Simple Things

[DocBeech]

I have been lurking around these forums for a little while now. I've seen the same thing come up over and over again so I finally decided to make a post. There are a couple of things that will help your phone run longer and smoother. First things first get the extended battery. Secondly take your app killers of the phone has a built in managing system that works just as good. Third disable 4 g I run on 3 g d all day long unless I'm doing an upload. Unless you're doing some extremely large downloading 3g D runs just as well for normal things. I know firsthand 4 g is a battery hog pen is unnecessary a lot of the time. Also make sure you turn wifi on. I have found that running with wifi pacers 800 battery even compared to 3g. I rarely ever use 4 g in if I don't have to I don't even run with 3g and I work a 12 hour shift. I work in a hospital environments of the only time should I run for jesus when I'm downloading medical patient data or whenever I'm streaming live video. Even for face to face chat I run on 3g and netflix I run on 3g without any problems.

Again I work 12 hour shifts in a hospital e r and I've found the running on wifi and 3g will save you a lot of battery also purchasing the extended battery was a great investment for me. I have managed working 12 hour shifts checking multiple text messages making significant downloads in even listening to an hour of live radio on my phone without my battery completely depleted. that includes checking my work email every 20 minutes, checking the 4 forums at least once an hour, listening to the radio are watching a movie on my lunch break, updating patient data in receiving patient information, checking traffic, reading my local news, and getting my medical news updates like journal of med. The key to this long battery life has been running on wi-fi the first day I had the phone it didn't last me 3 hours I bought the extended battery and switch to the hospitals wifi system and now I don't charge my phone on a single shift.

Remember to lower setting you stay on your internet usage the more battery life that you're going to get. Also programs that you needed in the past are no longer needed on this phone no more app killers or aftermarket third party software that's going to run your battery down. I have found that they have already added a lot of those programs to the phone you just need to look for them.

 

[Maelstrom']

I have been lurking around these forums for a little while now. I've seen the same thing come up over and over again so I finally decided to make a post. There are a couple of things that will help your phone run longer and smoother. First things first get the extended battery. Secondly take your app killers of the phone has a built in managing system that works just as good. Third disable 4 g I run on 3 g d all day long unless I'm doing an upload. Unless you're doing some extremely large downloading 3g D runs just as well for normal things. I know firsthand 4 g is a battery hog pen is unnecessary a lot of the time. Also make sure you turn wifi on. I have found that running with wifi pacers 800 battery even compared to 3g. I rarely ever use 4 g in if I don't have to I don't even run with 3g and I work a 12 hour shift. I work in a hospital environments of the only time should I run for jesus when I'm downloading medical patient data or whenever I'm streaming live video. Even for face to face chat I run on 3g and netflix I run on 3g without any problems.
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Hmm. First of all welcome to the forums from a fellow physician. Glad to have you participating instead of lurking. I must say that I do have to scratch my head a bit though. First of all, the Droid Charge does NOT need an extended battery especially after the recent OTA update. The stock battery Samsung sells with the phone is pretty sufficient to get you through at least 10 hours with moderate use even when the phone is set to 4G. I can see toggling 4G among other settings on and off trying to make it through your shift with the HTC Thunderbolt and even investing in an extended battery for that phone, but again I think it's totally unnecessary with the Charge. In fact, if you use 3G almost exclusively like you are saying, then your phone should last at least a couple of *days* not merely 12 hours...again without the extended battery.

My second head-scratcher is why you would invest at all in a 4G phone if you only "rarely" intend to use it. Was it the screen? I mean, there are a lot cheaper options. It's almost like people who use to buy Blackberries but didn't want a data plan. What's the point?

I was a skeptic at first too, but there *is* a significant difference between surfing the web on 3G and 4G. It's just a much more pleasant expreience. Yes, if you confine your browsing to "mobile" websites, you may not see much difference. But to cruise the "real" web on a smartphone, 4G is heck of a lot faster and hence more enjoyable.

With regard to 3rd party software draining the battery, I'm sure there are some apps that do that, but one of the selling points about getting a droid is so you customize your phone the way you want it. And many times you need 3rd party apps for that.

Anyway, welcome aboard. Didn't mean to rain on your first post. What medical apps do you have on your Droid?

 

[DocBeech]

My two favs are sunrise md and apocraties. The screen is amazing and the detail over other phones was a selling point. I do however find my extended battery around 15-20% at the end of a shift. I do use 4g sometimes for some pretty big uploads/downloads for speed reasons. Its been nice to download presentations and upload dictations on 4g. I do have to run the real web because the hospital im at has only been fully electronic for a year and they dont have every system on easy to use apps. I still end up using a couple of web based log ins. I use 3g for most of my personal stuff but when i can upload a dictation or dowload xray/sonogram images via 4g i will def take the speed advantage.

 

[Chris2183]

. First of all, the Droid Charge does NOT need an extended battery especially after the recent OTA update. The stock battery Samsung sells with the phone is pretty sufficient to get you through at least 10 hours with moderate use even when the phone is set to 4G. I can see toggling 4G among other settings on and off trying to make it through your shift with the HTC Thunderbolt and even investing in an extended battery for that phone, but again I think it's totally unnecessary with the Charge.

Personally I have to have an extended battery. I work in a building that has a lot of interference, my signal (both voice and data)fluctuate wildly throughout the building. I can literally go from full bars and 4G service to 1x and one bar within 5 steps. My extended battery went from 100% at 8am to 15% at 4:30pm today with light to moderate use. I had a Revolution prior to the Charge and the extended battery would have about 35% at the end of my shift (8.5 hours). I do not have access to a charger during the day so I need a battery that will get me from the time I clock in to the time I clock out

 

[WildH]

Hmm. First of all welcome to the forums from a fellow physician. Glad to have you participating instead of lurking. I must say that I do have to scratch my head a bit though. First of all, the Droid Charge does NOT need an extended battery especially after the recent OTA update. The stock battery Samsung sells with the phone is pretty sufficient to get you through at least 10 hours with moderate use even when the phone is set to 4G. I can see toggling 4G among other settings on and off trying to make it through your shift with the HTC Thunderbolt and even investing in an extended battery for that phone, but again I think it's totally unnecessary with the Charge. In fact, if you use 3G almost exclusively like you are saying, then your phone should last at least a couple of *days* not merely 12 hours...again without the extended battery.

My second head-scratcher is why you would invest at all in a 4G phone if you only "rarely" intend to use it. Was it the screen? I mean, there are a lot cheaper options. It's almost like people who use to buy Blackberries but didn't want a data plan. What's the point?

I was a skeptic at first too, but there *is* a significant difference between surfing the web on 3G and 4G. It's just a much more pleasant expreience. Yes, if you confine your browsing to "mobile" websites, you may not see much difference. But to cruise the "real" web on a smartphone, 4G is heck of a lot faster and hence more enjoyable.

With regard to 3rd party software draining the battery, I'm sure there are some apps that do that, but one of the selling points about getting a droid is so you customize your phone the way you want it. And many times you need 3rd party apps for that.

Anyway, welcome aboard. Didn't mean to rain on your first post. What medical apps do you have on your Droid?

I just came over to the charge side. Maybe it tales time but I'm not seeing the battery life you say the charge should get. Today I unplugged at 7am and by 3 it was down to 20% with very little usage. Not sure what was draining it but considering I maybe was up for an hour I'm not sure why it drains so fast....