Hi all, did a search using keyword "batteries" and suprisingly found nothing. Question: Does anyone know of an extended battery that allows you to keep the oem cover? I got a slightly extended for my pro (1800mAh) and it fit great , giving me just enough more juice. My HD arrives this week and I know the battery prolly will have a tough time going a full day. I've seen the usual assortment of super batts that take a custom bulging cover. I'd prefer to avoid the bulge.
Mugen Power makes one but it's been out-of-stock for a while... the easiest solution (at least for me) was to get a second battery.
If it's any consolation, once you go through several charge / deplete cycles with your new battery, you can expect to go through a whole day without much trouble.
Touch HD actually has the best battery life on the PDA market, surpassing even the menacing iPhone by more then 15%!
You can also find very useful apps that will help save the power, such as Lumos, that will automatically adjust your screen brightness depending on ambient lighting. And I can confirm it makes a lot of difference when it comes to battery life.
Also, Mugen sells batteries for HD that have same dimensions as stock battery, but with slightly larger capacity. I bought one for 30$, and I easily go over 3 days with these 2 batteries.
Thanks for the feedback guys. It's great to hear that the HD actually has good battery life using the oem. I know for the first few days or weeks I'll probably be using the crap out of it just because I'll be getting used to it and it will be to awesome to put down I'll see how it goes and maybe check into muygen if they might have something that fits as is, into the back. Really getting hyped about this HD.
You can also consider a power station which slots in the mini usb slot but makes your touch hd longer but you don't get the bulge.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BATTERY-POWER...0|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1308|301:1|293:1|294:50
You get approx 2.33x the juice.
cortez.i said:
Mugen Power makes one but it's been out-of-stock for a while... the easiest solution (at least for me) was to get a second battery.
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Hmm, that's interesting - I ordered mine about a week ago, they told me they were "out of stock" until the 25th May, but yet they shipped two days after I got that email and I received my 1500mha battery yesterday!
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/product_info.php?cPath=108_135&products_id=534
aussiebum said:
Hmm, that's interesting - I ordered mine about a week ago, they told me they were "out of stock" until the 25th May, but yet they shipped two days after I got that email and I received my 1500mha battery yesterday!
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/product_info.php?cPath=108_135&products_id=534
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Just ordered, and mine was out until june 15th!!
Are you satisfied with yours?
I go easily 2-3 days on my HD between recharges and normal usages. A few calls and texts and a spot of internet browsing.
Do you guys watch video's or something to make the battery life so poor?
Well, after using my HD with the oem battery for the past 3 weeks I must say I am very pleasently surprised that it is working very well for me. I can go a full day with usually a bit left over. I am still using it pretty heavily, just because I can't put the dang thing down. Lol. I'm not sure I'd want to pay to much for a 1500mAh as it seems like not enough of an increase in power reserve. I'm happy with the oem.
WeeJockMacFeegle said:
I go easily 2-3 days on my HD between recharges and normal usages. A few calls and texts and a spot of internet browsing.
Do you guys watch video's or something to make the battery life so poor?
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i don't even know how you accomplish that...my screen is turned down to the lowest brightness...the 3g radio is off, i don't use wifi or play music or video...and i get a day to a day & a half @ best.
Never, ever seen 3 days
I ordered a battery from Mugen.
I received it on friday, but the phone will not charge it.
charge light turns on for about 15 sec the shots off.
when looking at the battery status it shows battery unknown.
I have emailed Mugen about this no reply as of yet.
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i don't even know how you accomplish that...my screen is turned down to the lowest brightness...the 3g radio is off, i don't use wifi or play music or video...and i get a day to a day & a half @ best.
Never, ever seen 3 days
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I charged my HD over night two days ago, so now I'm clocking 2.5 days from last recharge, and it's on 50%. Couple of calls and SMS, 10-15 mins of GPRS internet each day and about 20 mins of GPS in Google maps.
That's the way to do it.
I'm on Dutty's 3.7. I make a few calls, send a few sms's, browse the internet a bit and play a bit of freecell most days. Last time I charged up was Thursday morning, yesterday at 2pm it hit 14%.
Maybe you live a a poor reception area? I've noticed my battery life gets very poor if I'm in the middle of nowhere, far from any cell towers.
I usually listen to internet radio and surf to and from work, make a couple of phone calls, have a couple of mail accounts set up. I usually don't run out of battery on a normal day, but if I have to go somewhere special I might listen to internet radio more and surf more and the battery will run out. And if I play any games, Xtrakt or Need for Speed Under Cover, or watch videos I can kiss the battery good bye.
