- Impossible! My phone lasts all day ( 10hrs )!! I browser the web 5-10mins every hour, checking crackberry, bgr, engadget... send/receive 15-20 emails a day, bbm and group chat a lot. As for standby, over night 8hrs battery went from 95% to 78%. So there is no way playing 5 songs and some bbm msging would drain the battery that fast! there has gotta to be something you've done to the phone... an app maybe? or are u in a zone where cell signal is weak and dropping consistently? got to be something causing the drain or a defective battery. I'm on H+ most of the day, i do see it drop to edge once awhile.08-11-11 10:45 PMLike 0
- Bla1zeCB OGi wouldnt call it consistent if its only been two days. let me know how it is for 2 weeks and if you still are averaging 12 hrs, then we'll call it consistent.
i agree with what the other person said about making a thread to gather battery data
it should be stickied and have info like
os version
edge, 3g, h+ or 4g, cdma
screen brightness
approx usage (txts, browsing,calls, emails, bbm, pics taken, vids recorded etc)
possible apps that get notifications or alerts that may put a drain on the battery.
start time.
time of day when 50%
time of day when 25%
what time you threw it back on the charger.
this would really kinda help shed some light on battery performance.
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com08-12-11 01:54 AMLike 0 - It would not matter if you did have GPS, BT, NFC, etc going the battery does not run down at that rate. There is either a lot more going on with the OP's phone in the back ground or it is defective.
He needs to charge the device fully and then go at it. Look at what is running in the background and report back. If his battery life was typical, imagine what the forum would be like now!08-12-11 05:39 AMLike 0 - Try setting the screen brightness lower, to maybe 30 or 40%. Also, I find that if you have the GPS turned off (unless you need it for GPS apps) then that helps. If you can, ensure that your apps refresh at longer intervals, too. That should help some with the battery life.08-12-11 06:16 AMLike 0
- Ok... Here's what I did. Wiped the device and reloaded the OS. DO NOT install any apps or reload from backups. Do a fresh install. I loaded my contacts from bb protect backup and my contact list automatically updated for bbm. Do not restore anything else. It seems that there might be a battery drain from some remnants of the restore from a previous device.
Originally I was at about 50-60% after 4hrs.
Today, I am still 90% after 4 hrs. But with a bit less usage today.
Still this is very promising.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com08-12-11 10:37 AMLike 0 - Just reboot the phone, fixed the problem like 95% of the time....the OS probably got hung on some process.08-12-11 09:45 PMLike 0
- I've had my 9900 on since 6:30am it's now 11pm and my battery is at 41% it was about the same for yesterday too.08-13-11 01:06 AMLike 0
- I don't have my 9930 as of yet, but what we all know is these devices are massed produced. Tho we hold rim to a very high quality standard they kicked out more than x-amount of phones. So quite a few of them run like the original builds(good battery life and fluid os) & others are going to have some issues. Hopefully! It is not a software leak going on. Now that will be up to rim tomfix for everyone's device.08-13-11 01:34 AMLike 0
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makes me worry reading all these posts about battery life problems on the 9900, but well... i'll buy one anyway... i've been waiting too long and it just seems like the perfect smartphone, i just need and want it !
i'll just get one of these: https://forums.crackberry.com/e?link...token=-yWkEl-H
then i should be fine ._. that battery is so small, i can just put another one in my pocket or my wallet, so w/e08-13-11 03:42 AMLike 0 - Faulty card seems to be one of the more recurring issues. A quick Google search will bring up a good number of hits.
There is a thread here on Crackberry about compression use on the SD card causing battery drain and performance issues.
http://forums.crackberry.com/blackbe...roblem-611882/
I hope this helps.08-13-11 07:11 AMLike 0 - I am now on day three after two complete charges and the battery live improved. I took it off the charger at 7.15AM yesterday and now i am at 20%. Good usage and calls. I believe that the battery improves and some complete charges and not roaming in Canada being with ATT seems to help as well. Am H+ everywhere!!! LOVE IT08-13-11 07:18 AMLike 0
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com08-13-11 07:21 AMLike 0 - I've been using mine now for 5 hours, a lot of surfing on an edge service and an hour of music and I've still 70% remaining! Bbm is signed in constantly.
Very impressed so far!!
Sent from my BlackBerry 9900 using Tapatalkworld traveler and former ceo likes this.08-13-11 07:45 AMLike 1 - My only requirement is that I can go all day without a charger. I must not be a heavy user though, with my iPhone I don't normally plug-in until I go to bed. Seems like the 9900 battery will meet my needs perfectly.08-13-11 09:28 AMLike 0
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- Ok... Here's what I did. Wiped the device and reloaded the OS. DO NOT install any apps or reload from backups. Do a fresh install. I loaded my contacts from bb protect backup and my contact list automatically updated for bbm. Do not restore anything else. It seems that there might be a battery drain from some remnants of the restore from a previous device.
Originally I was at about 50-60% after 4hrs.
Today, I am still 90% after 4 hrs. But with a bit less usage today.
Still this is very promising.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
1. how can I see which OS is currently running on my BBold 9900
2. How do you "wipe" the device?
3. How do you reload the OS?
4. which OS should I reload ??
I'd greatly appreciate your help. If this fails, I am taking the phone back in for a hardware exchange.08-13-11 10:45 AMLike 0
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