Just wondering, is it supposed to be difficult to get the battery out of HTC Desire HD, I have to shake. Its somewhat like getting ketchup out of a glass bottle. The plastic thing with the barcode and numbers on is a bit kinked (it was like that when I got it) Also my battery life is pretty poor, averaging about 24 hrs, I have a battery doubler app which lets me turn off unneeded apps and dont have wifi/bluetooth etc on and the screen light is never more than 25% brightness.
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SiHa
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Hi Bexy.
24hrs is actually not bad for a smartphone like this. You can improve things a bit by turning off or reducing unnecessary syncing, but Task-Killers (which I assume your battery doubler is) really shouldn't be used in Android, they can actually cause you to end up using more battery. There's loads of threads on this - have a read, then you can make your own decision.
24hrs is actually not bad for a smartphone like this. You can improve things a bit by turning off or reducing unnecessary syncing, but Task-Killers (which I assume your battery doubler is) really shouldn't be used in Android, they can actually cause you to end up using more battery. There's loads of threads on this - have a read, then you can make your own decision.
D-U-R-X
turbo drinker
Yeah - what SiHa said about task killers is right... often cause more battery drain by shutting down apps that then restart anyway. Android (from 2.1 upwards) is pretty good at dealing with shutting down unneeded apps as and when.
24hrs is not that bad to be honest... I get about that out of mine... I guess I could get a bit more if I wanted, but the way I see it is that I charge it when I'm at home anyway (just plug it in on a night) and I have a USB cable at work (for if I'm running low). There are some who have been getting 2-2.5 days out of their DHD... albeit with not so much use... so it is good to know that, should I need to, I too can get ages out of my phone, but as I said... I generally charge over night anyway!
EDIT - I actually plug in on a night, which is before it gets to telling me that it is running low, unless I have been playing games/surfing the web)
Are you on the stock ROM? One of the benefits of rooting your phone is that you can run custom ROM's, which have been tweaked to improve battery life (I think the people I mentioned that have been getting a couple of days out of their DHD's have been running LeeDroid).
I understand your frustrations though... my wife has a Galaxy S and the battery life appears to be quite a bit better, or at least it was until I rooted (I am on CyanogenMod 7 now)... her's is still better, but not massively now!
24hrs is not that bad to be honest... I get about that out of mine... I guess I could get a bit more if I wanted, but the way I see it is that I charge it when I'm at home anyway (just plug it in on a night) and I have a USB cable at work (for if I'm running low). There are some who have been getting 2-2.5 days out of their DHD... albeit with not so much use... so it is good to know that, should I need to, I too can get ages out of my phone, but as I said... I generally charge over night anyway!
EDIT - I actually plug in on a night, which is before it gets to telling me that it is running low, unless I have been playing games/surfing the web)
Are you on the stock ROM? One of the benefits of rooting your phone is that you can run custom ROM's, which have been tweaked to improve battery life (I think the people I mentioned that have been getting a couple of days out of their DHD's have been running LeeDroid).
I understand your frustrations though... my wife has a Galaxy S and the battery life appears to be quite a bit better, or at least it was until I rooted (I am on CyanogenMod 7 now)... her's is still better, but not massively now!
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No .. I don't have to shake the phone to get my battery out. I just have to push it in a bit and it "ejects" ..much like a dvd drive on a laptop etc.
I'm not sure that's by design. The pins that touch the battery connections are springy to maintain contact, but I wouldn't have thought deliberately putting them under pressure was a great idea.
But yeah, tipping my phone sideways is enough for the battery to slip out on it's own.