Bold 9900 - Shocking battery life!!

[nutterberry]

Hi everyone,

I have got to say I am having the worst battery life ever on this brand new device from RIM - Vodafone UK. I'm sorry if this has been covered in another post, but I'm pretty damn frustrated.

Hardly surprising that considering they have put a smaller battery than my 9700, and increased the power of the phone.

Stil, I just can't believe this would be released if the battery could not cope. I charge overnight. 7am off charge, by mid-afternoon I'm nearly out. Haven't even had the chance to really put it through its paces either and see how it handles higher call volumes, messaging and surfing.

The software states: 7.0 bundle 1465 (v7.0.0.296, Platform 5.0.0.496)

Anyone else out there suffering like this? I've heard device switch using old apps could cause it, but then others have said they're operating fine after the switch without deleting old apps.

[badger906]

Apparently if your in areas of poor coverage/multiple cell towers your battery will drain very fast!

My battery on mine is superb! It lasted from 7am till gone midnight yesterday before it was flashing at 10% and I use mine a lot!

Maybe you just have a dodgy battery, sometimes happens.

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[barrist]

went from 7am to 11pm was still at 25%... that's with using the GPS constantly for an hour during my bike ride with runtastic, and a few reboots after installs too.

im thinkin the problems people are having are some apps draining along with radio coverage coupled with likely a few bugs in the early OSes that are affecting some users but not all.

[simsim1000]

Yep, your experience is in no way representative of the whole, or even of a large minority. Most had similar battery life to 97xx devices, a few slightly worse.

Either your battery/handset or your settings are giving a funky result.

[pythons]

There seems to be enough people with this battery issue that it warrants some serious investigation by RIM....
...A few of of the posters said they live within a few miles of their own cell carrier towers.
...My 9650 does not seem to drain the battery faster if I'm in a poor reception area?

[brava27]

If you are using it NON-STOP it will drain. Download (tiny-meter) and it will give you a battery log.
Also, try leaving it on without using it and see if it's draining alone. It should be 1%-3% draining an hour when not using it hardcore.

[barrist]

Most people who aren't having a problem don't come to forums to complain. You're going to get a larger proportion of those having problems obviously which skews the perception.

[Coffee Addict]

Give it another day or two, read some posts that say battery life improved after 3 to 4 days. I don't know why.

[digdah]

Got mine yesterday and it was drained in about 6 hours. Have had it off the charger since midnight and the bar has barely moved. I am not worried about the first couple of cycles on the battery as others have stated it does improve in a couple of days. If not then I'll panic.

[m23haz]

I've only had it for a day so far but my battery life seems to be a little better than my 9650 and I'm fine with that.

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[hayito]

i had problems the first two days. Run the battery down completely and then do a full charge. My battery life improved dramatically after two complete charging cycles.

[bmpcs]

Same here - got mine Monday so Tuesday was first full day.

Posted in another thread that battery was ok. Had it on from 7am on full charge. After medium use it was at 60% by 4pm.

BUT .... by 9pm I was down at 10%. If anything I used it less from 4 - 9.

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[nutterberry]

Thanks for the info everyone.

I'll give it a couple of days and see if the recharges make any difference. If not, then I'll check rogue apps. If still a problem, then may ask for a replacement battery.

And there are several people with this issue that I have just found at http://crackberry.com/blackberry-bold-9900-battery-life

The update from Kevin states that there seem to be a fair few suffering too. Just check out the blog comments. First few are from people who don't own them so breeze on by to see the rest.

[dcgore]

The very early builds of the OS are usually not very batt friendly. Wait for newer ones and you'll see better battery life in general.

[Noobie101]

I have excellent coverege usually 4-5 bars and phone doesn't last me a full day. Same usage as 9780 and it dies before 4-5 pm. It is a new os so we will wait and see with updates. Overall phone is awesome!!

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