Battery Life...

Pauliekaboom · 07-23-2010, 05:37 PM

Hey all,
I just got my droid X about 3 days ago and i am starting to realize that the battery life is MUCH shorter than any other phone i have used. It is worse than the Motorolla Q, Blackberry Storm/curve/Tour

does anyone else feel this way?

ajmatson · 07-23-2010, 08:26 PM

Battery life with most Android phones is pretty low. On my Droid I use Advanced Task Killer to shut down apps not needing to run constantly. I also set my screen to dim after 30 seconds and turn off wifi and bluetooth when not needed. Another tip is if you are somewhere you cannot use your phone (school, work, etc.) disable the autosync feature until you can use your device again. Every little bit helps. I am considering getting the Extended Battery from Seidio for my Droid as well.

Pauliekaboom · 07-23-2010, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ajmatson

Battery life with most Android phones is pretty low. On my Droid I use Advanced Task Killer to shut down apps not needing to run constantly. I also set my screen to dim after 30 seconds and turn off wifi and bluetooth when not needed. Another tip is if you are somewhere you cannot use your phone (school, work, etc.) disable the autosync feature until you can use your device again. Every little bit helps. I am considering getting the Extended Battery from Seidio for my Droid as well.

thanks for all that...i just wish it lasted as long as my tour did...i didn't have to charge it for a full 3 days sometimes...
is motorola coming out w/ an extended battery or do you not know?

ajmatson · 07-24-2010, 10:23 AM

Not sure. Seidio I believe is planning one but not 100% positive. I would check them out at http://www.seidioonline.com/

dblunn · 07-26-2010, 08:56 AM

I think it's somewhat app dependent, some apps that sync with exchange and poll all the time etc... etc... I do make a point of turning off bluetooth and wifi to improve things I am going to change my screen timeout to 30 seconds per the other recommendations. I have a bold 9700 and if everything was turned on the battery would also barely last a day.

lake12 · 08-24-2010, 11:52 AM

I think the battery life is better on the DroidX than the Droid. I am running more apps on the Droid X (2 different exchange server accounts) and battery life is equal to or better than the Droid.

Fiveo · 08-25-2010, 11:30 AM

This is my first droid device and love it and use it alot so i always try to charge whenever i get a chance. My wife likes it so much she just bought one. By the way does anyone know how to post a vid taken by this phone straight to my facebook? For the life of me i can only post pics....

sdy284 · 08-25-2010, 01:28 PM

I'm not sure Facebook supports that yet, for any device

harmtb · 09-09-2010, 04:21 AM

Not really sure what everyone else is used to with battery life, but I'm used to charging mine once a day. My X always has sync running (once per hour), half the time pandora, and gps/wifi/bluetooth only on when needed. I usually only use up 40-60% of my battery in a day. If you have access to a power outlet when you sleep, once a day charge is a good thing.

sdy284 · 09-09-2010, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by harmtb

Not really sure what everyone else is used to with battery life, but I'm used to charging mine once a day. My X always has sync running (once per hour), half the time pandora, and gps/wifi/bluetooth only on when needed. I usually only use up 40-60% of my battery in a day. If you have access to a power outlet when you sleep, once a day charge is a good thing.

+1 i charge my phone when I sleep, as long as it lasts from when i wake up to when I go to bed, I could care less