james1808

I have a new battery from a company on Ebay.

Its a 1700mAh That fits directly in to the phone with no big back add ons, Which i really did not like the look of, good idea but with the extra weight and ugly looks id rather charge my phone twice a day

So i took a gamble and baught the new battery Always worried it could be garbage and a waste of money. The battery arrived and i fitted it and left it on charge for around 16 hours.

Finally got the phone off charged and used it as i would usually, made sure all the settings were the same ie. screen brightness and wifi were off and so on.... The battery lasted considerably longer by around 40% again.

BUT It could still be killed pretty quickly with heavy usage. I tried a couple more settings to make it last longer. I found when i turned (only use the g2 network on) it was saving the battery for hours longer.

I have now had the phone on for 2 days without turning it off and normal usage. I am amazed by just turning this off, how even a standard battery can last a lot longer.

Would love to know if there are many more tips for battery life? Its becoming an obsession to see how long i can make it last for.

Cheers

plainbrad

I went from 7 hours of life to 11+ hours by changing how often my email is checked. Changed from every minute to every 10 minutes.

RUDZ

got a link to the ebay auction?

james1808

High Quality Battery for G1 Google Rechargeable1700 mAh on eBay, also, Batteries, PDA Accessories, Computing (end time 10-Jul-09 12:45:40 BST)

james1808

Sorry for the late responce, been at work all day. There's a link its the UK ebay but I think they deliver everywhere.

Also I found today when I had no signal the battery has drained a lot more than usual?

Does the phone use more power to find signal?

Please let me know, I'm not sure if you could do much about that tho : )

Cheers

GeoUSA

Cellular signal? Yes. A lot of people don't realize that most cell phones (and I suspect the G1) do not operate at full power all of the time. This results in less radiation for the user. If you are in a cellular "hole" or otherwise don't have a strong cell tower nearby the cell phone will increase it's signal and power consumption in an attempt to compensate.

ROBIN50N

what do you guys do to make your batteries need charging twice a day? mines always lasted 2 days with a fair bit of internet use, and playing with the emulators. could get 3 days with it on red bar. this is with the supplied battary.

RokyKing

You must have an awfully good battery mate. Or never make phone calls/text. Mine is generally almost dead by the end of the work day.

Unless I have it sitting on a charger throughout the workday.

lol

Last edited by RokyKing; June 12th, 2009 at 04:49 PM.