Help Um, I think this battery issue will be a problem...

[skunis1]

The phone does it automatically! EVerytime I leave me house it turns off WIFI and connects to 3G. Didnt expect it, but magic! Voila!

U sure it is not just running in the background?

 

[serpentine009]

My battery life is pretty terrible. I charged for a few hours last night until the LED turned green. I had it on for about 30 minutes last night....played with some settings. Turned it off. Its been on this morning for about 3 hours and according battery indicator it seems like I have a little more than half battery left. I did take a subway, where there is no service, but I was only down there for about 15 minutes. This stinks. I can only hope it gets better.

 

[htc-thc]

I've had the phone for 2 days and with moderate usage the battery is not lasting a full day. My experience has been the same as the original post here. I charged it overnight and had to re-charge at about 4pm yesterday.

I haven't tried all the fancy ways to cut back battery life - I really hate the idea of disabling stuff I expected to use (like live wallpapers, etc.).

Hopefully we can figure out a good compromise here, because I don't like the idea of having to plunk down $60 for an 'extended' life battery just to get through a full day...

Definitely my #1 concern after having the phone for 2 days. Even mentioned to my wife that we might have to return them if we can't figure something out.

Other than that the phone lives up to the pros/con that has been described in the reviews. It's definitely a very cool phone.

 

[inTECHrity]

That's not 10% of the total battery. That's 10% of the battery that has been used so far.

Those stats were after a full discharge. So yes, it was 10% of the battery.

 

[skunis1]

I've had the phone for 2 days and with moderate usage the battery is not lasting a full day. My experience has been the same as the original post here. I charged it overnight and had to re-charge at about 4pm yesterday.

I haven't tried all the fancy ways to cut back battery life - I really hate the idea of disabling stuff I expected to use (like live wallpapers, etc.).

Hopefully we can figure out a good compromise here, because I don't like the idea of having to plunk down $60 for an 'extended' life battery just to get through a full day...

Definitely my #1 concern after having the phone for 2 days. Even mentioned to my wife that we might have to return them if we can't figure something out.

Other than that the phone lives up to the pros/con that has been described in the reviews. It's definitely a very cool phone.

I don't know how you use your phone but I have noticed that with the multitasking that it may be necessary to kill certain programs running in the background. For example, I tried Slacker Radio last night and paused the song. I didn't realize that it was still running in the background and in the first 3 hours I had the phone on it lost 26% of its battery. Once I turned it off the phone has gone down 2% over the last hour.

Just a thought.

 

[badbeat]

Sadly, I'm chiming in with a similar story as the OP. Got my Incredible on Tuesday and gave it a full charge that night. Since then, battery life has been horrible. I have wifi, bluetooth and GPS turned off.

This morning, after a full night's charge, unplugged the phone. Took a look 8 minutes later, and I was at 97% charge.

After driving to work and keeping it charged in the car, I unplugged it at max battery life. Literally took the elevator up to my office and when I got signal again it was at 89%.

Did the field test thing jvm2 sugggested and here's what I show:
Rx Power -84 dbm
Rx Ec/Io -6 db

My battery usage:
Android system 35%
Cell standby 25%
Phone idle 15%
Display 11%
Camera 7% (just took a photo at the office so I guess that's why it's open)
Android Live Wallpapers 5%
Dialer 2%

I've been unplugged for 1h 53s, and I have about 60% left.

Help!?

 

[NKT]

Sadly, I'm chiming in with a similar story as the OP. Got my Incredible on Tuesday and gave it a full charge that night. Since then, battery life has been horrible. I have wifi, bluetooth and GPS turned off.

This morning, after a full night's charge, unplugged the phone. Took a look 8 minutes later, and I was at 97% charge.

After driving to work and keeping it charged in the car, I unplugged it at max battery life. Literally took the elevator up to my office and when I got signal again it was at 89%.

Did the field test thing jvm2 sugggested and here's what I show:
Rx Power -84 dbm
Rx Ec/Io -6 db

My battery usage:
Android system 35%
Cell standby 25%
Phone idle 15%
Display 11%
Camera 7% (just took a photo at the office so I guess that's why it's open)
Android Live Wallpapers 5%
Dialer 2%

I've been unplugged for 1h 53s, and I have about 60% left.

Help!?

What widgets do you have running?

 

[skunis1]

Sadly, I'm chiming in with a similar story as the OP. Got my Incredible on Tuesday and gave it a full charge that night. Since then, battery life has been horrible. I have wifi, bluetooth and GPS turned off.

This morning, after a full night's charge, unplugged the phone. Took a look 8 minutes later, and I was at 97% charge.

After driving to work and keeping it charged in the car, I unplugged it at max battery life. Literally took the elevator up to my office and when I got signal again it was at 89%.

Did the field test thing jvm2 sugggested and here's what I show:
Rx Power -84 dbm
Rx Ec/Io -6 db

My battery usage:
Android system 35%
Cell standby 25%
Phone idle 15%
Display 11%
Camera 7% (just took a photo at the office so I guess that's why it's open)
Android Live Wallpapers 5%
Dialer 2%

I've been unplugged for 1h 53s, and I have about 60% left.

