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battery drain 2.2 update

Whohappy?! said:
both my battery life and my friends has been drastically reduced also. :mad:
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Mine too! I did the update on Sunday and now my battery doesn't last past 4pm. Task killer and display settings are adjusted for minimal use, but still my battery dies! FB contact sync doesn't work either!:(
 
Hey guys, check out this new app on the market, its called screen filter, it has the power to lower brightness all the way to zero, it changed my display usage from 70 percent to less than 40 while I was using it at 30 percent of minimum brightness. The brightness does reset after reboot though.
 
My battery life was quite poor after the OTA update to Froyo, and eventually the TouchWiz UI crashed and would never recover, so I did a factory reset.

Both TW and the battery life are now excellent after the reset. I guess it's like PCs and a new version of Windows---a fresh install is always better than an upgrade install.
 
I have a brand new phone from samsung that is a replacement after the ota 2.2 killed my phone. with a brand new factory phone with 2.2 my battery life is poor. today, verizon replaced my battery. I'll know for sure over the next couple of days if this helps.
 
msmcougar said:
My battery life was quite poor after the OTA update to Froyo, and eventually the TouchWiz UI crashed and would never recover, so I did a factory reset.

Both TW and the battery life are now excellent after the reset. I guess it's like PCs and a new version of Windows---a fresh install is always better than an upgrade install.
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Hmmm... I did this too (total factory reset using ODIN and the stock flash). I then upgraded to 2.2 without doing anything and my battery life has still been poor :( What am I doing wrong? lol (my guess is NOTHING, it's just a crappy update)

My co-worker with an OG droid said the same thing happened to him when 2.2 was pushed to the droid...
 
Leonard1818 said:
Hmmm... I did this too (total factory reset using ODIN and the stock flash). I then upgraded to 2.2 without doing anything and my battery life has still been poor :( What am I doing wrong? lol (my guess is NOTHING, it's just a crappy update)

My co-worker with an OG droid said the same thing happened to him when 2.2 was pushed to the droid...
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I had an original droid that did not seem to suffer with the 2.2 update. I recall that the battery was much better than the SF but still on somedays could not last the entire day whether 2.1 or 2.2. This SF (even before 2.2) lasts a full day very infrequently especially with moderate use. I may well use wifey's upgrade in July and move to an iPhone 5- I'll miss some aspects of Android but I know too many people (some of whom I have experienced using their iPhone) that are thrilled with their iphones. This morning after 2 hours off the charger I was down to 93% with no use:mad:
 
dragon1357 said:
Hey guys, check out this new app on the market, its called screen filter, it has the power to lower brightness all the way to zero, it changed my display usage from 70 percent to less than 40 while I was using it at 30 percent of minimum brightness. The brightness does reset after reboot though.
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I am sure this would help and I may look into it especially if i will be out of town at a meeting with heavy use- it won't make it past 4pm- a very dim screen could help- turning it off would really help.

Am I the only one who sees a problem with this beautiful vibrant Super Amoled screen being turned to ultra dim? Kind of flies in the face of what attracted me to the phone in the first place- no real advantage to the Super Amoled now- I can see showing a friend something on my phone and saying "oh, wait, let me turn the screen up so you can see how nice it looks". The Retina Display on the iPhone needs no such shennanigins which is one of the reasons I have decided to jump ship in early July- Here is a presale tip- My Fascinate will be for sale early July- Excellent shape with a new battery- PM me if interested.
 
fortesquieu said:
How could you predict what would happen to your in 2 months? =D
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Historically I take care of my things very well. An example might be that I have never had an accident in 33 years of driving. I may total my car tomorrow but that can not erase my history, so while I can't predict, I can make a reasonable assumption from an historical perspective :). It is indeed possible that the phone may fall in the sink tomorrow but very unlikely.

I am reminded of Prov. 27:1- "boast not about tomorrow for you know not what a day may bring forth".

I am predicting I will be more satisfied with an iPhone though I know it is not perfect.
 
I'm a bit bummed that the "display" is what's sucking anywhere from 45-55% of my battery. I feel like I never even use the display. I mean, obviously I do, but I'm not watching movies or anything and I have brightness set ALL THE WAY down. My timeout is set at 15 sec... I dunno what else to do.
 
I think, some people, probably not all, but some might be suffering from a poor performing battery rather than a battery life issue. If you constantly charge your phone in your car or from the wall, you will only in reality get an 80ish percent charge, it will say it's all the way charged, but it's really not. The best charge comes from a slow trickle. Plug your phone into your computer to charge overnight as often as you can. It will give you the best charge, and should keep your battery in better shape in the long run.
 
