at the very least go make pals with a vrz rep, that knows their ish, and talk with them about issues. Could have gotten a bunk batt or overlooked something. Majority consensus seems to be working through batt complaints.

**lovy** · 03-24-2011, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by paliz

I've given my Thunderbolt a week to condition the battery… I've turn off everything, I've increased the sync times between sync's, I've eliminated almost everything I can which draws power from this awesome phone. Yet, my battery can't make it past a half-day of standby time. My HTC Incredible never had poor battery life like this! I'm taking advantage of my 'worry free guarantee' and going back to my previous HTC phone… It's too bad as I really like this phone with exception for its poor battery life.

Good Morning Paliz, I was in the exact same situation, I would go to sleep with a fully charged battery and wake up and it would be dead, I had a fit came here and the people helped me so much. A thread that helped me the most was called Juice Defender/Blockbuster I followed the steps that a person named forgetful had post and now I am getting great battery life no more full charge and then dying. Before you decide to return your phone please take a look at that thread and also OMG I Woke up thread and you will see that I went through exactly was you are going through. I even made a new thread for the people that were having problems like this which is called OMG 17 Hours and you will see the improvements that I have now. I hope this helps you and Good Luck

and I stay on 4G all day.

**dhendriksen** · 03-24-2011, 07:37 AM

My battery is awesome.

Sorry you're having issues.

Enjoy your old Incredible.

**dtm17** · 03-24-2011, 07:39 AM

My office is in a 4G extended coverage area (just on the fringe). when I first got my TB, I could literally watch the percentages drop on my battery indicator. 2 hours max and I would be at 20%. I finally realized it was the constant searching for signal and going in and out of 4g, 3g. So I connected to the wifi in the office. Now, after 12 hours I am still above 50%. This is with a few texts, about 15 - 5 minute calls and about 20 minutes surfing the web and checking emails.

I also spent last weekend in an area that has solid 4g coverage and my phone was at 30% after 18 hours. Many texts, a few calls, etc...

Bottom line is that what absolutely kills the TB battery is searching and going in and out of 4g. I suggest connecting to wifi anytime it is available and turning off 4g whenever you are on the fringe of 4g coverage. Believe me you will see a HUGE difference.

BTW - this is not an issue specific to 4g or the TB. a few years ago, I had a moto-Q. I was on a project outside of Philly and that office/area had the same problem, but with 3g...my phone would be constantly searching for 3g would not make it past noon before it was DEAD.

**htowngator** · 03-24-2011, 07:45 AM

When the mod community goes full steam on this thing with low-voltage OC kernels, custom ROMs with no bloatware, and 4G toggles (easy ones, not the menu system shortcut we have now) then it'll be blazing.

Same thing happened with the EVO.

**htowngator** · 03-24-2011, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by dtm17

My office is in a 4G extended coverage area (just on the fringe). when I first got my TB, I could literally watch the percentages drop on my battery indicator. 2 hours max and I would be at 20%. I finally realized it was the constant searching for signal and going in and out of 4g, 3g. So I connected to the wifi in the office. Now, after 12 hours I am still above 50%. This is with a few texts, about 15 - 5 minute calls and about 20 minutes surfing the web and checking emails.

I also spent last weekend in an area that has solid 4g coverage and my phone was at 30% after 18 hours. Many texts, a few calls, etc...

Bottom line is that what absolutely kills the TB battery is searching and going in and out of 4g. I suggest connecting to wifi anytime it is available and turning off 4g whenever you are on the fringe of 4g coverage. Believe me you will see a HUGE difference.

BTW - this is not an issue specific to 4g or the TB. a few years ago, I had a moto-Q. I was on a project outside of Philly and that office/area had the same problem, but with 3g...my phone would be constantly searching for 3g would not make it past noon before it was DEAD.

I'm in a strong 4G area for the most part (2+ bars everywhere if not 4) and my battery will last about 8-9 hours on average use. I think the LTE radio in general is a bit of a battery hog even if not "searching" constantly. My battery percentage use is usually around 20% for the cell radio idle which is all LTE just sitting there taking up juice. On my old Droid I think that was down around 5% or so.

**itsdollar** · 03-24-2011, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by paliz

I've given my Thunderbolt a week to condition the battery… I've turn off everything, I've increased the sync times between sync's, I've eliminated almost everything I can which draws power from this awesome phone. Yet, my battery can't make it past a half-day of standby time. My HTC Incredible never had poor battery life like this! I'm taking advantage of my 'worry free guarantee' and going back to my previous HTC phone… It's too bad as I really like this phone with exception for its poor battery life.

Sometimes a bad battery can be the cause. Before you give up see if they can exchange your battery. It is a free exchange and I had to do it with a phone a couple of years back (That is if you purchased from Verizon)

**experiment 626** · 03-24-2011, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by PhxBlue

theres an app in the market which will allow you to turn the LTE radio off very easily. Its made a difference it seems.

Yes, please share with us the name of the App. I still can't believe HTC/VZW would release the Thunderbolt without a "LTE off " setting.

**aplsucks** · 03-24-2011, 08:46 AM

If my phone stays in standby, i have good battery life. It'll last more than a day. If I am playing with it alot, it'll last 6 hours roughly. That is GTG with me. As badass as this phone is, I am great with those numbers.

**ncbryan** · 03-24-2011, 09:03 AM

Nothing scientific here, but I am getting at least twice as much battery life out of my TB which is exclusively running on 3g (not in a 4g market) when compared to my Dinc. I was off the charger yesterday for over 12hrs 45min and still had 60% of my battery left. I probably don't use my phone as much as some, but in comparison with my Dinc, I was using it the same and could NEVER get that much time w/o looking for a charge.

**Realistpm** · 03-24-2011, 09:13 AM

oh yeah, it has a decent battery life, if you turn all the phones niceties off and use it for a clock only... don't surf the web (especially in 4g which you're paying for), play games, make phone calls (the hissing sound will drain you battery faster), also make sure your screen brightness is low enough not to be able to see it outside, probably should avoid texting and taking pictures as well... makes sense to me

might as well trade it in for non smart phone and use your computer for web browsing

**BigDaddyLongnut** · 03-24-2011, 09:24 AM

I almost hit 20 hrs from a full charge yesterday, and I was in training at work so I was using the crap out of it. We had a server go down and my exchange email blew up! I am not in a 4G area and I was on wi-fi most of the day. I let the battery die at home last night just to see how far I could stretch it and when I was at 5% my screen was around 72% of that 95% use. I haven't used a lot of the battery saving tips, but I have seen the battery getting stronger the last couple days. It is way better than my incredible was, in fact I kept showing the battery level last night to my wife who still has her Droid Incredible, she seemed to even be impressed..