A little tough Love about battery issues.

[dr g]

With that kind of use 24 hours would be no problem for me. Something is wrong with your phone or specific situation.

[Exil3d]

for future reference..............

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=48074

[RitchTouchPro2]

Standard MiniUSb wall charger, extended converstion via H500 BT while phone charged.
Battery Bar went from 4 blocks to 6 blocks no over heating.. included data cable charging off vehicle mounted laptop using usb. phone over heated and ran down.. go figure??

[midiology]

Yep,,

I totally agree with the o/p,,,

anybody who is in the loop with htc and wm devices knows already that this is the way it is battery wise,,,

i mean think about it,, your laptop wont stay running for 16 hours on its battery,,, and this phone is similar to a toshiba portege with a pentium iii 500mhz and wifi,,, but it has a phone built in whereas the laptop doesnt,, lol

please forgive the example,, but it is true,, this phone is a pda first and everything else second.. so I knew ahead of time,,,

but I was also pleasently surprised that I only had to charge the phone once midday,, and once at night,, even with heavy use,, as opposed to my touch i used to have,, I had to charge that thing like 4 times a day...

but I just bought the seido 2000mah battery and back,,, and charged it up today,, so now were gonna see if that doesnt get rid of that midday charge,,,

[ScrapMaker]

Originally Posted by midiology

Yep,,

I totally agree with the o/p,,,

anybody who is in the loop with htc and wm devices knows already that this is the way it is battery wise,,,

i mean think about it,, your laptop wont stay running for 16 hours on its battery,,, and this phone is similar to a toshiba portege with a pentium iii 500mhz and wifi,,, but it has a phone built in whereas the laptop doesnt,, lol

please forgive the example,, but it is true,, this phone is a pda first and everything else second.. so I knew ahead of time,,,

but I was also pleasently surprised that I only had to charge the phone once midday,, and once at night,, even with heavy use,, as opposed to my touch i used to have,, I had to charge that thing like 4 times a day...

but I just bought the seido 2000mah battery and back,,, and charged it up today,, so now were gonna see if that doesnt get rid of that midday charge,,,

Terrible example. This gimpy POS is nothing compared to a 500Mhz laptop. The technology is totally different, and much larger.

There really is no excuse for the terrible battery life, and I hope they fix it by the time WM7 gets cooking, or people will look elsewhere for devices.

I have seen the extended battery on EBay for sale (3000mah) that comes with a custom back panel to hold that bad boy in. Has anyone used it/tried it and if so could I please see a screenshot with it in so I can see the comparison of the thickness. I know the Pro is a brick as it is and I for one am ok with that since all my previous phones have been bricks.

There are a few reasons I am hesitant on getting it. I was told two OEM batteries will give longer usage than the one big one. It would be less of a pain to swap out two OEM batteries than swapping the back panel and the battery every time you run out of juice.

The other reason is because I have not found a case or shield for the Pro with an extended battery. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right place. If someone has come across one please link me as I think it would probably be my deciding factor for purchasing the E.B. or atleast play a far greater role in weighing out my decision.

Thanks everyone.

[XV6700Dummy]

I don't agree at all, my 6700 running an oem battery and whatever latest greatest ROM from here with WM6.1.... outlasts my stock TP 6:1 and it never gets warm. Rock stable to the point of being boring.

My 6800 outlasts the TP by a very long shot. Ho hum.

I do live in a fringe area but the TP does indeed have serious design problems not limited to it's junky pos dpad.

The battery is indeed waaaaay too small, it completely lacks any effective means of heat dissipation and by design in fact, traps all the un-sinked heat compounding the problem of it's purely plastic frame having nary one spec of ground aluminum or copper added to help with this miserable problem..... wonder if any of those designers ever owned an air cooled motorcycle and asked themselves if those fins were there just to be cute?

So I'll pass on the "tough love"

htc truly dropped the ball on this half baked product release of very substandard execution at best

I am hoping however, that when I finally get it cooked it will at least squeeze within some narrow margin of acceptability

and since this tart has some quite seductive charms

I'm guessing that's a distinct possibility and I'll be able to overlook the fact they chose not to invest far more money into the latest rechargeable battery technology and really trim the flab off the device's very excessive consumption

as long as it quits crashing and acting stupid

btw..... has anyone got the bluetooth chip housed FM receiver working? overclocking is still an absolute impossibility?

those things too make me want to punch htc in their hoooker mouths as well

[XV6700Dummy]

oh, I earned my electronics degree 20 years ago and have worked on some spectacularly designed and executed products

and suspect I have a pretty good notion of the difference between price point compromise and top quality

[XV6700Dummy]

I find that just about unbelievable!

I have had three and currently have two, I've yet to have one that would last 2 days SLEEPING even without it's phone being ACTIVATED. Half a day (4 hours) moderate use has been the best with stock rom, registry tweaks, and even the advanced config stuff.

Pray tell, how is your phone setup?

Originally Posted by dr g

I can easily last the day with my CDMA Pro, and if I push the battery, can make 2 days. Be careful of who you believe, some people don't even own the Pro and continue to post here knocking it.

[dis99]

If you wrote the 1st post then how come your sig says elsewise?