battery life

[M2Iceman]

I have been usuing more of airplane mode and saving my battery. I was sitting in a bad reception area and watched the battery percentage go down while sitting there for 30 minutes. Turn airplane mode on and waited 3 hours and the battery barely moved. Searching for the networks are killing the battery for me and I even bought a 1350 battery and right now Im not getting much more life than the OEM. I have the 2600 battery but I dont like the bulk of it so it sits in my drawer. Wish there will be a fix.

[Incubated]

Originally Posted by fixxxer2008

why is the battery life soo bad on this phone? i see this as the only downfall for me personally. i am buying and extended one tonight but palm should of given us a better battery. i even turned gps off and im not using the built in yahoo messenger anymore and my life is still horrid.

do you need bigger back plates for extended batteries?

i just left my wall charger in class today. got a wrap, went back to class, it wasn't there. some one took it for safekeeping or swiped?
noooo

[Machinehead]

Originally Posted by Incubated

do you need bigger back plates for extended batteries?

Depends on which battery you get. Seidio has 2 sizes, a 1350 ma which doesn't require a bigger back plate and a 2600 ma which does require a bigger back plate.

Edit: The stock battery is 1150 ma by the way.

[Carla]

Originally Posted by Incubated

do you need bigger back plates for extended batteries?

i just left my wall charger in class today. got a wrap, went back to class, it wasn't there. some one took it for safekeeping or swiped?
noooo

Swiped for sure Sorry

[NinjaMom]

Originally Posted by Incubated

do you need bigger back plates for extended batteries?

i just left my wall charger in class today. got a wrap, went back to class, it wasn't there. some one took it for safekeeping or swiped?
noooo

It probably got swiped. Man, that sucks.

I have been thinking about getting the solar charger.
http://www.amazon.com/Solio-Emergenc.../dp/B0020LN3KQ

[Machinehead]

Originally Posted by NinjaMom

I have been thinking about getting the solar charger.
http://www.amazon.com/Solio-Emergenc.../dp/B0020LN3KQ

One of my co-workers got one for free from Dell. Pretty neat, it's basically an extra battery.

[Incubated]

Originally Posted by Machinehead

One of my co-workers got one for free from Dell. Pretty neat, it's basically an extra battery.

oh have you guys seen the commercial for the external energizer cell phone battery? supposedly goes in through the power/usb port and charges or powers the phone.

[z28marols1]

if you're gonna go that route you may as well go for a li-ion rechargable battery pack so you dont burn through throw away batteries. i got one forever ago for my TP and works great. will recharge the tp almost twice before having to be charged itself.

[Stryker412]

I just got my Pre last night, I updated to 1.3.1. I left for work this morning with it above 95% then by lunch it was at 30% and now it's at 15%.

[spiritcrusher33]

well i think the number 1 thing that makes the batt go down so fast is searching for a signal.. or switching in and out of ev..

like for instance.. the other day had to take my 2 girls to the dentist.. was there for 4.5 hours.. i went from 100% down to 30% in the short time.. and thats with the 2600 mAh batt..

lol one room would roam. then the other room would be 1x. then the lobby would be a faint ev signal.. it was crazy..

but i do think the pre has a weak ant.. it switches from ev to 1x alot in my bathroom.. where as my previous 900 phones all kept ev..lol