[jeremycrews]

Long-time lurker, first-time poster, folks. The title above says it all. I know there are other threads about this, and i know it's supposed to be under Options >>> Device (3rd line down, right?). But it ain't thurr, ma friends.

Any ideas?

[go1ndr]

Options/Device/(2nd line down)Battery Saving Mode
I'd reload the OS as it should be there.

[jeremycrews]

Do you think I'll need to do a full-wipe with BBSAK and everything? ((Hope, hope, hope *NOT*))

[jeremycrews]

Anybody have any opinions re: the above?

[go1ndr]

Do not think a full wipe is necessary but can't hurt if you don't mind the extra time. BBSAK is a great tool but have read that it doesn't play nice with 7.1. Can't confirm that as it do use it to back up apps. Speaking of that, make sure and do a full back up first and back up the license keys for any 3rd party apps prior to wiping (sure you know that but always post it).
Just fyi, my battery savings mode works great but the "remaining battery power" percentage, or whatever its called, does not show any percentages. It did some time back for a day and does on my wife's (9810/.378), but not on mine. No biggie as I have another battery icon that does.

[jeremycrews]

Thanks for getting back to me. I guess I'll try it without the full-wipe first, simply because I don't relish spending the better part of another whole evening re-d/ling all my apps from App World, hiding useless AT&T icons, and rearranging my desktop and folders, considering I just went through all that a few days back when I upgraded from 7.0. If I have to go through all that mess again anyway, I suppose I'll go ahead and load the .391 release stickied above instead of .342.

Like many others, my battery drain has decreased dramatically since upgrading to 7.1. It was the first time I'd ever loaded a leaked OS, and I don't mind telling y'all that I was pretty well scared crapless! I just knew I was going to screw-up and brick my beautiful 9810 (by far, the best phone I've ever owned); I'm sure glad now that I took the leap and went through with loading 7.1, though.

In response to what you said re: the battery percentage icon, I currently use Battery Watch. I know it's technically contributing to my overall battery drain, but I'm only bleeding 4-4.5% per hour, even with running Battery Watch, BePopup, and Slider Lock all the time, and it's worth it to me for the battery percentage to be displayed in the Notifications panel.

By the way, just as an FYI for the board, the same app configuration was sapping 9-11% battery per hour under 7.0. It was so bad I was to the point of abandoning this awesome phone and jumping ship to an iPhone.

My mother has the older 3gs model and I like it well enough; hers can set on standby all day with only light usage i.e. texting, and it's still at like 70% battery when she goes to bed. The 3MP camera on it always took far superior pictures/video to the 2MP setup on my old Bold 9000; in fact, in the right light, it can sometimes compete with the 5MP still-shot camera on my 9810 (do they use better lenses or something?) -- needless to say, though, the 9810's 720p video leaves it in the dust.

I've just always preferred Blackberries, though. I have a hard time trusting a device whose developers don't trust the user to be able to get into the guts of the thing i.e. the way Blackberries act as a regular USB drive when connected to a PC. Also, being able to augment the phone's on-board memory with very inexpensive microSD technology (up to 32gb on my 9810) is a big plus for Blackberry over any iPhone, in my opinion.

Also, one more quick newb question, if anyone has time: why isn't my signature showing on my posts? Thanks ahead of time!

[go1ndr]

Jeremycrews: First sorry for the typo in the one sentence above.
If you are going to do a different OS, I'd go with .378 from Mobilicity, only b/c-- I, and most others have had zero problems with it; and it's an official OS as opposed to a leak, though-lol--a leak is how an Official becomes Official--leak first.
Re: Battery apps: thanks for the info! There is a simple app out there that uses nearly zero battery as it only has one function, to show battery level. It's called "BatteryIcon" and I got it from AppWorld at: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webst...19719/?lang=en
It's not free ($1.99) though there may be a free copy of it somewhere, but its well worth the $2 you spend for it. No real drain and always accurate. Keep us posted as to how your new upgrade goes and good luck!
CORRECTION!!!
actual site is: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webst...19719/?lang=en

[jeremycrews]

I went ahead and bought and d/l'd that app to give it a try. You're right: $1.99 is dirt cheap; there is a free version, but it doesn't put the % in the notification tray -- it just displays the % next to the icon. I'm fairly happy with Battery Watch, but every little bit of extra battery helps, so I'll try this one and, if there's no discernible difference, I can always go back to Battery Watch and I'm only down by $1.99 for the experiment.

[jeremycrews]

I went ahead and bought and d/l'd that app to give it a try. You're right: $1.99 is dirt cheap; there is a free version, but it doesn't put the % in the notification tray -- it just displays the % next to the icon. I'm fairly happy with Battery Watch, but every little bit of extra battery helps, so I'll try this one and, if there's no discernible difference, I can always go back to Battery Watch and I'm only down by $1.99 for the experiment.

Just an FYI: with the new app running and Battery Watch uninstalled, my battery went from 100% down to 73% in 7 hours of very light use (strong 3g signal from my Microcell; wifi on; bluetooth off). The battery drain test is calling it 3.85% per hour, down from 4.74% per hour while running the free Battery Watch app yesterday, so looks like the experiment has gained me a bit of extra juice in return for my $1.99 pay-out. Thanks go1ndr for pointing me toward the new app!