New Samsung Galaxy S2 user - Apps & Battery

[Sueade]

Hi,

I've owned the SGS2 for about 2 weeks now... i have surfed and read that many forums and stuff re getting the battery to last longer. I plug my phone in over night and its dead by the time i go to bed at night. I don't use the phone that much but yeah i guess i look at it a bit.

I have turned all things like WIFI, bluetooth, GPS and brightness off but still same results. I can't work out what apps are running or what apps i need.

Obviously when i got the phone it has heaps of apps on it.... can someone help me with which ones of these apps i should keep and which ones i should get rid of?

If you could help me re the battery that would be great but can ya pls put it in simple terms as some of the thing i read i just can't seem to get lol.

Thanks heaps in advance!

 

[greggebhardt]

What have you installed on your phone. Social apps are notorious for poling the server often and use the battery a lot. The number one power user on your device is the screen. Doing a lot of reading will have it's effect.

I have had my sg2 for over a month now and seldom return it to the charger with out 50% power remaining. I handle about 60+ emails a day and do almost 2000 minutes of talk time a month and the SG2 has more than met my needs. I leave BT on 24/7 for the hands free use in the car, never use WiFi as 3G does all my downloading way fast enough for me

I am wondering if there is a hardware problem.

 

[Sueade]

Well there is only 2 apps i have added. Facebook, a footy tipping app so i can look up ALF scores and thats it.

There are shit loads of apps on the phone already all maps and things that came with it.... i wonder do i need all of them and could they be draining the power? How do i stop FB from constantly checking for updates because wouldn't that be chewing thru power?

I have everything else turned off and my screen is really dull
I'm really frustrated with it and yeah it just doesn't last for me.

 

[Wullie]

Sueade, you know you can check exactly what it is that's draining the battery?

Settings -> About phone -> Battery usage

I find the display takes the largest chunk, by far, but you might find different. I think a day's use out of it is fairly standard though, unless you're using something like GPS a lot in which case it will drain much quicker.