What killed my battery?

Gadjetguy · #1 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 07:35 PM

Went to bed with battery around 90%. When I woke up 8 hours later it was completely dead.

Anyone know what may have killed it?

Mike

Mutiny32 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 07:41 PM

Do you have beam enabled?

**gator352** · #3 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 07:46 PM

was your data enabled? wifi enabled? enabled enabled? worf enabled? killswitch engaged enabled? ......ug, so many enables to enable.....

**kyle4269** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 08:01 PM

It could be a number of things that are killing your battery..It depends a lot on what you have running in the background too..And as stated above if things like wifi are running it was drain faster.

z28marols1 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 08:09 PM

was your phone near another cell phone? i've seen 2 cell phones sitting right next to each other drain a lot faster b/c they have to up the signal power b/c of interfering with each other.

snigma · #6 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 08:11 PM

WiFi .... it drained my batt. in less than 8 hours but when its off will last 24hrs+

Mutiny32 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by snigma

WiFi .... it drained my batt. in less than 8 hours but when its off will last 24hrs+

Wifi will drain the hell out of a battery even on the highest power-save mode. it just wasn't designed for battery-life.

Gadjetguy · #8 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 08:26 PM

WiFi was off. Data was not disabled but I had no data programs open...if that makes a difference. I didn't have beam set to receive. Is that the same as disabled? Do I have to manually disable data when I am not using it for awhile, like overnight?

thanks!

Mike

**Mylt1** · #9 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Gadjetguy

WiFi was off. Data was not disabled but I had no data programs open...if that makes a difference. I didn't have beam set to receive. Is that the same as disabled? Do I have to manually disable data when I am not using it for awhile, like overnight?

thanks!

Mike

yes, its still an active connection. i use the "long press" to turn off data. as long as the arrows are showing instead of the bars its burning power.

Gadjetguy · #10 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mylt1

yes, its still an active connection. i use the "long press" to turn off data. as long as the arrows are showing instead of the bars its burning power.

I didn't see 'turn off data' as an option for the long press.

Mike