I find it weird that without doing this workaround my up time is at 56% (was at 100% yesterday). It might be because I didn't really bother with the phone today. I only sent one text and been on the browser all day. I also receive Twitter and Facebook notification daily. I will post more on it later if it changes.
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Spint Hero Battery Issues known fix Fix.. charges faster lasts longer
Mine lasted 11-12 hours today and I have yet to ever get under 100% reading. I switched to Handcent and unchecked all the native messaging boxes and rebooted and battery pulled. I just can't seem to get it to go down below 100%. And I rarely text. Maybe I'm just overthinking this and 11-12 hours is about average?
LTZguy
Well-Known Member
for 3 days mine has been sleeping fine. today i installed task killer. after that...no sleepy. I reset the phone and only installed handcent and its sleeping normal...is it task killer contributing to this?
Mrniceguy
Well-Known Member
To be honest 6-10 hours is average anything above that is a bonus...
We are talking about a fairly large screen and a 512 Mhz Cpu
This is not an old nokia phone afterall guys
if your phone is lasting 1-4 hours then we need to examine issues
I'm using Handcent and my visual voicemail is working just fine.
I'm not sure about this battery life issue. My phone has been off the charger since 7:45 this morning - I've texted quite a bit including picture messages, checked the weather, checked and responded to e-mail and was on the phone with Sprint for over 40 minutes and my battery at 7:20 p.m. is still at 60%! I do use Handcent and have disabled the stock messenger app. I came from the Pre - I simply could not be happier with battery life!! My up time is 11% and has been most of the day!
Mrniceguy
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Thanks for the feedback im glad to hear it is working for alot of people since i get SO MANY posts that its not
It worked for me as well, but just for one day ???? Yesterday my awake percentage was at 26% all day and the phone ran over 12 hours with a lot of use, today ( nothing changed or added ) my phone was dead after 6 hours, used LESS than yesterday and the awake time was at 100 % all freakin day ????? I cant explain this can you ???
Mrniceguy
Well-Known Member
charging time is counted as %100 and as I have posted earlier a few times if you let your device fall asleep during boot it will stay locked at 100%
sending a picture mail also CAN cause a %100 till next boot...
I recommend rereading the thread as long as it is. Because to be blunt if its not working for you chances are your not following what has been said
and if you are lets figure out what makes you different
Mrniceguy
Well-Known Member
Perhaps you would be better served by the upcoming Samsung Moment
Just don;t expect better support from Samsung
Mrniceguy
Well-Known Member
Again I am fairly certain that if you follow the above steps posted from pages 1-current you will find that there is something else doing it.
the easiest and sadly least convienient method is to Restore to factory and see what causes the Break. I am truly sorry but that is the only way this issue is ever gonna be solved is people speculating what causes the break and attempting to replicate it
I did the factory reset yesterday, that is what gave me the good results after repeated attempts to solve the problem , 1 day later again with nothing added or changed since the day before, it just flat out stopped working , as for the Samsung Moment, no thanks, bad taste in my mouth from previous Samsung phones, most notably the Instinct , never buy another Samsung phone again. At a loss
Mrniceguy
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pdragon
Android Enthusiast
I did the change to the third-party SMS app on Oct 14th when the solution was first found and the phone's battery life has been great ever since. If all I do is text and make a few phone calls throughout the day, I can easily skip charging it all day and most of the next day. If I start using some of the heavier apps like Google Maps, Sprint Nav or GameBoid (GBA Emulator) I see a very quick drop in battery life, especially the emulator. I have sat and played games for an hour or 2 and the battery will go from near full to about 50%. But that's about as expected as the phone only says it has 4-6 hours of talk time and that's a much higher drain that a phone call would be.
IMO, I think there were a large batch of dud phones shipped out. Me and several others seem to have lucked out and gotten a phone without any battery issues outside the confirmed Messages bug. If you really want to stick with Sprint and like the phone, keep taking it back for a refund until you get one that works. Seems to work out eventually for most people.
IMO, I think there were a large batch of dud phones shipped out. Me and several others seem to have lucked out and gotten a phone without any battery issues outside the confirmed Messages bug. If you really want to stick with Sprint and like the phone, keep taking it back for a refund until you get one that works. Seems to work out eventually for most people.
Finally!
I tried all of the above (almost) and I was still getting 100% awake all the time, never below 100%.
Then I did a factory restore and now it is sleeping correctly! I'm down to 75% and it should go down when I charge it tonight. I'll report back tomorrow on the battery life for the same 11-12 hours as today. Much thanks to you all.
I tried all of the above (almost) and I was still getting 100% awake all the time, never below 100%.
Then I did a factory restore and now it is sleeping correctly! I'm down to 75% and it should go down when I charge it tonight. I'll report back tomorrow on the battery life for the same 11-12 hours as today. Much thanks to you all.
My wife has a Hero with battery issues. Here is my thought - could this be location or signal strength based? A few years ago I practically caught my pants on fire with a Moto Razor in the basement of a hospital. The phone had no service and went through a full charge in less than 45 minutes.
The wife's had multiple days at work where the thing turns itself off from a full charge after ~5 hours and minimal use. I used the phone for the first week "setting it up"
and didn't really have an issue, but still swapped in SMS Chomp before turning it over to her. This weekend we were out of town both used it extensively with no issues. Come Monday & Tuesday when she's back at work, it's same old story - dead by 2pm.
One variable I can see in our case is location.
The wife likes her Hero, but is getting pretty frustrated with the battery life.
The wife's had multiple days at work where the thing turns itself off from a full charge after ~5 hours and minimal use. I used the phone for the first week "setting it up"
and didn't really have an issue, but still swapped in SMS Chomp before turning it over to her. This weekend we were out of town both used it extensively with no issues. Come Monday & Tuesday when she's back at work, it's same old story - dead by 2pm.One variable I can see in our case is location.
The wife likes her Hero, but is getting pretty frustrated with the battery life.
kinglance82
Newbie
I did the Chomp Messenger fix, and that did lower my awake time DRASTICALLY, then i uninstalled, my phone lasted about the same time, but 100% awake. But still lasted about 7 hours, to day was about 10 hours and 30% awake.
This phone cannot even last a day with light usage, my BlackBerry Pearl lasted at least 12 hours under heavy constant usage, this battery is not acceptable for me. It is getting returned tomorrow. As with other HTC phones I am sure it will be an awesome phone when PPCgeeks makes thier own ROM, but until then, i need something more reliable.
This phone cannot even last a day with light usage, my BlackBerry Pearl lasted at least 12 hours under heavy constant usage, this battery is not acceptable for me. It is getting returned tomorrow. As with other HTC phones I am sure it will be an awesome phone when PPCgeeks makes thier own ROM, but until then, i need something more reliable.
Mrniceguy
Well-Known Member
My wife has a Hero with battery issues. Here is my thought - could this be location or signal strength based? A few years ago I practically caught my pants on fire with a Moto Razor in the basement of a hospital. The phone had no service and went through a full charge in less than 45 minutes.
The wife's had multiple days at work where the thing turns itself off from a full charge after ~5 hours and minimal use. I used the phone for the first week "setting it up"
One variable I can see in our case is location.
The wife likes her Hero, but is getting pretty frustrated with the battery life.
Yeah battery life is affected by signal strength especially if it ever actively searches for signal and finds none that a batt killer. Try a PRL update and see if it doesn't help.
I'm cured!!!!! I had to do the restore the factory settings for it all to come together. A little bit of a pain but I think worth it because I like the phone. Before I was never under 100% awake time. This morning I am at 21%. If the batter makes it past 6 pm it will be a huge success. Much appreciated!!!!!!!!!!