HTC Evo 4G - TERRIBLE BATTERY LIFE! HELP PLEASE!

[Will7272]

I got pretty pissed off about apps randomly starting up and draining my battery. One of the mods, Rainfreak, posted a response to my thread. I followed his instructions and currently can thoroughly enjoy my Evo all day long without being worried about draining my battery...while being a moderate to heavy user.

1. Root (full with NAND unlocked).
2. Install a custom ROM (or not, this one is optional).
3. Install autokiller (free in Market but REQUIRES root) and choose the preset Agressive or Extreme.
4. Buy and install SetCPU from the Market (REQUIRES root) and create a new profile for screen off = 246 MHz).

Then sit back and enjoy your EVO with moderate to heavy usage for 24+ hours on a single charge. I have done all this (and run the latest Fresh ROM) and I love my EVO.

The entire thread is http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...=130825&page=2

Rainfreak even posted screenshots to show you how to set it up. Follow his instruction and you will be a very happy Evo owner.

[kevmo1965]

Originally Posted by Boo Boo

problem solved Boo Boo's way

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5395/img0006zl.jpg

I think the OP will need a few more batteries than that.

[dacoz21]

I have installed juice defender along with ultimate juice. I am interested in installing setcpu but I am not sure about the settings. Does anyone know where I can get a tutorial on what settings I should set?

Dacoz

[lkillen]

HTC should pay attention to this and integrate it into the next OTA. The battery limitations stary is making its way out to the retail market and is costing them sales. I have heard from people who have avoided the EVO due to battery life stories, alone.

[toddpedersen]

First, you should not let your battery completely die, that will have an adverse affect on your battery.

Secondly, it takes 3-4 or 4-5 charges and discharges to about 20% before your battery will be broken in.

There are a ton of Battery guide solutions that will help you out. The first of which is turning off the automatic sign in of Google Talk.

Lastly, get rid of ATK.

Originally Posted by Extranormal

Hey, guys. I'm new to the forum here. I finally got my hands on a new HTC EVO, which I purchased yesterday. I let it die completely, and re-charged it twice, in other words, two cycles. I downloaded Spare Parts, Advanced Task Killer, etc. At best, I got 3 hours and 30 minutes! It's RIDICULOUS! Everything in my accounts+Sync is disabled, gps, bluetooth, and 4G are all disabled. Animations are off, I manually run ATK every 15 minutes. Screen brightness is at 50% - MAXIMUM. I was able to get 3 hours and 30 minutes, only because I turned off MOBILE INTERNET, and was only texting.. I used it for about 10 minutes on 3G to surf the web/check facebook notifications, which made it fall to 95%. Then, I ran ATK, and killed everything in the background except for text plus, and lowered screen brightness to 35%. I then locked the phone, and went to got take a 15 minute shower. When I came back, it was down to 85% - it was almost completely idle, and the only thing turned on was 3G. It's extremely disappointing. I'd be very happy to get 8-10 hours on this, and letting 3G run in the background. I used a dark wallpaper (non-live.) Basically, android system was 45%, the total idle thing was around 35%, and textplus, ebuddy, and some other little apps filled in the small 20%. The battery app said I had 16 hours remaining, and kept decreasing rapidly.. PLEASE HELP ME! Do I have a defect evo, or is the battery really that bad?! It's the same thing with my other evo that my brother has!

Thanks!
-Extranormal

[tj.iscool]

I'm goin on 1day 1hr 45 minutes on a single charge & still have 30% battery light to medium useage
Using Fresh ROM 3.2 & stock kernal