Battery Trick From HTC

[thepolishguy]

I found this on the HTC Evo forum (looking into the Evo) and thought someone may want to try this on their Imagio since out batteries are terrible. It comes directly from HTC...

Dear XXXX, HTC and Sprint are taking steps to improve observed battery life... ...To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly: 1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well.

I personally haven't had time to go through the steps -but just thought I would share. Maybe someone will beat me to it and can report back.

[djp952]

I've been doing something similar all along, except for the power off part. My impression is that the Imagio battery is fine, it's the software gauge that is screwed up. Forcing a few recharges seems to make the gauge much more accurate.

I re-flashed about 2 days ago due to a screw up on my part, didn't recharge it that night, and the phone claimed to be at a "critical" (9%) level the next morning. It worked fine all day long and never died. It also never dipped below that reported 9%. In my case, it's definitely the gauge software that's at fault

Good tip regardless. Would be interesting to know if anyone really sees a 2x increase in battery life, and how often these steps need to be taken to make that happen!

[untitled]

Originally Posted by djp952

the phone claimed to be at a "critical" (9%) level the next morning. It worked fine all day long and never died. It also never dipped below that reported 9%. In my case, it's definitely the gauge software that's at fault

I've seen something like this, too. Sudden drops in the battery gauge followed by extended periods where it doesn't move. Sometimes it correlates to my usage, sometimes not.

[fluidj]

That's so dumb. As much as we spend on these things, shouldn't have to do "tricks" to make them work for us.

[bradhtc]

yet another un-wanted, yet fully paid-for feature of the HTC crapmagio, the 'ol hide-and-seek battery gauge gag. anywho, i'm trying this hare-brain scheme thing now, and almost done so i'll report back so whoever barfed-up this sick practical joke fix can laugh at yet another dreary-eyed, hopeful sucker.

[thepolishguy]

Originally Posted by bradhtc

yet another un-wanted, yet fully paid-for feature of the HTC crapmagio, the 'ol hide-and-seek battery gauge gag. anywho, i'm trying this hare-brain scheme thing now, and almost done so i'll report back so whoever barfed-up this sick practical joke fix can laugh at yet another dreary-eyed, hopeful sucker.

Well I think battery problems seem to be inherent to high resolution HTC devices. This "fix" was not for the Imagio - it was for the Evo. But I posted here in hopes that it will help someone. I have heard of the same battery woes from Nexus One owners (also a HTC device).

[bradhtc]

didnt work, big surprise

[Toysrme]

The battery life should be better. There's only 14 hours left in the damn day.
This is stupid. It's a lipo battery. The SOC is easily calculated by the voltage in the pack. cellphone's don't have the best voltage meters in them, but good enough.

[bradhtc]

Originally Posted by maisonpulaski

Well I think battery problems seem to be inherent to high resolution HTC devices. This "fix" was not for the Imagio - it was for the Evo. But I posted here in hopes that it will help someone. I have heard of the same battery woes from Nexus One owners (also a HTC device).

sorry bro, not giving you hell, just my cynical way of looking at the wm world!