Leonard1818 said:
I'm a bit bummed that the "display" is what's sucking anywhere from 45-55% of my battery. I feel like I never even use the display. I mean, obviously I do, but I'm not watching movies or anything and I have brightness set ALL THE WAY down. My timeout is set at 15 sec... I dunno what else to do.
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I agree, the display is almost always dark in my pocket and only on when I use the phone which is not that much. Battery is better since VZW gave me a new one over the weekend. I am at 84% after 7.5 hrs with light use.

Edit: @ 7.5 hrs my associate with iphone (that never goes dead) is at 77% with a little more useage than me- I am feeling pretty good about my new battery
 
II Kings 9:20 said:
I agree, the display is almost always dark in my pocket and only on when I use the phone which is not that much. Battery is better since VZW gave me a new one over the weekend. I am at 84% after 7.5 hrs with light use.

Edit: @ 7.5 hrs my associate with iphone (that never goes dead) is at 77% with a little more useage than me- I am feeling pretty good about my new battery
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Verizon gave you a new battery? or a new phone...? Or both?

If battery, how did you swing that one?!
 
Leonard1818 said:
Verizon gave you a new battery? or a new phone...? Or both?

If battery, how did you swing that one?!
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Samsung sent me a new phone last week. They were going to fix the old phone with a factory flash after the online flash bricked it and called me the very next day and said they would send me a new one. I kept the old battery, back cover, and SD card.

I stopped in the VZW store 2 days ago and told them about poor battery life, sometimes dead by 4pm etc- they swapped a new in box battery and trashed my old one. I am now at 9 hours and 80% with fairly light-moderate usage today.
 
II Kings 9:20 said:
I stopped in the VZW store 2 days ago and told them about poor battery life, sometimes dead by 4pm etc- they swapped a new in box battery and trashed my old one. I am now at 9 hours and 80% with fairly light-moderate usage today.
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Hmmm, I ought to try this...

I'm about dead by 4PM too... HORRIBLE battery life. I will stop in and see if they can do anything for me.

Anything specific I should mention? Anything you mentioned that seemed to be the tipping point?
 
Leonard1818 said:
Hmmm, I ought to try this...

I'm about dead by 4PM too... HORRIBLE battery life. I will stop in and see if they can do anything for me.

Anything specific I should mention? Anything you mentioned that seemed to be the tipping point?
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I am at 76% just shy of 12 hours, I would say that use has been on the light side today. I did not mention anything specific other than it is not holding a charge and often is on yellow with only moderate use by late afternoon.
 
II Kings 9:20 said:
I am at 76% just shy of 12 hours, I would say that use has been on the light side today. I did not mention anything specific other than it is not holding a charge and often is on yellow with only moderate use by late afternoon.
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I did find what is supposed to be an OEM samsung battery on Amazon for $8.50+shipping (so like $10). I may just buy it and see what happens!
 
I too am getting a new battery from verizon. the batt for the SF was out of stock in store, so they are mailing it to me with a self addressed pre-paid envelope. I just have to send back my battery within 5 days. We'll see how it goes from there.

My phone as well as my wife's are not lasting past 5pm on a "full" charge from the wall charger...
 
For me deleting the ESPN widget helped. My phones been off the charger for 13 hours and I'm at 41%. I've also made a few calls, listened slacker radio through stereo Bluetooth headphones, and the occasional web browsing. I have not reset my phone since the update.
 
I went from charging every other day in 2.1 to twice a day with 2.2. I started running JuiceDefender and I am almost back to where I was before.
 
After update battery life sucks! Did a reset still sucks. I can take it off the charger @ 5:30 am - 20/30 text, rarely make phone calls, and maybe 1 to 2 hours of net/facebook by 3:00 pm I am at red and being told to charge. WTF? 9-10 hours and battery is dead? Under the battery use section it shows that my display is using 82%!! I have everything set low. Auto brightness, screen timeout set to 15 sec. , NO live wallpaper & power saving mode is on. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks
 
topogigio22 said:
I went from charging every other day in 2.1 to twice a day with 2.2. I started running JuiceDefender and I am almost back to where I was before.
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I'm going to have to look into JuiceDefender... if I could just get back to where I was before I'd be *happy*...

calvin3 said:
After update battery life sucks! Did a reset still sucks. I can take it off the charger @ 5:30 am - 20/30 text, rarely make phone calls, and maybe 1 to 2 hours of net/facebook by 3:00 pm I am at red and being told to charge. WTF? 9-10 hours and battery is dead? Under the battery use section it shows that my display is using 82%!! I have everything set low. Auto brightness, screen timeout set to 15 sec. , NO live wallpaper & power saving mode is on. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks
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Excatly my story. EXACTLY. Says display is taking far majority of battery power. I've changed all of my backgrounds to black/grey (kind of a cool theme though) and have brightness and timeout set as low as possible and still says my display is gobbling up power. I don't get it.
 
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