Is it the battery, or is it just me?

[altjx]

I just got my droid last thursday on the 17th and... I went to bed with a 100% battery. I woke up with maybe 3 notifications and my battery status was at 60%? wtf?? lol

 

[phone]

If you haven't rebooted your phone, what does "Menu/Settings/About Phone/Battery Use" show?

 

[altjx]

I rebooted my phone a few times since I got it. It's at 90% now though cause I've charged it since then. When I did that earlier, it said the Idle was like 90% or something around that.

 

[phone]

Have you installed any apps recently that might cause this, or change the configuration on any of your apps? If it hasn't done this before, that's what I would suspect. Looking at "Battery Use" can help diagnose. There's a program called "Spare Parts" that will also help figure out what might be sucking your battery.

 

[altjx]

Hmm, nah. the only apps I've ever DLed with this phone since i got it was pandora, TV guide, eBuddy (i uninstalled). those are it. i'll reboot it now and try again tonight and see what happens

 

[phone]

Could be a bad battery or problem with the phone also.... Hope it tests out OK for you tonight.

 

[altjx]

oh god please i hope not. not the droid!! this is my BABY!! lmao. thanks

 

[altjx]

some people say it needs to be recharged after a few cycles and maybe drained to start everything off refreshed?

 

[640k]

I just got my droid last thursday on the 17th and... I went to bed with a 100% battery. I woke up with maybe 3 notifications and my battery status was at 60%? wtf?? lol

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/te...gestions/1974-understanding-battery-life.html

 

[JDS537]

Got mine on the 14th and haven't had a real problems with the battery. Download the free Advanced Task Killer. Use that to make sure apps that aren't needed are not running. Should help extend battery life, unless you use the device excessively.

 

[altjx]

oh, well, i text alot but thats in the day. this only happened at night. do you leave urs on the charger all night?

With advanced task killer free, how do you know which app is running? When you start the Task killer app, it has a checkmark next to every app on the phone just about, lol.

 

[JDS537]

If I haven't been fooling around looking at all the apps available, which will run down the battery, I just leave it on the kitchen table at night and when I check it in the morning, it's ok.

 

[altjx]

hmm. this only happend one night, imma see what happens tonight

 

[640k]

oh, well, i text alot but thats in the day. this only happened at night. do you leave urs on the charger all night?

With advanced task killer free, how do you know which app is running? When you start the Task killer app, it has a checkmark next to every app on the phone just about, lol.

you don't need a task killer. it's a smartphone. it's constantly pulling data. if you have a bunch of widgits on your screen, have wifi enabled or other things going on, you're going to drain the battery. you should be happy you had 60% after 10hrs.

keep the phone plugged in at night. problem solved.

 

[altjx]

FYI:

First of all, it was not 10 hours, more like 5.
Secondly, this was at night time with no wifi enabled, phone just idled.
Thirdly, I never said this was a problem in the day time when I used apps and etc.
And finally, I don't keep my phone plugged in all night because I hear of some users having battery issues after it.

You seem to be trying to work around the problem rather than identifying if its a problem or not. Who knows? My phone could be defective. The worse thing that would happen is if I lose my charger for a day or two with a defective phone and think the battery draining in hours while idle is OK and its not.