Tips to Help Improve Battery Life on ThunderBolt

[cereal killer]

Oh, the humanity. I'm confident they will resolve any issues in short order. I have 12 more days to take mine back, so I'm gonna ride this out.

My battery life hasn't been all that bad so far.

LOL. Not life threatening but the issue is as bad as many are making it out to be. Just hard to believe VZW would allow the phone to be released like this with so many discrepancies. I'm going to use the phone today and benchmark my activities, now that the battery has been fully charged, bump charged, etc.

Verizon didn't want to release the handset in this condition but they were pressured. They agreed to release if HTC agreed to a software update schedule.

These battery problems should not come as a surprise this was beaten to death for weeks. I'm not sure why people are surprised. This info was very well known and widely available.

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[slinky]

Verizon didn't want to release the handset in this condition but they were pressured. They agreed to release if HTC agreed to a software update schedule.

These battery problems should not come as a surprise this was beaten to death for weeks. I'm not sure why people are surprised. This info was very well known and widely available.

1) There was no information available whatsoever. It was and is as reliable as all the other launch date information.

2) If VZW says that this phone gets 378 mins or 330 hours standby then they are responsible for showing we are in the vicinity of those estimates. As of right now, my talk time is about half that listed with everything else off.

3) The issue has nothing to do with software. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that you don't put in a SMALLER battery than the long reported power challenged 4G EVO. A four year old could figure that out.

 

[TRIKOTRET]

I guess it's worth holding off on getting the thunderbolt for now until new software updates or including different batteries

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[atlrus]

Good luck with that - the Incredible had the same issues (allegedly) and it never saw a battery upgrade or any support whatsoever.

I just got the TB and it drains about 20% per hour of heavy use, which is great for me, but I dont live in a 4G area...so far I am 100% satisfied with the battery life, as I was with my Incredible.

Clearly the TB battery is too small, but I guess HTC figured since they got away with it once (incredible) they'd get away with it again; and they will...


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[biggles]

Good luck with that - the Incredible had the same issues (allegedly) and it never saw a battery upgrade or any support whatsoever.

I just got the TB and it drains about 20% per hour of heavy use, which is great for me, but I dont live in a 4G area...so far I am 100% satisfied with the battery life, as I was with my Incredible.

Clearly the TB battery is too small, but I guess HTC figured since they got away with it once (incredible) they'd get away with it again; and they will...


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I disagree with this since the Incredible's battery life is better than the Thunderbolt's.

Like others with interest in the TB, I am holding off to see how HTC handles this battery issue before making a purchase. If they do not do something soon, I will hold off on 4G until the Droid Bionic comes along.

 

[want a droid]

Bionic should do much better since it has a 1900mAh or something battery.

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[cereal killer]

Verizon didn't want to release the handset in this condition but they were pressured. They agreed to release if HTC agreed to a software update schedule.

These battery problems should not come as a surprise this was beaten to death for weeks. I'm not sure why people are surprised. This info was very well known and widely available.

1) There was no information available whatsoever. It was and is as reliable as all the other launch date information.

2) If VZW says that this phone gets 378 mins or 330 hours standby then they are responsible for showing we are in the vicinity of those estimates. As of right now, my talk time is about half that listed with everything else off.

3) The issue has nothing to do with software. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that you don't put in a SMALLER battery than the long reported power challenged 4G EVO. A four year old could figure that out.

I'm in total agreement except with point 1

That info was widely available and known. You chose to ignore it or call it unreliable and now suffer the repercussions.

I do feel for you though. Bad battery life would not be fun. Good luck and hopefully this gets fixed for you all.

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[jonathan13]

I live in a 4g area and unfortunately I am suffering horrible battery life. If i data or GPS (when it wants to actually work) I can expect to not last a whole day without having to charge it. And that is WITH it plugged up while using GPS.

I am anxious to find a simple 4g on/off toggle so that I can turn off 4g when I am not browsing because I don't mind a slightly longer facebook load time and whatnot.