It's a smart phone, so we use it to do all the cool things that a smart phone enables us to do. Sure its gonna drain the battery more and usually it's worth it, but you can fault us for trying to get more out of our devices
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Just ordered, and mine was out until june 15th!!
Are you satisfied with yours?
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yep - been using the 1500mha Mugen for about 2 wks now and it seems pretty good - on avg. get about 10% more charge remaining at the end of the day vs. the stock battery. Work day = a bit of web surfing via HSPDA / GPRS, a bit of gaming, 1hr or so of music and a couple of SMS's and maybe calls. Usually still have around 60% charge around midnight. I do use S2U2 with Suspend Power = ON option.
I've noticed that Windows Mobile phones (in general not just Touch HD) seem to have really poor battery life in areas with poor / no reception - in these areas, it's best to either switch to flight mode OR force GSM only mode on.
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Hi,
I'm noticing the battery life really suffers when the weather is cold. Right now, the phone will run out of batteries on standby with Push Email within 5 hours on a full charge.
I'm looking for another battery for it. Does anyone have any recommendations? I bought one of those high capacity ones on Ebay but it doesn't fit well so the phone will turn off sometimes because of bad contact. Needless to say, I'm not impressed with those Ebay batteries on sale everywhere.
Recommendations?
Thanks,
al8525wu
I've had this for about a week:
3200mAh EXTENDED BATTERY FOR CINGULAR 8525
http://www.seidioonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=609
My only complaint is the size. It will make your phone about 1.5 times thicker. Although it is nicer to hold while writing txt or email messages. I love the fact that I can now play music while working for hours and not worry about battery life in a 3G area.
How many days do you go between charges?
a larger capacity battery may lead you change your back lid to a real...real strange one
eagercrow said:
I've had this for about a week:
3200mAh EXTENDED BATTERY FOR CINGULAR 8525
http://www.seidioonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=609
My only complaint is the size. It will make your phone about 1.5 times thicker. Although it is nicer to hold while writing txt or email messages. I love the fact that I can now play music while working for hours and not worry about battery life in a 3G area.
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I just got the same thing for my phone! Takes a few days to get used to the hump on hte phone, but its sooooo awesome!
My 8525 is over a year old and i was getting 10 hours of use out of it before it would shutdown.
Put this battery in and i charged it Thursday night...made a few calls and internet lookups on friday...saturday the same and sunday the same...Maybe 2 hours total talk time and 3 hours on teh internet. Then sunday evening it was around 40% and i finally got it down to 10% after running slingbox on it for 90 minutes while playing some call of duty 4 on the pc!
The only annoying thing is it chirps for low battery for HOURS if you arent using it.
I'd say this realy makes the phone alot more fun and functional. Previously i would minimize playing games or ineternet browsing or slingplayer watching, now i can do it whenever and as long as i want and its very unlikely the phone will be dead before i go to bed!
I'm fairly disappointed in this battery and will start gathering benchmark metrics,asking others to do the same for more data points and what does and doesnt work to increase.
Currently I have disabled sense ui and reduced widgets down to hardly anything, just a search and taskiller. I seem to get around 10 hours with moderate usage (occasional short call, several texts and quick searches, etc) letting android download background data and check google accounts email, contacts and calendar (this really is the power of the phone, cloud syncing pim). Weather, stocks and other "widgetable" apps are refreshed only on demand.
It's worse than I thought. I went less than 6 hours today with only one quick call (<1 minute) a few youtube clips and 2 texts. I noticed the phone was pretty warm in my pocket compared to my HTC touch (it actually felt cold sometimes if left on the desk) and a few times I noticed that there would be no radio "bars" but most of the time I had 3-4 out of 5 bars (I never have recetpion problems where I am) leading me to believe that something goofy is going on with the radio. I am going to reset since my testing is over today!!
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It's worse than I thought. I went less than 6 hours today with only one quick call (<1 minute) a few youtube clips and 2 texts. I noticed the phone was pretty warm in my pocket compared to my HTC touch (it actually felt cold sometimes if left on the desk) and a few times I noticed that there would be no radio "bars" but most of the time I had 3-4 out of 5 bars (I never have recetpion problems where I am) leading me to believe that something goofy is going on with the radio. I am going to reset since my testing is over today!!
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Whit what tool did you test it?
It's still to early to tell but I'm seeing decent battery life. Better than my pre but not great. Certainly acceptable considering I'm playing with it all the time since its new.
i also am seeing bad battery life.. i had court yesterday, and had it OFF most of the day.. and it was dead last night, i turned it on after court.
anyone notice this:
the website has extra batteries
http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASA...oryID=BSH5110&topPageNumber=0&subPageNumber=0
they say 1340mAh. mine says 1500mAh
do you guys think thats a mistake?
