Meterberry & battery life

**waveuk** · 10-14-2010, 05:10 PM

Wondering about my battery life I installed meterberry and I would like to compare it with other users.

After a few hours and with light usage I am getting that my battery is going 5% down every hour. This means I have about 20 hours with one charge. Te be fair this is not very promising.

What are you getting?

**tonyb81** · 10-14-2010, 05:29 PM

I don't get how this isn't promising. You won't use the phone for 20hrs straight light usage. Sure your usage may go up and down during a day, but there will be times when it isn't in use. I don't see how that is bad.

**waveuk** · 10-14-2010, 05:32 PM

well it is not bad, because I know I can safety have a full day usage, but It is not good as I remember BBs where the battery used to last more than 3 days...

**tonyb81** · 10-14-2010, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by waveuk

well it is not bad, because I know I can safety have a full day usage, but It is not good as I remember BBs where the battery used to last more than 3 days...

Holy crap 3 days? Thats awesome, the best I ever got was 2 days on my 9630.

**waveuk** · 10-14-2010, 05:48 PM

that is because I had a BB like 4 years ago. It used only GPRS and the battery was awesome.

**sam81** · 10-14-2010, 07:01 PM

My stats;
Meterberry installed roughly 20 days ago on a 9700
Average discharge rate since then> 0.9% per hour
I run 2 email accounts, BIS and several apps daily. Probably surf the net a total of an hour or so each day. Recharge my battery every three days or so (usually at 40-45%) at least but sometimes daily.

**aria_aradhea** · 10-14-2010, 08:42 PM

Try turning off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G connection first. 3G connection eats battery life. I'm now running on GPRS only, and just switch to 3G if I wanted to surf the internet.

Makes a lot of difference to battery life....

**waveuk** · 10-15-2010, 03:15 AM

0.9% makes sense, but we have to consider a 9700 has a 1500 mAHr while the 9300 has a 1150 mAHr battery. This means 30% less so your 0.9% would be something like 1.17%

This night without touching the phone, not sounds it went down to 1.7%. The phone downloaded about 10 emails.

@aria_aradhea I have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth off. I can not switch 3G off because is the only connection offered by my carrier. Without it I have roaming (without charges) but I think BIS does not work...

**aria_aradhea** · 10-15-2010, 03:29 AM

With the 3G network mode, I reckon I get 18 hours of battery life with BerryWeather updating every 30 minutes, Ubertwitter and T4BB updates every 5 minutes, and BBM and mails... If I stay on GPRS/EDGE, I could get around 24-26 hours of battery life.

I'm now using a 1300mAh extended battery which give me a further -roughly- 1-2 hours of battery life.

Having a smartphone that can last through the day is good enough for me...

**daveyem** · 10-15-2010, 05:19 AM

I have 3G, WiFi and Location services permanently turned on and I'm getting a minimum of 2 days from my battery.

I do moderate calls / emails / twitter etc.

The battery life is far superior on my 9300 to my 9520.