I can confirm this promotion worked for me. I called very early in the AM of 9/11 and was able to get it for free. I was charged $12.95 shipping.
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I can confirm this promotion worked for me. I called very early in the AM of 9/11 and was able to get it for free. I was charged $12.95 shipping.
I have actually been less than impressed with battery life on the extended and I'm trying the stock battery for the first time. I'll report back but I have seen several reports of people having the same or worse battery life with the extended battery.
I got right at 3 hours of screen time from fully charged to shut down the other day whole on wifi with no music streaming or anything else.
And why can I barely get 3? Crappy radios maybe?
And why can I barely get 3? Crappy radios maybe?
Already have it. Nothing jumps out at me but I'll give it a closer look tomorrow.
How is signal strength? I know that I only get 9-10 hours of actual time away from home/wi-fi until I have to charge due to to crappy Sprint signal strength, such as 1-2 bars inside my work and 4GLTE not yet available in Nashville.
True, my signal is not always great but one bar or four bars shouldn't matter as long as you can maintain a signal right? I know they're doing network vision updates so maybe that is contributing some.
My understanding is the stronger the signal, the less work for the phone to acquire/keep connection, therefore less battery drain.
100% confirmed it's my issue. Sucks because I like Google Talk but I have a charger at work so no big deal I guess.
100% confirmed it's my issue. Sucks because I like Google Talk but I have a charger at work so no big deal I guess.
Trying different radios now to see if that helps. I was on the most recent radios and between 11:00 am and noon, I didn't touch my phone and it dropped from 46% to 39%. Literally just sitting on my desk...no wakelocks, just sheer, unadulterated battery drain. Noticed the same kind of drain on FG01 radios.
Flashed FD02, so we'll see if they are any better. I let it set for about 15 minutes with no drop, but it obviously needs longer to see if there is any drain. Battery monitor widget readings while my phone was idling were
-116
-105
-137
-105
-255
-91
Pretty horrible. Considering at home on wifi, my phone sat on the table by my bed and ranged from -10 to -19 all night long.
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