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I just looked at battery usage in Spare Parts at various parts of the day and input this manually to minitab. No special app or anything.
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anyone notice this:
the website has extra batteries
http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASA...oryID=BSH5110&topPageNumber=0&subPageNumber=0
they say 1340mAh. mine says 1500mAh
do you guys think thats a mistake?
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I read that the European version has a small battery, but because it is GSM is supposed to have as good or better battery life than the CDMA version.
The GSM Hero has a 1350mAh battery, and battery life is reportedly slightly better than the Sprint Hero even with its more capacious battery. As you correctly surmise, this is due to the Sprint being a CDMA network.
Why Sprint would want to sell a lower capacity battery though, I've no idea!
Regards,
Dave
my battery didn't last a full day either
I am into my 3rd day of usage (on single charge) on my week old hero.
Running on 2G network, turning off all data connectivity, manual reduce screen brightness, minimum vibrate and sound notifications for typing and applications
I have a Sprint Hero and the battery is at half strength not too long after lunch. But since I've only had the phone 3 days, I probably am playing with it more than usual. I'm guessing Seido will come out with an extended life, same size battery. They did with my Touch and it was great! It was very handy having a spare battery when I was out for a long period of time, away from anywhere to charge the phone.
Im also into my 3rd day of usage, and been off the charger all day today... had a couple calls, couple texts, bout 3hrs worth of browsing/facebook/twitter... down to about 60% as we speak so i know its a vast improvement from my tp... hell, 2 hrs of anything on that phone and it would be below 50 percent before the day even really started lol...
There are a number of things you can do to help improve battery life.
1 ) Turn off Wifi autodiscovery. You can always turn it on again if you are at a spot where you know you have a good wifi connection and plan on using it. My Hero was constantly telling me about wifi hotspots that I was driving past. I've found a number of widgets that will turn wifi on with one push.
2 ) Set Twitter, Facebook, and or email to check for updates less often than stock. I don't remember exactly what mine was set to at the beginning, but one of the first things I did was set Twitter to every four hours and Facebook to every two hours.
3 ) GPS is also a battery eater. Turn it off unless you need it.
4 ) Whenever you get a new phone, you ( well, I do, I'm just assuming that you do, too. ) use the heck out of it, playing with settings, seeing what all the programs do, downloading apps and games. Battery life should pick up as the newness wears off.
If you guys want a little more juice, Seidio just came out with a 1750mAh battery that fits in your device's existing battery space and doesn't require a replacement door.
http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/basi17htp2.htm
Problem is, whats the point of having a phone designed to have al lthese features if you can't use them as the battery just dies.
My T-Mobile G2 / Hero dies so quick it's annoying.
Yes I've been doing lots of stuff with it this week but to have to turn of 3G to save battery is a laugh. My old Sony phone uses 3G etc and it can last a good two days without charge.
I've kept my 3G on but have kept all the updates to minimum amounts or to be done manually.
Background data also turned off most of the time but again, if it's required, then we shouldn't have to turn off.
It's about time batteries were developed or the companies actually provide longer life ones.
All the testers reviewes keep going on about how great the battery life is doing all these things and stuff, what batteries have they been given to use compared to the rest of us I wonder?
First of all, hello to everyone. I have been reading through a lot of threads here in the last few weeks after getting my HD2, especially the ones about battery life.
I have never owned a smartphone, so I have no comparison but I'm barely getting through 1 day of use when fully charged! And I'm not even using it that much yet, Wifi is off, no data transfers, just some texting and calls. I have installed Bandswitch and Battlog, didn't really help though.
Got the phone brand new (T-Mobile US) and haven't done any major tweaking yet, it's still pretty much stock with a few programs that I installed so far.
Do you guys have a similar experience or is it completely different? I love the phone, but if I dont even get through one day of use (and I want to use the phone in the future, not just for surfing but for music streaming or web browsing), I would have to bring it back.
Any help appreciated!
It's just something you have to live with, buy a spare battery, or the extended battery, flash a lighter ROM, adjust screen brightness turn off push e-mails etc etc.
I can get 2 days battery from very light use. i.e. a few texts and calls a day, no Wi-Fi, bluetooth or internet browsing. That's just how smartphones are.
So how do you do it on a daily basis?
My battery is fully charged in the morning and lets assume I'm using the phone for what I bought it for - some music streaming, gps here and there if I need it, some web browsing, calls and texts etc.
I haven't even started using most of the features of the phone and my battery has died twice on my already while I was out at night.
How can that be normal or acceptable? I can't charge my battery every 6h...
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So how do you do it on a daily basis?
My battery is fully charged in the morning and lets assume I'm using the phone for what I bought it for - some music streaming, gps here and there if I need it, some web browsing, calls and texts etc.
