Thunderbolt Battery Complaints + Tips/Tricks

[racinwarrior]

You'd better start heading back to Verizon then. No phone with a 4.3" display (I've played with them ALL) lasts more than a few hours if you don't turn the screen down. I work for HP. We play with EVERYTHING that gets released. (and copy the good ideas ) I don't know if Verizon promised you guys better battery life, but if they did, they lied. You need a bigger battery and a smaller processor if you want to keep the 4.3" screen. Also, some kind of rooted ROM works on a few of the phones.

my X with a 4.3" screen gets at least 20 hours of heavy use with auto brightness set to on.

the culprit is the 4G radio not the screen

 

[superlawyer15]

How is the extended battery that Verizon sells? I'm thinking of getting one today .

I have it and its great

Doubling you battery is worth the small bulge

 

[KingChicago]

I have a silly question for all you guys and gals, does the kernel apparently being optimized for gingerbread, while running froyo, affect the efficiency of the battery and processes? Just a question. I also may be wrong...but aren't kernels first letter an indication of what version they are compatible with? Claire was EGB something, froyo FRG etc...and the bolt is running froyo with a software version Gb05544a...


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[itsdollar]

I have it and its great

Doubling you battery is worth the small bulge

My store didn't have it and its not online. I don't see why they did that.

 

[Effenhimer]

Didn't have a problem yesterday, ran normal stuff, played around a lot. Now today, 1 and a half hours no use, 50%???!!! Root needs to come quick, I can't keep and eye on VZW apps and whatever else that keeps restarting in the background after I kill them.

 

[Koato]

how are you guys seeing the percentage on battery life?

 

[J-Dam]

i too have had an Incredible since day one. never knew this. However i tap the weather widget, I get the the weather info. no percetage any where to be found. What am I missing?

Same here. Not seeing the percentage when i tap the weather/time widget.

 

[elchip]

how are you guys seeing the percentage on battery life?

Click on the customize button in the lower left of the screen, click "Widget" and then "Get more HTC Widgets." It's in there.

 

[mlf80]

Is anyone having issues with texts today? I sent 2 different people texts this morning and the number they received the text from was a very long random number (obviously not my cell number). Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Is this something going on with Verizon?

 

[Mapex]

Same here. Not seeing the percentage when i tap the weather/time widget.

Only when the phone is plugged in to a computer/the wall will you see percentage in the Desk Clock app that launches when you press the time on the widget.

Otherwise, you need to go to Personalize -> Widgets and download/install the Battery widget for percentage.

I am using Spare Parts to monitor what exactly is eating my battery and it gives percentages as well as battery voltage. This is useful because if my battery caps out at around 4100 mV after a full charge but for some reason is currently reporting 100% at a mere 3600 mV then something went wrong with the charging process and the battery calibration might need some work. This was a key app for people using CM7 nightlies and I apply the same process here.

 

[acmorris]

Here is my setup for now, yes I did the bump charge after a straight 6 hr charge. Plugin in charger after phone is off, charge until green, unplug charger from the wall, power phone up and plug charger back into the wall ac to charge until green again, rinse and repeat for total 10x. Pulling charger from the wall oultlet prevents wearing out the micro usb port on the phone. This process should only be needed to be done once a month.

Apps running for monitoring are as follows: system panel (no a task killer-complete system report)?also could try os monitor as well
Battery detail app+widget: battery monitor widget (complete details on battery specs, also graphs battery usuage for over 24hr period of time), battery indicator (always on battery indicator, it can into your notification tray)
Turn brightness to 20-30% as suggested Cyber and others have for max effect.

Use quick settings for toggling all controls of wireless and display in one setting (places itself in pull down tray @ your request)

Last but not least there is an app called phone info by sc@tawain that will do the code automatically to control 3G/4G bypass to turn on and off go into phone info and down @ the bottom screen and select cdma auto prl until a 4G widget is created by a dev.

My experience comes from having Evo on Sprint living a low line coverage area with not very good service. Yes I have a Thunderbolt now cause I have been a Verizon customer a few years now!

 

[LdotAdot13]

Is anyone having issues with texts today? I sent 2 different people texts this morning and the number they received the text from was a very long random number (obviously not my cell number). Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Is this something going on with Verizon?

From what has been said on a few other threads it has to do with the sim card and 4g network. the long number the people see is the sim number. I havent had that issue but then again im not in a 4g area right now.

 

[davideparr]

battery may force returrn

Wow I love this TB. 20mb dl but 7am start at 10am I have 20% left. Normal calls and email and txtn with moderate web use. Gps off too. It's as bas as the damn Palm Pre.

 

[sandoff]

From what has been said on a few other threads it has to do with the sim card and 4g network. the long number the people see is the sim number. I havent had that issue but then again im not in a 4g area right now.

I had the Issue last night and i just did a hard reset and it didnt do that anymore. Fixed

 

[paulmike3]

Last but not least there is an app called phone info by sc@tawain that will do the code automatically to control 3G/4G bypass to turn on and off the 4G until a widget is created by a dev.!

+1 for this app. I'm in a LTE area with 1-2 bars. Was seeing a 25% battery drop an hour of light usage + some idle. Only dropped 2% in an hour with 3G only. If you don't need the LTE speed for what you're doing, by all means, turn that bad boy off.

 

[samsuck]

From what has been said on a few other threads it has to do with the sim card and 4g network. the long number the people see is the sim number. I havent had that issue but then again im not in a 4g area right now.

Take the battery out if your text messages are coming from a long number. That fixed my friebds issue.

 

[LdotAdot13]

Is anybody having any issues with location? i'm currently in indiana for work but my phone network says im in san francisco... WTF??? I turned it off and on pulled out the battery and it still has the wrong location. The only time it works is if i turn off automatic time update. I'm confused...

 

[dequardo#AC]

You can "turn off" 4G???

Yes. *#*#4636#*#*

Phone Info

Change to CDMA PRL Auto

 

[rlee1027]

I'm wondering the same.. can any1 pm me with "must have!" apps??

me2!

 

[Koato]

I turned my phone off with about 50% charge last night, turned it on this morning and it was about 30%... this worries me abit.

I'm seriously thinking about bringing it back within the 14days if the battery life becomes troublesome but then I dont know what phone to get(dx maybe?) and I'm not sure if I would have to pay a restocking fee? :/