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Battery issues my @ss!

No 4G coverage for me and the battery seems to be on par with that on my iPhone doing the same activities more or less.
 
Turned off GPS and noticeable improvement in battery life for me.
 
KoukiFC3S said:
Is there any app that can turn on gps only when google maps is being used?
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I'm not sure if there is or isn't. In my case I'll only turn on GPS when I need it for maps/navigation through the handy little widget.
 
Had EVO off the charger exactly 5 hours now. Moderate use (texting, internet, messing with a few apps and Market) and I'm @ 49%. As long as this thing can go 8-10 hours with moderate use then I'll be happy.
 
DucatiDude said:
How do you turn off background data? My battery is terrible! Unplugged it at 8am. Made 3 shoot calls. 4G turned off. No wifi. My battery is at 48% at 1400. This is worse than my jailbreaked iPhone and MyWi. Do I have a bad battery?
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so it dropped 50% in 6 hours, thats not bad for a smart phone, my pre would lose 20% just reading a news app for 10 mins, On my evo i went all night last night at the pool hall web browsing, downloading apps and only lost 30-40% (thats from 8pm-2am). Thats with wifi on, bluetooth on, and some 4g use.
 
nancyh1990 said:
...with no 4G available (I am about 10 miles south of the 4G tower in Houston!), ...
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How were you able to determine the location of the 4g tower? I'd like to know where the closest one to me is located.
 
Been unplugged almost 3 hours with 4G and GPS on almost the whole time, browsing web and texting. 60% remaining so far.

I'm on the Seidio 1750mAh battery, BTW.
 
After turning off background data, except for the few things I use a lot, I had very good battery life. Even better than what I was getting with my hero.

I believe it was around 19hrs up time with 7hrs awake time with 20% battery left. Damn good IMHO
 
Na, Incredible still has better battery life. I get about 1.8 days worth with my Inc easy and as people have reported here they are getting at most 1.5 days with the evo. With 4g on you can kiss the battery goodbye. We're talking about just a few hours with 4g use which is quite funny and quite shocking.
 
today, only thing on is wifi. usual use. texting, web browsing, played some games, logged into fring for a little while, listened to music. since about 10 am, battery is 85%.
 
djdisturbed said:
so it dropped 50% in 6 hours, thats not bad for a smart phone, my pre would lose 20% just reading a news app for 10 mins, On my evo i went all night last night at the pool hall web browsing, downloading apps and only lost 30-40% (thats from 8pm-2am). Thats with wifi on, bluetooth on, and some 4g use.
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Wifi doesn't use as much battery life as 3G/4G. Try using 3G/4G from 8pm-2am, let us know the results.
 
My Current stats

5h 25m 40s since unplugged

45% left.

HEAVY use in:

Navigator (for about 30 minutes to go to a bank)
Internet (all day)
Youtube (some videos)
Brightness at HIGHEST
Live Wallpaper
 
Hey, Using my EVO heavy today, lasted slightly over 6 hours. I used it till it shutdown. Put on charger & 1 hour & 45 minutes later the green light came. Checked battery charge & it said 100%. I am very happy with battery life so far. My Pre would die quickly, I mean a few hours if that with heavy use. It does not even get hot like the Pre did. I'm lovin' it!!
 
I cannot figure out why people buy a great phone like this & then turn off all the great features to get a little better battery life. I say enjoy the phone & get an extra battery if ya need it. Or better yet just but a basic phone.
 
its good to hear that the battery isn't as big of an issue as the initial reports.

I do have a question for the battery experts: is it bad for the battery to use the phone for heavy internet use while plugged into the charger? I would probably have an extra charger at work to use for streaming music and some general web downloading.
 
How do I turn off background data and still have GMail push? I turn off BGData and dont have GMail push.

Should I just use K-9 mail and end the GMail app?
 
This is a shot of my battery life today. Unplugged shortly after 9. I played with my phone quite a bit today, lots of pandora, youtube, dolphin hd browser with flash games, several app games and some toyed around with the camera and video. Not all at once of course, there are def idle times. Now this is much heavier use than I would normally do, but for sake of testing the battery I used it a bit more than I'm used to. After 7.5 hours, I'm at 40% battery
 

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Well, I took my EVO to the Sprint store and they told me my battery was bad. Aaarrggh! Have to wait 2 weeks for a replacement.
 
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