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Originally Posted by rileyd5
smartphone + usage = poor battery life. It's that simple. I know several I-phone users that are plugging in around 2pm each day for the same reason we are.  |
+1. The most beneficial thing that I've found is using my WiFi everywhere I go. There are many places that you frequent now that is going with unsecured WiFi so you can surf the net. One of the main drains of battery life (someone correct me if I'm wrong) is your phone constantly searching for a good signal on the network, that constant polling is one of the biggest culprits. By using WiFi and turning off Sprint's network, I can go almost 2 days just using WiFi, only turning the network on when I'm driving. You will still be able to do everything on your phone thru WiFi, thus saving your battery. If your job has WiFi and they are gracious enough to provide you with the key, that will be the best way to go during work hours. I'm able to tap into the WiFi we have for our suppliers when they come visit, maybe your job has an unsecured WiFi signal they give to visitors that you could tap into. Now Navigation is no man's land to me, I just let Ford's SYNC system do that instead.
There was a thread on either here or XDA about switching PRL's over to Verizon and I heard some people say they've had good results with battery life but was unable to make calls, they received calls and was able to use V's network for surfing and texting tho. That could be another option vs utilizing WiFi but I've never tried it.