Battery life on the G2

robertG2 · Jan 28, 2011

Hey out there I hope everyone is doing well I just got a G2 on tuesday and I want to know if anybody have any ideas on the problen with the battery life.and what is the best way to send group text messages out
on the phone as well.

Steven58 · Jan 28, 2011

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msglsmo · Jan 29, 2011

The battery life on my G2 is far better than the battery life on my former phone, myTouch 3G slide. And I had an extended battery on the 3G Slide!!!

c_aus · Jan 30, 2011

I think the battery is pretty good as well, but I'm coming from an Incredible that I usually had to charge again by 2pm. There are extended batteries on Amazon that are a really good deal, but you have to remove the outer sticker to get them to work with the G2 and put tape over the SD card so that it doesn't short out. 2-1800 mAh batteries and a charger for I think less than $40, and I easily get a day's worth of normal use without charging again until I go to bed.

Dezden · Jan 30, 2011

Battery is soo much better than my EVO (Sprint). That thing seriously dies by the end of the day with literally NO use (and all the extras turned off). I just try to plug it in if possible at some point during the day if I know I'll be out the night, etc.

As far as group texts... not 100% on that, but I think I've seen the answer on here somewhere... I just don't remember where. The most I've sent is like six people at this point, and I just type them all in, type my message, then send.

c_aus · Jan 30, 2011

Handcent makes life very easy if you want to send group texts (sorry for leaving that part out of my response earlier).

tcope · Jan 30, 2011

I have no issues with my battery. Pretty much every Android phone is only going to get one day out of a charge. I like Advance Task Manger as it will report how much juice each service is using.

meldroc · Feb 2, 2011

I can get roughly a day out of a charge, provided I'm not playing with it constantly. I think it's just a limit of the technology - it's a high-powered phone with all the bells and whistles, and uses a lot of power.

I hear about the third-party extended batteries - do they work well?

nvillamob · Feb 2, 2011

msglsmo said:
The battery life on my G2 is far better than the battery life on my former phone, myTouch 3G slide. And I had an extended battery on the 3G Slide!!!

Funny, I came from the MTS also but I think that phone had a better stock battery.

hipster7929 · Feb 3, 2011

My battery lasts wondefully, atleast a day maybe day and a half minus gps use. I even have a live wallpaper running. I had 5 mts' and that battery was terrible.

No_Nickname90 · Feb 5, 2011

Hmm... I have a live wallpaper, I leave GPS, Bluetooth on. I play games, and browse the web, no-heavy-texting-yet-I-still-need-an-unlimited-plan, but I don't talk all that much. When I get off this family plan, I'd actually benefit from the 450 Minute plan. So that's why my battery last about a day. 12-16 hours. If you added talking which kills phones, then yea, you'd probably have a shorter battery lilfe.

saberhack · Feb 6, 2011

Battery issue use Advanced taks manager, and set it ti auto kill every hour I use the safe levle.
I have handcent for SMS and that allows me to send out batches of messages fast free and efficent, what more could you want.

Artemis68 · Feb 14, 2011

It used to be bad for me but once I got rid of the Task killer (I made it NOT kill apps automatically or at intervals, only manually) then battery life improved immensely.

C4warrior · Feb 14, 2011

Root + ROM and you're battery life will be more than you dreamed of.

Joe Dirt · Feb 14, 2011

Upgrade to 2.3 crazy battery life.

DroidBabe · Feb 23, 2011

^^ How did you upgrade to 2.3?

Joe Dirt · Feb 23, 2011

DroidBabe said:
^^ How did you upgrade to 2.3?

Root and CM7

carmendiva · Feb 25, 2011

Battery life seems pretty good to me with this device

I hate the phone itself

But compared to my hd7 which only gets me through 5 hours with heavy use
and the mytouch 4g with barely 6

the g2 is the best phone for battery ive used on tmobile

HadouGhost · Feb 25, 2011

ugh..what is wrong with the g2? why do you hate it? i gotta ask its probably because it fails short of the VIBRANT. and dont even talk ish about the hinges. the hinges are fine.

carmendiva · Feb 26, 2011

Lmao i don't have an issue with the screen. I've since accepted that if i want a bright screen i'll likely have to get a samsung device

The hinge doesn't bother me....I actually play with it alot when i am bored. sliding it open and close. It's different
Although the pinching did piss me off when i first got it, now i am a pro at closing it without getting pinched

Hate is a strong word. From all the Keyboard phones i've owned Moto Droid, Palm Pre plus, Kin two and Moto Backflip, this is definitely the best

I guess in all honesty. I don't hate the G2. it's Stock Android I hate.
With every UI, they offer something you don't find in the stock UI.
All stock UI guarantees is quicker updates and less bloatware. Nothing special
about the UI.

HadouGhost · Feb 26, 2011

carmendiva said:
I guess in all honesty. I don't hate the G2. it's Stock Android I hate.
With every UI, they offer something you don't find in the stock UI.
All stock UI guarantees is quicker updates and less bloatware. Nothing special
about the UI.

yeah but im sure most people would prefer faster updates and less bloatware over a UI that can delay or potentially block any updates? Behold 2 anyone? And look at the galaxy devices, finally getting 2.2. But i can agree alot of people like certain UI's. i like sense, its such a great looking UI. However its just as easy to have stock android and get what the other UI's offer off of the market via widgets and whatnot.

me, personally, i LOVE stock 2.2 the only thing i miss out of any one's UI would be the droid 2/droidx motorola facebook widget/app and HTC sense live background.

carmendiva · Feb 26, 2011

But in all honesty, i believe it's the minority who care about updates aka people who are on sites like these.

my mother recently got an android phone and she thought something was wrong when she got update.

Average consumers honestly have no idea about the updates therefore it doesn't bother them if they dont get the update till six months later

HadouGhost · Feb 27, 2011

but do they want the bloatware?? probably not.

the only issue i have with my G2 is about once every 3 or so days i get a random reboot to the HTC screen. and i AM updated. today it did it twice and thats the first time its ever done that. HOWEVER every time its rebooted on me like that its because im at my home out in the boonies.. i get only 3 bars max of edge signal and sometimes it wont get signal. so i use wifi. from what i read, many people think its something to do with wifi standby. and i tend to agree. every time its rebooted on me it was on my desk just standing by. however its only rebooted in my hands ONCE. and thats during a game i was playing after i turned wifi off (while it was probably searching for a signal.)

smoky · Mar 5, 2011

I think battery life on the G2 is great

As far as sending massive txt sending I usually type the name on the top bar thingy then sned w.e u need to sned..I believe the limit is 12..well that's how much I have sent anyways

En4cer2k11 · Mar 6, 2011

Ok, where are all these people getting these all-day batteries from? I've had my phone for about 3 months now, and I've never gotten more than 5 continuous hours out of my battery without having to recharge unless I do absolutely NOTHING with it all day (which I simply cannot do). That's why I can't leave the house without my portable battery charger, just in case.

And no, I don't use bluetooth or gps or leave wifi on.

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