So do I stop or continue doing this until both lights are green (and I turn blue in the face). lol
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Help Possible Battery Fix from HTC
- Thread starter eieio
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Look at the message I was replying to. It was in reference to the TWS mod. The aim of the TWS "fix" is to ultimately get you to the "Set Preferred Network Type" drop down setting which is on the Phone Info screen. That is where the NETWORK app takes you without having to go through all the *#*#*#*#1226366363*#*#*#*# contortions. Simply run NETWORK, drag down to "Set Preferred Network Type and change it.
dsarch21
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I was only getting from 730am til about 6pm then would be around 10% left...
i did the hard reset last night...........BOOM, 7am----stilling going, but I have 5% left @ 11pm (now)
i used pandora, watched some of transformers, email, wifi & 3g all day, apps, calls, poker, etc.....
I am running a movie now to just run the battery 100% down, then recharging overnight.
i don't know about the CDMA thing, but the hard reset worked wonders....
i did the hard reset last night...........BOOM, 7am----stilling going, but I have 5% left @ 11pm (now)
i used pandora, watched some of transformers, email, wifi & 3g all day, apps, calls, poker, etc.....
I am running a movie now to just run the battery 100% down, then recharging overnight.
i don't know about the CDMA thing, but the hard reset worked wonders....
Geez man .. once again, read my message. I CLEARLY stated: This alleged "trick" would ONLY help people who aren't in a good Sprint coverage area." I have had the phone 6 days and my "TWS" was never more then 2% which means where I am IS blanketed by a Sprint signal. Some people will be and some won't. Maybe where you are in Virgina you have worse coverage than I do in NYC, NNJ, SNY, WNJ, & Philly which is where I am.
so far today this is what i've gotten. battery at 67%
You really should have taken a picture of your awake time along with these pics, otherwise these mean nothing. We have no idea how long you have used your phone in that 14 hours. You could have only used it for 1 hour. If that is the case then I am not impressed. If your up time is awake time is 5+ hours I would then be impressed. Please take a screen of your awake time with a shot of those screens as well next time.
This means you have a battery issue. I've been using my phone for the past 21 hours and have 49% left!
YOU DON'T NEED A HARD RESET EVEN. I CAN CONFIRM, ALL I DID WAS THIS:
press HOME, and bring up the dialer. Dial *#*#4636#*#* (Do not press "Call"). After a second, it should bring up the "Testing" menu.
Go into Phone Information, press MENU, and tap "select radio band." You should experience a Force Close, don't panic, this was supposed to happen. Scrolling down shows that the preferred network type is GSM auto (prl).
What this means is that even though you are connected to a CDMA network, your phone is trying to find a GSM network, preventing the radio from sleeping, and causing excessive battery drain.
Remedy this by tapping GSM auto (prl), and changing it to CDMA auto (prl).
Now your done, your TWS should drop dramatically, and you should experience much better battery life!
THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR ITSELF:
***NOW, WE JUST NEED TO GET THIS TO STICK AFTER A PHONE REBOOT!***
Im sorry, how do those results speak for anything? Your phone was off the charger between what, 2am ish to 10am? Let me guess, you were asleep too. Of course your battery hardly drained, you weren't using your phone and with no before screen shot this screen means nothing.
I am sorry but I don't believe half of the battery claims people post here just because there is never sufficient proof of it or they don't actually USE their phone for any length of time. The people that complain about short battery life are the users that actually heavily use there phone.
If you want your battery to last a long time, don't use your phone like the two posters above.
I apologize if I am way off base, but it just seems like people are giving other users false hopes of this battery lasting 15-24 hours on a regular basis. No matter what you do, if you regularly use the phone and have an AWAKE time of 5+ hours, I would say you have good battery life if the phone lasts 7-10 hours total.
Remember, it is awake time along with these other statistics that shows how long your battery lasts and how much you are actually using, or not using your device.
sorry, rant over.
EDIT:
I just want to make it clear that this is not an attack on the two posters that I quoted. I feel like I may have come off the wrong way a bit in my post and it is not my intention at all. Just looking for real statistics of battery usage that is useful and insightful. I apologize for taking this thread further off track. I did try this "trick" and the amount of time that my battery charged each time i powered on or off was insignificant. YMMV.
