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Originally Posted by kaaniz
thanked all the guys that were giving out their battery usage.. here is mine
windows messenger off and on all day
music very rarely
facebook usage through the app, every now and then
opera browsing around 1 to 2 hours.. mostly on ppc geeks
calls 1 odd hour
texting 20-50 per day
that's about it.. fully charged at night.. will let you guys know about it at the end of the day...
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Heres a few more tips for you that may be of some use.
Out of the box, battery life is affected by the way you charge your phone the first few times. When I got my TP and TP2, the salesman just handed it to me with a partial charge and said to start using it. The manual...and I've also been told this many times..says to charge the phone fully before the first use. Then, the battery needs to be cycled several times before it is optomized; meaning the phones circuitry learns the discharge rate of the battery so it can be more accurately reflected by the battery drain algorythm.
How old is your phone/battery? Older batteries, or ones that have been abused will hold less of a charge and/or discharge faster than a new battery or one that has been cared for.
Dead zones. If you have one...and only a few feet can make a difference between being in one and not, will cause your battery to drain A LOT faster. Phone ever feel warm to touch after not using it? You've been in a dead zone. Happened to me this weekend.
Also, if you go in and out of a roaming area, the screen turns on. If it is in your pocket or holster, you won't notice this - unless you "butt call" someone. If your backlight is set to go off after 1 minute, then thats one minute of use for every time you go in and out of a roaming area. Happens to me a lot. (Not a TP problem as all of my other smartphones have done that).
OEM vs ebay battery: I bought a "Original HTC" battery off ebay for my TP1 and it was not origina and not HTC, in fact, it wasn't even new - it had the lines rubbed into it from the back cover of the phone - and lasted much less than a day. Some Amazon batteries fall into this category as well. Be careful what you buy.
My typical usage is a bit similar to yours kaaniz, I do a bit more reading and a few more calls but my battery does quite well.
I have my email (activesync exchange) set to push
My weather is set to update every 12 hours (turned off for roaming)
BT and Wifi are off.
I do use my MotoRokr S9HD headset a couple times a day to listen to music so BT is on for that.
Use FB tab and app a few times a day.
I get about 50 to 60 push emails a day and about the same number of texts.
I make between 2 and 20 calls a day.
Took my phone off the charger yesterday at 5am and as of right now (29 hours later) it is at 50%. Not bad at all, so 2 days of use is possible. I left it on overnight too.
Overall, I have found that MR FF performes excellently on my phone and am really happy with it.
David