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HTC Thunderbolt Battery Test from SlashGear Reveals Potentially Weak Battery Life
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macdonaldj2
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I just walked out of the Verizon store with an extended battery and back, price was like $40 bucks out the door, it was marked 50...the guy said 39 + change, I go...alright? I have big hands and actually prefer the bigger case. I'll report back with some real world usage in a few days...until then here's hoping for root instructions
AmericanNomads
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I dont mind the battery use. I think the phone is amazing. I dont expect these phones to last long considering Im always playing with it. I just always make sure I am prepared. I make sure everytime Im near a charger Im charging it. I notice my Fiancee always complains about her battery life but everytime we are in the car she isnt charging her phone, the way I see it thats her fault. I am curious to this massive extended battery. Is the back door huge?
macdonaldj2
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Some quick pics:
matthewthegreat
Member
I just got back from work and my battery is at 60% after 7 hours. It have average use during that time. Not too bad imo, my OG Droid usually was about 70-80%.
Oh, and I was on 3g no 4G here yet
Oh, and I was on 3g no 4G here yet
patfactorx
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root and freeze the bloatwares for best life!
lol...
It looks like, based on comments on here, LTE seems to be the likely culprit... either keeping a signal, finding a signal, or just flat out using it.
I can attest to that as I am in a non LTE area and my battery life seems about the same or so as my OG Droid was so it has to be LTE. Are the crazy speeds worth it if your phone is dead in a few hours?
Sent from my Bolt!
AmericanNomads
Member
Yes, yes it is haha. This phone is flying. I ran a speedtest (not the app thats proven to be infalted) and I had 19mbps last night. This phone is awesome
macdonaldj2
Member
I charged my battery full overnight got up this morning at 9am, browsed the internet, used usa today app for about 20 minutes, then went to the mall, while the wife looked around I was running speed tests, and browsing facebook and the internet, did a couple of sms' and a couple phone calls...now all in a 4G area battery at almost 3pm = 81%...I would call what I did moderate use, no GPS, no Pandora, the extended battery seems to be holding its own
It's supposed to be a stronger, more consistent signal. You get your data faster so that should be better on battery. I bet the culprit is finding or keeping a signal, especially in the fringe areas they refer to as "extended 4G" where you connect to 3G under certain conditions.
That's why apps should help considerably, where something like Locale or Tasker will only enable LTE when you are in an area with a good LTE signal. In other words, define a radius and if you get outside of that radius the LTE radio gets shut off.
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