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Originally Posted by guy2kool
I've done the same. I've fully charged it using top off method, then drained it completely (until the phone turns off by itself and won't turn on for more than 10 seconds). Using the top off method, the phone actually lasts about 30 hours total without a charge under normal usage (ten calls, no long conversations, texts, some e-mail). Under complete heavy usage, (using gps wherever I go, looking up maps, having auto sync on, surfing the web) it will last you about 16 hours, which is about right considering and comparing all the other smart touchscreen phones out there like the iPhone and HTC Touch Pro 2 (with touchflow on). Hope I've helped. Enjoy!  |
After tinkering around with this... I found out that the battery meter does not "get more accurate" with every charge after you run it down to nothing. This is what I found however:
1. I tried overcharging it (for whole 24 hours) again to see if it helps the battery. It did. I took my phone off the charger Saturday morning this weekend, and used it heavily with calls (about 4 hours of total talk time), texts, internet (to look up maps) for the whole weekend. I didn't charge it until Monday morning and it was still alive!
2. Don't trust the battery meter. It was on low (red) sunday afternoon, but it lasted until monday morning.
3. Bluetooth on, GPS on, and the usual syncs.
4. Please try running the battery down to nothing before you say "it's out of battery" 'cause I think that's the biggest problem people are having here. They think it's out, but it's not really out. Run it down until it turns off and you'll see really how long the battery lasts.
Hope this helps.
