I don't recall which author posted the idea of turning off Global Roaming in the Mobile Network settings to conserve battery power, but wow, thanks man!
My battery has a new life-- it goes all day on about 1 segment compared to 3 or 4 it used to chew up. And, I did not change anything else like Bluetooth or display brightness.
I'm assuming the GSM radio must have been polling for networks on a frequent basis and for nothing.
If you're in the US on Verizon and want to extend your battery life, give that a try (set it to 1XEV for the Network Technology).
Word. I did this, turned off the GPS, and changed my backlighting settings and have only used up half by battery in a day instead of the whole battery.
Well, I read the same post last night and tried it also. Mine actually seemed to get worse. Lol. What gives? I know this battery should be better. I wiped and reloaded today and went to .76 and no improvement there either. Any suggestions?
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Well, I read the same post last night and tried it also. Mine actually seemed to get worse. Lol. What gives? I know this battery should be better. I wiped and reloaded today and went to .76 and no improvement there either. Any suggestions?
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Have you loaded Weather Bug? Since it updates the display icon (at some unknown interval) and uses GPS location information to fetch your forecast, it could be a power drain. I can't this for certain this is a problem, but I'm very suspicious.
I did download weatherbug updates last night but it always close the program when done. I also thought that was part of the issue but after I wiped and reloaded today I have NOT installed it again. Oh well, no buggie I love the storm!
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