battery life suddenly terrible

[mcubed45]

the battery life on my 8220 has suddenly started to suck quite badly. it can barely go a day on a full charge even with minimal texting/talking. no apps running in the background...

the only thing i've installed recently is Final Fantasy but the battery life is still terrible even if i pull the battery to reset and don't run the game at all.

bought a cheap knock-off battery on ebay and battery life seems about the same. the phone is only about 5 months old and has had great battery life up until now.

running the stock TMobile OS 4.6.0.180

any advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

[hubermania]

Follow the battery tips link in my signature. Start with an upgrade to OS 4.6.0.308. The stock OS is a piece of crepe.

If you're using Desktop Manager 5, it will only list the carrier sanctioned .151 and .180 OSes. Exit DM 5 before you start the install; at step 4 of the .308 install, connect the USB cable and run loader.exe from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader\.

[dookie.]

search.

i have answered this question repeatedly regarding early model battery problems that VZW warrantied for me.

[mcubed45]

hmm well i finally got around to upgrading to .305. Battery life seems quite a bit better after a recalibrate.

do i hafta do something special to get the memo application back or is it just not including in this version?

[wowo9]

I had the same issue and it turns out that the bluetooth wasn't enabling anymore. I believe it kept trying to enable bluetooth that's why it's draining the battery. I got it exchanged for another one.

[mcubed45]

are there any major advantages of .308 over .305?