 

[atlrus]

Good luck with that - the Incredible had the same issues (allegedly) and it never saw a battery upgrade or any support whatsoever.

I just got the TB and it drains about 20% per hour of heavy use, which is great for me, but I dont live in a 4G area...so far I am 100% satisfied with the battery life, as I was with my Incredible.

Clearly the TB battery is too small, but I guess HTC figured since they got away with it once (incredible) they'd get away with it again; and they will...


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I disagree with this since the Incredible's battery life is better than the Thunderbolt's.

Like others with interest in the TB, I am holding off to see how HTC handles this battery issue before making a purchase. If they do not do something soon, I will hold off on 4G until the Droid Bionic comes along.

Ah, nope. I still remember the issues when the Inc first came out. People were going crazy buying aftermarket batteries... Just google it, I'm sure all the fuss is still searchable.

My incredible was just fine - nightly charge was enough, so I never upgraded the battery. My TB seems almost as good, realizing the bigger screen, so I wont be upgrading the battery of the TB either.

But if you expect ANY kind of support from HTC - I feel sorry for you. Just keep in mind that despite the popularity of the Inc (it was unavailable months after release) we never got any decent accessories or anything. HTC makes decent phones, but they always "churn" them and forget them. So if you dont like the TB now - skip it all together, there will be nothing new related to this phone EVER.


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[TDevilsG]

I don't have the bad battery life on the Thunderbolt people are talking about. I get a full day of use on a single charge from my Tbolt with normal usage. Thats the same as I got from my D1 that was rooted and overclocked to 1ghz. For me the D1 and Tbolt are comparable on battery life. I don't live in a 4G area so maybe that's the difference for me, I don't know.

Unfortunately, that is exactly the problem.

The 4G coverage is literally killing my battery. Yes, a method to switch between 3G and 4G would have been nice, but doesn't that eliminate the reason to even get the Thunderbolt now? I was overclocking my Droid 1 and it lasted much longer than this.


Whats more, I am having surprising problems keeping a full charge (100) for more than a minute without it instantly dropping to 98. I am doing the "bump method" of charging to 100, waiting a minute unplugged, then repeating the exercise a couple of times to see if this works. But it's still very bad considering.

 

[sir2545]

Battery life is comparable to the D1 for me. I just always keep a charger close by.

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[TDevilsG]

First day I had my Thunderbolt - no phone calls, no texts no downloads; basically just standby and used the Bluetooth for 1/2 hour and battery was down to 10% in less than 5 hours.

I found that when Verizon transferred data to my phone they also brought over all my apps from the original droid. I removed Advanced Task Killer, turned off automatic synching of Gmail, Facebook, etc. Set my screen brightness to auto and the next day after about 17 hours my battery charge was at about 85 - 90%; this was after more usage than the previous day. Quite a big difference.

Most days I'm not a heavy user and, when I am, I expect a higher drain on my battery. The first day I was ready to take it back; the few adjustments I made changed my mind. I can live with charging it nightly and more frequently when my usage is heavier. I am going to try some of the other tweaks in the article and will make adjustments as needed.

I thought I might not like the larger size of the phone, but I love it. I definitely like it better than the original Droid. I don't live in a 4G area but work in one and can't wait to try it out Monday.

I would suggest that people follow the same methods of increasing their battery life as well but I am confidant that the 4G coverage is what kills this phone as fast as anything else (i.e. Display)

 

[scaner]

ok,,my update from my TB,yestarday night i was turn of with 37% and today at 11 am im turn on,,stil 37% then use inet for 20 min..replies 2 email.make a 3 pic.and thats it..and now its seat next to me..and now 6%left and ask me to charge..i will be wait when he turn of..and then charge..

 

[want a droid]

If your phone is at 85% after 17 hours then why do you have a smartphone? For that to happen you literally have to use your phone as a paper weight.

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[scaner]

If your phone is at 85% after 17 hours then why do you have a smartphone? For that to happen you literally have to use your phone as a paper weight.

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hahah nice...