After using my EVO for a month now, I recently was able to achieve 41 hours of battery life, yet still not loosing the power the phone has to offer. Wanted to share, hope it helps any who are having problems.
Light to Medium use achieved 41 hours of life without recharging once. Obviously more browsing, chatting, etc will make the battery die faster.
Rooted phone modification to improve battery life and allow SetCPU to work and wireless tether for a free hot spot. Love shoving that 30$/m fee in sprints face.
SetCPU application installed and configured which is the real battery saver.
Phone Settings:
Menu > Settings > Wireless & Networks
Off - 4G (not in my area)
Menu > Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks
Off - Enable always-on mobile data (I have had no problems turning this off, and it has increased battery life.)
On - GPS
Off - Wifi (Only use when I want too.)
Off - Bluetooth (Only use when I want too.)
Menu > Settings > Accounts & Sync
Unchecked programs I do not want synced, such as Stocks.
Gmail is synced for calendar, contacts, gmail at default settings.
Others I adjusted the time they update to 4 or so hours.
Brightness set to automatic.
Using star field live wallpaper with slow stars/speed.
Using friend stream gadget, full sized news gadget, calendar gadget, time gadget, bookmarks gadget, youtube gadget.
All other settings are normal/stock.
Rooting HTC EVO:
If you cant risk loosing everything on your phone, you will want to search how to backup your phone before rooting. I did not, and lost nothing that was stored on the SD card, but everything on the phone. Contacts etc synced with google so they were fine.
I will not go in depth myself on the root process, but following these two guides in order will accomplish everything you need and your phone will be 100% functional. I have had no problems.
SimpleRoot OTA 1.47.651.1 Edition by jiqqaman.
Super User (su-2.1-e-unsecure) by whitslack .
SetCPU Profiles
You can buy this from the app store very cheap, or register and visit xda-developers to get it free.
Settings were suggested by pingpongboss.
Guide originally posted on www.helbreath.info
Light to Medium use achieved 41 hours of life without recharging once. Obviously more browsing, chatting, etc will make the battery die faster.
Rooted phone modification to improve battery life and allow SetCPU to work and wireless tether for a free hot spot. Love shoving that 30$/m fee in sprints face.
SetCPU application installed and configured which is the real battery saver.
Phone Settings:
Menu > Settings > Wireless & Networks
Off - 4G (not in my area)
Menu > Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks
Off - Enable always-on mobile data (I have had no problems turning this off, and it has increased battery life.)
On - GPS
Off - Wifi (Only use when I want too.)
Off - Bluetooth (Only use when I want too.)
Menu > Settings > Accounts & Sync
Unchecked programs I do not want synced, such as Stocks.
Gmail is synced for calendar, contacts, gmail at default settings.
Others I adjusted the time they update to 4 or so hours.
Brightness set to automatic.
Using star field live wallpaper with slow stars/speed.
Using friend stream gadget, full sized news gadget, calendar gadget, time gadget, bookmarks gadget, youtube gadget.
All other settings are normal/stock.
Rooting HTC EVO:
If you cant risk loosing everything on your phone, you will want to search how to backup your phone before rooting. I did not, and lost nothing that was stored on the SD card, but everything on the phone. Contacts etc synced with google so they were fine.
I will not go in depth myself on the root process, but following these two guides in order will accomplish everything you need and your phone will be 100% functional. I have had no problems.
SimpleRoot OTA 1.47.651.1 Edition by jiqqaman.
Super User (su-2.1-e-unsecure) by whitslack .
SetCPU Profiles
You can buy this from the app store very cheap, or register and visit xda-developers to get it free.
Settings were suggested by pingpongboss.
Guide originally posted on www.helbreath.info