I haven't even started using most of the features of the phone and my battery has died twice on my already while I was out at night.
How can that be normal or acceptable? I can't charge my battery every 6h...
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Maybe you shouldn't have a smart phone? Battery technology is ****, it's a shame, but it's true. The only thing I can suggest is a spare battery, I carry one everywhere.
I generally watch an hour and a half of video a day on my phone, text, call, use the internet and I can still make a 9 hour day with 40%+ battery left, and just incase I am out and about in the evening before I have a chance to get the phone on charge I have the spare.
But with that said half hours charge from the mains will give you a good 30% topup I very seldom have to swap the batterys and I use a pretty juicy ROM.
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Given his kind of use, 2 days should be normal. Right now I'm squeezing 3 days out of this battery, and that's only because I swap it out when it's at 10%, otherwise it could be a little longer... and a few calls here and there is not the only thing I did with it... it's still my work pda after all
Since it's pretty much stock, unless it gets better with time (the first recharging cycles are the worst) and even after a hard reset it won't get better, it probably is something wrong not software related.
Install battclock and check the standby battery drain, shouldn't be much higher than 4mA, up to 7mA could be normal, any higher than that, especially if significant, and you've got something wrong, and found the cause to the short battery life.
First off, buy a couple of cheap oem batteries from here...
Now, these eBay batteries have performed slightly better than the original battery...
Some of us smartphone users are so used to poor battery life we have power charging cradles at home work and car just to keep the charge up... And have spare batteries every in case of emergency...
I take my phone off the charger at 6am to go to work... My avg day is 6-10 calls, 20 reminders, an hour of UNO, an hour as a wifi router and I return home at 5pm with 50-60% battery life...
they are trying to make batteries smaller and thinner so they can make the phones thinner and smaller so battery life is compromised. But you do need to give it some time to settle in.
Back up batteries and cradles to charge them are cheap and an easy solution. So are extra chargers to keep at work, in the car, etc. Most people can charge their phone at least an hour during the day and that should give you all you need.
The only smartphone that I didn't carry an extra battery for was the moto q9c, because it came with an extended life battery. But on these phones, that probably isn't the best option.
So what did you guys do to improve the battery life of your HD2? Are there any specific programs (I heared about G-Profile) you are not supposed to use or did you guys just deinstall all the T-Mobile Apps?
If I can just get 1 day of actual use out of it I am OK with that. I just dont want to have die every second or third day if I use more often than normal...
Any suggestions or may tests I could do? I feel like I could stream music on Slacker for about 90 Minutes and the battery would be dead...
EDIT: Just did Battlog for about 15 Minutes, my phone uses between 15ma and 31ma when in standby. So where do I start, how do I find the culprit?
I love huge screen HTC devices and Im a power user, so my solutions for power issues are:
Callpod Fueltank Duo
http://palmtops.about.com/od/accessoriesperipherials/fr/Callpod-Fueltank-Duo-Review.htm
Mugen Extended-size High-capacity 2600mAh Battery for HTC HD2
http://www.mugenpowerbatteries.com/
There is a 15% discount right now, better hurry.
Extra chargers and thats it! Now I browse, calls, emails, music, videos, TV stream (Slingplayer) and maximize all of the other features of my HD2 t9193.
Software and the end-user are the cause behind battery drain. I've got 2.5days out of moderate use so I don't think it's the hardware at all.
Methods for testing battery consumption and proof it is typically software related
Hi,
At the risk of looking like I'm trying to hijack this thread, I started a discussion on this particular subject a while ago as feedback on my finding after reading almost all the threads I could find regarding battery use on the HD2. Lude219 is 100% correct, the issue is always software related (yea, I know there might be exceptions to the rule) and my phone was a prime example of that.
See the thread below that explains how to measure your battery consumption, has logs and screen shots from users you have high consumption and also people who have systems where battery life is more than 48 hours so that you can compare your results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=718173
Regards
I'm also sure it's software related. My phone would use app. 2% overnight with all connections closed. This i tested over months. Then suddenly without me changing anything drastic software wise, it pulled 5% per 3-4 hours. So after going thru all the cleaning routines nothing helped exept a good "ram cleaning" . Somehow or other the phone starts processes over time wich consume alot of power. One would have to look into it with a process manager to find out what exactly it is. WinMo seems to be quite sofisticated looking at all the running processes. So my view is , keeping the system tidy might be the only way to save the extra power.This is where the huge diffrence to other platforms seems to be, it can take quite a while until you have configured your phone the way you need it. I am useing the stock rom 1.66 German
thanks you guys for participating and sharing your thoughts.
