Battery Life?

[ocbizlaw]

Originally Posted by jened

unfortunately there is tons of conflicting advice regarding battery conditioning that no one really knows who to believe. but 5 hours is about right for me. i do notice that the phone charges VERY slow via usb (as did my mogul) so i think i sometimes assumed i was at 100% but in reality was at 50% starting off.

My phone actually discharges slowly while on USB on my computer. I made sure that the box to not charge while on USB was NOT checked and still, it will discharge to empty by the end of the day while plugged in the entire time. But I used to have a Treo 800w so I'm happy to have a phone that last 5 hours instead of 2.

[mabmarc]

I am actually having the opposite experience. My 800w lasted longer than the diamond. I used to be able to make it 10 - 12 hours on the 800w. I am only getting 5-6 hours on the diamond.

Yesterday I turned off the following:

Seven Push email - Paused
Activesync email - check every 1 hour
IMAP Gmail - check every 1 hour
Bluetooth off
IR - off
Light sensor - on
Weather - on

I spoke on the phone for less than 20 minutes. I played 1.5 hours of a local audiobook (not streaming). I un-paused Seven email 3 times to check for current email and paused it back after 5 minutes and GPS for about 20 minutes.

After 10 hours I only had 20 percent battery left. If I did the same thing on my treo 800w I would be able to last 2 days on 1 battery.

Something just doesn't seem right with my phone. If I have to turn everything off, then it isn't as useful.

1. Are there any settings I missed that may cause a drain besides the settings listed above?
2. Can I buy another battery specifically for the Sprint Diamond?
3. If yes, Where???

Thanks!

[holo]

Originally Posted by jened

unfortunately there is tons of conflicting advice regarding battery conditioning that no one really knows who to believe. but 5 hours is about right for me. i do notice that the phone charges VERY slow via usb (as did my mogul) so i think i sometimes assumed i was at 100% but in reality was at 50% starting off.

Never charge through usb if you can avoid it, not only will it charge much slower, but (at least on the titan) it will refuse to top it off completely.

[pkbaum]

I live in a major city and never travel to rural areas so I always have a strong sprint signal. My battery was also discharging rapidly. The problem I found was that when in some buildings My phone would switch to roam without me knowing. I turned off roam and switched to sprint only. Battery life got alot better.

After 10hrs I am at 70%. That is with Microsoft Push on, light talking, and heavy text and emal.

[cocochannel]

same issue. 5 hours only