Touch Pro Battery life!!! Post your reviews!! - Page 79

Young Melo · #**781** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 05:00 PM

I have had no luck with my battery also I have all the tweaks done to my phone and I still get the same result with my battery I have to charge it at least once a day! So if there is any ideas on how to improve this let me know

igotgame · #**782** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gobmonster

lol, do you live under a cell tower or something?

heh...I normally don't use it near that much...but I just pick it up frmo time to time and try stuff.

If I didn't use data or gps in a day...I would probably be at 70-75% battery after a full day.

rushco · #**783** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 05:15 PM

I am at 87% after 7 hours. I only sent 1 text message though. No one wants to talk to me today

**ScrapMaker** · #**784** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gobmonster

lol, do you live under a cell tower or something?

+1

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Originally Posted by Young Melo

I have had no luck with my battery also I have all the tweaks done to my phone and I still get the same result with my battery I have to charge it at least once a day! So if there is any ideas on how to improve this let me know

I think that realistically, until HTC releases a newer radio ROM, CDMA Touch Pro users are stuck with poor battery life.

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Originally Posted by igotgame

heh...I normally don't use it near that much...but I just pick it up frmo time to time and try stuff.

If I didn't use data or gps in a day...I would probably be at 70-75% battery after a full day.

So basically, if you don't use your phone at all, you still lose 30% of your battery? Culprit=radio.

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Originally Posted by rushco

I am at 87% after 7 hours. I only sent 1 text message though. No one wants to talk to me today

1 text, 13% battery? craziness. I really hope HTC addresses this issue.

**flyers2114** · #**785** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ScrapMaker

I'm not trying to down-play your solution, but every other Windows Mobile phone has ActiveSync running as well. Nothing has changed from one phone to the next, except HTC's radio software or hardware design flaw, to cause such power drain.

If ActiveSync is not OPENING a data connection, I don't see it draining much of the battery. We have already covered that the CPU really doesn't drain much. It's the radio that does the sucking, (so to speak.)

I agree 100% on this....there is no way AS is draining that much...the radio is definitely the culprit...

DSGamer · #**786** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gobmonster

lol, do you live under a cell tower or something?

Indeed. I get nothing close to that.

DSGamer · #**787** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by flyers2114

I agree 100% on this....there is no way AS is draining that much...the radio is definitely the culprit...

Is there a fix for this?

**ScrapMaker** · #**788** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DSGamer

Is there a fix for this?

Unfortunately, no.

This is the reason why threads like this, and others have been created--to make people aware that these problems exist. It took us forever just to convince the community that there was even a problem in the first place. Even still, I hear comments saying that it's not true, but it seems that the majority of people are having this problem, (and many others, too.)

History has told us that HTC's radio software never gets THAT great, even after plenty of time. Even the Vogue is pretty lousy. While it lasts leaps and bounds longer than my Pro, even with a smaller battery, it's still not that great at all. This is with the latest and greatest radio, (and I've tried them all.) It's much better than it started, (probably a 10% improvement,) but don't expect HTC to magically fix this overnight--or ever.

If this is a major concern to you, (or anyone for that matter,) then it would not be wise to keep the phone and wait for a fix. Take the phone back, get it again when HTC fixes the problem--or get whatever else is better at the time...

**flyers2114** · #**789** (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 09:12 PM

Does anyone know off hand if the Diamond is having the same issue.....I am assuming yes.....but curious if anyone can comment....and I know I could look it up in the Diamond forum but I am lazy tonight and getting ready for MNF....

gobmonster · #**790** (**permalink**) 12-16-2008, 03:11 AM

So, i finally just got home, its 2 something and im making rounds on the net

The battery died midway through my night out, so while i can say it was better than usually, disabling Async doesnt give it much more than i would hope. Basically, its no good as a temporary fix, worth a shot though.