Update for thunderbolt

[flipbeats]

I think htc stinks when it comes to battery usage or manufacturing , I mean I do like the phone a lot, I think ill have to lean though towards a Samsung or original droid the Motorolas

 

[mmontel]

I am glad the update fixed the ringtone issue. I am livid with the lack of battery life after the update. My battery is dead after two hours of no use. The phone is useless now. It happened immediately after the update. Prior to the update I would get moderately useage for 9 hours, several phone calls, texting, checking emails, facebook, etc. Now all I have to do it take if off the charger and it drains instantly.

I have two batteries and it happens to both. My husband who has the same phone but has not updated yet still has a decent battery life so I am confident it is related to the update. I am just surprised not many others on this forum have reported the same.

 

[natehoy]

Funny (well, not funny, but interesting) - I am experiencing the exact opposite. I have the extended battery, and up until this update (and a reload of MobileIron and TouchDown, which may have more to do with it, not sure...) I was ending the day with about 45% of battery on a good day after an overnight charge, "low battery" on a bad day.

My phone has been off the charger for almost 36 hours now, and I'm at about 30% charge.

Here's what I'd try if I were you:

1. Pull the battery AND SIM and leave them out for at least ten minutes. I had a lot of problems immediately after the update (Google Talk Video Chat was wonky and unstable over 3G, battery seemed to be draining really fast, and a few other strange issues). I don't know what it is, but pulling the SIM seems to fix things for me, and I've added it to my automatic "after OS upgrade" checklist. And it's harmless.

2. Go through your most-recently-used apps and check their data usage. Try "clear data" (warning, this nukes all saved data, but for things like Facebook all you need to do is log back in). Go through the stuff you don't use, nuke all of its data, and uninstall it.

3. Look at your battery usage chart (menu / settings / About Phone / Battery / Battery Use) - what is using the battery the most? If your answer is not "Display", then you need to seriously look at what IS using the most battery. In my case, after 36 hours, it's "Display" at 51% followed by WiFi, then Cell Standby, then Maps (I use Google Maps a lot), then Phone Idle.

 

[FrankXS]

@M2
Agree with Natehoy. Also, go through your apps and open them to see if they produce an error. It is not uncommon to have an app that needs to be uninstalled and reinstallled after an OTA. And it could be constantly re-trying in the background running your battery down. If all else fails, this is factory reset territory. I strongly believe this is a software issue.

-Frank

Sent from my HTC ThunderBolt 4G/LTE using Tapatalk

 

[mmontel]

You are lucky. I checked my battery usage and 39% is display and 36% by a calendar. It looks like the stock calendar and I use a different business calendar. I don't understand how the calendar is using the battery. I also wish I knew to look at this before so I would at least compare.

I don't have any apps on my phone that I don't use that I have downloaded. What I do have are tons of apps I don't use that I cannot delete...stock apps.

My display times out after 30 seconds and it is not at its brightest. I don't have an animated screen either. I am not sure what else for the display that can be adjusted.

I will go through my apps like Frank suggested. I will also pull the battery and SIM tonight. Hopefully I will stumble upon the answer.

Thanks for the advice.

Marian

 

[worwig]

I have been on battery for 13 hours now. I am at 64%. That includes a couple of hours of streaming internet radio to a Bluetooth stereo headset. I would say that my battery life is a touch better now.

If your battery life is bad, you need to install battery monitor widget our something and track down the problem.

 

[FrankXS]

I will go through my apps like Frank suggested. I will also pull the battery and SIM tonight. Hopefully I will stumble upon the answer.

Thanks for the advice.

Marian

Start with the battery/sim pull. I didn't realize that you hadn't done that yet. Usually that's the first step in troubleshooting.

-Frank

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[abulak]

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[Shygar]

Also make sure you aren't using a task killer. These will drain your battery more.

 

[mmontel]

I have pulled the sms, rebooted (never had to troubleshoot before so I did not know to pull the sms card), checked all my apps, never have had a task killer installed and tried various settings. I have changed batteries also as well as charged my battery on an external charger thinking it might be the USB port not fully charging. My display uses the majority of my battery and I can't make any more setting changes to it and still see my screen. I also noticed if I make one call that is at least 5 mins my battery goes into yellow and my phone gets so hot it is uncomfortable to hold up to my ear. This is new. I finally gave up and took the phone into a VZW store for them to look at it. Someone there looked at settings a few minutes, did not find anything that could be changed but did notice the significant drop in battery percent just looking at settings. Since I already switched batteries the only other option they gave me was to replace the phone. I hope that will resolve it. If this does not work I am due for an upgrade end of January and will have to move to another phone. I hope that won't be the case since I really like the TB.

Thanks to everyone for their help and wish me luck.

 

[FrankXS]

I have pulled the sms, rebooted (never had to troubleshoot before so I did not know to pull the sms card), checked all my apps, never have had a task killer installed and tried various settings. I have changed batteries also as well as charged my battery on an external charger thinking it might be the USB port not fully charging. My display uses the majority of my battery and I can't make any more setting changes to it and still see my screen. I also noticed if I make one call that is at least 5 mins my battery goes into yellow and my phone gets so hot it is uncomfortable to hold up to my ear. This is new. I finally gave up and took the phone into a VZW store for them to look at it. Someone there looked at settings a few minutes, did not find anything that could be changed but did notice the significant drop in battery percent just looking at settings. Since I already switched batteries the only other option they gave me was to replace the phone. I hope that will resolve it. If this does not work I am due for an upgrade end of January and will have to move to another phone. I hope that won't be the case since I really like the TB.

Thanks to everyone for their help and wish me luck.

Good Luck. You should be fine with the replacement. You covered all the troubleshooting bases except possibly a facotry reset. But the replacement phone should do the trick. It's a factory reset in a box

-Frank