HTC Desire HD First Charge

[miike183]

Hey guys. Just got my Desire HD and it says to fully charge it before I use it.
It's "apparently" on charge now, from the mains, but the phone is giving no indication that it's charging.

I've never turned the phone on before, and I've heard a light should turn on when charging.. is this only when the phone's on?

And should I turn the phone on now, while it's "having it's first charge", or should I wait... (If so, how long?)

And what should I expect from the battery the first couple of times, and when will it start to improve because I heard it gets much better!

Thanks a lot guys!
(Sorry if i come across as a total newbie to Androids.. but I am) ;D

 

[swgastro]

These new fangled batteries don't care what you do to em... by heck , when I were a lad batteries were positioned on coastline to shoot down bombers..

Seriously though, turn your phone on, keep it plugged in, do whatever. It will make no difference.

 

[brezzo]

did you take the plastic film off the battery?

 

[widehead]

There should be an amber light that comes on under the extreme left corner of the front speaker grill. It'll turn green when charged.

Don't worry about "conditioning" your battery - that stuff is all bollocks.

Some simple things to do:

1) Dial *#*#4636#*#* and hit Battery info to view accurate battery levels. When charging the battery "fills up" to 100% and then will drop to as low as 90% with the light still green. This is to avoid overcharging. A quick check after charging will tell you the current battery level. Don't trust the graphical icon.
2) Take control over your device - disable synching of features you don't use. Almost everything is set to synch automatically upon initial set up - including apps you don't ever manually open (stocks, weather, news etc).
3) Monitor the amount of battery that is drained by Cell Standby. you can find out by going to settings>about phone>battery>battery use. If this is 15% or higher you may want to consider switching to GSM only (for times when you don't need 3G). This one tip increased my battery life from around to 4 hours to +12 hours.
4) Do not install a task killer. Android stores apps in RAM for quick access. This storage does not require CPU cycles and so does not use any battery power. Let Android do what it was designed to do.
5) Set screen brightness to auto
6) Don't be afraid to use multiple chargers (home, car, work, college wherever). The battery won't be harmed by constant "topping up" and this is, in fact, better for it than a full drain-recharge cycle.

Have fun.