But now, here is a thinker:
Last night, I let my battery drain all the way to zero and then recharged it at night. The only other thing I did was installing BSBTweaks and Touch X Taskmanager. I also changed my Bandswitch Settings to turn off data when not used and put it at 60 sec (instead of 500 sec before).
And I couldnt believe what I was seeing, I took my phone off the charger this morning around 8.30am and now at 7pm I am still at 84%!!! I did not use the phone heavily but sent and received a few texts, made 1 call and played around with it for a little bit. Similiarly to what I did in the beginning after I got the phone, but then the battery had almost died at 7pm!
I am super happy and hope it stays like that but cannot explain why all the sudden it is that different...
Hi everyone,
This is a very usefull thread, for me it is, thanks to everybody that answered.
regrding the last post, a noobish quesition is
”Bandswitch Settings to turn off data when not used and put it at 60 sec (instead of 500 sec before): how do i do this?”
I remember stumbling upon this setting the day i got the phone and started viciously going through it.
Somehow it didnt store in my memory the path i went that day so i can try doing what the man sugested.
So if anyone can lay a hand, much obliged.
Regards
i lost 12 pct over night in 9 hours with my radio turned off last night and only gmail and texts were open...
with battlog how do i do the test so it stays in standby? it keeps turning the screen on and off when i run benchmark
You may want to flash a new radio. Try a new one each day and measure battery life. I use radio 2.12.50 and have had a good experience.
yeah but with my radio turned off the radio shouldnt affect it shoudl it?
i use blackberry to stream pandora radio thru aux for about 8 hours a day and it still has 2 bars left after that.
HD2 just sits there and kills the battery lol
what kind of phone is that when you have to disable all its functions every time you dont use it?
seriously this is called unfinished product or poor design, that is beeing sold to customers as a next best thing.
you guys can argue with me all you want. i heard many excuses from users advocating the companies. such as. if you dont like this than pay more for a better product. well HD2 is a better product, its a 500 dollar phone damn it.
but you dont realize that even the "better" products suffer from same underdevelopment syndrome.
companies spend millions on consumer research and consumers spend millions on **** they dont need every year. cows eat grass, consumers eat garbage made by big companies.
where are the better products? they dont exist because it became "normal" to have a faulty OS or for your phone buttons to fall off, or battery to explode.
companies worked long and hard to make consumers get used to the idea that garbage is just a part of life, and worked long and hard to minimize costs of production, and cut corners.
which corners?
the final QA testing that is not beeing done by a company, so they can release the phone 3 months earlier, the consumers pay for the phone and test it.
we work for the company and we pay for it instead of getting paid.
the phone breaks oh how sad ,
company takes note(dont use this cheap glue or the buttons fall off, get a lil more expensive glue next year)
so they use better glue and cut another corner and we buy another "new and improved phone" and this time screen goes dim oh dang not again...and it continues.
do you disconnect your car battery every night so it doesnt die? or when you buy a lexus do you drive with your AC off because it cant pull the car around when ac is on same time as the stereo?
Hi everyone,
Does anyone have any review about this battery on LG Optimus 7? The 1700 mAh is also welcome.
My original battery is poor compared to my wife's Samsung Galaxy S with almost similar operation (WiFi, HSDPA/3G, email sync. etc.)
I have a good experience wit Mugen battery from past with Sony Ericsson Xperia X1.
Hayenadeblue
While I was looking for a bigger battery
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...-for-lg-optimus-7-e900-with-battery-door.html
that looks a little too big for me. If I was getting the titan, I might consider it, but one of the things I like about this phone is the size.
I was thinking about just getting a second battery to carry with me as nessasary.
Thanks Etaduck for your comment,
I don't mind the size. But I need to hear something about performance. Quite jealous with my wife with her Galaxy S that can stand for about 2 days.
BTW, in my E900, I've already disabled the location service, bluetooth, feedback, internet sharing, set the screen brightness to the lowest, and enabled the battery saver. I was initially on open carrier firmware with the similar battery issue, then change it to vodafone firmware because of internet sharing and 7740 update.
Kind regards,
hayenadeblue
hayenadeblue said:
Thanks Etaduck for your comment,
I don't mind the size. But I need to hear something about performance. Quite jealous with my wife with her Galaxy S that can stand for about 2 days.
BTW, in my E900, I've already disabled the location service, bluetooth, feedback, internet sharing, set the screen brightness to the lowest, and enabled the battery saver. I was initially on open carrier firmware with the similar battery issue, then change it to vodafone firmware because of internet sharing and 7740 update.
