Upon first receiving device...

[Bwangster12]

So, I just took the plunge after some pretty decent play by play from a good friend who bought the TB on Saturday. He's seeing good battery life and texts more than I ever would. That being said...

I am having the Tbolt sent to my office tomorrow, but was curious to know what my strategy should be. I know it comes with like a 40% charge, and I'll obviously want to get the thing activated immediately, but should I plug it in immediately? My friend played with it on and off, charged it a little on and off, before actually going home and plugging the thing in for awhile.

Should I get the phone, activate it, and then plug it in for a full charge? I mean, I can play with it while its charging.

 

[want a droid]

I took mine out of the box, activated it and then started charging it.

 

[shaddix]

Manual says to charge to full before using. The VZW lady boned that up for me though

 

[FrankXS]

It's really not that critical. The important thing is to not run it down to minimum before you do a full charge.

-Frank

 

[JakesPrePlus]

Mine had less than 10% battery when I got it.

 

[SHO95#AC]

Mine had less than 10% battery when I got it.

Same here and 2 other phones that people were picking up on release day.

 

[Bwangster12]

I've always been anal about batteries and being that this thing seems to have some "battery concerns" I want to take all precautions necessary.

I think I'm going to take it out, activate the thing and then connect it to charge.

Should I leave it on the charger the first time past when it says its done?

 

[JManangan]

When I picked mine up on day one, I was paying with it right out of the box. I would say mine was about 30-40% charged. I know you aren't supposed to run it down to 0% but I didn't have a car charger and was going to be out all day.

When I finally got home I did all the setting tweaks and bump charging. No ill effects noted. I say you are fine. Just charge it when you can.

Enjoy!

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[Droid800]

Whatever you do, don't charge it all the way when you get it. Use it, get the battery down to 10-15%, and then charge it.

 

[J-Dam]

Mine was at about 40% when i got it. I played with it for awhile and then put it on a full charge at around 30%. Don't be discouraged if it drains fast at first. Follow the board and do all the necessary tweaks, as well as the bump charge. Took my battery about 5 days to get fully conditioned. Now it charges to 100% (and stays there for a good 20 minutes) and i get a full days use with juice to spare at the end of the day.

 

[Sentrix]

Picked mine up at the store's opening on launch day, it was at about 40%. Just went home and started configuring it and what not while it was plugged in and charging.