My BB stays on Life Support! Please Advise

**14Kizzle** · 11-17-2010, 08:01 PM

Greetings All!
My Bold seems to stay on life support! By that I mean a fully charged battery only last me about 30 minutes! I still have the factory battery and haven't had this new phone a month yet! For the record, I only charge my battery when it's in the red, and I let it fully charge! Still use the factory installed OS (not a 6+ version)

So is this normal for the Bold, could it be a defect, or should I consider ordering the extended life battery that's available with the new back panel door! Any good advice will be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

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**John Yester** · 11-17-2010, 08:15 PM

1. What is the OS version you have.

2. Charge that thing when ever you can. Do not let it run down.

3. Do you leave any app's open?

**14Kizzle** · 11-17-2010, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by John Yester

1. What is the OS version you have.

2. Charge that thing when ever you can. Do not let it run down.

3. Do you leave any app's open?

Version 5.0.0.975

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**John Yester** · 11-17-2010, 08:27 PM

Since it's such a new device and battery have you gone to Verizon to have it looked at?

**14Kizzle** · 11-17-2010, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by John Yester

Since it's such a new device and battery have you gone to Verizon to have it looked at?

That sounds like the next best move to make! I will go to Verizon and see if I can get them to swap out batteries! At least trying another free battery will help me troubleshoot the problem before I spend money on a new one!
Thanks!!

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**jorGeorge** · 11-17-2010, 09:20 PM

A dead battery in 30 minutes? Sounds like a lemon to me.

**mikeplus1** · 11-17-2010, 10:02 PM

Yeah, u should get a day if not 2 on ur battery depending upon use + apps of course.

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**bodeb** · 11-17-2010, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by 14Kizzle

That sounds like the next best move to make! I will go to Verizon and see if I can get them to swap out batteries! At least trying another free battery will help me troubleshoot the problem before I spend money on a new one!
Thanks!!

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Normally if the battery is going to fail it will do so fairly early on, so you may have a bad battery.

The comment to charge the device as often as possible is VERY good advice. These Lithium-Ion batteries don't develop memory issues and if fact they like to be charged-up, so charging it often is good.

Although a few people do seem to get more than one day of use from a battery with minimal use, many of us don't. I tried a number of things including different batteries to no avail and ended up purchasing the Seidio 2600 mAh extended battery, for me, problem solved.

Here are a few things that you might want to try, after you get a new battery from vzw:

Set your network technology to 1XEV instead of Global.
Remove your SIM card and flip, you can flip it over and reinstall it or you can store it in a safe place. I flip and reinstall so I know it is in a safe place where I can find it and not in a safe place where I can't find it.
If you have apps that refresh at some time interval such as BeWeather, Twitter, etc., increase the refresh times to as long a time as you can tollerate.
Whenever possible, use Wi-Fi to access the internet. Wi-Fi is much cheaper in battery power consumption that the phones internal radio. Be sure the set it so that if Wi-Fi is available it automatically connects to it.
Be sure that you close apps instead of simply hitting the back key until they go away. You can tell what is open by holding down the BB key for a couple of seconds until the running apps display opens. Any apps you don't need, close them.

In case you are wondering why 1 & 2 above, it is because in circumstances where your signal is not real strong the phone will start searching for a better signal, this consumes lots of battery power. By setting the device to 1XEV you are telling it to only search for CDMA signals and to ignore the GSM signals, this takes some of the strain off of it. By removing the SIM card you simply avoid a question each time you reboot asking if since you have this SIM card in your phone wouldn't you like it to change the setting back to Global for you.

These suggestions have helped in battery conservation efforts for lots of folks around here, there are others such as turning of GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and only turning them back on when you are going to use them. I contend that if I wanted a dumb phone I would have purchased a dumb phone but I wanted a smartphone so I don't want to dumb it down. Just my feeling, not trying to influence anyone.

**14Kizzle** · 11-18-2010, 02:34 AM

BoDeb,
You have indeed given me good advice along with detailed information and reasons for doing so! Just to let you know that your time is very much appreciated and not taken lightly! Thanks so much!!!

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