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Tilt Battery issues among other things

I have had a Tilt since November, and the battery life is terrible in my opinion. With both wifi and bluetooth disabled i frequently am running out of power after 8 hours of use. Is this typical? I probably talk no more than 30 min a day. I do have HDSPA in my area and am having MS Exchange and Yahoo pushed to my phone. In my experience of smartphones this one has the worst battery life of any of them. LEaving the phone on and not charging over night gives you a dead phone the next morning. ANy suggestions on how to extend battery life? I frequently check the task manager to clear out any running apps that might slow down or drain the device.
My other complaint is about the camera ability. Why put a camera on the phone that is totally unusable? It takes sometimes almost 10 secs from the time you push the button till you get a shot. THe performance definitely varies depending on what other programs are running. i have the latest .cabs installed from this site, but they do not seem to help.
Also I have noticed a plethora of dropped calls as well as calls that do not go through when dialed. Is this symptomatic of ATT's spotty network in my area (college station/bryan, TX)? Or is there something that i can do about this?
Is there a firmware flash i can do to improve any of these following issues?Thanks

freddyg said:
I have had a Tilt since November, and the battery life is terrible in my opinion. With both wifi and bluetooth disabled i frequently am running out of power after 8 hours of use. Is this typical? I probably talk no more than 30 min a day. I do have HDSPA in my area and am having MS Exchange and Yahoo pushed to my phone. In my experience of smartphones this one has the worst battery life of any of them. LEaving the phone on and not charging over night gives you a dead phone the next morning. ANy suggestions on how to extend battery life? I frequently check the task manager to clear out any running apps that might slow down or drain the device.
My other complaint is about the camera ability. Why put a camera on the phone that is totally unusable? It takes sometimes almost 10 secs from the time you push the button till you get a shot. THe performance definitely varies depending on what other programs are running. i have the latest .cabs installed from this site, but they do not seem to help.
Also I have noticed a plethora of dropped calls as well as calls that do not go through when dialed. Is this symptomatic of ATT's spotty network in my area (college station/bryan, TX)? Or is there something that i can do about this?
Is there a firmware flash i can do to improve any of these following issues?Thanks
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All of these have been discussed to death. Search and read the wiki. Upgrade your ROM and radio and see if that helps!

Questions about Kaiser Tweaks + ATT Tilt

I got an ATT Tilt a couple weeks ago and I installed Kaiser Tweaks. I noticed that my battery drains extremely fast (rarely lasts an entire work day) and I wanted some advice on what settings I would want to adjust to help with this. I also downloaded Slick for my instant messenging and I also want to know if any of these power management features will disconnect me from my Slick im. I notice that often times when I leave my phone idle for a long time (ie when it is on the charger and I'm asleep) my Slick im (or other IM's I've used too) will be disconnected. It seems like I never had that problem until I installed Kaiser Tweaks. So basically I'm wondering how I can conserve power but ensure that my IM service never disconnects me since I rely on AIM messages for a lot of things I do. Any help is appreciated. Also feel free to message me on AIM if it would be easier - JPAY2002 is my screen name.
Thanks in advance.

jpay2002 said:
I got an ATT Tilt a couple weeks ago and I installed Kaiser Tweaks. I noticed that my battery drains extremely fast (rarely lasts an entire work day) and I wanted some advice on what settings I would want to adjust to help with this. I also downloaded Slick for my instant messenging and I also want to know if any of these power management features will disconnect me from my Slick im. I notice that often times when I leave my phone idle for a long time (ie when it is on the charger and I'm asleep) my Slick im (or other IM's I've used too) will be disconnected. So basically I'm wondering how I can conserve power but ensure that my IM service never disconnects me since I rely on AIM messages for a lot of things I do. Any help is appreciated. Also feel free to message me on AIM if it would be easier - JPAY2002 is my screen name.
Thanks in advance.
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FOR ME kaiser tweak has always improved battery life and secondly this belongs under the kaiser tweak sticky and not as a new thread and thirdly running any program continuously will drain battery. Buy a back up battery

If you're using slick 24x7 then you're using data 24x7 = battery drain. If you have data turn off after a certain time, then you will get better battery life.

I can agree with all of the above. I had pocketweather updating every 5 minutes and I had the same issue of not being able to make it through 1 work day. I switched it to update every 75 minutes and the batter life is MUCH better.
Now I have blackberry connect that also stays on all the time...not much I can do about that...but it's interesting that Blackberry Connect does not seem to drain the battery in the same way that Media Connect does

Significantly improve battery life

Hi all,
After 2 days of testing this tweak, I have booked really good results with my Diamond.
The phone has been on and not connected to charger or computer for over 48 hours now, and the battery has dropped only to 50%. That's right, two full days and nights of stand-by time, with an occasional call here and there, a couple of text messages, and reading some email.
Before this tweak I had to charge the Diamond already after 24 hours or less.
So if you have low battery life problems, give this a go:
Advanced config tools -> disable the setting "GPRS auto attach"
Read about this setting here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395301&highlight=GPRS+auto+attach
Have fun and enjoy the longer battery life

But this has been discussed already and is only any good if you don't rely on GPRS a lot throughout the day surely? I mean I use Exchange and I'm sure it wouldn't work for me if I tweaked this setting.

