First day with this phone that I basically bought as an emergency replacement to my now dead OG Droid.
This battery is no joke. How do you guys do it? 4 hours with VERY minimal use, only 3g on, all possible background notifications turned off, screen at 10% brightness, no task killer. GPS, BT, auto brightness all off.
Battery is at 50%. My old phone would have been around 80% with heavier usage at this point in the day. Is there a break in period for this battery, or is it really just that awful?
Just a quick question since you said this was your first day with the phone. Are you running it straight out of the box or did you charge it fully first. A lot of people don't do that and the battery does not come fully charged.
Even with it fully charged HTC phones do not charge fully without "bump charging". It's supposed to extend the life cycle of the battery. Basically it charges to 90%, then runs off battery till it reaches 80%, then charges to 90%, etc., etc. To bump charge you put the phone on the charger with the phone on & charge it until the LED changes to green, then take it off of the charger. Then turn the phone off & put it back on the charger until it the LED turns green again. Repeat until it goes to green immediatley when you put it back on the charger. This will also calibrate the battery meter. (My way around this is to use the external charger I got from Seidio, which charges it to 100% then trickle charges until removed, but that can shorten the amount of charges cycles you get out of the battery.)
Also, there may be a couple of reasons for heavy drain like this. Go to menu>settings>about phone>battery>battery use. That should tell you what is using the battery. You may have an app that isn't coded correctly or running in the background constantly and draining your battery.
Another thing is how good is the 3G signal you have. If it's spotty the radio in the phone is constantly looking for signal which drains the battery.
I have 2 batteries, stock & Seidio 1600mAh, both getting about the same runtime. Today, using the Seidio battery and with good signal (Network Extender) I am at 27 hours of up time with 4 1/2 hours of awake time and the battery showing a 23% charge. That's with phone calls taking 67%, display taking 11%, standby & idle each taking 7%, wifi taking 4%, & android OS & system each taking 2%.
That's with display set to 20-25% brightness, GPS on constantly & either wifi or 3G on constantly. I have my phone set to 3G only (ie no LTE) as I am not in an LTE covered area. My only syncs are HTC weather widget (every hour) & Gmail (once a day). When I'm on 3G it drains a little more but I can easily get through a day with it.
As far as the battery, yes they do take several charges to get up to their full capacity. If after several charge cycles, and if you don't find anything else draining your battery, you may want to try talking to Verizon tech support & have them troubleshoot or even get a replacement.
Hope that helps.