Touch Pro Battery life!!! Post your reviews!! - Page 18

discipler · #**171** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 09:13 AM

I am disappointed to say the least. I am NOT getting the battery life I got with my Mogul. I'm looking to buy an extra battery, but I hoped that the single battery would last longer.

And by the way, watch out before you buy from batteries4less.com. They have the HTC Touch Pro battery listed, but it is actually the battery for the Kaiser and not the Raphael. I found out the hard way and had to mail it back to them. I asked them to correct their web site, but last I checked, they were still listing the wrong battery.

lweisenb · #**172** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicatrize

I think some of you are adding stuff or making adjustments that drain your battery or something. Mine's been off the charger since 7am today, I've been listening to music for 3 hours, spent 1 hour looking for regedit for the keyboard backlight, did about 30 minutes of browsing with Opera, and also did some e-mail and text, and I'm at 80%.

I did a hard reset to see if that was the case, also disabled all auto updates with the exception of outlook every 30 minutes (where as im used to using push). 25 minutes sprint nav (an probably 10 - 15 of those were with screen off cause it was extended highway driving). light browsing, text, email, and 5 calls all under 5 minutes. and it was dead in 3:10.

gorillaguzzler · #**173** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 09:40 AM

Mine only gets Hot(gets pretty warm when surfing,streaming, etc) when using GPS and like google maps in the car and charging. When i do this it gets very hot.

snovvman · #**174** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 10:02 AM

Bear in mind that everyone's definition of "intense" use is different. Some people might *think* that whatever it is that they do puts the phone through its phases, but this may not be the case. Simply using the phone a lot does not mean that the CPU is highly utilized.

It would appear that two factors get the Diamond and Touch Pro hot: 1) Prolonged and consistent high CPU utilization, and 2) Prolonged radio activity - long phone calls, especially via BT.

Most applications are bursty on radio and CPU--as much as one may think that they are "really using the phone". When one streams, it's taxing the CPU AND Radio. It is not suprising that this, combined with prolonged use, will cause the guts to get hot.

I took a Diamond apart (not yet on the TP), and found that it is designed to direct heat to the back plastic area.

Here are pictures:
ftp://ppcgeeks.com/Diamond/Users/snovvman/

1) Notice the heatsink gel attached to the plastic cover.
2) Notice the heat-transfer strips (and copper plate) that distributes the heat between the battery tray and that large heatsink gel.

It would appear to me that all of the heat is intended to be drained into that back cover area.

**Baffles** · #**175** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 10:14 AM

Also regarding battery life, 10% every hour on standby is horrible. I've been going two days on a charge this week, though with minimum use (some texting, a few phone calls, and a couple short bursts of tethering).

cmanbrazil · #**176** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 10:19 AM

I have a macbook pro that gets so hot I can not sit it on my lap. One time my battery buckled and it had to be replaced. However, mac has never fixed this problem, and I am still using the laptop today. They claim that it is suppose to transfer heat away from the device. It is a nuisance but I have gotten used to it.

**Baffles** · #**177** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 10:21 AM

What do you have, one of the first gens? I have an early-2008 generation Macbook Pro and it only gets warm, much unlike my friend's firstgen which will run 200 degrees just by surfing the web.

ppcninjaz · #**178** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 10:22 AM

agree with most of the users on this thread, not hot, just warm after about 30 minutes of youtube/sprint tv

i360 · #**179** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 10:31 AM

It got slightly warm when I charged it via the wall socket once, but under normal conditions to me its fine. I've been using it as an mp3 player, movie player and surfing the web and its barely warm to me. If your not being over the top then there may be something wrong with your device. My previous Mogul at times would scorch when plugged into the wall, or just out of the blue. It was a nice phone but I'm so glad that I upgraded.

cmanbrazil · #**180** (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 10:33 AM

I have the first gen? and it can literally burn your leg.

My diamond gets warm, but my 4 year watches cartoons sometimes when I drive and he has never complained about the heat. Youtube seems to cause the most heat on mine.