Help!?

Go check and see what programs are running in the background.

Go to Menu-->Applications-->Running Services

Look and see what is running. If there is a program running that you do not need kill that program. I did this with Slacker Radio and my battery usage dropped like a rock.

 

[badbeat]

What widgets do you have running?

The HTC Weather widget
Calendar widget (the small one)
Astrid task widget
Power Panel
Battery life Lite
2 photos
MyCoupons
Pandora
HTC Music Player

Forgive me if that's a ton of widgets and a n00b mistake - this is my first Android phone!

 

[skunis1]

The HTC Weather widget
Calendar widget (the small one)
Astrid task widget
Power Panel
Battery life Lite
2 photos
MyCoupons
Pandora
HTC Music Player

Forgive me if that's a ton of widgets and a n00b mistake - this is my first Android phone!

Turn off Pandora. It is probably draining your battery.

 

[badbeat]

Go check and see what programs are running in the background.

Go to Menu-->Applications-->Running Services

Look and see what is running. If there is a program running that you do not need kill that program. I did this with Slacker Radio and my battery usage dropped like a rock.

Damn, I had a lot running, like Skype Mobile (which I have but thought I "closed") as well as Pandora. Gonna stop these things and see if it helps, thanks!

 

[badbeat]

Turn off Pandora. It is probably draining your battery.

I shut it off from Running Services - the widget is still on 1 of my screens. Does this mean it's still "on" or will it not turn on again until I hit play?

 

[jlb0305]

Is anyone elses phone getting real warm/hot while charging?... mostly worried about long term damage.

 

[badbeat]

Is anyone elses phone getting real warm/hot while charging?... mostly worried about long term damage.

Mine is too.

 

[douger]

Is anyone elses phone getting real warm/hot while charging?... mostly worried about long term damage.

I'd worry about long term damage to my head if the thing blew up while I was talking on it.

 

[skunis1]

Damn, I had a lot running, like Skype Mobile (which I have but thought I "closed") as well as Pandora. Gonna stop these things and see if it helps, thanks!

No problem. Let me know if that helps.

I shut it off from Running Services - the widget is still on 1 of my screens. Does this mean it's still "on" or will it not turn on again until I hit play?

Right, if you kill it the widget is just there like an program shortcut. I noticed in Slacker that it shows what is currently playing on the widget, or what is paused, but when I killed the process it just showed the plain Slacker widget there. So, it definitely is not running when you kill the program.

Good luck and let me know how it turns out.

 

[skunis1]

Is anyone elses phone getting real warm/hot while charging?... mostly worried about long term damage.

Sure, it gets a little warm but that is normal. The battery is so close to the door and the phone is very thin. Same thing happened with my very old Razr. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[jwinstonc]

I just noticed Pandora was running in the background and likely draining my battery. That being said I have been a bit disappointed in the battery performance thus far but hoping it will improve once I learn which stuff not to have running in the background. It's definitely not a deal breaker as I'm usually near my desk, car or home where I have chargers but still a bit of a let down given how the phone seems to do everything else exceptionally well.

 

[htc-thc]

Damn, I had a lot running, like Skype Mobile (which I have but thought I "closed") as well as Pandora. Gonna stop these things and see if it helps, thanks!

I found pandora running (somewhere in the background) when I checked as well. Hopefully that helps! I'm still concerned, but thanks for the help.

 

[trowpa]

Menu > Settings > About Phone > Battery > Battery Use

(I think that's what you're asking for)

when i do this, i only see two categories: "Android system 98%" and "Cell standby 2%"

How do i see the breakdown by app/widget???

 

[skunis1]

when i do this, i only see two categories: "Android system 98%" and "Cell standby 2%"

How do i see the breakdown by app/widget???

Follow these directions to see what is running.

Go to Menu-->Applications-->Running Services

Look and see what is running.

 

[trowpa]

Follow these directions to see what is running.

Go to Menu-->Applications-->Running Services

Look and see what is running.

I can do that , but that is just a list. I see everyone posting percentages of battery by widget (i.e. 10% camera, 4%wifi, etc).

Where is everyone seeing these percentages?

 

[Steel36]

I took it out of the box and put it straight on the charger; didn't touch it until green.

Then I fired it up and activated it. Then I setup my Google account and Exchange account to sync my contacts and calendar.

That's it. So it's been on less than 2 hours and is approaching 50% charge. Not good.

So, yeah, the thing runs like lightning, but I'm afraid that may be because it runs on lightning.

 

[ruddogg]

Yea, I had to get Verizon CSR to send me a new one, this is what I posted in the other thread...

I preordered my Incredible on 04/19, I received it on Tues 04/27, charged it up, set everything up, used it, charged again Tues night, used it all day Wed, but the battery was dead by 5pm. Tried charging from 5pm yesterday all the way till 7am this morning. The phone wouldn't charge, wouldn't even power up while plugged in now. I've called Verizon CSR, & they're overnighting me a new one for tomorrow. I don't have time to goto the Verizon store & wait & fight the lines with people getting their Incredibles today.

 

[bryn987]

check to make sure your mail and calender is not pushing every few minutes