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Battery life is terrible
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I've been using the D2G for about a week now and am not sure what to think. It really is quite an upgrade over my old BlackBerry Curve, but that thing's battery would last several days... I'm lucky to get home from work with my D2G still alive.
I've tried all the usual tweaks to get this thing to last through an entire day, perhaps even longer (that'd be ideal), but it looks like it's just a hog and that's how it goes. I don't think it's reasonable for me to always have to be next to a power outlet for my phone to work...
Does anyone have any suggestions other than don't use task managers, don't turn up the brightness, use wifi sparingly, switch to CDMA from Global, turn off the display after 30 seconds, underclock when the display is off, remove a lot of the crappy bloatware...
I've tried all the usual tweaks to get this thing to last through an entire day, perhaps even longer (that'd be ideal), but it looks like it's just a hog and that's how it goes. I don't think it's reasonable for me to always have to be next to a power outlet for my phone to work...
Does anyone have any suggestions other than don't use task managers, don't turn up the brightness, use wifi sparingly, switch to CDMA from Global, turn off the display after 30 seconds, underclock when the display is off, remove a lot of the crappy bloatware...
The only way to resolve that question (which app/service uses the most power) would be to sneak in a digital ammeter between one battery terminal and the phone, and to watch the current change when you switch on or off various apps or functions.
The battery usage depends on the strength of the cell signal and many other factors, so all the comparisons you see here are just anecdotal and obtained under uncontrolled and uncomparable conditions.
Lastly, Li-ion batteries do NOT need ANY conditioning before achieving full capacity, maybe one cycle at most, so all these reports to the contrary are probably due to a placebo effect...
To ComradeF: turn off all the location based services and turn on the GPS only when you need it. I've had Droid from day one and did notice a sobstantially shorted battery life in my D2G, but at twice the processor clock speed, it's not unexpected. When in office, I always keep it in a cradle (the original Droid One fits just fine), always use a car charger and always have a spare wall charger in my laptop case (I prefer the original one as it's twice smaller and lighter without all these world adapters). The next step is to select and purchase the best extended capacity battery.
The battery usage depends on the strength of the cell signal and many other factors, so all the comparisons you see here are just anecdotal and obtained under uncontrolled and uncomparable conditions.
Lastly, Li-ion batteries do NOT need ANY conditioning before achieving full capacity, maybe one cycle at most, so all these reports to the contrary are probably due to a placebo effect...
To ComradeF: turn off all the location based services and turn on the GPS only when you need it. I've had Droid from day one and did notice a sobstantially shorted battery life in my D2G, but at twice the processor clock speed, it's not unexpected. When in office, I always keep it in a cradle (the original Droid One fits just fine), always use a car charger and always have a spare wall charger in my laptop case (I prefer the original one as it's twice smaller and lighter without all these world adapters). The next step is to select and purchase the best extended capacity battery.
patfactorx
Member
I downclocked for when my screen is off and turned on Maximum battery saver. Its about the same as my Droid 1
There is something inherently wrong with the D2G with respect to power consumption. I ended up returning mine due to this, as well as the problems with Exchange synchronization.
I have a Droid X, which easily has 30% of battery life remaining when I go to bed at 10-ish. This is after being off the charger at 4:20 AM, having full push for my email (two are Activesync, five are IMAP), and roughly 2-3 hours of talk time.
On my D2G, the battery would be at 15% at 16:00, with no talk time. (Same mail configuration.) Over a multi-week period, I had the handset replaced once, and wiped it three times--all with the hope that it was a fluke. It wasn't. I tried so many things to get the D2G to work well, it became ridiculous. In the end, I reconciled that it didn't make sense to have to implement work-arounds. The only thing I do no the Droid X is have Bluetooth turn off between 7:00 and 14:00.
Back on my Droid X, I'm enjoying the battery life. For the record, I have the extended battery in the Droid X, and had the extended battery in the D2G.
Joel
I have a Droid X, which easily has 30% of battery life remaining when I go to bed at 10-ish. This is after being off the charger at 4:20 AM, having full push for my email (two are Activesync, five are IMAP), and roughly 2-3 hours of talk time.
On my D2G, the battery would be at 15% at 16:00, with no talk time. (Same mail configuration.) Over a multi-week period, I had the handset replaced once, and wiped it three times--all with the hope that it was a fluke. It wasn't. I tried so many things to get the D2G to work well, it became ridiculous. In the end, I reconciled that it didn't make sense to have to implement work-arounds. The only thing I do no the Droid X is have Bluetooth turn off between 7:00 and 14:00.
Back on my Droid X, I'm enjoying the battery life. For the record, I have the extended battery in the Droid X, and had the extended battery in the D2G.
