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Lg esteem battery life?

Unplugged fone from charger at about 5:30 am, Shut off data via Settings/Wireless and networks/mobile networks/Data enabled;/ when i went to work. on break at 9 or so had 97% battery and 2 text messages (data off does not effect regular text messages or phone calls only multimedia messages or internet). Went to lunch at 11 or so and played online for 1 hour with 4g data turned back on. Went to friends house after work and her daughter watched a whole movie on netflix on my phone. Is now 8 pm and battery is at 35%. MUCH better than my indulge ever did on 4g.
 
qdOOd said:
Unplugged fone from charger at about 5:30 am, Shut off data via Settings/Wireless and networks/mobile networks/Data enabled;/ when i went to work. on break at 9 or so had 97% battery and 2 text messages (data off does not effect regular text messages or phone calls only multimedia messages or internet). Went to lunch at 11 or so and played online for 1 hour with 4g data turned back on. Went to friends house after work and her daughter watched a whole movie on netflix on my phone. Is now 8 pm and battery is at 35%. MUCH better than my indulge ever did on 4g.
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As an Indulge user considering jumping ship to the Esteem, this is very encouraging. My question is this: How do you disable 4G on the Esteem? Is the feature included in the OS or a toggle (My girlfriend's T-Mobile phone has a nice toggle switch right on the status bar), or do I have to do any round-about hacks like the Indulge with shortcuts and flaky widgets? Your post makes it sound like these features are actually build into the phone shell this time, just making sure you didn't have to root to get them there.

Really, that's about the only question I have. If 4G is just a matter of using something well integrated (and thus turns on and off fairly quickly) I am positively making the switch. My Indulge has gotten to the point I'm lucky to get 3 hours battery life out of the damn thing, and am running *3* spare batteries to continue; I was trying to avoid taking the plunge on an extended battery, as I'd already done the phone-brick route with my G1.

I'm crossing my fingers the 4G toggle is easy/fast to do and hope someone can let me know on that one.
 
RobertRiter said:
As an Indulge user considering jumping ship to the Esteem, this is very encouraging. My question is this: How do you disable 4G on the Esteem? Is the feature included in the OS or a toggle (My girlfriend's T-Mobile phone has a nice toggle switch right on the status bar), or do I have to do any round-about hacks like the Indulge with shortcuts and flaky widgets? Your post makes it sound like these features are actually build into the phone shell this time, just making sure you didn't have to root to get them there.

Really, that's about the only question I have. If 4G is just a matter of using something well integrated (and thus turns on and off fairly quickly) I am positively making the switch. My Indulge has gotten to the point I'm lucky to get 3 hours battery life out of the damn thing, and am running *3* spare batteries to continue; I was trying to avoid taking the plunge on an extended battery, as I'd already done the phone-brick route with my G1.

I'm crossing my fingers the 4G toggle is easy/fast to do and hope someone can let me know on that one.
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there are togle switches you can get from market, but i just disable data in settings to turn it off, andim still able to make phone calls and send and receive sms/mms.
 
I have the lg esteem. Great phone! 1GHz snap d:oragon processor, 512mb ram or a Lil more not 100% sure. 4GB available internal storage. I have 16GB sd card so i know for sure it supports at least that. 5mp cam with flash. Gingerbread OS 2.3.4. Hd screen and hd video. Alot more. The ONLY downfall, in my opinion, is the battery life. Last about 2hrs Web browsing and apps. its a 4g phone thats why it depleates so quicky. any word of batt. Upgrade?
 
kdroooid said:
I have the lg esteem. Great phone! 1GHz snap d:oragon processor, 512mb ram or a Lil more not 100% sure. 4GB available internal storage. I have 16GB sd card so i know for sure it supports at least that. 5mp cam with flash. Gingerbread OS 2.3.4. Hd screen and hd video. Alot more. The ONLY downfall, in my opinion, is the battery life. Last about 2hrs Web browsing and apps. its a 4g phone thats why it depleates so quicky. any word of batt. Upgrade?
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extended battery...;)
 
i am glad i scored the desk charger and another OEM standard battery. i bought the "deal" for th eextended battery, but didn't want to make the phone bulky, so i'd rather just carry an extra full charged battery around....
 
There is a GREAT APP by Kanaida. LG Esteem Optimizer. I helps drastically with speed and battery and responsiveness. Must be root. Look under All things Root. Extended battery will last longer than ever. I havent timed it, but I did see 20+ hours on battery.
 
nuttmeg said:
there are togle switches you can get from market, but i just disable data in settings to turn it off, andim still able to make phone calls and send and receive sms/mms.
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I use DataSwitch (free from Market) to do the same thing. On the Esteem, it uses Method 1, which directly toggles the same setting checkbox that you normally navigate to when you do it yourself. It ain't a widget, it's an app that kills itself after it does it's thing (no memory usage) so to add it to your homescreen, look under Applications instead of Widgets.
 
papichulo916 said:
turn off the 4g man, mine lasted 13 hours and still had 25% left with 4g off only turning it on when receiving pictures.
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The whole point of having a 4g phone is so you can use when you need it. Honestly some of you people say that the battery lasts for 15 hours but you basically say you don't use the phone. If you use the LG esteem moderately you will get about 8 hours.
 
JWhipple said:
A big factor, 4G being used or not, that a lot of people fail to take into account, is signal strength.

The closer you are to a tower (or the stronger your signal), the less wattage your phone puts out in signal.

The further you are from a tower (or deeper inside a building that reduces your signal), the more wattage is output to account for the additional "distance" to the tower.

The funny thing is, my job is just 2 blocks from a tower, and my home is about 3 miles from the closest one. You would think that while at work I would get better signal (which would equate to better battery life) - I don't. Because of the construction of our office building, I get very low (but still very usable) inside. Because of this, I use battery faster in the office than I do at home.

Make sense?
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Inever thought of it that way. but i noticed when I have 0-1 bars it drains so fast. I assumed it was just searching for service that kills the battery. The 4G antenna alone sucks down power.. theres an app called "data on-off" it's an amazing wigit one button to toggle data, but leaves CDMA for calls/texts. it's a HUGE difference. but it also disables wifi data when on.

also when airplane mode is on and only using wifi it lasts soo long. wifi deff uses less power than 4/3G
 
also depends on the apps you have installed. and weather or not the auto starts are disabled. facebook uses soo much power and autostarts all the time. I don't even use FB app... but instead I use the browser to get on it.
Google maps is another annoying auto-starting app, turning on EVERY time you switch antenna modes, wifi, or even when you plug in USB... (why the heck does google need to track your location every time you charge the phone? it's BS.
Great APP for $1 "autostarts" (only for rooted) it's better than the romtoolbox's autostart manager.
 
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