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For those of you who have never owned an android phone, here is a tip I used to use on my Droid Eris.

Disable "Always on Data"

Key Press:
MENU -> SETTINGS -> WIRELESS & NETWORKS -> MOBILE NETWORKS

Un-Check "Enable Always on Mobile Data"

Done.

What this setting does is turns off the 3G/4G connection about 5 minutes after your phone screen is off. If you arent using any apps that rely on 24/7 data connection then this setting is for you.

As soon as you wake your phone up, it re-connected 3G/4G and your phone works like normal.

NOTE: This setting being off has no effect on Phone Calls or Receiving Text Messages. You will still receive both while phone is in standby/screen off.

The only time you WANT to have data as ALWAYS ON is when you are using apps like Skype, Pandora or other apps that use Data Connection when your phone is in standby. If you disable always on, they will not be able to reach you until you wake your phone up.

This is a HUGE battery saver especially on the Thunderbolt.

Enjoy! :p
 
yes this does affect emails. you will get delayed email until the phone "wales up" and then reconnects its data connection. Once the data connection comes back, you will get a batch of emails or whatever else you have waiting to update. Its the same as it was with the incredible. It never saved me enough battery to make it worth while.
 
PhunkTastic said:
Honestly after taking off the batter door on this TB a few times I'm not very confident in it's ability to withstand very many off-n-ons.

Really piss poor design. Nothing more than having to pop tabs to get it off those plastic tab nubs are going to start wearing down and breaking off in no time.

Can't believe they didn't just put a slide/pull down type latch thing on there. Coming from a BB Tour and while it had lots of problems the battery door made sense.

Why they didn't put some kind of latch/spring type mechanism on here. Well I know why - shave a penny here, spend a penny there. Can't have it all. But constantly removing/reinstalling the battery door on a TB I'm getting the feeling is not a good long term idea.
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Coming from the Incredible I love this battery door it seems much more solid and IMO easier to take off then the Incredibles. I actually cracked one battery door on the Incredible ($8 for a replacment off ebay) this one feels like it won't be an issue.
 
I am new to droid and I am stoked to have the Thunderbolt. I am reading everything everyone posts in regard to battery life. Mine is super short.

I just turned off the GPS. I am not hight tech so I appreciate all the helpfull hints. I would like to know how to delete a wiggit though. I got something off the market that I did;nt like and i can't figure out how to remove it.
 
dyezak said:
After I did the Android Battery fix I woke up this morning at 7:57am and unplugged my phone. I've been using it as I always would through the day and it is 12:19pm now (4.5hr later) and I am at 70%. I have changed no settings, downloaded no special apps, actually did *nothing* other than perform a proper Android charge routine the first time and I'm fine.
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3pm and now at 50% (7hr of run time so far, normal usage).
 
why the heck would you get a 4G phone and disable 4G on it to get a battery life. Seriously unless you have no 4G in your area, then again getting this phone would be pointless unless you wanna get in to unlimited 4g plan.
 
atrain104 said:
I'm a heavy user, but only got the TB for the screen size/htc quality. I turned off LTE with the #*#*4636*#*# and turned it to CDMA preferred/PRL and it is fine now, I am coming from the Incredible with the 2600 MaH and would get two to three days on that.


As soon as Seidio comes up with an extended, buy it, limit your screen brightness, turn off haptic and vibrations, keep the volume reasonable. Oh and turn off animations, if you wanted to be forced to watch everything happen all pretty you'd get an Iphone.

If you keep the TB on 4G and it sits, as many people say the battery just drains, pretty rapidly too!!
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It sounds to me that you just paid somewhere north of $200 to use half a phone.
 
If you turn off a lot of the features when you're not actively using them, wouldn't the battery life improve quite a bit? I mean, I understand the "But I shouldn't have to!" argument, I really do... But from my understanding, there are apps and widgets that specifically make it very easy to turn certain battery hogging features off and on very quickly; and let's face it, if you care enough about battery life, eventually, you'll start taking care to manage it.

Me, personally, I plan to buy a Thunderbolt when I can upgrade my phone in April. I'm kind of neurotic about battery life on my electronic devices, so I'm kind of planning ahead already on how to save battery life. I'll probably keep things like GPS off unless I really need them (I don't travel enough to need that feature, anyway; I only really travel during the summer, and even then, it's never more than one or two trips). When I'm not actively using the phone (i.e., when it's in "lock" mode, sitting in my pocket), I'll probably switch 4G off. The 3G should be fine for updating stuff like e-mail, Facebook, etc. When I want to download something, or do something that involves a lot of data, I'll turn 4G back on.

Sounds like a lot of work, in writing, but once I get into the habit, I'm sure it won't be as inconvenient as it sounds.
 
