My battery has been a stud lately

[jgang06]

Ever since I did a factory restore on my phone, tweeked the settings, and installed juice defender I can go about 24 hours with moderate/heavy use.

Im at 95% since 7 am with moderate - heavy use.

Anyone else just seeing a drastic improvement with their battery life?

I was thinking about returning this phone but I love it now.

 

[FutureTBoltOwner]

I didn't even have to do a factory reset thankfully, just installed juice defender about 5 days ago and my phone's been a monster ever since. with wifi on I can easily go 24 hours without needing a recharge and usually lose 50 or 60% of the battery at the most. On days like today where I go almost all day on 4G I can easily go 12+ hours before needing to think about charging, and if I switch to wifi sometime during that time I can easily make it in the 14-18 hour range.

 

[RetiredJedi]

Ever since I did a factory restore on my phone, tweeked the settings, and installed juice defender I can go about 24 hours with moderate/heavy use.

Im at 95% since 7 am with moderate - heavy use.

Anyone else just seeing a drastic improvement with their battery life?

I was thinking about returning this phone but I love it now.

I have and I also noticed that once the battery gets in the 50% range it seems to drain a lot slower. Last night when I got to 50% I tried to drain it as low as I could before plugging it in when I went to bed. I turned off my computer and started simply using my phone to surf the web and play some angry birds, etc. At about two hours of pretty constant use I only drained to to about 42%.

 

[jgang06]

I have and I also noticed that once the battery gets in the 50% range it seems to drain a lot slower. Last night when I got to 50% I tried to drain it as low as I could before plugging it in when I went to bed. I turned off my computer and started simply using my phone to surf the web and play some angry birds, etc. At about two hours of pretty constant use I only drained to to about 42%.

I agree. I remember I got a warning message that my battery went below 15% last night and it seemed to stay on forever after that. It just get chugging along.

 

[KSChris]

I have had ZERO complaints about the battery. It is performing as good, if not better than, any Android phone I've ever had.

 

[potatolover1102]

Well what is weird to me is my battery was awful until about a week into it and then it was great after being broken in. However the last two days now it is horrible!! It goes from 100% to 40% in 2 hours easy. Half of the time that is on standby

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

Ever since I did a factory restore on my phone, tweeked the settings, and installed juice defender I can go about 24 hours with moderate/heavy use.

Im at 95% since 7 am with moderate - heavy use.

Anyone else just seeing a drastic improvement with their battery life?

I was thinking about returning this phone but I love it now.

What did you lose or have to re-set after you did the factory restore?

I had a heck of a time getting my email set up and don't want to have to go through THAT again.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

I didn't even have to do a factory reset thankfully, just installed juice defender about 5 days ago and my phone's been a monster ever since. with wifi on I can easily go 24 hours without needing a recharge and usually lose 50 or 60% of the battery at the most. On days like today where I go almost all day on 4G I can easily go 12+ hours before needing to think about charging, and if I switch to wifi sometime during that time I can easily make it in the 14-18 hour range.

I was reading the reviews and some were saying it didn't work on Thunderbolt - that has not been your experience, I take it?

Are you using the free version or paid version?

 

[ThomasT626]

I thought Juice Defender wasn't properly working for the Thunderbolt? They fix it?

 

[Chilly818]

Ever since I did a factory restore on my phone, tweeked the settings, and installed juice defender I can go about 24 hours with moderate/heavy use.

Im at 95% since 7 am with moderate - heavy use.

Anyone else just seeing a drastic improvement with their battery life?

I was thinking about returning this phone but I love it now.

Why did you do the factory restore in the first place?

 

[dt]

i find battery life to be extremely erratic... on saturday, i went out, 2 hrs later, i was down to 55% battery with moderate use (but i was in the subway, so clearly being in an out of service area kills battery life like no other)... then on sunday, i unplugged it, spoke on the phone for about an hr... and then left it on a table for the rest of the day... end of the day (about 10 hrs later) i still had 60% battery... so yeah... very very erratic... cant seem to figure out why -.-

today... ive been unplugged for 5 hrs, checked email a couple of times, got some twitter updates, and im currently at 79%

 

[klaymen#AC]

I've also noticed my battery improving. Yesterday I took it off the charger at about 9am, and put it back on the charger at about 12:30am. It went through my usual usage (I'd say about moderate), and the battery was down to about 40%, maybe a little less. 3g area though.

 

[FutureTBoltOwner]

I was reading the reviews and some were saying it didn't work on Thunderbolt - that has not been your experience, I take it?

Are you using the free version or paid version?

No problems here at all ... If its not the juice defender working than I couldn't explain it unless my phone has some kind of nuclear powered battery ... I am using the free version

 

[jgang06]

What did you lose or have to re-set after you did the factory restore?

I had a heck of a time getting my email set up and don't want to have to go through THAT again.

After I "reset" the phone, mostly everything was recovered. I had to set a few accounts back up but all of my apps and what not magically re appeared after I reset the phone. I wasnt expecting that...

 

[jgang06]

Why did you do the factory restore in the first place?

I read on here somewhere that a factory restore helped with the battery life. I was desperate at the time so I gave it a shot. Im not sure if that helped or not but it is a lot better after I did it.

 

[jgang06]

I was reading the reviews and some were saying it didn't work on Thunderbolt - that has not been your experience, I take it?

Are you using the free version or paid version?

Juice defender battery isnt working, juice defender beta is.

 

[RetiredJedi]

I thought Juice Defender wasn't properly working for the Thunderbolt? They fix it?

Juice Defender Beta is the one not Juice Defender Battery

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

After I "reset" the phone, mostly everything was recovered. I had to set a few accounts back up but all of my apps and what not magically re appeared after I reset the phone. I wasnt expecting that...

What do you mean by "accounts" - What I need to know is, did you have to set up your email accounts again?

Apps are easy, even if I have to BUY them again no big deal - apps are cheap.

 

[Chilly818]

I read on here somewhere that a factory restore helped with the battery life. I was desperate at the time so I gave it a shot. Im not sure if that helped or not but it is a lot better after I did it.

i'm with you on this.

 

[sandoff]

trying now, my battery has been horrendous lately