Maybe, just maybe I might have found a hint to overheating.

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by chappy

Since when does Sprint not roam on Verizon?

my understanding was that they didn't. i could be wrong. but this is regardless of the point that your radio rom is different and im thinking its is the #1 culprit for battery differences between telus and Sprint.


because even on the stock telus rom my batter was bettery then your stock sprint rom battery.

[clockcycle]

Also consider; the ambient light sensor, as well as the other vairous sensors on the unit (i.e. stylus, multi-touch area, gsen) as a cause of battery drain.

I am willing to bet that the CPU and RAM/ROM are all crammed on the bottom half of the phone. As well as the charging mech, USB stuff and Dpad..

My guess is that there is some sort of voltage regulator in that area that causes it get a bit warmer in that area as well.

I would assume the Radio portion is up near the antenna towards the top.

-CC

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by clockcycle

You can use "advanced configuration" program by schaps to enable disable various settings easily. Removing the Phone Skin is one.

Did anyone notice that the GPS is always on? It also runs quickgps always downloading sat up dates, as well as the weather is also auto updating? These "chew" up battery and keep your phone constantly at use..

I turn most auto update off, location for GPS is also off.. My phone lasts longer than my Mogul, Touch, Apache ever did.. and I play with it alot more..

Sprint does Roam on Verizon, as well as Alltel, US Cellular and many others. Here you can view an exmaple of some older PRL interpretations and see a listing of which other carriers Sprint Roams on. http://www.rainyday.ca/~dialtone/sprint/sprint.htm


My Phone almost always has 4-5 1x CDMA bars, but only 3-4 EVDO bars.. Perhaps the unit tries to boost it's EVDO connection, especially with REV. A (which uses compression, perhaps further taxing the cpu on the unit).

-CC

thanks for informing me i was wrong i would tend to go with your theory on the EVDO then because again the radio rom is different for a reason. and i think its chewing your battery.

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by clockcycle

Also consider; the ambient light sensor, as well as the other vairous sensors on the unit (i.e. stylus, multi-touch area, gsen) as a cause of battery drain.

I am willing to bet that the CPU and RAM/ROM are all crammed on the bottom half of the phone. As well as the charing mech, USB stuff and Dpad..

My guess is that there is some sort of voltage regulator in that area that causes it get a bit warmer in that area.

I would assume the Radio portion is up near the antenna towards the top.

-CC

All radio is actually packed into the bottom of the device under the hardware buttons. thats why it gets hot in call some one took there diamond apart and you can see the radio heat shield there all the guts appear to be in the bottom of the device

[clockcycle]

Originally Posted by Juggalo_X

All radio is actually packed into the bottom of the device under the hardware buttons. thats why it gets hot in call some one took there diamond apart and you can see the radio heat shield there all the guts appear to be in the bottom of the device

Sweet, go a link to the pictures? I'd like to see a tare down of the Diamond.

-CC

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by clockcycle

Sweet, go a link to the pictures? I'd like to see an take apart of the Diamond.

-CC

its in the diamond camera pictures thread probably about 5 pages back now

[tmz]

I took the pic , Here it is. Hope tha Helps

Thanks T M Z

[mswlogo]

Anyone else try this. It's not night and day but I think it's helping.

I'm 100% sure it throttles something down when the battery is low (below 50%?) and barely gets warm. I'd love to figure out what gets throttled down or change it's threashold of when to throttle down.

For the record I have (These might not all be needed):

TF3D off
GPS Locator off.
Brightness one click from bottom.
Auto dim off.
Auto off 40 secs (i'd set it lower if I could).
Phone skin off.
Push Mail off.