Ok, there are a million posts on the Eris battery issue. So I thought I would just add to the most popular.
I have did everything possible to extend my battery life so I won't go over that. I have been getting 12-16 hours a day with light to moderate usage. Well here is a new twist. I will layout the timeline:
5:00am - remove from charger with 100%
7:00am - 89% no usage
3:15pm - 26% after moderate usage throughout the day, calls, google talk, email, web, etc.
3:15pm - put Eris on charger for 35 minutes. Then I leave work and continue to charge on car charger.
4:15pm - Battery charged to 67% taken off charger.
5:15pm - With WIFI on and constant web and google talk for about one hour the battery doesn't drop a bit, still at 67%.
6:15pm - 66% with little use, WIFI On
7:15pm - 63% with WIFI off, little use
7:30pm - 62% with WIFI back on, browse web
So i have dropped 5% in past 3+ hours!! That is crazy! I know this can't be true, because even with little to no use my phone will drop 4-5% per hour. That is on a good day! So I think the battery meter is really the problem. I would like to believe my battery has made a miraculous turn around, but I know this isn't the case.
The only thing different was I used my old BB curve charger and then used a USB to mini-USB car charger. I don't know why that would matter.
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