What's the verdict on 7.1 battery life ?

**colsearle** · 04-01-2012, 02:50 AM

Any better on 7.1 ??

My 9790 was on ebay last night until I found the thread about the gold batteries. Quite a few mixed reviews but I figure I will give one a go before selling. I'm on 7.1 with battery saving always on and I can still flatten the battery in 6 hours.

My beloved 9780 easily does 2 days.

UPDATE: After removing "drivesafe.ly pro compliments of blackberry" my battery life is easily doubled. This was the free giveaway from rim. I uninstalled it as it had stopped working correctly. 8pm now and I'm on 70% where I would normally be on 30%. Im tempted to try turning on 3G tommorow.... Very happy.

**mnhockeycoach99** · 04-01-2012, 03:16 AM

7.1 for my 9900 is awesome. Battery used to need charging around 5 pm. After I installed 7.1, I can go all day and just throw it on the charger at bed (still has a couple bars left usually).

**fbloise** · 04-01-2012, 05:51 AM

As mnhockeycoach99 points, with 7.0, my 9790 battery was awful. After 7.1 9the Norweagian telenor update) is way much better.

I'm a power user and also use bridge along with the Playbook. It last a whole day now.

**egzbuen** · 04-01-2012, 06:54 AM

Can't wait to try 7.1. With my old 9700, 2 days was no sweat. Now, with my 9900, I can barely get 7 hours normal usage.

**Brunoce** · 04-07-2012, 08:35 AM

9790 batthery life with 7.1 (Telenor update) is much better. I can't spend a all day with 3G without any problem. 7.1 comes with the battery saving option which helps. Be careful as some apps my drain your battery. I only keep the apps I need and use.

**fbloise** · 04-09-2012, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Brunoce

9790 batthery life with 7.1 (Telenor update) is much better. I can't spend a all day with 3G without any problem. 7.1 comes with the battery saving option which helps. Be careful as some apps my drain your battery. I only keep the apps I need and use.

Yup, this is very true, specially indie apps or those Beta apps (Facebook, Twitter, BBM).

All these can hit your battery life.

**goshko** · 04-10-2012, 11:17 AM

im getting twice as much battery life with this os. i avg 2 hours of use time and 15 on idle and i still get 2 days usage on 1 charge.

**mu57afa** · 04-19-2012, 05:29 PM

iv actually noticed a significant 'rise' in battery life, i'm a very heavy user and get through the whole day without even dropping below 20%, and its been about 5/6 days since i've been using it! also would recommend deleted weathereye and any other weather app cus i found that used to kill my battery

**Pierina** · 04-19-2012, 07:12 PM

Yayyy! I think im going to buy the 9790

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where can i buy one that works on tmobile?

**Curvy_8320** · 04-20-2012, 12:47 AM

Is it fair to say that after upgrading to 7.1, battery life comes at par with 9700?

9700’s battery life was rock solid. Perhaps the best of all the 5 BBs I have used so far….

**olib82** · 04-20-2012, 01:07 AM

comparable to the 9700? Unfortunately - no.

9700 on 2G I got 4days with usage and 30% battery left.

9790 on 2G: 1,5 days and battery warning.

**Biulet** · 04-20-2012, 04:26 AM

With the 7.1 OS and all the apps without refreshing (like FB or Twitter) as I don't think I need them to refresh as they notify me when I get any personal message or notification, my battery last for 9-10 hours.

I usually make a quick charge during afternoon in order to arrive properly at night, otherwise I can't get at night with the mobile phone on.

But it is quite more than it used to be with 7.0 for sure!

Cheers!