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The battery life of my captivate after upgrading to 2.2 went down the toilet too. I don't have any apps running in the background either, and my battery drops fast.
I am so sorry to come here and BI^*H about the phone because I do like it. But between the Wifi issue I am having or hopefully had and the Battery life that is getting worse.
I watched my battery go down faster then my gas tank guage today. I went to open an email and by the time it opened from a 80% battery it was at 25% according to the meter. Then I went to open another and it went dead. All within 4 hrs. Now when the phone goes into the yellow icon I cant connect to the internet. The 3g goes grey and stays that way till I plug it into the wall. I have had no problem when I had a 2.1 rooted with voodoolag fix. But no matter how pretty the phone looks with the flash player and the e-mail subject scrolling across the top. This phone is becoming a paper weight real fast. Forget about using GPS without it plugged in I get maybe 20min before it is dead.
I have tried Juice Defender, Advanced Tack Killer and even the Task Manager that the 2.2 has added. I am thinking of just going back to 2.1 or trying Cognition or Another 2.2 OS before I throw it back onto the 2.1 OS.
ATT besides taking things away and making people have to pay you really F^%ked this one up real good. Thanks for nutin.![]()