Works great if you dont use the phone all that much but doesnt make much of a difference if you do make calls, send and receive sms texts..email send and receive etc etc.
Ive enabled that tweak and i still find the battery to be utterly rubbish for a phone of this power. Sure it helps conserve some of the battery but i can guarantee you that by 7pm tonight my phone will be dead...like it happened to me yesterday...went to work yesterday battery was 100%...made 3-4 calls...in total spent about 30 mins on the phone...browsed the internet for about 20 mins...sent and received 30 texts...watched a few youtube vids...checked my email a few times...not really heavy usage but by 7pm my phone was dead.
Not impressed with HTC and their monumental screw up with this battery..900mah is just not enough for this device if you want to use it properly that is. You would have thought they would have learned from Nokia when they first released their N95, that had a terrible battery on it as well...although with the n95 8gb the battery is much much better. Why they felt it only needed 900mah is quite beyond me...plus the battery gets hot which proves to me that the battery is not up to the job imo. Luckily the phone is good or else id have sent it back by now...guess ill have to wait for the extended battery to make an appearance. In fact i find the battery so rubbish that ive had to order a spare usb synch cable so i can charge my phone here at work.

Guys, if you want to substantially improve your battery life, go with a newer 1.37 ROM.
The older 1.35 ROM has serious battery life problems, there isn't much you can do about it without to cripple full functionality.

Where can i get the 1.37 ROM?
It isn't available in the e-club on htc.com

It's linked in the Diamond ROM Development forum.
You need to install the developer version of the HardSPL first, then install one of the 1.37 roms - I'm using the official HTC HK-English one with the 1.37.707.1 rom in it.
Works a treat for me - though I haven't had it on long enough to test battery time extensively yet.

I'm on the 1.37 rom, was on the 1.34 with my first unit and the battery is much better. I'm also noticing that the battery improves with 'age'. Plus I've got the dock on the way when it's released so that will help things no end I'm sure. When I'm in the car I shove a normal mini usb cable in from my Sony CD player and of course the upside of that is it will also play my music too instead of using USB drives. At work I use a spare USB and plug it in.
The battery is poo but having worked it in to a routine like that I hardly notice it now.

Unhooked my Diamond last night 22.00-ish from the usb cable and while I am typing now the battery is still more than 80% charged.
Texted alot today, called approx. 30 mins, checked my e-mail several times and played around with google maps for 20 minutes or so.
I did not tweak anything except that I flashed the 1.37 ROM and installed the newest Google-maps thingy.
So I can confirm that the new ROM saves alot of energy and that the battery-life gets better in time sounds also plausible.
With the 1.35 ROM the battery lasted 12 hours max with the same activities.

I've found that after a few days the battery is actually better than it was wen new. Must be that charge/discharging it a few times has helped...
R

Spawn12 said:
Ive enabled that tweak and i still find the battery to be utterly rubbish for a phone of this power. Sure it helps conserve some of the battery but i can guarantee you that by 7pm tonight my phone will be dead...like it happened to me yesterday...went to work yesterday battery was 100%...made 3-4 calls...in total spent about 30 mins on the phone...browsed the internet for about 20 mins...sent and received 30 texts...watched a few youtube vids...checked my email a few times...not really heavy usage but by 7pm my phone was dead.
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actually I find your usage is a lot. during the day i will make one or two phone calls say 10 minutes. send an average of 5 sms texts and maybe check my email for a minute or 3. what takes most of my battery is when i read an ebook or do a game.

sandervanzijl said:
actually I find your usage is a lot. during the day i will make one or two phone calls say 10 minutes. send an average of 5 sms texts and maybe check my email for a minute or 3. what takes most of my battery is when i read an ebook or do a game.
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Maybe it is but for me i dont think its that high...as i said my nokia n95 8gb would last a good day or 2 before going completely dead and thats with the sort of usage that i described earlier. Anyways i have a synch cable coming which ill keep at work to charge the Diamond.

hey battery life is better after this tweak. but my 3g logo has changed... it's now in some greyish box... anyone know what this means?

I think this means that the network knows it's available but you haven't attached to the data service. I used to get a similar greying out of the globe icon on my P1i if the net knew it was there but I had unattached manually.

