Help USB Kernel wakelock

I just wanted to come back and let any poor souls out there know that I actually solved this problem. I actually did two things one night and lo and behold the problem disappeared. I'm not sure which of the two things worked though I highly suspect it was #2 below. But maybe you can do both and have the same success.

First thing I did was "clear my cache partition". Each phone has a slightly different process of doing it so just Google "clear cache partition for [name of your phone]" and you'll find instructions. One thing I will mention, I didn't just clear it once but I actually cleared it back to back to back to back....four times in a row. That way you insure you get rid of all the "junk".

The second thing I did (and do) is probably the real solution to this problem. Using Better Battery Stats I had noticed that the wakelock didn't show up until two or three minutes after unhooking my phone from the charger. Just on a hunch I started the following process and the usb kernel wakelock has not shown up a single time since I started doing the following.

Charge your phone as you normally do. Then, before unplugging the charger from your phone, turn your screen on so the phone will be awake, pull the charger from the phone and IMMEDIATELY power your phone off after unhooking the charger. Leave the phone off for about five minutes then turn it on as normal.

For whatever reason, turning the phone off apparently "disconnects" the process that keeps looking for the usb connection and thus the wakelock disappears (or never appears).

Took me over two months to figure it out but that solved the problem for me. I'm now getting about two full days of battery life on each charge. Happy....because I really like this phone and hated the thought of having to go to one of the larger phones.