Droid X battery problems discovered!!!!!!!

[Sydman]

Yeah can't say if it is killing my battery or not I have been unplugged since 5am or so and I am still at 80 %. But when I dial in to check my battery usage it says phone runs 100% of the time.

 

[avt123]

5am and still at 80%? Well It's 10PM where I live and that is awesome battery life right there. Best I have gotten was I took it off the charger at 8am and put it on the charger the next day at 10:30am. Still had 20% left too.

 

[Sydman]

Yeah in Texas so 9:22 here, so yeah I have wifi turned off since 4pm so there rest of that time my phone was runnig 100 % so it might not be affecting battery life. Just a little weird they fix the gps issue to cause one with wifi.

 

[avt123]

There is always going to be a bug. I'm just happy it's nothing really serious.

 

[Sydman]

Very true, maybe official release will be even better.

 

[avt123]

That is a big possibility. There might be a newer build.

 

[aminaked]

Syd, do you have some other app that's keeping your phone running? At least one other person on the other forum can't reproduce the 100% running thing with WIFI on 2.2

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FIX FOR DROID X BATTERY DRAIN BUG RUNNING ANDROID 2.1:
phone settings > location & security > use network location > UNCHECK

 

[Sydman]

Um, its possible I guess. I have no widgets running, I have busy box, root explorer, cache mate, auto starts, atk, bar code scanner, nesoid, snesoid, wii controller, and paper toss. I checked and non of those programs are running, and that is within the droid program areas.

 

[Sydman]

Just weird since I turned wifi off, now my phone has only been running 12 % of the time as opposed to 100%.

 

[akates]

I'm pretty sure it only continues to run when wifi is turned on but you are NOT connected to a network. When I'm in my house the phone is allowed to sleep, it's only when it's searching for wifi.

 

[Sydman]

Ok I checked it this Am and my phone was only running 12% of the time, I think akates is right. There must have been something wrong with the WIFI connection the night before and it was searching for a signal all night. Still though I have been unplugged since 5am yesterday so going on 34 hours and I am still at 60 %. So I think we are good with this issue.

 

[akates]

So are you still finding that the phone is running when it's searching for wifi (ie. when you're not at home)? If so, is that gonna drain the battery or do I have to toggle wifi off when I leave the house?

 

[Sydman]

Well if that is what happened the other night while I was sleeping then yes. Both Wifi and Phone were at 100%. Last night they were low like 12 and 14, I always turn Wifi off when I leave the house, because it will keep trying to find signals.

 

[akates]

Mine seems to continue to keep both wifi on/running as well as the phone running but i've been on for 11 hours or so and i'm still only down to 60% so I guess I should just ignore the fact that it's "running" (still don't know why) and enjoy the pretty good battery life!

 

[Sydman]

Yeah, mine corrected itself I guess cause I have been connected to my wifi at work and still phone has only been running 9% of the time and wifi on is 45 and wifi running 14. And coming up on 40 hours since unplugged and down 50 % battery. Think 2.2 did something to make battery better, unless its just my extended getting better after a couple powe cycles.