My Thoughts of the Epic after a week - Page 2

**CozBoogie** · #11 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 01:37 PM

Nice write-up gTen. I'd probably agree with most of your review points, except for battery life. I've been having some great results with battery life. I went 25 hours off-charger with moderate use (a handful of phone calls, heavy texting) and still had about 20% left. This was mostly on 3G (no 4G in my neck of the woods) and some Wi-Fi.

late,
Coz

**gTen** · #12 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CozBoogie

Nice write-up gTen. I'd probably agree with most of your review points, except for battery life. I've been having some great results with battery life. I went 25 hours off-charger with moderate use (a handful of phone calls, heavy texting) and still had about 20% left. This was mostly on 3G (no 4G in my neck of the woods) and some Wi-Fi.

late,
Coz

I'm not disagreeing with ya, as I have yet to use 3g yet...I was in airplane mode the whole week and when I got back I'm in a 4g area. But lets look at it this way 30min @ 10% means 5 hours of battery life while watching movies none stop at max brightness...I wouldn't exactly call that horrible battery life :/ lol

revaaron · #13 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by CozBoogie

Nice write-up gTen. I'd probably agree with most of your review points, except for battery life. I've been having some great results with battery life. I went 25 hours off-charger with moderate use (a handful of phone calls, heavy texting) and still had about 20% left. This was mostly on 3G (no 4G in my neck of the woods) and some Wi-Fi.

I WISH!!! I use 3G all day and don't really touch the device and it is at 24% after 9hrs.
Like I said in another thread, I got the best battery life ever yesterday, 8am to midnight with it complaining about the battery around 9pm.

**CozBoogie** · #14 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 03:43 PM

I do turn off my Wi-Fi if I'm only in 3G coverage....seems to help with battery life.

late,
Coz

TheMostToys · #15 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CozBoogie

Nice write-up gTen. I'd probably agree with most of your review points, except for battery life. I've been having some great results with battery life. I went 25 hours off-charger with moderate use (a handful of phone calls, heavy texting) and still had about 20% left. This was mostly on 3G (no 4G in my neck of the woods) and some Wi-Fi.

late,
Coz

Wow, could you share your configuration?

Like others, I turn everything (BT, WIFI, 4G, GPS) off. I turn off automatic sync and auto data, I even turn off automatic time sync. I have the brightness set to zero. I have a strong signal (well, on my evo and tp2 it is 5 to 6 bars, but on the Epic in the same spot it is 3 to 4 bars, but still strong). The only automatic widget I use is Beautiful colck & weather and I have it set to update every two hours. I can squeeze out between 10 and 14 (MAX) hours based on how little I use it. That's with a few 10 minute calls, a half dozen texts and a half dozen email sync's, average of about 1.5 hours of total screen on time.

The exact same usage (only with brighter screen settings and GPS & BT on) and the tp2 has 60% to 70% remaining and the Evo has about 50%, the Epic is dead. I love the phone (much faster than tp2 and I need a KB), but man the battery is killing me. Basically, the end of the day is when I'm most likely to be in a situation to need the phone and that is when it is dead. I spend the entire day worrying about the battery, so much so that I'll look at the screen before turning it on and think about whether this is a worthy time to use the power to turn on the phone or should I wait. When I look at my usage, it's 60% display, and the rest is mostly split between Voice calls, Cell standby & Phone idle. I do the trick to cycle airplane mode to reduce time without signal (known problem, even in strong signal areas) and that works, my time without signal is 0 to 2%.

Rant off, sorry, just when I see statements like yours (especially from a well respected member) I get frustrated. I am happy that you get such good batter life, I just wish I could figure out how.

Thank you

TheMostToys · #16 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Vertigo

I have noticed that the battery reading is a little mess up. main battery indicator shows a different reading than the indicator in the camera.

Yes, the main battery indicator is not accurate (it's set to round up), the camera battery indicator is more accurate.

dumpringz · #17 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 04:23 PM

i get amazing battery life as well ... all day with normal use & battery meter has a small dent in it ... i dont use any other type of indicator ... they will suck the life out of batteries as i learned on my evo .. i havent even installed any market apps which is not going to last forever i just hope that doesnt effect battery when i do ... i remember when i got my evo it was my first android device so i went app happy & i know something had to of effected the battery life & before half my workday was over id be down to 30% .... ive also stayed away from atk & use stock task manager which is keeping me happy & things smooth

**gTen** · #18 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 04:27 PM

Speaking of speed reception..

TP2 with 3g

Epic with 3g:

Epic with 4g (2 bars)

One thing I found funny though is when I place my phone horizontally I get 1 bar of 4g..when I place it vertically I get 2 bars...wth..lol

**CozBoogie** · #19 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dumpringz

ive also stayed away from atk & use stock task manager which is keeping me happy & things smooth

+1!

late,
Coz

**Timberwolf671** · #20 (**permalink**) 09-08-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gTen

Speaking of speed reception..

TP2 with 3g

Epic with 3g:

Epic with 4g (2 bars)

One thing I found funny though is when I place my phone horizontally I get 1 bar of 4g..when I place it vertically I get 2 bars...wth..lol

Last weekend I did my 1st test on 4g approx. 2200 hrs (2bar) 1.61 Mb's DL. Again in the same place with 2 bars again and got 6.5 Mb's DL. So it looks like it depends on the volume of traffic and what time you do your testing. I live in the country and almost get 2bars 3g at best. I found a good way to save battery is when I get home. I turn on the wifi for the data connect rather than use the 3g connection which will use more juice for my hourly updates. I love my TP2, but I love this phone more. Very happy with Touch Wiz 2.5 (with ADW Launcher loaded) and Android 2.1. I understand that 2.2 for the EVO has BT voice command now. So maybe when we get our update the same will be true.