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Help Updated to 2.3.3 and battery is now shot
- Thread starter Chaznsc
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- motorola droid x
Trooper
Android Expert
Is your phone rooted? I'm assuming that its not.
bouchigo
Android Expert
I suggest you give it a few days and a few charge cycles before dismissing battery life as horrible on GB......many have found that battery life improves by doing the aforementioned.
Chaznsc
Android Enthusiast
Thank you, the battery drain has been drastic. I will follow up later in the week.
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mahers
Android Expert
My experience with this is not the same. It still sucks a month later!
I really believe the battery drain is the cause of a few things: if you recall with Eclair (if you were an early adopter and bought the X at release) the screen chewed through the battery very quickly. With Froyo, Moto somehow managed to control the amount of juice used much better. With Gingerbread, I feel the massive drain by the screen is back, in conjunction with some apps not optimized to work nicely with GB...which ones are a mystery, but I have found Lookout, WidgetLocker, Google's Music Beta, NoLock and MLB AtBat to be somewhat guilty in this area. I still love those apps, but I am now very cautious when using them. Good luck to you.
bouchigo
Android Expert
While I agree that it could be a rogue app causing the battery drain, I use the first the apps you mentioned as giving you issues, and I have no battery drain issues with those apps.
I find the battery discharge on GB to be just as good if not better than it was on Froyo.
Droid Samurai
Member
Not rooted and my bat life is the same if not better then Froyo, interesting.
mahers
Android Expert
Reporting for duty, sir!
No change. (I did the reset, which I hated, and a cache wipe several times which helped a tiny bit.)
mahers
Android Expert
Well, you can try JuiceDefender. All it seems to do is turn off your reception so your phone just sits there like a paper weight. You will get texts, calls and emails, but I have some sports and news widgets that are blank when I wake the phone, until it reconnects with 3G or WiFi. In any case, it does seem to extend the battery life some. TIFWIW
This is odd. My battery life is awesome with GB. I forgot my charger on a recent trip, and with light usage I got 2.5 days on a charge. It still had juice when I plugged it in. I know I could have made a full 72 hours.
With Froyo I would basically make it through a work day - it was adequate. Now I have juice to spare.
With Froyo I would basically make it through a work day - it was adequate. Now I have juice to spare.