PLEASE READ: Do NOT worry about Apps running in the Background

[BzB]

good information in this thread.

as for battery life, between the time i take the phone off the charger and the time i come home in the evening, i'll need to put it on the charger for at least a little while during the day. battery life seems mediocre for me right now but i'm also using the phone a lot more right now than i used my old phone (storm 2). bluetooth is on all day but i usually disable wifi unless i'm browsing the web.

 

[noles200]

good information in this thread.

as for battery life, between the time i take the phone off the charger and the time i come home in the evening, i'll need to put it on the charger for at least a little while during the day. battery life seems mediocre for me right now but i'm also using the phone a lot more right now than i used my old phone (storm 2). bluetooth is on all day but i usually disable wifi unless i'm browsing the web.

Same here. Battery life is not great at all. I thought it was bad on my Tour but it's worse on this. I attribute that to a bigger, brighter, crisper screen and the fact that I can't put it down now. I'm going to see if I can find a cheap battery somewhere so I've got an extra.

 

[smolander]

So how is everyone's battery life without killing any apps?

I'm a heavy phone user and I'm easily getting through the day without worry.

 

[Attackcenter]

To me it sounds a lot like running Windows. On Windows, if you run applications continuously until they go to a a crawl, then you simply waited to long before doing a system shut down (or restart).

If you simply shut down your Droid or Windows operating system every so often after you've opened and used numerous apps, then your device will run optimal.

AC

 

[Zenmervolt]

To me it sounds a lot like running Windows. On Windows, if you run applications continuously until they go to a a crawl, then you simply waited to long before doing a system shut down (or restart).

If you simply shut down your Droid or Windows operating system every so often after you've opened and used numerous apps, then your device will run optimal.

AC

I can have months of continuous uptime on my Windows machines without shutting down and I've yet to experience a problem with things slowing to a crawl. Sounds like you're using some very questionable programs.

The big thing is to just make sure that you're not leaving applications that have active data/GPS connections running in the background. The only thing I have active continuously on my phone is the Exchange Active Sync. If you manager your programs moderately well you shouldn't ever need to reboot the Droid unless an OTA update requires it for installing.

The biggest problems with computers (and the Droid is, IMO, effectively a computer) are dodgy software programs. If you're only installing programs from trustworthy sources there's no reason to expect instability or a "need" to reboot every so often.

 

[Attackcenter]

Zemervolt: There is a difference between not having a problem and your system running at the peak of performance. Of course my system does not go to a crawl. I am in to performance and like everything to run fast at the "peak of performance". As far as systems going to a crawl I was speaking about mainstream computers running,for example Windows XP. The mainstream Windows XP user don't know to turn off the animations, disable programs that don't need to be running, and disable services. So, they will have all the bloatware that Microsoft originally put on their system, along with other various bloatware programs taking up all of their Windows resources on a stock Windows XP build.

So I reboot every once in a while on Windows XP and everything works at it's peak.

I'm just questioning if the Android OS may be react in a similar way.

AC

 

[mikera67]

I had a task killer app running the first week, with loads of appz I installed and uninstalled. My voice search started acting funny a few days ago, then yesterday nothing wanted to load, slow slow slow. I tried a million different things, only running in safe mode the droid was back to normal. So I did a factory reboot, didnt lose as much as I thought, calender was full, wonder how. Picked only the appz I liked and the droid is running flawlessly now, with no task killer this time. I think one or more appz messed up something or just plain hung and hogged the resources of the droid. Also heard a firmware update is to be released Dec 11th for the droid.
Mike

 

[Zenmervolt]

Zemervolt: There is a difference between not having a problem and your system running at the peak of performance. Of course my system does not go to a crawl. I am in to performance and like everything to run fast at the "peak of performance". As far as systems going to a crawl I was speaking about mainstream computers running,for example Windows XP. The mainstream Windows XP user don't know to turn off the animations, disable programs that don't need to be running, and disable services. So, they will have all the bloatware that Microsoft originally put on their system, along with other various bloatware programs taking up all of their Windows resources on a stock Windows XP build.

So I reboot every once in a while on Windows XP and everything works at it's peak.

I'm just questioning if the Android OS may be react in a similar way.

AC

Any system that needs to be rebooted periodically for any reasons other than updates to system files has something wrong with it.

As far as Windows XP goes, that's a poor choice for an example on your part since the very computers I've had with months of up-time were running XP. On a bone-stock XP install any computer from the past three years should positively fly, even with all the eye-candy in the OS turned on.

Yes, if people install a bunch of crap like comet cursor or bonzai buddy they'll have issues, but those programs aren't a "stock install". In fact, those programs are precisely the sort of "dodgy programs" I spoke of.

When properly configured, neither XP nor Android need periodic reboots for performance reasons. Outside of require reboots for installing apps or system updates either OS can run indefinitely.

 

[namelessNN]

for some reason when i check my running application the calander is always running. the thing is i never use the calander.

 

[Jokool_7777]

Just from playing with the phone, I thought to myself that killing apps wasnt necessary but its good to have it confirmed.

 

[Attackcenter]

Zenmervolt: I have my computer tweaked out till it can't be tweaked out any more. If I wanted to leave my computer on all the time like you without rebooting I could. From experience I've found that you can squeeze every last nook of performance out of your computer if you reboot every once in a while. I think XP is an completely relevant performance example because some people pay attention to detail concerning performance, some not as much, and others not at all.

AC

 

[mortalis]

I deleted the App Killer...it just leads to OCD : )

This made me chuckle. SO true.

 

[Bhinderoid]

I had my phone plugged into the usb port on my laptop and I was playing robo defender (I'm an addict haha). I locked the phone over night and woke up to it having like 5% of the battery left.

I don't understand what happened, GPS/Wifi/Bluetooth were all off, sync was on (what is sync even used for?).

Is there something running in the background that's draining my battery?

 

[thegipper]

Off topic but... could be an older usb port which doesn't support charging?

I 2nd Zens opinion, there is no need to reboot a properly setup smoothly running computer. Probably no harm in doing so, so if it makes you feel better go ahead. Think most of us have grown up on Windows, in which the first solution was always to reboot, which led to preemptive rebooting. I rarely reboot my PC, and i'd prefer to not have to reboot my phone. So far i'd had a great experience with droid, i'm not killing apps and i'm not rebooting and its not slowing down. And to think i was all set on buying the touch pro 2, just waiting for Sprint to get them back in stock.

See i put the thread back on topic.

 

[MattMatt757]

Glad to here this...bye bye app killer