Kind regards,
hayenadeblue
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just wondering, how long do you get out of it now?
with light usage for me I get around 2 days, sometimes more but rarely, but if i'm using it a lot on the internet seem to get a day to a day and a half, what surprised me after reading on this forum was to completly run down battery, then plug phone in but don't turn it on, start phone, after 4 seconds put the charger on, seemed to help with me, no idea why however
before I did that it would last around half a day, maybe its my imagination, but it seemed to help.
I'm also considering getting the smaller mugen battery when I have some spare money, the huuuge one just seems to disfigure the phone too much.
After coming from a Diamond, I really loved HTC's extended battery cover, shame theres nothing like it for this handset.
Hi Stead,
I've got about 16 hours so far. Around 5 am to around 9 pm at night. I've tried your method but there are no improvement at all.
I hope that the option to togle between 3g/HSDPA and EDGE/GPRS in 8107 update will solve this battery issue for me at least.
Update: With 8107 update, limited data to edge, still with standard battery, I could get 1 day 14 hours roughly 2 daytime and 1 night. Exchange, gmail, live, nextgen reader, accuweather running in background. Hook to wifi at home and office bcoz talkmobile edge is the worst here.
I wanted to buy it but after mango update in november battery lasts longer.... i use it for my job, wich is talk, send message, mms, gmail and hotmail acc, and i got 3.5-4 days with around 3 h talking during those days, about 50 msg-s..
I do not use 3g if i am not using internet, which is rarely, screen is automatic, feedback off,location on,bluetooth off, wireless off,gmail is set to 1 hour.I dont overcharge battery, and never charge over usb....never less then 3.5 days.If i use 3g its 2 days top..
I ordered the 1700 battery, its not a huge increase, but it easily lasts a day with heavy usage now, tend to get around 2 days with moderate usage?
Haven't tried turning 3g off yet, so may give that ago after reading djuricn's post!
I've also noticed giving it little charges a lot seems to make the phone only last a day at best, I try to leave it run down, and fully charge it whenever possible.
One final thing, using zune with a usb3 port seems to charge just as fast as the wall charger around an hour for me, and on the pc using zune with a normal usb2 port seems to charge quicker aroud 2 hours, if zune is closed it seemingly takes a full day to charge via usb
Is the extra cost for Mugen Power battery worth it? If you look on Amazon you see batteries for way less....
ambivalent said:
Is the extra cost for Mugen Power battery worth it? If you look on Amazon you see batteries for way less....
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my personal experiance is that the mugen ones are of better quality, although I think its hit and miss with the cheaper ones, I've bought cheaper replacement batteries and I always find they become unusable within a year and charge times rapidily decline, some of my friends have been unlucky enough to have a bettery last a mere 2 months before failing completly.
Think of batteries you buy, you buy the branded ones for more and they tend to last, you buy the cheapest ones and they never do, same with these batteries imo
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my personal experiance is that the mugen ones are of better quality, although I think its hit and miss with the cheaper ones, I've bought cheaper replacement batteries and I always find they become unusable within a year and charge times rapidily decline, some of my friends have been unlucky enough to have a bettery last a mere 2 months before failing completly.
Think of batteries you buy, you buy the branded ones for more and they tend to last, you buy the cheapest ones and they never do, same with these batteries imo
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Totally agree with you, it is better to get branded batteries from official sources with extra warranty and customer support care, etc; definitely worth the extra cost on Mugen. And performance is worth it too.
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for LG Optimus 7 they also have smaller battery that doesnt require extra sized backdoor. It is 1700mAh and it is still much more powerful than the factory battery:
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...h-extended-battery-for-lg-optimus-7-e900.html
Do not forget Mugen Facebook discount for that
This battery is cool!
Managed to get 4 days out of my phone with light use, just sms and phone calls
Its not how i normally use my phone, but if i'm going to be out for a few days without access to a charger I now do this.
turn off data connection, change connection speed for 3g to edge, i'm honestly surprised the difference this made, I just turned on data connection for the few minutes i check stuff on the internet and turn it back off.
Like i said, I normally don't do this, but if I know I won't be able to charge it for a few days this is for me until I give in and buy the bulky extended battery
I had ordered a Battery-Pack from the Mugen-Shop (link in the first article), but it was never delivered (over 2 months of waiting). The trader dosen't care, says i have to prove i never had recieved the parcel and PayPal says, it's to late to return my money.
So, take care! Maybe the batteries are top, the customer-service is flop. They were shiped from China, so the custom control on the border is the next problem.
Sorry for another battery thread but I went through all 10+ pages of the other one and not a single poster mentioned anything about how horrific the battery life is when using the phone to talk to others.
I had my phone for 4 days so far and this is what's reported in the "About phone"... "Status" log:
Note that the total time on the battery from full charge is 7 hours (remaining life is 32%)
Voice Calls - 52% (ONLY 2 HOURS TALK TIME!!!)
