for those with batt issues after upgrade

[bfguns]

I'm having weird battery life. dead after 5 hours of only sending 30 txt messages, visiting a few sites.

I've already read on the media hub and drm, but also want to do a factory reset on my phone. Question is, when do i do this? when the battery is full? empty? half dead? doesn't matter?

DRM restarted itself after a phone reboot. does this mean we have to kill drm each time?


Thanks!
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[bonanzabucks]

I'm out of the country now, so I can't test some of this out on my phone. But I have a question about "toggling" airplane mode. What exactly does that mean? Are you guys saying I should have the phone on airplane mode every now and then? Or just switch it on, then off at a certain point? And if so, when? Sorry for the dumb questions, but I'm confused.

Thanks in advance!

 

[DaEXfactoR]

I just followed your instructions. I like this phone as much as I liked the EVO. Battery life was a huge issue. Thought about going to Verizon because the EVO and Epic are the only real options on Sprint. I am excited about my Epic once again. Thanks for the tip.

 

[bcbbanga4l]

I went into running services and i see it running the DMR but i see no option to kill or shut off.

 

[Broken Arrow]

I went into running services and i see it running the DMR but i see no option to kill or shut off.

To turn it off, tap the running application and a window will pop up with stop and cancel. Tap the stop and that will turn off the running application.

 

[Spyderfry]

To turn it off, tap the running application and a window will pop up with stop and cancel. Tap the stop and that will turn off the running application.

Slight correction -- For running applications this is correct, but for running services you just tap the service to stop them.

 

[nmoreman]

This is a great find, talked to my Service Tech today, he had no idea or clue, what a surprise. He just said hard reset or trade it in. I really don't want to do that because the next one might just do the same thing.

So I am trying all of this. Airplane toggle didn't help, but I did shut down drm as well as Sprint Hotspot. My Wifi showed on when checking Spare Parts, as above it wasn't, so since this is the closest thing, I shut it down and will check
battery later today.

My point, see if this is also running. I didn't have Media Hub but had other, so who know what clicked what.

And big thanks for everyone pitching in to help, that is what these forums should be about - solutions, not complaints.

 

[bcbbanga4l]

Slight correction -- For running applications this is correct, but for running services you just tap the service to stop them.

I thought so too but i taped the drm protected content storage and it wont do nothing. Plus is shaded light grey Am i tapping the right thing?

 

[flynlow]

Tap directly under the gray bar where it's colored.

 

[BrayLively]

new member

I am a newbie to this community forum.
I hope you guys help me always if I fall in trouble. And I'm really happy to join with you.
Pls share your valuable tips and tricks with me.

 

[HeRo99]

I stopped it from running, and I can definitely tell the difference. Its been almost an hour or so, of texting, and web browsing, and hot spot, and my battery hasnt moved at all. Thanx!!

 

[flynlow]

Mine is having a fantastic day today too. 11 hours, 5 minutes unplugged and still at 74%. This is more like it.

 

[Big_Red89#AC]

The more posts I read of everyone trying out the tip from flynlow, the more depressed I get seeing the battery level on my phone keep dropping! I tried just about everything mentioned in this thread short of a factory reset or exchanging the phone. I may just try a factory reset 1st and then exchange it if that fails. Of course, I only have one day left for 30-day exchange policy. CRAP!!!

 

[Cory Streater]

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