For those that think there is or is not an issue with battery life with some of the new Incredibles, here is some simple facts and a test to do. Can you run your Incredible without a battery, just off the charger? I have turned my phone into airplane mode, everything off (GPS, etc), all apps killed that
I could, and the screen down to low. And I STILL can't run my phone off the charger...something in the hardware is draining more juice than the charger can provide, so the phone turns off if I pull the battery, and it won't start without the battery in.
However, when speaking to someone in tech support, they were able to pull the battery out while the phone was running, so the phone was able to run on JUST the charger. This technician did not disable anything special, just pulled the battery when it was plugged in. That means it is using less than the 1Amp of power that the charger provides.
I know there is a lot of people saying to stop complaining, the battery life is what it is, and it is just a smartphone, and you have to pay attention to how you use it. There are some significant discrepancies though, on what people are saying they get for battery life, and I think this test is a simple example of something amiss.
So my simple question is, for those doubters, why would some phones be able to run off the charger with everything turned on, and others can't run off the same power supply with everything turned off. That seems to be a very concrete and easy to perform test that shows an inconsistence that shouldn't be there, one directly related to power consumption.
FYI, I am in the process of getting a new phone, and will see if the new one behaves the same way or not, both in power consumption and ability to run off a charger only.
Cheers
RoboCuz
I could, and the screen down to low. And I STILL can't run my phone off the charger...something in the hardware is draining more juice than the charger can provide, so the phone turns off if I pull the battery, and it won't start without the battery in.
However, when speaking to someone in tech support, they were able to pull the battery out while the phone was running, so the phone was able to run on JUST the charger. This technician did not disable anything special, just pulled the battery when it was plugged in. That means it is using less than the 1Amp of power that the charger provides.
I know there is a lot of people saying to stop complaining, the battery life is what it is, and it is just a smartphone, and you have to pay attention to how you use it. There are some significant discrepancies though, on what people are saying they get for battery life, and I think this test is a simple example of something amiss.
So my simple question is, for those doubters, why would some phones be able to run off the charger with everything turned on, and others can't run off the same power supply with everything turned off. That seems to be a very concrete and easy to perform test that shows an inconsistence that shouldn't be there, one directly related to power consumption.
FYI, I am in the process of getting a new phone, and will see if the new one behaves the same way or not, both in power consumption and ability to run off a charger only.
Cheers
RoboCuz