Wow! I just spent 20 minutes putting together a friggien response only to mistakenly leave the forum page and lose what I wrote.
In a more abbreviated version, the Sprint website below talks about what I think is one of the bigger battery killers, that being Google Talk. Access the application and turn OFF the auto sign in and then sign out.
I also do not have the locate servce on or the power management turned on.
I have installed an app called Brightness level, that is on my homescreen to give me a two key press brightness setting between 0% to 100%. I normally keep it at 25% until I go outside.
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I keep my GPS on, because it only drains battery when you see the little Satellite antenna icon. I keep BT off and Wi-Fi off until I need it, and use my phone about like you describe, and I get 24 to 36 hours easily of use.
I found that the Marketplace app called Open Signal was always running in the background and using my battery, because after I uninstalled it, my battery life got better.
I also shy away from programs like Lookout. For starters, they require way too much access to my phone and they seem to really drain the battery.
I keep a widget for Running Applications and the native Task Manager on my left homescreen, basically for easy access. There are many services that run but don't consume battery juice, but some that do, so by looking at what is running, you can see a pattern of what non native program is always running, turn it off or uninstall it and see if that helps your battery, then if it does, decide if you want to reinstall it.
I have installed Battery Indicator for the 1% battery life indication and for the Fully Charged alarm it offers. That way I remove it from the charger immediately after it is done charging, which prevents the quick 10% battery life drop people complain about all over these forums.
About once a month I do the following charging instructions, and I love my battery life.
Fully charge the phone while on, until my Full Battery alarm goes off.
I unplug the charger, wait for thee charge light to go off, then power down the phone. I immediately connect the charger and charge it until green. Sometimes it takes a few minutes to 15 or 20 using the 110V power outlet charger. After it is green again, I unplug it and power the phone one. Not sure if you know this, but using the USB port on a computer takes twice as long to charge the phone due to the lower power output. I can get my phone charged from roughly 25% to full in rougly 3 hours.
Have you noticed that your Awake Time and Up Time are pretty close in duration? If so, that could be the Google Talk or another program doing that.
I have found out that when you charge the phone with the power on, the phone counts that charging period as awake time, which is another good reason to power it down after charging it with the phone on. You get a fresh Up and Awake time counter.
Let me know what your apps are that you have installed and I will let you know if I have had any bad experiences with them.
The bottom line I have determined is this. Many phones get a bad rap because people get a phone, half ass charge it, immediately install a bunch of apps and then expect the phone to perform right.
Out of the box, the battery should be charged until full and then discharged ONLY until about 25 or 30%, fully charged again, discharged to 25 or 30% ONLY, repeating 3 to 5 times or a bit more, before the battery can even be considered optimal for normal use.
Happy 3VO'ing!
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How long are you getting?
I bet that is the reason you have poor battery life. I do admit that the reception is not as good as other Sprint phones that I have
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From a full charge plugged in overnight on AC adapter 100%
1 - 4G Off
2 - Wifi -disabled
3 - BT on
4 - 30 minutes of phone calls made on BT
5 - about 15 minutes of reading emails and fiddling with apps
6 - No gaming
7 - 3 bars
8- two exchange accounts sync
9 - no pictures
10 -GPS disabled
11 - screen set for about 15%/20% brightness - nearly all the way down.
12 - htc sense sync turned off
Not good - Battery died after 12 hours off the charger. Lost signal in an area I've never lost signal in the past 6 years.
My 3 plus year old phone with a 3 year old battery did all of those same things on a 1100mah battery. I was hoping with power saving processors, and LCDs and BT 3.0 that this one would have better battery life. My old phone would last a full day when the battery was new. Just fiddling with an app/reading emails/keeping the screen active drains the battery at about 1 percent per minute at about 15-20% brightness.
You could be right about the poor battery life being a result of the signal. I got a diamond 2 or 3 years ago when they first came out - it also couldn't lock onto a signal and it only lasted 4-8 hours on average. I returned it and went back to my old Vogue.
I have 2 more weeks to decide if I can live with the battery and signal issues. I'm used to poor battery life as my old phone had a 3 year old battery in it but I don't think I can live with the bad signal on top of that.
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