[japper88]

Originally Posted by GuyInTulsa

I’d like to add my 2 cents to the battery issue…

I had been flashing Energy, RHODCDMA, 21916, Sense2.5, Cookie ROMs for 5 or 6 months; upgrading every new version. Some versions had okay battery life while many had poor battery life.

I work at home so my reception is very consistent, along with my use of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

I tried the various battery cab fixes, including different radios and setting my phone to 1x as opposed to EVDO. I saw minimal gains at best. I was lucky to get 8 hours of daily use before my battery was dead.

I over-clocked, under-clocked and bought multiple higher capacity batteries. I disabled animations, reduced updating my weather and email, reduced my screen brightness until it was almost unusable and even removed my storage card. Still, I got nothing beyond 8 hours on a good day.

I think you get the picture. I aggressively pursued any method I read about to improve my battery life.

Then I tried SPB Mobile Shell 3.5. I had used it with my Mogul, but I really liked the “Flash” of the Sense 2.5 compared Mobile Shell. One of the main reasons I went back to Mobile Shell was I missed the call filtering and profiles of a companion product SPB Phone Suite. It’s an older product that does not run in Sense.

I flashed Energy, RHODCDMA, 21916, Titanium, Oct.15, installed Mobile Shell and my usual applications. After a few days (okay maybe a week) of fiddling, I got a configuration I liked. Then I noticed my battery was lasting more than 2 days!

I over-clocked back to 729.6 MHz and put my email and weather updates back to schedules that suit me. Still more than 2 days of battery life!

I have the same radio, same cool Energy add-ins, usage and etc. The only real difference is no Sense…

I’m not trying to argue the virtues of Mobile Shell. I’m saying I believe the battery drain is Sense and nothing else.

As a bonus, I use Energy’s Compact Start Menu and have over 100 MB of free RAM.

Thanks Energy for the exceptional work.

I feel the same way. I switched to SPB Mobile Shell and have experienced improved battery life over Cookie 2.0.