Battery Life

[njdevs96]

Ok, I'll admit this is my first Droid phone and came over from many years of BB use. I have my contrast down to less than half and was "pushing" yahoo mail, facebook, and twitter. I'm only geting 6-7 hours of batery life before having to re-charge. Is this normal for a Droid, are there certain settings I can do to extend my time between charges? My BB used to get me almost 2 full days of normal use in between charges.

Otherwise, I love this phone and some of it's features !!

 

[gmsmith]

I am seeing the same thing...I am sure there is some battery conditioning that needs to happen. I have to say, I am out of my element with the Android, I have been such a BB head for so many years. Lots of potential.

 

[brandonx1000]

today, i charged my phone to 100% at 9am...i barely used it all day, 1 5-minutes call, nothing else (the pro is my work phone, and the X is my personal), and by 5pm, i was under 50%

 

[njdevs96]

Yeah - fully charged at 8am and after a few emails, a quick call or two, and looking at the clock it was at 15% by 6pm. As I said earlier I really like the features and feel - but if it can't last a solid day it's going back......

 

[JC10380]

I would say the problem is "pushing." Leaving all these connections open will drain the battery. I don't push and just check my stuff manually. I can easily get a full day and sometimes 2 out of my DInc.

 

[nicky88xx]

mine is dropping 15-20% hourly on moderate usage. I know how to optimize the battery life on an android but nothing is helping with the pro, it just eats battery alive, not sure what else i can do. IM thinking its a battery issue, im awaiting an extended battery to see if that will help. Literally getting 5-6 hours tops on a full charge

 

[TheAlmightyDrew]

Wow, it sounds like this thing has an absolutely awful battery. In fact, it sounds like it is just as bad as the Droid Incredible's. I don't know why companies are doing this? Are they just banking on people going out to buy extended batteries? Do they have some sort of partnership with these companies that make extended batteries?

It's ridiculous. After how much bad reputation that HTC gets for having a reputation for making phones with horrible battery lives, you would think that Motorola (a major competitor) would try and one up their opponent. You would think they would make sure their devices have very good battery lives. You would also think that since the Droid Pro is clearly Motorola's ploy to reel in more Blackberry users, they would want this device to have a great battery. Blackberries are known to have extremely good batteries. Blackberry users spend a lot of time on their phones, so they need a battery that can keep up with that. That is a major thing for them. Why would Motorola make this phone with a crappy battery?

It all makes no sense to me.

 

[spmmn]

Battery settings worked for me. Mine was not set to battery saver.

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[njdevs96]

Well, I can only hope these extended life batteries come out within the next 29 days so I can give them a try

 

[terpitude71]

you have to remember that while smartphones are taking huge steps forward with advancements in a very short amount of time, battery technology isnt. our new devices have all these new features and high screen resolution with super-fast processors, but the battery that is powering them has the same capacity as my BB curve did two years ago. of course, they could come with bigger batteries, but that would make the phones even more expensive, and much heavier and bulkier. adjusting to tweaking battery settings is one of the more challenging things i dealt with when switching to android, but fortunately there are a lot of options in the OS to help.

in the settings menu, there is a battery manager that has several profiles (including a customizable one) that can essentially cut off your 3g data stream when not using your phone, which helps. you can also go into the data manager and set your social network streams to only update while you are connected to wi-fi. as a previous poster mentioned, a lot of stuff gets pushed directly to the phone. besides emails, you also get constant FB and twitter updates pushed if you are using the account setup integrated in the OS, which was the biggest culprit for me when i switched to the droid x. the battery manager will help keep that in check. there are also many people who will just download the facebook and twitter apps and use them instead, as with the apps you can request status updates on demand.

the biggest thing to realize though is that the battery life is not going to be as good as many of you are used to from BB because you now own a phone that can do more than your BB ever could. use your phone how you want to though, as there is no point to having all this awesomeness and not using it. and for me, if that means i have to get an extended battery, or carry a spare charger with me, then im willing to do it

 

[brina042]

From a day and a half usage, I think the battery life is better than my droid incredible. I recommend buying a spare battery (You can get them relatively cheap on Amazon or Ebay) and a "Battery only" charger from Verizon, that way you can charge just the battery and have a spare charged battery on hand whenever you need it. I had to do this with my Droid Incredible and it helped tremendously. I'm on my phone or I would send you links to the ones I bought for my Pro.

 

[radyoactive]

I've notice in the day and half I've had the phone that the battery life is definitely better than the incredible. I did turn off the auto brightness and set it myself. I havent set up a battery usage profile as the battery isnt as big of an issue with me working at the office all day where I have a charger plus one in my car.

Does anyone have a pic of the extended battery and cover? Does it have a bulge or make it thicker?

 

[leathernuts#WP]

Well, I can only hope these extended life batteries come out within the next 29 days so I can give them a try

On a droid x now and had the same problem. By noon, it had to be charged. I bought the extended and was worried that the cost may not be worth the minimal increase, boy was I wrong! It was a huge difference! I suspect it will be the same. I will in fact buy the xtd bat when I pick up the pro or d2global. These should be part of standard package on these phones. They will never last like bb though. Its all give and take. Now I can go a whole day before needing a charge. Good luck.

 

[mahst687]

battery

yeah i do believe the battery is alittle crappy although probably through updates and stuff they will improve performance... i will also be getting the extended battery for the phone when it drops... does anyone know if the verizon stores will sell you accessories if they have them in-house? they are probably sitting on all the accessories i want for the phone until release day i imagine...

 

[bclinger#IM]

I have an extended 2600ma battery on my Evo and have no complaints with it. It does have the bulge, but that bulge also makes the device more secure in the palm. I have a 3500ma battery en route from the mainland.

I've notice in the day and half I've had the phone that the battery life is definitely better than the incredible. I did turn off the auto brightness and set it myself. I havent set up a battery usage profile as the battery isnt as big of an issue with me working at the office all day where I have a charger plus one in my car.

Does anyone have a pic of the extended battery and cover? Does it have a bulge or make it thicker?

 

[brina042]

Alrighty here is a link to the battery charger I ordered Amazon.com: Genuine Motorola Droid P323 Battery Charger System: Electronics and here is the extra battery I ordered from Ebay Motorola BP6X Battery Droid A855 Cliq Cliq XT Droid2 i1 - eBay (item 160482574970 end time Nov-16-10 21:44:03 PST)

 

[spmmn]

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[androzza]

Mine ran very hot the first day and died. Day 2 it made it aobut 12 hours then died. We'll see about tomorrrow....

 

[JB01]

I had a similar experience with my Droid Pro - By lunch time it would be at 20% and had to be plugged in. I started digging around and used Spare Parts from the Market to see what was using the network and CPU.

It turns out the culprit for me was TweetDeck - I had it set to update every hour (which shouldn't be a problem, and wasn't on my last android phone) but for some reason it was draining the battery. After uninstalling it, My phone has lasted a full day and hasn't even made it to 20% - Night and day difference. I hope that helps someone!

 

[LikeWebOS]

Also, I hope some of yall aren't forgetting to switch the coverage signal from Global to CDMA. That will help as well!