Joel
That's my concern as well. I don't feel that I should have to change my lifestyle so substantially in order to use the device.There is something inherently wrong with the D2G with respect to power consumption. I ended up returning mine due to this, as well as the problems with Exchange synchronization.
the inherent problem is the slimey additions to the base android operating system that are causing communication and usage you dont want.
call it an f-up on motorola's part, so they can give d2g owners that experience.
android fragmentation can be both a plus and a minus, but in the long term it will be associated with a microsoft experience, at that point who cares if the platform is built from the most secure kernels .... people will hate it anyway.
the workaround to fix the issue of battery drain exists in the form of tweaks, which include rooting, freezing the culprit apps, loading a rom, and underclocking the processor. but why should one pay for apps to do all of this? this is a thread that should be brought to verizon's attention.
i can get around 20 hrs from mine with moderate use and the bp7x battery.
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call it an f-up on motorola's part, so they can give d2g owners that experience.
android fragmentation can be both a plus and a minus, but in the long term it will be associated with a microsoft experience, at that point who cares if the platform is built from the most secure kernels .... people will hate it anyway.
the workaround to fix the issue of battery drain exists in the form of tweaks, which include rooting, freezing the culprit apps, loading a rom, and underclocking the processor. but why should one pay for apps to do all of this? this is a thread that should be brought to verizon's attention.
i can get around 20 hrs from mine with moderate use and the bp7x battery.
sent via wireless device
deleted all the bloatware (blockbuster,city id, etc)
How did you do that? I'd love to get rid of all that.
I'm guessing he rooted, used something like Titanium Backup, and removed from there. (Or, better yet, "froze" the applications.) Root explorer, or even a command level access would yield the same results.deleted all the bloatware (blockbuster,city id, etc)
How did you do that? I'd love to get rid of all that.
I personally wouldn't remove bloatware; freezing would be desirable, as it gives an ability to get it back in a situation where something might be needed. (Like updating to a new OS release.)
Joel
+1000 to freezing vs uninstalling!!
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I'm guessing he rooted, used something like Titanium Backup, and removed from there. (Or, better yet, "froze" the applications.) Root explorer, or even a command level access would yield the same results.deleted all the bloatware (blockbuster,city id, etc)
How did you do that? I'd love to get rid of all that.
I personally wouldn't remove bloatware; freezing would be desirable, as it gives an ability to get it back in a situation where something might be needed. (Like updating to a new OS release.)
Joel
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furbearingmammal
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Do NOT delete City ID. Reinstalling it can be majorly annoying and it's REQUIRED for any future updates. Freeze it.
patfactorx
Member
There is something inherently wrong with the D2G with respect to power consumption. I ended up returning mine due to this, as well as the problems with Exchange synchronization.
I have a Droid X, which easily has 30% of battery life remaining when I go to bed at 10-ish. This is after being off the charger at 4:20 AM, having full push for my email (two are Activesync, five are IMAP), and roughly 2-3 hours of talk time.
On my D2G, the battery would be at 15% at 16:00, with no talk time. (Same mail configuration.) Over a multi-week period, I had the handset replaced once, and wiped it three times--all with the hope that it was a fluke. It wasn't. I tried so many things to get the D2G to work well, it became ridiculous. In the end, I reconciled that it didn't make sense to have to implement work-arounds. The only thing I do no the Droid X is have Bluetooth turn off between 7:00 and 14:00.
Back on my Droid X, I'm enjoying the battery life. For the record, I have the extended battery in the Droid X, and had the extended battery in the D2G.
Joel
I think I read somewhere tho that DroiD X and Streak have the best battery times. You can google it and see what you get. I think the Droid with keyboard is #3
For what is worth, I have been able to get the D2G back to almost as good as the original Droid in battery life.
First I installed Fission 2.4.1 Rom (no more blur bloat)
Next added SetCpu with multiple profiles,
and finally added setting profiles to turn on and off wifi, bluetooth, gps dependent upon my location. Eg at home turn on bluetooth and wifi, turn off gps. At work turn everything off.
Seems to be working extremely well.
First I installed Fission 2.4.1 Rom (no more blur bloat)
Next added SetCpu with multiple profiles,
and finally added setting profiles to turn on and off wifi, bluetooth, gps dependent upon my location. Eg at home turn on bluetooth and wifi, turn off gps. At work turn everything off.
Seems to be working extremely well.
After a week of ownership, I guess I've tweaked my D2G enough so that its battery is lasting quite a bit longer. I left it unplugged overnight with both wifi and GPS on, and it's at... 80% after 9 hours. This is with little/no use of course. But that's tolerable, I'd say.
Oh, I also underclocked the device bigtime. Screen off? 300 max. On the battery? 800 max. Just the way it's gotta be...
Oh, I also underclocked the device bigtime. Screen off? 300 max. On the battery? 800 max. Just the way it's gotta be...
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