battery drain issues

cheeta186 · Thread Author #1 06-07-2009, 11:07 PM

ok so my blackberry battery is draining super fast it I unplugged it at 10 o'clock this morn. I haven't used it all day and when i got off work at 10 it was dead. I have the iBerry app downloaded but i am not using this because i thought that might be it. but it is still happening it has just started and the only things i have since it started is, i have downloaded beyond 160, i downloaded iBerry (but as i said u stopped using it because i thought that would have been the issue). I have also downloaded the new app store for crackberry or mobihand (whichever u prefer) and ya....thats it. Someone please help me! i need to know if i need to know if i am getting a new battery.

paulwright1 · #2 06-07-2009, 11:42 PM

what do you have you network settings set to. Global, GSM, Or 1XEV

JoeyMoose · #3 06-07-2009, 11:47 PM

You are probably leaving apps open

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rokko74 · #4 06-08-2009, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by cheeta186

ok so my blackberry battery is draining super fast it I unplugged it at 10 o'clock this morn. I haven't used it all day and when i got off work at 10 it was dead. I have the iBerry app downloaded but i am not using this because i thought that might be it. but it is still happening it has just started and the only things i have since it started is, i have downloaded beyond 160, i downloaded iBerry (but as i said u stopped using it because i thought that would have been the issue). I have also downloaded the new app store for crackberry or mobihand (whichever u prefer) and ya....thats it. Someone please help me! i need to know if i need to know if i am getting a new battery.

Its a device problem. You must go back for replace. I had the same problem and I go back to vodafone for a new device

cheeta186 · Thread Author #5 06-08-2009, 07:57 AM

ok well, i am not leaving apps open. and i have my network set to 1xEV

kabraal · #6 06-08-2009, 08:54 AM

Meh I had the same thing happen to me. Battery sucked dry from full in 8 hours with no apps open (that I know off anyway) and with no use of the phone at all.

Uninstalled some apps I used before, pulled the battery and I'm charging again. Will see what happens.

JoeyMoose · #7 06-08-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kabraal

Meh I had the same thing happen to me. Battery sucked dry from full in 8 hours with no apps open (that I know off anyway) and with no use of the phone at all.

Uninstalled some apps I used before, pulled the battery and I'm charging again. Will see what happens.

Well, take it back then.

ishore · #8 06-08-2009, 06:09 PM

I had an issue with the Storm battery draining after I installed the applicton from CB software directory. I deleted it and now I get a full days service out of the charge. Much better since I did the upgrade.

grey · #9 06-08-2009, 07:03 PM

Are you oin an area where you have good coverage? A bad signal will wipe out your battery pretty quick.

I would do a 3rd party backup, then delete all apps you have added to the phone. Then do a final battery pull and put it on the charger for the night. See how it does the next morning. If it's dead in 12 hours, go to Verizon and get a new battery. They probably will replace it for free.

Grey

JoeyMoose · #10 06-08-2009, 08:39 PM

Verizon doesn't cover batteries. I tried many times to get a new one from them and they wouldn't replace it. I did however buy a new battery for $2.50 from amazon or overstock. I paid more for the shipping than the battery. And yes it works great!

MyThumbsHurt · #11 06-08-2009, 09:14 PM

Have you changed your backlight settings? Brightness or timeout? I keep mine at 100% brightness, auto dim. I used to have the timeout set to 1 minute, reduced it to 20 secs and added nearly 30% life to the battery length.

grey · #12 06-08-2009, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeyMoose

Verizon doesn't cover batteries. I tried many times to get a new one from them and they wouldn't replace it. I did however buy a new battery for $2.50 from amazon or overstock. I paid more for the shipping than the battery. And yes it works great!

Maybe I just lucked into the right person, but my first Storm battery quit taking a charge after about a month. I went in, told them about it and they had a new one sent to me...no charge. I would suspect that you're right regarding there general policy.

Grey