So now that I have 2.1, I've been trying to seek out the source of my battery drain. What I've found looking at the battery use statistics is the biggest culprits are Cell Standby and Idle Time. WTF???
So now that I have 2.1, I've been trying to seek out the source of my battery drain. What I've found looking at the battery use statistics is the biggest culprits are Cell Standby and Idle Time. WTF???
Ok, I've given it more than a week now and it's the same story every day. Here's today's battery usage stats as an example:
Cell standby: 49% - 9h 41m 49s (time without signal - 1%)
Phone idle: 43% - 8h 32m 4s
Display: 8% - 1h 9m 45s
I pulled it off the charger at 7:00 this morning at 100%, and it's now less than 10 hours later. As you can see, it's not a heavy usage day. Pretty typical, really. And my battery is at 46% as I type this.
This can't be normal, right? What could possibly be going on here?
Some of us are having battery issues with the phones since 2.1; but I do use it a lot. In the application manager there is the capability to close some running applications. The only one that I recognized was the Google Talk and I shut it down. But some of the others I did not recognize and seem maybe to be system functions. Can anyone make a recommendation on what applications are safe to just shut down - not eliminate?
The flip side the that question is how would your restart them again if you wanted them?
Thanks for your help........
Lisa
I appreciate your warning........
So where exactly will that combo of numbers take me? What will I be looking at? I gather this just is an information page and there is nothing to change there.
Also if I go there and look, how do I get out of there?
Interesting stiff...............
Thanks..
Lisa
Can I explore those other menus safely as long as I don't make any changes?
I love having sub access to the phone too. Thanks...
Can't wait to check it out.....
Thanks again for the help..
Lisa.
I appreciate your warning........
So where exactly will that combo of numbers take me? What will I be looking at? I gather this just is an information page and there is nothing to change there.
Also if I go there and look, how do I get out of there?
Interesting stiff...............
Thanks..
Lisa
. Maybe my complaint of poor battery is because I never set this thing down as I'm always playing with it....... ya think?
I have Touchdown set for ActiveSync, but that's not different than before 2.1.To those of you who are experiencing bad battery.
How often is your non-gmail e-mail accounts sync set to?
Only Facebook is active, set to once an hour. I will turn that down.How often is your twit/face/flickr acounts set to sync?
Negative.Are you using a constant weather app?
Now this one may be a good point. The building I work in seems to have a lot of interference with Sprint's signal. I often drop calls in here.How is the signal on your phone, always low?
I agree completely. It's just that it doesn't seem to matter if I use it a lot in a day or if I use it hardly at all. Just frustrating, is all.Answering these questions will provide insight to your usage. Just because you're not making calls or sending texts doesn't mean your phone isn't doing anything.
I have Touchdown set for ActiveSync, but that's not different than before 2.1.
Only Facebook is active, set to once an hour. I will turn that down.
Negative.
Now this one may be a good point. The building I work in seems to have a lot of interference with Sprint's signal. I often drop calls in here.
I agree completely. It's just that it doesn't seem to matter if I use it a lot in a day or if I use it hardly at all. Just frustrating, is all.
I'm planning on picking up that extended battery (can't remember which one exactly, but it's the one with over double the capacity), but before I do that I'd like to figure out what I'm doing wrong to begin with.
Ok, I would have to lean with the signal issue. Your phone losing signal indoors means its searching for a signal a good portion of time.
I thought I read somewhere the phone tries to boost its efforts when no signal is present in order to find one. This could be your main problem.
There isn't really a fix other than to turn off your phone while at work. If you were rooted you could try some flashing some different radio's to see if signal improved indoors.
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