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Old 02-12-2010, 06:20 PM
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Improved battery life

I was really disapointed in my battery life, it wasnt horrible but i would hardly use my phone and after a work day, phone mostly idle, the battery meter would be at 80% or less

I searched the threads and found this little registry tweak gem and it seems to work. my battery will be at >95% under the same conditions i mentioned above. I have not seen it in the Imagio threads yet. See what you guys think, easy registry change:

[HKEY_Local_Machine\Drivers\BuiltIn\Battery change "PollInterval" from default 5000 to 20000

if it works slide me some thanks, been working on mine for a week
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Old 02-12-2010, 07:37 PM
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Re: Improved battery life

What exactly is this tweak doing? I found to save battery, you can go into your phone settings and change the network type to CDMA only. This saves battery because when the phone is in it's default global mode, it searches for GSM networks that you can connect to but it will always find none in the US. (Assuming your using this phone on Verizon!) If you change the network type to CDMA only, it will never search for a GSM network, saving you battery.

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Old 02-12-2010, 08:36 PM
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Re: Improved battery life

Good question, according to what i have read it reduces the frequency that the cpu checks in with the battery and therfore consuming less power. Sounds weak but it works. so by changing it from 5000 to 20000 it checks the battery 4 times less
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Old 02-12-2010, 09:29 PM
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The one tweak that seemed to improve my battery life the most was flashing to the latest ROM (3.04). Do a search in this forum and you will find the links to download the proper files. My battery life is like three times better than it was. Good luck!
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christjosh, please post for us....
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Old 02-13-2010, 01:17 AM
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You can find the latest Rom in the Imagio Updates section of this site.
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Old 02-13-2010, 10:05 AM
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Re: Improved battery life

sorry, wasnt paying attention. already did that. me likey, me likey alot.
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The one tweak that seemed to improve my battery life the most was flashing to the latest ROM (3.04). Do a search in this forum and you will find the links to download the proper files. My battery life is like three times better than it was. Good luck!
How can you tell what ROM ver you have & where to you go to get the upgrade to reflash?

Thanks!
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Old 02-21-2010, 11:34 PM
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Go to 'Settings/ All Settings/ System/ Device Information'. The ROM version will be listed there. If the ROM is version '1.xx' (i cant remember the exact number) you should flash it to 3.04. The instructions are in the ROM upgrades section of this forum. When you flash the ROM a new battery driver is installed that improves the battery life significantly. Good luck!
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