Help My Battery life

[SysAdmNj]

cant be considered good. Its down to 20% and hasnt even been 5 hours yet. What am I doing wrong besides using it alot?

 

[NNN]

That is absolutely awful. What have you been doing on it?

 

[SysAdmNj]

Well I keep meebo running and messaging on that, only got 3 email accounts up, and using gv to text, made a call which lasted maybe 20 minutes, I was browsing a few websites, downloading apps.

I did take off my task killer, and I think that might have made things worse lol.

 

[Vihzel]

Well I keep meebo running and messaging on that, only got 3 email accounts up, and using gv to text, made a call which lasted maybe 20 minutes, I was browsing a few websites, downloading apps.

I did take off my task killer, and I think that might have made things worse lol.

Eeek! Meebo, like Ebuddy, is a battery whore. That app will make any phone it's b!tch. lol

 

[Nicks88]

Settings>About phone>Battery use - Should be a good indication of what is draining your battery.

Disclaimer: This is how it is on the Droid, not sure if the set-up is the same on the X or if Motorola tweaked it, but there should be a battery use thingamajig in there somewhere.

 

[SysAdmNj]

Eeek! Meebo, like Ebuddy, is a battery whore. That app will make any phone it's b!tch. lol

Wow, I'd feel lonely without my messenger running 24/7 lol. I'm going to have to try and keep it off for a day though, bye world.

Settings>About phone>Battery use - Should be a good indication of what is draining your battery.

Disclaimer: This is how it is on the Droid, not sure if the set-up is the same on the X or if Motorola tweaked it, but there should be a battery use thingamajig in there somewhere.

Yes, for me its About Phone > Battery Manager > Battery Use
and it mentions the biggest battery hog is the screen at 75% but seems to general. I did what it suggested and lowered the screen brightness and timeout.

 

[2009m6]

Eeek! Meebo, like Ebuddy, is a battery whore. That app will make any phone it's b!tch. lol

aim also fits into that group.

op: put the phone in battery saver mode. Realize that lwp are battery killers, reduce your brightness a tad. I dont use meebo though but I use the browser for google voice and I lasted 8 hours yesterday on that setting.

 

[SysAdmNj]

Battery at 10% now and I've had the phone off the charger since 7:15 AM EST. I'm going to try keeping meebo off, I adjusted the screen settings, anything else I can try on my next full charge.

Thats another thing. I'll now hook it up to my pc and by the time I leave work, it will probably be at 60% then I'll hook it up to my car charger and by the time I get home it may or may not reach full charge so I would plug it in to the charger at home to get it to full charge. All this plugging in and out, is this also harming the battery? I would think no.

 

[SysAdmNj]

aim also fits into that group.

op: put the phone in battery saver mode. Realize that lwp are battery killers, reduce your brightness a tad. I dont use meebo though but I use the browser for google voice and I lasted 8 hours yesterday on that setting.

Sorry just had a brain freeze but what is lwp?

 

[Nicks88]

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[mhrebin]

Don't the batteries need a few charge cycles to reach optimal performance?

 

[gwlaw99]

Can you tell me what apps you are using? One thing to remember is that it starts to dischage after it reaches 100% even if it is still plugged in and the battery indicator says 100%.
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/06/30/motorola-droid-x-review/

 

[Doubledee90]

If I were you I would run your battery all the way down to nothing. I did that yesterday so hopefully my battery will be good today.

 

[Helicrewchief]

Don't the batteries need a few charge cycles to reach optimal performance?

YES! it takes about 10-12 cycles to have the battery running its full capacity. You should not worry about your battery until a week or so and then see what it is doing. It's also a brand spanking new toy. We are all like little kids on xmas day with a new toy wanting to play with it every single second. Thats me anyways I havent been able to put the thing down.

 

[SysAdmNj]

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Ah of course, I wont even dare use that lol. I did on my HTC Aria, and the battery life was better on that lil monster.

Don't the batteries need a few charge cycles to reach optimal performance?

Thats what I understand, been about 2 for me so far and this is where Im at.

Can you tell me what apps you are using? One thing to remember is that it starts to dischage after it reaches 100% even if it is still plugged in and the battery indicator says 100%.

I basically listed them in my 1st post.

If I were you I would run your battery all the way down to nothing. I did that yesterday so hopefully my battery will be good today.

Thats what I just did, just plugged it in. Well at least while its charging, this is when I can really play with the device and not worry about battery life and such. Time to push some apps

 

[NKT]

#1 battery killer = Network signal.

Check your signal strength (not the number of bars). If you're in a low signal or congested area your phone will chew battery hunting and locking on a signal.

 

[Helicrewchief]

Here is a good article on prolonging the battery.

How to prolong lithium-based batteries