VERY LONG and overly wordy post about battery life
Some things to think about for this battery, as well as general knowledge for the use of these types of batteries...
The lifecycle of this battery is around 300 full discharge cycles, and upto 14 to 15 months. Some would counter, but don't. Products that I support for my company use similar technology and it works this way...
Don't let the battery die past 1% or what some call "dead". Though you can do that with this specific battery, doing it more than a couple of times, as well as letting it heat up past 100+ degrees because you left it in your car in the summer, is a bad thing. Aside of the swelling that the pack goes through, physically changes abound, you cause the battery to lose capacity. The capacity can be looked at like this:
Brand new, and conditioned, you should get 10 miles to the gallon, where miles might be hours of intermittent use. Fully discharge the battery down to 1% or 1 bar, and then fully charge it once a day, you should get 10 to 12 months of constantly doing this before you notice a decrease in capacity, which means that you're now probably at 8 miles to the gallon, or 8 hours of intermittent use. This is where it gets worse. Once you've crossed this threshold, the battery capacity drops faster and faster.
What does that mean? It means that you might see you battery make it to a fully charged state in less time than normal. This doesn't mean that your battery is better conditioned or calibrated, it just means that it takes less time to fill a tank that can only hold 8 gallons than it does 10, and the same goes for lithium ion battery technology. The good thing is that if you only charge the phone when its a 50% and once a day, your 300 days of full discharge cycles is actually 600 days for you, but once you actually make it to the 14 to 15 month, regardless of how few times or little you charge your phone, you're still going to see a drop in the quality and performance of your battery. This means that maybe you do or don't want to buy another battery as soon as you get your phone. That second battery that just sits there on the shelf isn't getting used, and when you decide to start using after having only used it a few times in a year, you'll find that you've got a soft auxiliary battery within a couple of months.
So, what else can you do to increase performance if your battery is locked into a specification like 300 cycles and 15 months?
See if the devs can find a way to allow the user to control CAM and PSP within the radio, and have it resident on the ROM somewhere. CAM keeps it awake all the time, but lower levels of PSP cause the wifi to response a bit slower because its using less power at any given time. Products my company make allow the user to do this, so why can't phone manufacturers?
Dark backgrounds for wallpaper. This screen looks great with all kinds of wallpaper that I've seen, but if you're a junkie for saving power, real black is better than bright colors and white.
Blackle.com for your google searching. Stay off those white backgrounds dammit.
Widgets that are always connected to the internet and updating your phone should be pull and not push. Pushing data to your phone consumes more power than pulls because of constant syncing and updating... unless you pull more than the phone pushes, and if you do, then you have a pulling issue and you should seek assistance.
Widgets - but I already said that, and it's important enough to say twice.
I've heard an argument saying that using Lookout security drains the battery, but I can't see it. If you don't like it, don't use it.
Juicedefender - heard that it helps and heard that it doesn't. I've used it and not, and can't find truth that' it helps much, if any. I have not delved too much into the advanced settings because I'm lazy.
Most importantly, stop dicking with the phone throughout the day. Let it charge or use it, but stop checking this and checking that and then evaluating the battery status. Watched pot while it's cooking and all that.
Lastly, according to Samsung, it shouldn't take more than 3 hours to charge your battery. If it takes longer, you may have an issue with the phone or charger, so please take that into consideration. That 3 hours is from about 1 bar or 1 %, I can't remember.
Time for me to get back to work...
SuD
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