i know why battery life sucks so much!

[dew.man]

It's the reception - anytime the phone is searching for a signal or switching to/from roaming, it's gulping the juice!

[mr.squonk]

Originally Posted by dew.man

It's the reception - anytime the phone is searching for a signal or switching to/from roaming, it's gulping the juice!

Doesn't that mean we can blame Sprint (or other carriers) for not having better coverage?!?

I have the same problem at work, jumps from EVDO to 1X to Roam all day...but I have to admit that I have only had the dreaded "Turbo-Drain" a few times on my old Mogul and once with my Diamond since I have had it.

[darren.wlsn1]

Originally Posted by dew.man

It's the reception - anytime the phone is searching for a signal or switching to/from roaming, it's gulping the juice!

im not buying that, im never roaming and my battery drains real fast. im still not flashed though.

[budney]

Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

im not buying that, im never roaming and my battery drains real fast. im still not flashed though.

I would buy that. Any time any phone is in a low to no signal area it will use up a lot of battery trying to find a better signal.

[rainfreak]

Originally Posted by budney

I would buy that. Any time any phone is in a low to no signal area it will use up a lot of battery trying to find a better signal.

100% agree. When the phone has little or no signal it is going to do everything that it can to find a better signal, either in the home or roaming network. The search for a better network connection will obviously drain the battery more quickly.

Basically it does what we all expect that it will do, be a phone for us.

[boe]

I'll try the data setting from 600 to 60 today to see if it makes a difference - I forgot to leave my phone plugged in at the office and even though I only got 4 2 minute phone calls my phone was dead by 10:30 AM even though it was fully charged at 6AM - by far my worst day for battery life. Usually I make it from 7 AM to around 2:30 at the office before my battery is dead. I received one text message, 4 two minute calls, plenty of push and hotmail messaages - probably around 20 total. I did not use it to browse the web, I did not use it to get directions. I did not use it in the house, I did not use it with a mouse. I did not use it in the head, my battery is dead Sam I am.

Any chance the GPS is always turned on? I know on my touch turning on the GPS would kill the battery fast.

[cappy]

Originally Posted by boe

Any chance the GPS is always turned on? I know on my touch turning on the GPS would kill the battery fast.

All of the readings that I have reported here have been with GPS locator On, but I have not activated any programs to get current location. I have GPS Today installed and displayed on my Second Today screen. Unless GPS Today (or Google Maps, Live Search, etc) actually connects to search for a location, there appears to be no impact on discharge rate.

[executor485]

I have tried a number of tweaks on my device and the strangest thing is that I cannot get an accurate or constant battery life measurement. I work in the same office, spend the same amount of time in the same spots, try saving battery life by not doing much with it, and try to drain the battery by playing games and using opera, and still cannot get constant results.
Example, yesterday I played around on the phone quite a bit, probably 2 hours of games, some youtube for 10 min, bout 20 text messages, listened to sirius for 4 min, surfed the web for about 20 min, and made 4 phone calls probably totalling to about 45 min. The battery lasted from 545AM to 10PM and still had 1 bar left! But the day prior to that the battery died at 7PM with VERY LIGHT usage (about 20 texts and maybe 20 min of gaming or so, most of the time it was on standby) Oh, forgot to mention that I have email checking every 30 min as well, for both scenario's, and probalby received about 5 emails both days.
This is a constant theme with this phone for me though. I cannot replicate battery life from one day to another regardless of what I do. Its completely sparadic for me.

[the7thson]

Originally Posted by executor485

I have tried a number of tweaks on my device and the strangest thing is that I cannot get an accurate or constant battery life measurement. I work in the same office, spend the same amount of time in the same spots, try saving battery life by not doing much with it, and try to drain the battery by playing games and using opera, and still cannot get constant results.
Example, yesterday I played around on the phone quite a bit, probably 2 hours of games, some youtube for 10 min, bout 20 text messages, listened to sirius for 4 min, surfed the web for about 20 min, and made 4 phone calls probably totalling to about 45 min. The battery lasted from 545AM to 10PM and still had 1 bar left! But the day prior to that the battery died at 7PM with VERY LIGHT usage (about 20 texts and maybe 20 min of gaming or so, most of the time it was on standby) Oh, forgot to mention that I have email checking every 30 min as well, for both scenario's, and probalby received about 5 emails both days.
This is a constant theme with this phone for me though. I cannot replicate battery life from one day to another regardless of what I do. Its completely sparadic for me.

Hmm that seems really weird. You were in the exact same areas on both days for the same amount of time each day? If yes, then that's pretty strange.. FWIW, there are other people in Juicy's ROM thread that are also reporting inconsistencies in battery life. Some, including Juicy himself have had the phone just shut itself off at 40% remaining battery even.. All sorts of weird battery behavior everywhere

[kidmet]

Originally Posted by the7thson

Hmm that seems really weird. You were in the exact same areas on both days for the same amount of time each day? If yes, then that's pretty strange.. FWIW, there are other people in Juicy's ROM thread that are also reporting inconsistencies in battery life. Some, including Juicy himself have had the phone just shut itself off at 40% remaining battery even.. All sorts of weird battery behavior everywhere

I cannot for the life of me understand why companies don't beta with nerds like us. (Skyfire is doing the right thing) They'll easily find the problems quickly as I have noticed those that stretch their PPC the furthest, also have the most complaints (or suggestions as I like to call them).