Battery Issue SOLVED!

[CopyCounsler]

I spent hours and hours on this problem, hooked up multi-meters, and this is the solution:

6.1 is a battery drain on the 6700. Period. Something in there is keeping the battery ticking and draining.

6.0 does not do it, 5.0 does not do it.

I've had a multi-meter on the 6700 on the "sleep" state and it is 24mAh with 6.1. THAT IS ALMOST AS HIGH AS IT BEING ON WITHOUT THE BACKLIGHT!

So here's what I did. I got a 6800 and started doing the exact same tweaks as I did on the 6700. The battery life lasts over 3 days with nominal usage. The bottom line?

Call your carrier and upgrade your phone with insurance for $50 or what have you to get your hands on a 6800. It is so much better - plus gps, thinner, brighter backlight, and BATTERY LIFE is A++++.

I thought I would give my last 2 cents as I ship this 6700 back to the insurance company.

So goodbye Apache forums, you will be missed. (the headaches over the battery will NOT be, however.)

Copy

ps. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=28496

[weedahoe]

1) Just because you pay 50 bux doesnt mean you will get a 6800.

2) How did you manage to get a VOM on the contacts of the battery while it was in the phone?

3) There are several reasons why many of us say not to go to 6.1 (you really are not gaining anything other than "having" 6.1) and my device is perfect with 5.

4) GL with your 68. As far as I am concerned the only advantage is the GPS and more RAM. Nothing else is new.

[xhuul]

Originally Posted by CopyCounsler

I spent hours and hours on this problem, hooked up multi-meters, and this is the solution:

6.1 is a battery drain on the 6700. Period. Something in there is keeping the battery ticking and draining.

6.0 does not do it, 5.0 does not do it.

I've had a multi-meter on the 6700 on the "sleep" state and it is 24mAh with 6.1. THAT IS ALMOST AS HIGH AS IT BEING ON WITHOUT THE BACKLIGHT!

So here's what I did. I got a 6800 and started doing the exact same tweaks as I did on the 6700. The battery life lasts over 3 days with nominal usage. The bottom line?

Call your carrier and upgrade your phone with insurance for $50 or what have you to get your hands on a 6800. It is so much better - plus gps, thinner, brighter backlight, and BATTERY LIFE is A++++.

I thought I would give my last 2 cents as I ship this 6700 back to the insurance company.

So goodbye Apache forums, you will be missed. (the headaches over the battery will NOT be, however.)

Copy

ps. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=28496

no offense man but my battery doesn't drain fast and i'm on 6.1, prolly something else you have installed. my battery drains at the same rate as it did with 5.0

[007]

I have always had excellent battery life on my 6700.. even with the 6.1 ... i suspect that BATTERY LIFE DEPENDS ON THE PARTICULAR BATTERY IN YOUR UNIT...

[weedahoe]

agrred, it could be a bad battery simply not holding its charge. Keep in mind it could read the right voltage on a VOM but the amperage is something totally different.

[CopyCounsler]

Well, I used a multimeter and intercepted the lead from the battery to the phone with it. Using a different power source would not heed different results. The high drain of power was either related to software that was installed with 6.1 kitchen (very very possible) or 6.1 itself. Not the battery. That is impossible.

My new 6800 arrived 2 weeks ago. Its so much better than the 6700 and I was die hard 6700. Just food for thought. My joystick was stuck in the up position anyway so I would have been happy with another 6700 but the 6800 was offered. The rest is happy history.

GOod luck guys

Copy

[xhuul]

yeah mine is jammed in. had to disable the enter button. no insurance for the lose.

[TonyDiv]

I solved my battery issues by ordering an 1650 LiPo from ebay. I'd get an extended battery, but I hate that damn bump.


Oh, and what a clever post. Does the OP move into a new house every time a drain clogs?

[dpdurst]

I have an extended battery and running 6.1 on my 6700 and have gone almost a week without any recharge. I'll stick with this setup. Much better.

[Negrito]

btw, you didnt solve anything. you changed phones...