Display - 32% (I use the dimmest setting)
Media Server - 4%
Android System - 3%
Cell Standby - 2%
Android OS - 2%
Messaging - 2%
Gmail - 2%
This includes approx 5 minutes of surfing the web and I played three songs on the native music player. I did nothing else with the phone except text and read/send emails through Gmail.
I'm a heavy phone user and according to the specs I'm seeing (68% discharge with 2 hours of talking)... the phone will be at 0% after ~3 hours of talk time. And Samsung's website states 13.5 hours on 3G and 26 hours (!!!) on 2G. Yes, I understand that manufacturers are infamous for overstating battery expectancy when it comes to talk time but by 300%+? That's just ridiculous.
I'm a very heavy phone user and my line of work sometimes doesn't allow access to convenient power for hours at a time. Coming from a Blackberry, 5-6 hours of talk time was standard... and I rarely had issues with my phone dying prematurely/before the end of a work day. And to make matters worse, the chargers I've used (including the one that came with the phone) barely keeps the phone battery balanced when I'm on a call. In fact, even when plugged in/charging and on a phone call... I noticed a few times that the battery was still being drained!
Today, I purchased the two-pack Hyperion batteries w/charger from Amazon. I'm hoping that the battery I have is defective... because 3 hours of talk time is absolutely unacceptable. I'll report back after receiving and testing the new batteries.
In the meantime, any other heavy talkers having similar battery problems?
Holy crap you can make phone calls on this thing. Finding new features everyday!!!!
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u921333 said:
Holy crap you can make phone calls on this thing. Finding new features everyday!!!!
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Lmao
To the op, don't know about anyone else but any previous android phone I've had would loose a ton of battery from a 2 hr phone call or 2 hrs worth of calls thruout the day, so I don't think the note is to blame, if you call that much might want to invest in an extended battery.
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^^ This, any Android phone I've had, this has been par for the course. Hopefully after a week of breaking it in it gets slightly better!
They way I use my phone, if I can get 10 hours from a charge, I'm more than happy. I run my business from my phone. Since Monday, I'm averaging about 9 hours on a charge
Email - 200+
RDP - 30 mins minimum
Spiceworks - all day
SMS/MMS - hundreds
Web - 30 mins minimum
Calls - 2 hours+
GPS - some days yes, some days no, depends on where I have to go
Homerun Battle 3D - 30 mins minimum
Music - headphones any time I'm not talking on the phone
Using about 2.5 - 3 hours screen time. After the first week, I expect to get another hour or two out of it once things settle down and I have no more setup or adjustments to make. Since I use my phone for everything, I carry a car charger and a USB cable everywhere just so I am prepared.
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Holy crap you can make phone calls on this thing. Finding new features everyday!!!!
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I had a similar thought. It took me a while to make a test call to make sure it works. I hate when people call my phone. I usually use voice for emergencies and people who don't text/email.
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Holy crap you can make phone calls on this thing. Finding new features everyday!!!!
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LOL!
Thought the battery life was good, on my old international note. You did mention
you're a heavy talker, plus the LTE radio doesn't help. Buying those extra batteries
should help.
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I had a similar thought. It took me a while to make a test call to make sure it works. I hate when people call my phone. I usually use voice for emergencies and people who don't text/email.
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Plus we all have to admit we do look funny with this thing on side of our faces . But still so so worth it!
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Plus we all have to admit we do look funny with this thing on side of our faces . But still so so worth it!
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Not sure why people keep saying this. I have no idea why people have to look in the mirror to make/take a phone call.
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Not sure why people keep saying this. I have no idea why people have to look in the mirror to make/take a phone call.
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agreed...i think the people with those silly bluetooth thingys hanging off their ear looks funny.
Personally I would rather buy a portable external charger like this, than deal with ripping the back cover off to swap the Note's battery.
http://www.cellphoneshop.net/microusbackup.html?CAWELAID=968304514
Not sure I would get this exact model, getting one with a cord or one you can plug a standard USB cord into might be more useful, then again this is compact.
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Sorry for another battery thread but I went through all 10+ pages of the other one and not a single poster mentioned anything about how horrific the battery life is when using the phone to talk to others.
I had my phone for 4 days so far and this is what's reported in the "About phone"... "Status" log:
Note that the total time on the battery from full charge is 7 hours (remaining life is 32%)
Voice Calls - 52% (ONLY 2 HOURS TALK TIME!!!)
Display - 32% (I use the dimmest setting)
Media Server - 4%
Android System - 3%
Cell Standby - 2%
Android OS - 2%
Messaging - 2%
Gmail - 2%
This includes approx 5 minutes of surfing the web and I played three songs on the native music player. I did nothing else with the phone except text and read/send emails through Gmail.
