battery only lasts 6 hours!! pls help!

potatolove · #1 (**permalink**) 02-14-2010, 07:04 PM

i've bought this phone a month or two ago and all i've done to it was unlock it (its from sprint) so i can use it in canada.

I have done absolutely nothing else to it, and all i do with my phone is call and text. i dont do any email check or whatever so all of that data stuff is off. i've tried the simple stuff like setting the brightness to like 40 %?

i dont know anything about this technology stuff and i dont use or need the phone to do anything else really but text and call

i thought it was normal for my phone to only last 6 hours until i bumped into a friend and his phone lasts 2 days!

im just wondering what is wrong? is there any way i can fix it?

thank you!

p.s i have spent time reading in the forum but i dont understand half the stuff mentioned because im new to the terminology and stuff sorry!

**HBOOT** · #2 (**permalink**) 02-14-2010, 07:10 PM

Maybe your TP2 is eating too much pottoes in CA

no really, 6 hours is a joke even with all turned on like bluetooth,wifi...have u done a hard reset??make sure you get a back up software before you do that.
How is the TP2 doing in CA? besides the battery issue?

Oditius · #3 (**permalink**) 02-14-2010, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by potatolove

i dont know anything about this technology stuff and i dont use or need the phone to do anything else really but text and call

And you bought a TP2 for that? Hope you didn't pay a lot. These things can do so much more.

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Originally Posted by potatolove

i thought it was normal for my phone to only last 6 hours until i bumped into a friend and his phone lasts 2 days!

Under the same usage you do, Or maybe he doesn't get many calls or messages. If my phone sits idle and I don't use it at all, I think I can stretch it a day at the most. There are tweaks (little things you can do to improve performance or battery life) I always put my phone on charge when I am home.

bobturismo · #4 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 02:46 AM

first off, when you open a bunch of programs, they can run in the background and need to be closed for the best battery life, using hte "X" in the upper corner. Doing hte hard reset like everyone suggests will do this, it's just like your home computer, you wouldn't open a bunch of programs at once and not close any of them right?

Install these two cabs in this thread, tehy will reduce the memory usage, reducing how much the phone is doing stuff in the background. Read what "no push internet" does before you install it.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...ight=cabs+save

**nrfitchett4** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 02:53 AM

don't forget that a sprint tp2 will push opera as well. could be the biggest culprit, cont. internet.
you really need to run the cleanup cab from the sticky section GT4L's cab.
i did that and installed mobile shell and my phone lasts fine.

p.s. how much do you talk on it? it only has like a 4-5 hour rated talk time. you can get a backup battery and cradle on ebay so you always have an extra charged.

potatolove · #6 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 04:29 PM

i hardly talk on it to be honest its like maybe an hour or 2 max!
i just text most of the time but i dont text a lot either....

sorry how do i do hard reset? and how do i stop roaming? (im not sure what that is)
sorry
i just need this to be a phone not some amazing technological thing =.=

thanks for your help!!
i appreciate it ver much!

**HBOOT** · #7 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 04:35 PM

Unless you can get a back up program, dont do a hard reset coz you will lose all the things you added to the phone after you got it.
Settings/Clear storage will hard reset the phone,make sure you do some reading before you pull the trigger...

**Biggzz** · #8 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by potatolove

i hardly talk on it to be honest its like maybe an hour or 2 max!
i just text most of the time but i dont text a lot either....

sorry how do i do hard reset? and how do i stop roaming? (im not sure what that is)
sorry
i just need this to be a phone not some amazing technological thing =.=

thanks for your help!!
i appreciate it ver much!

you might consider getting a text phone instead of a high end business device.

bobturismo · #9 (**permalink**) 02-15-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Biggzz

you might consider getting a text phone instead of a high end business device.

Yes, consider a different phone.

The TP2 is phone is a highly capable device that can be modified to suit the users needs, if all you do is text and call, there are plenty of phones out there that have full keyboards and / or touch screens.

As much as people like to help, nobody wants to help someone that doesn't search or bother to learn the most basic of things about their phone or doesn't have enough technical knowledge to understand how to use it properly.

You need a phone that is "dummy proof", TP2 is not a dummy proof phone.

It's like owning a performance car, you need to at least know how to use it on an advanced level. As compared to owning a ford escort, you just put gas in it and it goes.

If you REALLY want to keep your phone, then I suggest that you do what we all did and do some reading and some searching. If you don't understand how computer works in general, then it's going to be a steep learning curve.

Or I suggest you find someone to come and physically set it up in person.

antihero · #10 (**permalink**) 03-22-2012, 01:09 PM

I`m have Same problem.
Make hard reset.
The SD card and SIM card is pulled out.
Airplane Mode ON. Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth - OFF.

Иut all the same the battery is discharged hours for 6, I do not know as to do already...

Someone solved such problem ???

I`m think - this is Hardware Problem, not software.