battery life: is this normal??

dnbismack · Feb 26, 2012

hey all,
completely new to the forum so forgive me if i didnt post in the right area or something. a few days ago i purchased a droid 2 global. it is used. my previous phone was the droid 1. something im noticing that really bothers me is the horrific battery life. for example; this morning at 8:30 i unplugged it (fully charged). at about 10:30 it was down to 80%...i literally did virtually nothing with it. i checked the weather once. i have wifi and bluetooth shut off, as well as GreenPower battery saver downloaded and working.
so now what im wondering is, is this normal? since its a used phone i was thinking it could possibly just be that the battery is old? :thinking:

anyone have any opinons? thanks a lot!

Goodspike · Feb 29, 2012

Check to see if you have the Gingerbread (2.3) update. That significantly helped with battery life. I can easily go 2 days without recharging most of the time.

If you do, check to see what programs are using power.

lrv · Mar 8, 2012

What is the status for the entire day? Also, the weather has a lot to do with it. The colder the weather, the faster the discharge.

fastharryDOTcom · Mar 13, 2012

Hey Bud..

I was given a used Droid 2 (about a year old) by a friend. With just light use, I was losing battery life quick. I bought a new battery and I was amazed how much better it was...If you want, I can post an ebay link to the seller I used on ebay...I bought 2, both oem, both about 5 buck each..

besides checking to see if you have the update, I would do nothing to it untill i started with a fresh battery..

here is the seller and battery I bought...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-MOTOROLA-BP6X-A957-DROID-PRO-CLIQ-BATTERY-SNN5843-/260973872138?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3cc341440a

Batteries are new, they worked great, and I got them quick...great seller..

Antman27 · Apr 20, 2012

I have 2.3.4 My bat sux LOL maybe I will get a new one

Pilot2 · May 2, 2012

Tips to get good battery life can be viewed at: http://androidforums.com/droid-2-tips-tricks/263618-my-battery-life-writeup.html I tried them and easily get two days with normal useage. I believe the biggest helper is turning off BACKGROUND DATA, which you can toggle on when necessary, such as when you go to the Marketplace, which requires background data to be ON.

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