is there any way to improve my battery life, maybe an awesome app or something? I cant even get through 12 hours of use with it before it dies. I do use it quite a bit though maybe thats the problem.
1) If you are using a Pure brand widget, uninstall it/them (I'm told there may be settings that work, but I haven't even bothered testing because there are other similar apps and it was cutting my battery time in half)
2) Take your screen brightness off of "Auto" and manually set it to 20% (it's plenty bright enough).
3) Put your GPS/Satelite widget on your home page, and after anything that uses your satelite (note that sometimes includes going online) toggle it off, wait a couple secs, and toggle it back on (this is due to a bug that will presumably be fixed in an upcoming patch, perhaps the Froyo OTA).
4) Make sure any apps you have that pull data (social widgets, weather widgets, RSS feeds, etc) are set to a reasonable time time for checking
5) That should get you to at least 14-16 hours with moderate to heavy use. You can also download the free version of JuiceDefender, install it and just follow the auto-setup (it pretty much consists of hitting "ok" a couple times and turning off wifi when asked) and then sign into a wifi network whenever you can as it will turn off 3G data for you (which sucks down a lot more battery than wifi).
Profit! - I usually get 16-20 hours off of a full charge. Be sure to charge it past when it says full (at least for the first few weeks), preferably from a wall charger. I get more life out of my X now than I was getting from my Storm...and I beat the heck out of my X compared to the usage from the Storm.
what do you mean pure brand widgets?
Maybe my phone is a freak, I charge it every 48 hours with moderate usage.
My battery usage shows cell standby and idle above the screen(set to auto). I don't even try to conserve battery by turning features off.
Try this. I did it, my phone is fast and the battery life is pretty good.
In light of all the discussions right now about why NOT to use a task killer, from a technical standpoint here's what that submitter got right, what they got wrong, and what you should actually be doing to maximize your phone's potential. : Android
Congradulations............You are lucky,take care of that phone, it is one in a million.
Ok, I did post like a newb. Let me clarify....
I guess I'm a little confused by all of these battery threads because so far the phone has been a beast. I've been blown away by the battery life for such a powerful phone. I did take an hour or 2 to go through every single setting on the phone and in apps to setup how it handles data/power draw. Maybe my advice to OP is to do that exact same thing. I also tried ATK and found the phone to last longer and run smoother without.
People usually come to forums when there are issues, or when they just want more info. You don't hear about the thousands of other people who have absolutely no problems with their phones. They have no need to come here. This applies to every product every time.
I'm afraid to use the thing in case I may actually need to make a phone call.