Battery Life: Just how bad?

[ToxicToastKatz]

Originally Posted by nebula

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No you do not need a factory reset, install ha-scent and disable notifications for the messages app that came with the phone and restart your phone and remember to never open and use the messages app.

I apologize for being a noob, but by restart, do you mean power down (i.e. hold down the end key and power off, then power on) or is there another method to restart the phone?

[nebula]

Originally Posted by ToxicToastKatz

I apologize for being a noob, but by restart, do you mean power down (i.e. hold down the end key and power off, then power on) or is there another method to restart the phone?

That is correct after you disable your notifications and install Handcent all you need to do is Power off and power on. Let me know if that works for you.

[ToxicToastKatz]

Originally Posted by nebula

That is correct after you disable your notifications and install Handcent all you need to do is Power off and power on. Let me know if that works for you.

THANKS!! (I hit the button too).

So far it does seem to be working. I turned off the notifications and auto-retrieval in the native sms client and turned on the notifications in Handcent. I also went into a contact and acted like i was going to send a text so that I could choose Handcent to be the default app to send texts from (thus, clearing it from the manage apps menu). As of right now, my up time and awake time are different (i believe at 65% or so). The big test will be after a full day's use and texting. Thanks for the help on this. I'll hit the topic back if something goes awry tomorrow.

[ToxicToastKatz]

Originally Posted by ToxicToastKatz

THANKS!! (I hit the button too).

So far it does seem to be working. I turned off the notifications and auto-retrieval in the native sms client and turned on the notifications in Handcent. I also went into a contact and acted like i was going to send a text so that I could choose Handcent to be the default app to send texts from (thus, clearing it from the manage apps menu). As of right now, my up time and awake time are different (i believe at 65% or so). The big test will be after a full day's use and texting. Thanks for the help on this. I'll hit the topic back if something goes awry tomorrow.

Ok, so here's what I've got so far from about 8.5 hours off of the charger after making the above listed changes and utilizing Handcent as my default SMS app:

Off charger at 7:30AM with 100% charge
Current State at 4:00PM:
30% battery remaining
"Up Time" = 17h16min
"Awake Time" = 3h41min (21%)
Usage (phone calls, browser, etc) has been very light. No phone calls, a few texts incoming and maybe 4 minutes on the browser.
Automatic Usage is set up pretty much as frequently as possible (Exchange Server syncronization, Google Sync for mail, Facebook and Twitter updates are on most frequent selections, weather is fairly frequent and GPS is on all the time)

I think at this point yesterday, I was pretty much at a dead battery, so I do believe that the Handcent workaround is doing SOMETHING. I guess my question to whoever can provide insight is this:

Shouldn't and Awake Time of 21% conserve quite a bit more battery than an Awake Time of 100%? Don't get me wrong, wtih the frequencies that I have all of the applications updating/refreshing I would expect the battery to not last quite as long as if none of the stuff was updated that frequently, however, I was just thinking that with such a difference in awake times, the battery would last quite a bit longer.

Personally, with everything that is going on with my phone, if I can squeeze 12 hours out of it w/o a charge, I'm pretty happy. Am I setting the bar too low? What is everyone else seeing with this kind of usage and updating? LIke I said, 12 hours, to me, isn't too bad, but if other people are getting 14-16 hours with the same usage i'd like to hear some tips.

Thanks guys.

[ToxicToastKatz]

Originally Posted by ToxicToastKatz

Ok, so here's what I've got so far from about 8.5 hours off of the charger after making the above listed changes and utilizing Handcent as my default SMS app:

Off charger at 7:30AM with 100% charge
Current State at 4:00PM:
30% battery remaining
"Up Time" = 17h16min
"Awake Time" = 3h41min (21%)
Usage (phone calls, browser, etc) has been very light. No phone calls, a few texts incoming and maybe 4 minutes on the browser.
Automatic Usage is set up pretty much as frequently as possible (Exchange Server syncronization, Google Sync for mail, Facebook and Twitter updates are on most frequent selections, weather is fairly frequent and GPS is on all the time)

I think at this point yesterday, I was pretty much at a dead battery, so I do believe that the Handcent workaround is doing SOMETHING. I guess my question to whoever can provide insight is this:

Shouldn't and Awake Time of 21% conserve quite a bit more battery than an Awake Time of 100%? Don't get me wrong, wtih the frequencies that I have all of the applications updating/refreshing I would expect the battery to not last quite as long as if none of the stuff was updated that frequently, however, I was just thinking that with such a difference in awake times, the battery would last quite a bit longer.

Personally, with everything that is going on with my phone, if I can squeeze 12 hours out of it w/o a charge, I'm pretty happy. Am I setting the bar too low? What is everyone else seeing with this kind of usage and updating? LIke I said, 12 hours, to me, isn't too bad, but if other people are getting 14-16 hours with the same usage i'd like to hear some tips.

Thanks guys.

In another test today, i have left all settings the exact same, with the 1 change of shutting GPS off, and it seems to have made quite a difference (i kind of figured it would); All other location settings (mobile network connected, location based off wifi, location based off towers, etc) are on all the time, but the GPS really seems to help. While turning the other settings off can have some effect on different programs (Facebook, Twitter, Weather), turning GPS off doesn't effect anything (other than accuracy of location) until you need it.

I am on 5 hours off charger and only lost 30%. I'll update later to see where I'm at.

[ToxicToastKatz]

Originally Posted by ToxicToastKatz

In another test today, i have left all settings the exact same, with the 1 change of shutting GPS off, and it seems to have made quite a difference (i kind of figured it would); All other location settings (mobile network connected, location based off wifi, location based off towers, etc) are on all the time, but the GPS really seems to help. While turning the other settings off can have some effect on different programs (Facebook, Twitter, Weather), turning GPS off doesn't effect anything (other than accuracy of location) until you need it.

I am on 5 hours off charger and only lost 30%. I'll update later to see where I'm at.

Well...when all was said and done....not really sure how/why, but by 6pm (approximately 10 hours off charger) i was down at 10% battery. Not sure how, but turning GPS off apparently didn't have any effect on battery life. I'm going to still tinker with settings, but what is everyone else getting for life?

Again, Facebook and Twitter update every 30 minutes and I have both widgets on the screens, weather updates automatically, I have Exchange Server setup grabbing items "as they arrive" and my location is on at all times. I realize that all of these things contribute to battery drain, and I'm not really complaining about 10 hours off a charge with all of those things going, but I'm just curious if anyone else has all these settings similar with moderate use of the device and what their battery life is.

From what I understand, 1.6 actually includes a power status grid with it so that you can identify what is killing the battery. That'll be nice.