so far today this is what i've gotten. battery at 67%
what battery problems? im getting 18 hours on a charge
That's weird, I see all these posts about the battery. I haven't had any problems.
I'm at 60% left. I've been using the phone for the past 10 hrs..
YOU DON'T NEED A HARD RESET EVEN. I CAN CONFIRM, ALL I DID WAS THIS:
press HOME, and bring up the dialer. Dial *#*#4636#*#* (Do not press "Call"). After a second, it should bring up the "Testing" menu.
Go into Phone Information, press MENU, and tap "select radio band." You should experience a Force Close, don't panic, this was supposed to happen. Scrolling down shows that the preferred network type is GSM auto (prl).
What this means is that even though you are connected to a CDMA network, your phone is trying to find a GSM network, preventing the radio from sleeping, and causing excessive battery drain.
Remedy this by tapping GSM auto (prl), and changing it to CDMA auto (prl).
Now your done, your TWS should drop dramatically, and you should experience much better battery life!
THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR ITSELF:
***NOW, WE JUST NEED TO GET THIS TO STICK AFTER A PHONE REBOOT!***
no. it took about 3 days for me to be getting these results. in the first 2 days when i got the phone, it lasted maybe 5 hours. then i installed ATK and completely went to work on my settings and now i can go all day. i just figured out how to get the SystemPanel graph to work so tomorrow i will do the full graph and post that.wow ok, what are you running if anything...4G/GPS/Wifi? how much have you used the phone? videos? web? calls? sms? mms?
has yours been that good from the beginning? I'd be happy if i got 10 hours on minimal usage
no. it took about 3 days for me to be getting these results. in the first 2 days when i got the phone, it lasted maybe 5 hours. then i installed ATK and completely went to work on my settings and now i can go all day. i just figured out how to get the SystemPanel graph to work so tomorrow i will do the full graph and post that.
when i got the phone at sprint, the first thing they did was install ATK. i then switched to auto task killer. then decided maybe i'd be better off without one. my battery life was better. then about 2 days ago i decided to test ATK again and i havent looked back.oh ok so you are using a task killer? I'm on day 3 right now and still crap
wow ok, what are you running if anything...4G/GPS/Wifi? how much have you used the phone? videos? web? calls? sms? mms?
has yours been that good from the beginning? I'd be happy if i got 10 hours on minimal usage
no. it took about 3 days for me to be getting these results. in the first 2 days when i got the phone, it lasted maybe 5 hours. then i installed ATK and completely went to work on my settings and now i can go all day. i just figured out how to get the SystemPanel graph to work so tomorrow i will do the full graph and post that.
I'm not, personally, having any battery issues at all. In fact I'm very pleasantly surprised at how good the battery life is.
However, if that "fix" is for every time you charge, and not just a one-time calibration thing, then anyone that puts up with that is insane and really needs to be taking HTC/Sprint to task.
My issues are 4G/WiFi/Hotspot related and I'm not putting up with those either. Either they announce awareness of an issue, give me a phone that works correctly for these features tomorrow, or they get this one back.
so far today this is what i've gotten. battery at 67%
Where do i access the battery info screen?
When you charge while it is on and turn it off and charge it again while it is off there is about a 20 minute delay before the light turns green again.
This might might not be the case on all the phones.. Might be just the ones with batteries that are given problems.
Or download the free NETWORK app from the Market. It takes you right to that screen.in your dialer type the following and a new screen will pop up
*#*#4636#*#*
then battery information
i think most people aren't comfortable with the phone yet because they haven't tinkered around with it enough
This means you have a battery issue. I've been using my phone for the past 21 hours and have 49% left!
YOU DON'T NEED A HARD RESET EVEN. I CAN CONFIRM, ALL I DID WAS THIS:
press HOME, and bring up the dialer. Dial *#*#4636#*#* (Do not press "Call"). After a second, it should bring up the "Testing" menu.
Go into Phone Information, press MENU, and tap "select radio band." You should experience a Force Close, don't panic, this was supposed to happen. Scrolling down shows that the preferred network type is GSM auto (prl).
What this means is that even though you are connected to a CDMA network, your phone is trying to find a GSM network, preventing the radio from sleeping, and causing excessive battery drain.
Remedy this by tapping GSM auto (prl), and changing it to CDMA auto (prl).
Now your done, your TWS should drop dramatically, and you should experience much better battery life!
THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR ITSELF:
***NOW, WE JUST NEED TO GET THIS TO STICK AFTER A PHONE REBOOT!***
This alleged "trick" would ONLY help people who aren't in a good Sprint coverage area. My TWS is and has always been between zero and 2% because my "time without (Sprint) signal" is just about never. If (BIG IF) it really makes a difference it won't help everyone. Just those in lousy coverage areas.
Or download the free NETWORK app from the Market. It takes you right to that screen.
This alleged "trick" would ONLY help people who aren't in a good Sprint coverage area. My TWS is and has always been between zero and 2% because my "time without (Sprint) signal" is just about never. If (BIG IF) it really makes a difference it won't help everyone. Just those in lousy coverage areas.
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