EDIT2:
I guess I should have said that the awake time is only really valid if you restart your phone once you have reached a full charge so that it resets to zero. I think that the people who have exceedingly long/short battery lives will be surprised at their awake time if they do this.
There are no "official fixes." It was an email the poster allegedly got from HTC. The only REAL fix is a spare battery or use your phone less. All the other stuff is fud not back by true "scientific" testing. It's all based on innuendo and unproven and unreliable statistics. If you feel it works and makes you feel better then go for it. It may not help, but it certainly can't hurt.
Rhonen
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vikingjunior
Well-Known Member
Doesn't Verizon have subway coverage, or is it AT&T? If so I would think it should roam on Verizon. If not then just turn off the phone since you can't use it anyway.If there is ZERO signal it will search for a signal and waste battery unless it's off.
Actually the post above this is a much better idea.
cesjr02
Android Enthusiast
Back to the OP's suggestion. I have not tried this yet, but logic would seem it might not be that easy to get a green light when the device both is on and off. At least turning the phone on and boot-up will draw a little bit of power which might not be totally offset by the continuous charging.
mrvirginia
Android Expert
who said i was in Virginia? Charlotte, NC
i read your post. did you read mine? you are not going to have perfect coverage 100% of the time.
and who cares if the app takes you directly there or not? now you're talking about now many buttons you have to push in order to get to the same screen. great tip for those that want another way. i could also argue that the app takes up space on the phone whereas pushing some numbers doesn't. but it's really not that important.
anyway, hope i've helped some out.
Rhonen
Well-Known Member
Cool, Airplane mode it is.
And I use my phone the most on the subway - music, read my news feeds, read/respond to my emails, etc.
I think there is an airplane mode widget under add widget > settings
mrvirginia
Android Expert
OK, whatever, N.Carolina, VA, same difference. Maybe you should be mrnorthcarolina instead of mrvirginia. Sorry I said you lived in Virginia. Can't imagine why I thought that.
Anyway, you da man. Whatever you say. I have better things to do with my time than go back and forth over semantics with you. Just keep snapping those fingers, it will definitely keep the elephants away. It works every time. Even here in NY & NJ. How do you setup the shortcut to this?
mrvirginia
Android Expert
OK, whatever, N.Carolina, VA, same difference. Maybe you should be mrnorthcarolina instead of mrvirginia. Sorry I said you lived in Virginia. Can't imagine why I thought that.
last name is virginia.
long press on your screen, select shortcut, settings, running services.
Zippydo
Newbie
Well I can go about 10 hours on a charge before I start getting nervous and toss it back on a charger. Thing is I usually have a charging option with me. I have a portable batter charger and a car charger.
I've been monitoring threads as well as my battery performance. I'm honestly not complaining. The phone rocks and if I have to alter some of the ways I use the phone, like less syncing with social networks or email, then so be it.
I went in and performed the GSM to CDMA change this evening and it does seem like the battery is leveling off. I'm going to attempt the 'charge', turn off - charge, turn on - charge...trick though in the morning just to see.
I've been monitoring threads as well as my battery performance. I'm honestly not complaining. The phone rocks and if I have to alter some of the ways I use the phone, like less syncing with social networks or email, then so be it.
I went in and performed the GSM to CDMA change this evening and it does seem like the battery is leveling off. I'm going to attempt the 'charge', turn off - charge, turn on - charge...trick though in the morning just to see.
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dylan88
Android Expert
i use that too. but it just gets annoying having to do that all the time. every time i turned the screen on something else would start.
Baboontyme
Newbie
Thanks to all for these tips. I think I was getting terrible life because of the GSM/CDMA searching thing - I don't get a good signal in my basement where my office is, and that's not going to change until my Airrave arrives next week. Checking the phone info out, I've spent > 70% of the time without a signal so I'm sure that's been the culprit.
Complaining about the EVO's battery life is like having a Porsche, driving it at 100 mph, and complaining about it's gas mileage
I'd buy that theory except my "Porsche" can't even make it to the next gas station before it is out of gas. I understand that the Evo's performance kills the battery, but......................
PurpleBandit
Newbie
I just got my EVO today...needless to say I've been burning through it. No Battery problems yet. this is good to know.