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When you leave your house do you cut your laptop and lights off? Before you get out of your car do you turn the lights off in the car? Why walk around with your 3G/mobile data constantly pinging the network for the best signal if you are not even using the phone. You can walk around with GPS/Wifi enabled all day. As long as the GPS isn't being activated by an app you are fine. And as long as your Wifi settings do not enable your device to constantly search for a Wifi signal you will be fine as well.
 
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When you leave your house do you cut your laptop and lights off? Before you get out of your car do you turn the lights off in the car? Why walk around with your 3G/mobile data constantly pinging the network for the best signal if you are not even using the phone. You can walk around with GPS/Wifi enabled all day. As long as the GPS isn't being activated by an app you are fine. And as long as your Wifi settings do not enable your device to constantly search for a Wifi signal you will be fine as well.

Apples and oranges my man.

My car doesn't go in my pocket and it isn't connected to 4 different email accounts that at any given moment I can get an email from with important information that I need at that moment.
 
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Bump charging sounds ridiculous. Charging the phone in the off position when you first get the phone for about 7-10 hours will work better. Allows the lithium ion battery to reach its maximum capacity. Why? Because lithium ion batteries will turn the LED green when the battery isn't full when you first get the battery. My battery from Seidio turned green after being on the charger for 10 mins and it was a 1750mah battery. No way in hell was the battery charged.

Task killers DO NOT give you anymore battery juice. The apps don't use any battery power running as a service. Android has said this over and over again. Task killers will degrade your battery life more than help it. Those apps are popping up so they are readily available if you want to open an app. The app will pull up quicker. Killing apps on kills your battery and screws up your Android phone.

Depends on the app. There are plenty of apps that do not adhere to the premise and run like nuts in the background.
 
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I registered just to reply to this. I have found a lot of helpful information here and this is a good tip if you are not using the internet. Actually there is a widget that has Settings/Mobile Network/Wifi/AutoSync/Roaming for quick toggle of these items. There is also one for GPS, HotSpot, Brightness and Bluetooth. Yes a fix should be made for the battery life. I am a very light user and this is my first Android phone. Coming from a BB with data on all the time and to go 3-days without charging it was awesome, but I couldn't do half of what I can do with this phone. Right now with data on, I am at almost 18 hours of uptime and 2:47 hours of awake time with 30% left. Considering I was asleep for 7 hours, At my Desk working for 8 hours, that left 3 hours for me to actually use it assuming I did nothing else with those 3 hours.

As a business tool, I think BB wins hands down. But for the power and flexibility the TB (or any Android for that matter) no competition. I have been researching phone choice for a while and was going to go with the Incredible, but then saw the TB was coming and I waited to pick this up. And when I read about the Inc, early postings on it were bad also, and now most love their Inc, so it will get better. I don't mind a little power management to get me through the day.

SMS/EMAIL/TXT make us forget the human aspect of things. A phone. Quite frankly I would be more upset if call quality sucked, which it doesn't or when making or receiving calls there was an issue. When there is an emergency, we do not rely on e-mail we rely on the phone. I expect to be able to reach my colleagues as well as they can reach me.

Most IT that have business with overseas travel would be NUTS to approve an Android phone due to the obvious roaming charges and Android's constant data pulling.

Heck, I am going to England in May and will leave the Android at home. I will be getting a sim card for my N900, join (was my original carrier with N900) Tmo and then cancel and pay for the prorated use when I return.

Total of about $45, verses lord knows what with Android over there :eek::eek::eek:
 
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Depends on the app. There are plenty of apps that do not adhere to the premise and run like nuts in the background.

And you can do that by going into Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>Running.

There is no need for a task killer really. I can understand why people use them, and yes it is an easier way then going into the settings, but really you shouldn't need to be killing an app. Remember just because an app shows it is running in the background doesn't mean it is actually doing anything. An app that shows it is running in the background just means it is sitting there. Apps that show they are running in the foreground are actually doing things.

Task killers overall cause more harm then good, since most of the time the people that install them get obsesive with them and just kill everything all the time. Android is based off of Linux and uses the same kind of program management.

Most of the people that suggested using task killers came from Black Berrys where a task manager was a must.
 
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I turned off the data on my phone just to experiment with the setting and my battery life is stellar. When I want it back on I just hit one button to turn it on and one button to refresh everything. Poof - everything is updated.

It's a nice option to have in a pinch. I don't see why so many people here are getting their panties in a wad for a suggestion. Jeeze, get a life. If you are angry about the battery life on the T-Bolt, take it back. Quit acting like victims.
 
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As a new member to this forum, I am amazed and disheartened at the childlike attacks and finger pointing, or the splitting of hairs over wording.

I will say thanks to the OP, and others of the same mind, who offer ideas/suggestions. As a new Android user, I really appreciate any and all tips. In response to the poster about why even have a phone like this, tips like this work great for someone like me, who sits at a desk ALL day, with internet readily available. Why not turn off things like data/things that really drain power? I do. Because then, if I am not going home, and will not be charging for 15 or 18 hours, my phone still has a good amount of battery left. While I may get a car charger, I don't want to "have to" get one right away. Sure, I, like everyone else, would like a quick fix, but from my point of view there won't be one soon. So I am very happy to see different suggestions, vs just complaining. Thanks again OP! :)
 
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When you leave your house do you cut your laptop and lights off? Before you get out of your car do you turn the lights off in the car? Why walk around with your 3G/mobile data constantly pinging the network for the best signal if you are not even using the phone. You can walk around with GPS/Wifi enabled all day. As long as the GPS isn't being activated by an app you are fine. And as long as your Wifi settings do not enable your device to constantly search for a Wifi signal you will be fine as well.


