How to conserve battery life?

MyAlterEgo · Thread Author #1 06-28-2009, 11:03 AM

On .148, the Storm eats up half of my battery in 8 hours. How can I conserve it more? I have the brightness on the lowest setting already.

howarmat · #2 06-28-2009, 11:10 AM

There are tons of things, dont use GPS apps or apps that update every 15, 30, 45 minutes. turn off bluetooth.

In the end if you are gettin 16 hours on a charge that is not terrible by any means if you read some complaints on here

itsallsubliminal · #3 06-28-2009, 11:12 AM

If u use year storm a lot there's really nothing u can do. Maybe try closing programs rather than letting them run in the background
A second battery ... That's the route I took. Found one oem on ebay for 10 bucks.

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Mr. Marco · #4 06-28-2009, 11:29 AM

Go into the screen options and change the backlight brightness to about 20%. Change the backlight on setting to 10 seconds. Go into the network settings and set the network technology only to 1xEV. Turn off bluetooth.

Close apps you don't need. Don't use the browser unless you really need to.

And I strangely have the opposite experience with my battery life on .148 from .75. Battery charges much faster to full and lasts longer.

humbertoq · #5 06-28-2009, 01:01 PM

thanks for the info

hondateg91 · #6 06-28-2009, 03:21 PM

I can get around two days on a full charge and thats using it mildly. Thats reading email and texting a bit too.

SFXBrandon · #7 06-28-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by hondateg91

I can get around two days on a full charge and thats using it mildly. Thats reading email and texting a bit too.

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carlos31820 · #8 06-28-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by hondateg91

I can get around two days on a full charge and thats using it mildly. Thats reading email and texting a bit too.

I'm happy if my Storm makes it through a single business day. Battery usually has about 30% by the time I get home from work. The only app I use that auto-updates is Google Sync but I don't want to have to sync manually.

T.Berry8330 · #9 06-28-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SFXBrandon

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your headline says you don't even use a blackberry, SFXBrandon...?

princessfortheday · #10 06-28-2009, 07:37 PM

I also noticed, based on suggestions on other threads related to this, that changing the "network technology" setting (under options>mobile network) to 1XEV works. It helped me.

gtstang462002 · #11 06-28-2009, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by itsallsubliminal

If u use year storm a lot there's really nothing u can do. Maybe try closing programs rather than letting them run in the background

That is why I am getting 14-16 hours out of mine right?

OP what apps do you have on your phone?

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LugDawgslashPWN · #13 06-29-2009, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Marco

Go into the screen options and change the backlight brightness to about 20%. Change the backlight on setting to 10 seconds. Go into the network settings and set the network technology only to 1xEV. Turn off bluetooth.

Close apps you don't need. Don't use the browser unless you really need to.

And I strangely have the opposite experience with my battery life on .148 from .75. Battery charges much faster to full and lasts longer.

What he said, except I put it on 10%.