I'm a heavy phone user and according to the specs I'm seeing (68% discharge with 2 hours of talking)... the phone will be at 0% after ~3 hours of talk time. And Samsung's website states 13.5 hours on 3G and 26 hours (!!!) on 2G. Yes, I understand that manufacturers are infamous for overstating battery expectancy when it comes to talk time but by 300%+? That's just ridiculous.
I'm a very heavy phone user and my line of work sometimes doesn't allow access to convenient power for hours at a time. Coming from a Blackberry, 5-6 hours of talk time was standard... and I rarely had issues with my phone dying prematurely/before the end of a work day. And to make matters worse, the chargers I've used (including the one that came with the phone) barely keeps the phone battery balanced when I'm on a call. In fact, even when plugged in/charging and on a phone call... I noticed a few times that the battery was still being drained!
Today, I purchased the two-pack Hyperion batteries w/charger from Amazon. I'm hoping that the battery I have is defective... because 3 hours of talk time is absolutely unacceptable. I'll report back after receiving and testing the new batteries.
In the meantime, any other heavy talkers having similar battery problems?
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I had at least 2 hours of talk time yesterday, and my call usage was only like 30% and screen was somewhere in the teens.
Just about every phone except for BlackBerry seems to kill the battery when your actually talking on it. My Samsung Focus, Inspire, iPhone and Streak all can't handle phone calls for very long. My Bold was the only phone that could handle a conference call over an hour, but the sacrifice was that callign was the only thing it could actually do well.
Apparently I am one of the only (or at least few) people that actually use their note to talk frequently to others.
Apple advertises 8 hours talk time for their iphones. People get 5-8 hours.
Blackberry advertises 6.5 hours for their Touch phones. I got about 5 hours.
Samsung boasts a 13.5 hour talk time on their Note. I get 3 hours.
I'm surprised there aren't more people disgusted by this blatant false advertising. I was hoping to have a phone that not only lasts me through the day... but through the evening as I often go out after work. And those "13.5-hour" specs got me a bit excited... if I could achieve only half that I would be very pleased. And because this thing charges so painfully slow (about 15%-20% per HOUR of charge) it's impossible to get it rejuvenated for an evening of moderate use after work. Battery swapping will be my only option... and the back cover isn't exactly easy to remove and replace.
As far as I'm concerned, the Note's battery is a huge fail. It's either way too small (mAh) or the phone is incredibly inefficient (or both). Very disappointed.
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And because this thing charges so painfully slow (about 15%-20% per HOUR of charge) it's impossible to get it rejuvenated for an evening of moderate use after work.
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I get 40% per hour, while it is on but not being used. Haven't tried while off yet.
I made around a two hour call last night using a bluetooth headset and I'm pretty sure I only dropped about 20% or so on battery.
That being said, I rarely make calls on my smartphone, so I could care less about talk time.
Battery life has been great overall for me. No complaints here.
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MrDSL said:
agreed...i think the people with those silly bluetooth thingys hanging off their ear looks funny.
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For me, the ledge above the earpiece cuts into my earlobe. I bought a Jawbone Icon and love it. The noise cancellation kicks all kinds of ass.
Honesty my son uses my note make calls some times and he is 11 and i dont think that it looks funny when he is talking on it.
and as for the battery drain i was on a call for 1.5 hours str8 yesterday and i lost 20 percent...so that means if it were fully charged i would be on par to get 6 plus hours of phone time.
i do have a screen off setting and a call setting that underclocks my phone while talking. so that may help
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Apparently I am one of the only (or at least few) people that actually use their note to talk frequently to others.
Apple advertises 8 hours talk time for their iphones. People get 5-8 hours.
Blackberry advertises 6.5 hours for their Touch phones. I got about 5 hours.
Samsung boasts a 13.5 hour talk time on their Note. I get 3 hours.
I'm surprised there aren't more people disgusted by this blatant false advertising. I was hoping to have a phone that not only lasts me through the day... but through the evening as I often go out after work. And those "13.5-hour" specs got me a bit excited... if I could achieve only half that I would be very pleased. And because this thing charges so painfully slow (about 15%-20% per HOUR of charge) it's impossible to get it rejuvenated for an evening of moderate use after work. Battery swapping will be my only option... and the back cover isn't exactly easy to remove and replace.
As far as I'm concerned, the Note's battery is a huge fail. It's either way too small (mAh) or the phone is incredibly inefficient (or both). Very disappointed.
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So 13.5 on 3G not lte? Also I would imagine that is straight talk time nothing else.... And from the looks of it you use it for more than just talk.... How much screen time is on?