Possible battery fix from HTC!

Originally Posted by dumpringz

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Id go nuts if i had to charge my battery like that every damm night.

I have never owned a smart phone that I didn't have to recharge every night are you kidding what do you guy's use these things for...
In my business I use this thing for all of my apointments three email accounts one that is sending as mail arrives, two of which are checked every two hours. almost 20 to 30 texts a day, and no less than an hour of internet. not to mention all of the stuff I do during my free time b-4 and after work... This phone is better than my diamond I carried two batteries adn used at least 1/2 of the second one a day. and on a day off I'd recharge the first one again...

[eagle2222222222]

I tried this fix last night. Did it 4 separate times just like the directions say. I am noticing a big difference in the battery life. I know its only one day. Its been nine hours and still have over 75% of battery. To be fair, I have not used it like I usually do. Even still, it appears to last alot longer than before. Will see how it does over the next few days.

[dumpringz]

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Originally Posted by iondokk

I have never owned a smart phone that I didn't have to recharge every night are you kidding what do you guy's use these things for...
In my business I use this thing for all of my apointments three email accounts one that is sending as mail arrives, two of which are checked every two hours. almost 20 to 30 texts a day, and no less than an hour of internet. not to mention all of the stuff I do during my free time b-4 and after work... This phone is better than my diamond I carried two batteries adn used at least 1/2 of the second one a day. and on a day off I'd recharge the first one again...

No sh!t sherlock ... i charge my phone everynight too ... i meant the whole idea of turning phone on n off all them times

[shaggylive]

Originally Posted by dumpringz

i meant the whole idea of turning phone on n off all them times

no you should only half to do it with new batteries, phones, and I'm highly suspicious of the ota updates.

[p3p3l3pew]

I don't even have and EVO (yet) but it sounds to me like the battery meter might be wrong. Has anyone tried ignoring the meter and see just how long the phone will last even if the meter says 2%. Run the phone till it shuts off. Let us know!

[toddpedersen]

The meter level is what will shut off the phone when the battery is too low.

If the meter is wrong, the phone is going to shut down at whatever percent it shuts down at, even if the battery is still half full for example.

Originally Posted by p3p3l3pew

I don't even have and EVO (yet) but it sounds to me like the battery meter might be wrong. Has anyone tried ignoring the meter and see just how long the phone will last even if the meter says 2%. Run the phone till it shuts off. Let us know!

[laythy]

i use my phone about 4-6 hours of the day

2 hours avg calls

100 to 200 txt avg

normal data use maybe look up things for half hour or so (monthly data of 600MB so u get the idea)

bt calls about 15 mnts avg while driving

play music about 1 hour while driving back and forth to work

play games while at work for about half hour avg (shhhh dont tell no one)

my day starts (unplug phone @) 10 or 11 am and come back home (charge it) around 1 am

i may plug it in while in the car for half hour or so and i always get through the whole day with about 15 to 25% left

[chelboed]

Batteries are weird. LiPo's and LiIons "supposedly" do not develop a memory, therefore the whole draining to sub-20% before charging should be BS...but I actually agree that it helps...no matter what your battery technology market specialist tells you.

One weird thing about LiPo's that people aren't aware of is that you never run them "dead". They are 3.7v batteries, but when fully charged, they are 4.2v. They don't stay at 4.2v for very long due to their nature...they hover around the 3.7v range for the longest time...when they drop to about 2.8v, the device that uses them is programmed to shut them down. (think about your Lithium Drills...how they don't gradually die like the old NiCd version...they drop a tad and then just "stop") If it's just a "flashlight", then there is a small circuit board installed in the battery pack itself that cuts the power at 2.8v so you don't ruin the pack. If you discharge below 2.5v...you are in serious danger of causing the thing to spontaneously combust when you plug it back into the charger. Most LiIon's and LiPo's have either a smart circuit PCM board installed unless the device is programmed to do it. The reason that the fully charged phone drops quickly...then hovers for a long time in the 50-80% 'ish range is b/c of the battery's tendancy to hover in that 3.7v range for the longest period.


I immediately ordered the 3500mAh Seidio when I got the Evo b/c I could only get around 14hrs of "light" use on mine. Battery life was a bit worse than my TP2. I use the GPS alot. I surf the web often. WiFi at work b/c I don't get a signal.


One thing that I feel kills the battery a little faster is the fact that my average reception is 3 bars. There are places around here that give me 5, but 3 is average. When the phone accesses the web "all the time" for email, weather location, etc...it uses less battery when you have killah reception.


I'm doing the "Official HTC NumbNutz Battery Tweak"...I charged all night, took the phone off charge. After about an hour...it was down to 92%...I turned the phone off and charged to green...turned back on and plugged back in...as suspected, the light is amber. Now charging to full. I'll pay attn. to it and see how goes.


I admit that I also use the starfield live background and screen brightness on "high". I feel that if it's there I may as well enjoy it. BS if you can't even use the features of the phone.

[lkillen]

Originally Posted by brandonkill02

thing is when u first get the phone you shouldve turned it off and charged all the way then used it untill dead and repeated the process at least 1-2 more times to break it in but since none of us could wait to get the damn phone outta the box we prob didnt do these things and now we are stuck with crap batteries but i will try this method and report back

That is the old NiCad thinking where batteries had a chemical (stratification) memory. It does not apply to Li-Ion or LiPo and can actually reduce the life of these batteries.

[GhettoBSD]

although my tp has been good, my buddy's has been dying by 10 am! From a full charge around 6 am!