I don't think you need to turn everything off to get good battery life . I'm getting decent life out of mine and I set it up like this

-Turn off News and Stocks sync (these are big battery hogs)
-Have Weather set to sync every 3hrs
-facebook to sync once a day I have all facebook notifications turned off as I don't want to be alerted to them
-Display set to 100% brightness at all times (except when using in pitch dark)
-Connect to WiFi whenever avaialable I pretty much leave wifi on all the time unless I know I'm going to be away from wifi for more then a few hours
-Bluetooth turned on only when I need it
-Data and Sync always on
-Personal Gmail set to sync only every hour
-Work Emails 5 of them sync ranging from instant to once a day depending on importance

I can say if you want to save more battery when out and about do download Juice Defender and set it to turn off data when screen turns off but to turn on just to sync every 15minutes . You'll get at least an extra hour at the end of the day with this.. I personally am not using now but I have set it up that way on 2 EVOs and it made a big diffrence for both phones. If I think of anything else I'll post it
 
this is exactly why a program like Juice Defender is good. It will shut off you mobile data when the screen is off but if you are using Pandora for instance it will keep it on . It also will occasionally turn mobile network on while you're screen is off just to sync then it will turn off again
 
HTCThunderbolt said:
My friends epic lasts 5 hrs.. Not to good huh? And also one would say it isnt HTC's fault its the LTE Radio
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Ya, i dont think its HTC...Any phone on 4g, regardless if its LTE or Wimax, drains so quick its stupid. The "trick" is just using the 4g when you want it, and turning it off otherwise.
 
nkd said:
why the heck would you get a 4G phone and disable 4G on it to get a battery life. Seriously unless you have no 4G in your area, then again getting this phone would be pointless unless you wanna get in to unlimited 4g plan.
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Makes far more sense to use it when you need it to save battery. Why leave 4G on unless you are streaming video or downloading a big file? -Overkill at the expense of the battery. You can do what you like, but best case is a toggle switch to use it when you need it.


3G works fine for browsing and basic use. Since 3G & 4G is same cost and so are the upper level devices, there is NO extra cost- for now.

Seriously though- Why leave 4G on all the time when you know it drains the battery more and it is not needed?
 
nkd said:
why the heck would you get a 4G phone and disable 4G on it to get a battery life. Seriously unless you have no 4G in your area, then again getting this phone would be pointless unless you wanna get in to unlimited 4g plan.
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Dupe
 
Why does the Juice Defender say "prevent phone from sleeping" ...that's what I'm worried about with installing it.
 
ChiTownJim said:
this is exactly why a program like Juice Defender is good. It will shut off you mobile data when the screen is off but if you are using Pandora for instance it will keep it on . It also will occasionally turn mobile network on while you're screen is off just to sync then it will turn off again
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Except JD doesn't work yet on it. Hopefully is gets fixed soon.
 
don't know about thunderbolt, but my Incredible's battery life was fixed by ditching HTC Sense and using Cyanogen mod. Went from dying before the end of the day to not having to charge it overnight sometimes.

And one thing that worked in Sense to improve battery was getting rid of facebook sync. I discovered that after I closed my Facebook account (for other reasons) which un-synched it from the phone.
 
Juice defender does not work on this phone yet. I personally can't wait for 3G/4g toggle, I mean really, I do not need 4g for listening to pandora, and when I do, I'll flick it on. I see 4g as like having a turbo for a car. You almost never really need it, but when you do....
 
willdogs said:
For those of you who have never owned an android phone, here is a tip I used to use on my Droid Eris.

Disable "Always on Data"

Key Press:
MENU -> SETTINGS -> WIRELESS & NETWORKS -> MOBILE NETWORKS

Un-Check "Enable Always on Mobile Data"

Done.

What this setting does is turns off the 3G/4G connection about 5 minutes after your phone screen is off. If you arent using any apps that rely on 24/7 data connection then this setting is for you.

As soon as you wake your phone up, it re-connected 3G/4G and your phone works like normal.

NOTE: This setting being off has no effect on Phone Calls or Receiving Text Messages. You will still receive both while phone is in standby/screen off.

The only time you WANT to have data as ALWAYS ON is when you are using apps like Skype, Pandora or other apps that use Data Connection when your phone is in standby. If you disable always on, they will not be able to reach you until you wake your phone up.

This is a HUGE battery saver especially on the Thunderbolt.

Enjoy! :p
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yep, I did the same thing you did past 2 years and it work perfect!
 
ChiTownJim said:
this is exactly why a program like Juice Defender is good. It will shut off you mobile data when the screen is off but if you are using Pandora for instance it will keep it on . It also will occasionally turn mobile network on while you're screen is off just to sync then it will turn off again
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are you using paid version of Juice Defender ?
 
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