Thank you slick! Honestly though,your wasting your breath by even having an opinion.! Some people on here just have all the answers, and refuse to hear anything other then what they want to hear. If it doesn't fit they're needs, its the worst thing on earth. I did an exchange this morning, charged my new phone up, and have been turning data off with the widget when its not in use. I'm going on 6 hours without a charge and I'm at 86% with the new phone and new stock battery. I've made 6 phone calls, one was for well over 20 minutes, been text messaging throughout the afternoon, and have put data on a few times to go on the internet. Before I started using this method my battery would surely be dead by now.

So I'll go well over 24 hours, maybe more. And from just turning off the data when its not in use, and that's just fine with me.
 
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Judging by the 500+ views and only 25 posts, I'll bet 400+ readers clicked on the thread to find an actual fix, only to have the sigh of "oh, that's not a fix, it's just turning off data"

That's my only complaint here - this is not a fix, it's a suggestion and one that may certainly benefit users that don't need always-on data. If it works for you, then absolutely do it and enjoy the longer battery life.
 
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Judging by the 500+ views and only 25 posts, I'll bet 400+ readers clicked on the thread to find an actual fix, only to have the sigh of "oh, that's not a fix, it's just turning off data"

That's my only complaint here - this is not a fix, it's a suggestion and one that may certainly benefit users that don't need always-on data. If it works for you, then absolutely do it and enjoy the longer battery life.

WoW...so now u understand my point in saying...THIS MAY BE FOR YOU, IT MAY NOT? To some people it is a fix, to some (like u) its a waste of $199 to have to turn off the Internet on a smart phone...and that I understand. However, some like myself, don't need the constant connection to the internet when the phone isn't in use, so this method can be helpful.

But as soon as HTC express releases an 1800mAh slim battery for the TB, I will be all over it.
 
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And you can do that by going into Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>Running.

There is no need for a task killer really. I can understand why people use them, and yes it is an easier way then going into the settings, but really you shouldn't need to be killing an app. Remember just because an app shows it is running in the background doesn't mean it is actually doing anything. An app that shows it is running in the background just means it is sitting there. Apps that show they are running in the foreground are actually doing things.

Task killers overall cause more harm then good, since most of the time the people that install them get obsesive with them and just kill everything all the time. Android is based off of Linux and uses the same kind of program management.

Most of the people that suggested using task killers came from Black Berrys where a task manager was a must.

Very well said. Yet people don't listen. If you have an Android phone I suggest not using a task killer and only using apps from the market. Why? Because most new people don't understand what permissions are given to an app and do not know where to look to find that information. A task killer can cause problems with your phone and so can a limited number of apps in the market. If your phone is acting buggy after downloading an app, uninstall the app. Some apps don't play nice with other apps. In that case uninstall the app causing the trouble.

Some things are not debatable and using a task killer is one of them. There is multiple articles from Android developers on the internet and Android's top person has addressed this as well. I'm not posting those articles anymore because people are going to do what they want anyway.
 
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Some concern today. So today for some odd reason my battery didn't last nearly as long as it did. Right now it's at 20%, 8:43 up time, 2:22 awake. Before I was getting about 15 hours and about 5 awake for the same amount of time, I also bump charged this morning, this happen to anyone else? Hoping it was just a one time thing but I'll post the next few days and see what happens
 
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Unlike our earlier TB debate, you will get no argument here.


Health will be an issue with Lidge out with shoulder problems...but I just have that feeling...
But like a tru pinstriper u can never count out the Yanks! Long season, should be a good one!

On topic, my new TB seems to be having better battery life then the previous I returned today...and I've had the internet turned on for the last 3 hrs...forgot to shut it down...at 65%....uncharged since about 11am
 
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Some concern today. So today for some odd reason my battery didn't last nearly as long as it did. Right now it's at 20%, 8:43 up time, 2:22 awake. Before I was getting about 15 hours and about 5 awake for the same amount of time, I also bump charged this morning, this happen to anyone else? Hoping it was just a one time thing but I'll post the next few days and see what happens

Because bump charging is like the tooth ferry. Maybe you had an app that was sending/receiving data in the background or you were in a low 3G signal with it enabled.
 
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Why is the Verizon Thunderbolt guys learning that cutting off your LTE radio saves battery life? In the EVO forum we have known this since the launch of the EVO. I just think its funny how there is always someone who goes its a smartphone and I shouldn't have to turn the radio off on my phone. Well the phone is smart but the battery is still just a regular lithium ion battery. The battery can't control itself and the phone cannot control the battery.

Someone summed it up when they labeled smartphones something different. They are computers in your pocket and not a smartphone. And a phone is only as smart as the user using it. If people haven't figured out Android is a great platform because it allows you to control the battery consumption of your phone and tweak the hell out of it, then Android isn't for you.

A company will have to build a phone out of a battery to make some people happy. Even then those people won't be happy because look at how long it takes to charge a large battery to full capacity.
 
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