Battery life on Moto starting to suck?

[tschuller83]

Hey ive noticed the battery life on my phone starting to suck... any ideas to help? im thinking about buying the Seidio 2800 battery for replacement.

 

[aminaked]

New batteries are always good!

Have you tried calibrating it recently? Once/month you should drain the battery until the phone shuts down. Then completely charge the battery until full.

Are you sure it's not some app/widget/live wallpaper draining the battery? Download an app like Spare Parts to analyze the situation.

Don't use task killers or antivirus.

 

[tschuller83]

yes quite a few times i have used the phone till it was dead then charged it the next day overnight.

New batteries are always good!

Have you tried calibrating it recently? Once/month you should drain the battery until the phone shuts down. Then completely charge the battery until full.

 

[aminaked]

You don't want to fully discharge too often as that has bad effects on the battery.

Note, I added more to my above post since your reply. Don't know why it doesn't say that I edited my post.

 

[brochaos]

li-ion batteries only last for about 300-500 charge cycles before they start to deteriorate. a lot of us are probably approaching that number around this time.

 

[SEGA]

As you download more apps, I found that:

1) many apps stay on unless you turn them off.

2) I had an app on my phone draining the battery so ad that I would go to bed with 80% charge and wake up with the phone dead.

I did a factory reset and reinstalled the apps with Android Market Place install All Past Apps, deselected the ones that I thought caused the problem and now my battery lasts normal.


Also get 'White Killer' App, to me it's a must, or check your applications running under setting frequently to see whats running that shouldn't be.

 

[tschuller83]

You don't want to fully discharge too often as that has bad effects on the battery.

Note, I added more to my above post since your reply. Don't know why it doesn't say that I edited my post.

well i have advanced task killer on my phone now
havent tried spare parts but i will

 

[SEGA]

You don't want to fully discharge too often as that has bad effects on the battery.

Note, I added more to my above post since your reply. Don't know why it doesn't say that I edited my post.

well i have advanced task killer on my phone now
havent tried spare parts but i will

I never liked ATK, get 'White Killer' very simple, gets the job done.

 

[tschuller83]

You don't want to fully discharge too often as that has bad effects on the battery.

Note, I added more to my above post since your reply. Don't know why it doesn't say that I edited my post.

well i have advanced task killer on my phone now
havent tried spare parts but i will

I never liked ATK, get 'White Killer' very simple, gets the job done.

Thanks for info... seems like a good app

 

[aminaked]

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-applications/65483-task-killers-answer-google-developers.html

 

[Dave12308]

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-applications/65483-task-killers-answer-google-developers.html

Unfortunately, if Linus Torvalds himself came on here and explained why task killers are a bad thing on a Linux based OS; people would STILL argue that they are necessary.

 

[aminaked]

What if Bill Gates or Steve Jobs explained it?

If you're a very advanced user and rooted, you MIGHT be able to set up a task killer that outdoes the built-in android one, but for most users, all newbs, and me...no task killing.

 

[iPirate]

I suggest getting every task killer and battery "watcher" available in the market!

 

[aminaked]

I suggest getting every task killer and battery "watcher" available in the market!

And let the apps fight it out?

 

[Fletchi18]

Since I got 2.2 on my Moto Droid (applied the update that Verizon sent out last week, but stopped), I noticed that the battery was not lasting as long as it used to. Last night I figured out why: every time I turned on Wifi, it would turn off the screen auto brightness. So the brighter screen always on was just running through the battery!