Hi i am novice with my HTC touch diamond & i am also facing the same problem of battery life.
you've shown some solution over there in your post. please, can you tell me where in my phone i need to go to apply this settings.
hank you

Battery Life Comments

Well I am mildly disappointed at the battery life of this phone. With full "phone curiosity" mode turned on I am getting maybe 3/4 of a day worth of charge. As I get more familiar with the phone and some of the novelty wears off, I am hoping to get maybe 2 days? Anybody at that point yet to comment?
-Chris

yes, the battery is very inconsistant. sometimes it lasts over a day sometimes not even a 1/2 day. There are several forums that have posts about this. I am not sure whether its a set of dud batteries or something else.

had mine for 2+ weeks now, and my battery life is consistent, to where it really depends on my usage. 2-3 hours of talk time, Activesync constantly running with my Exchange server, i will usually get around 16-18 hours.
Now, granted, during the day, i will run various applications during the day, such as a Twitter client, browser, facebook, etc etc etc, and no huge variances in battery life

I agree, very inconsistant for me as well. Seems like most times is about 12-16 hours.

I can usually get away with a charge every 2 days with moderate talk time, push email, RSSHub updating every hour, facebook integration with contacts, weather, etc, etc.
One thing you guys might want to try if you haven't already - hook up the Wi-Fi. I previously had a Motorola Q with comparable services running and it would barely make it through the day. I honestly think the lack of Wi-Fi was its demise because I live in a stone house and get very poor reception.
So anyway, give the Wi-Fi a try and see if that works.

the choice is features or battery life. the nicer a phone, the lower the battery life. the lesser the phone, the better the battery life. a car charger should resolve most peoples battery issues with any phone.
or in a terrible case, call verizon say your battery is awful. they will send you one complimentary battery. now you have two, for free! keep one fully charged and change them out as needed.

My battery life is just fine... long full days @ work with constant txting, calls, vibrate on, data, etc... I did install cabs to stop push internet and reduce RAM consumption but nothing else.
I truly love this phone. It is the absolute best I have ever had.

I don't know, sometime I found Imagio drains more than it should be (My ram is around 48% free all the time with the help of HTC Ram clean). Somewhere near 100% (fully charged), it can fast down to 96 or 97 and sometime I saw figure jump continiously from 92 then 91 then 90.

Tikikai said:
My battery life is just fine... long full days @ work with constant txting, calls, vibrate on, data, etc... I did install cabs to stop push internet and reduce RAM consumption but nothing else.
I truly love this phone. It is the absolute best I have ever had.
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Which Cabs did you use? Could you point us on that direction?

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Which Cabs did you use? Could you point us on that direction?
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Here is the "push internet" cab:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532948
I installed it, took me to 48% on reboot but the phone quickly jumped to 80% again in no time. The only thing I really keep open is Google Maps.

I've turned of automatic weather updates, rss hub only updates every 8 hrs, etc... If I don't leave any data hogging apps open in the background, I can get through an entire day with moderate use.

I called Customer Service today. The guy told me that because I have an Exchange Account setup that 6 hours on a battery falls within the specs.

Maybe off topic a bit, but does anyone else have a problem with their phones not storing "Last Full charge" info?

Samsung Galaxy S Battery Drain

Hi,
im having battery drain problems the phone wont last more than 5-6 hours send 20-30 texts listen to some music, i have turned off backgroud data and live wallpapers, im using something called advanced task killer free to kill the apps that are running, but i close them the re open the task bar and stuff like music player has reopened
ive also seen a post about which batterys are better is there a better one i can buy? my batterys a G7
any ideas ?
cheers

Stop using the task kiler and you'll probably see better battery life. Task killers have been proven more harmful than helpful on the newer versions of android so using it is pointless. Also pay attention to what you have synced and how often. tons of web apps synching will drain the battery faster, as will having the gps and wifi turned on--if you're not using them, disable them.

thanks for the reply i will remove the task manager,
auto sync is turned off and i only use email by refreshing the inbox

Come here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884816
In short: Have you recently updated via Kies to JPY version? If so, stop using your wifi. There is a bug with wifi with this newest firmware.

hi,
i update to 2.2.1 through kies

Do you use wifi?
If yes, switch to data, battery life will be better. You should be able to get around 48h of light active usage (i mean browsing and calling and what not) with 3g data on.

i dont really use the wifi, signals really good around me, i only got the phone friday, brought it of a friend,
charged the phone fully before i went out last night about 7pm by 1.30am the phone had cut off, that was only using the facebook andriod app and sending text messages.

Than there is something terribly wrong. Do a wipe and factory reset, if you didnt after getting a device from your friend.. It seems that some application misbehaves and drains battery.
You can check it by typing *#*#info#*#* in dialer
Several options there, if there is something strange you will see it. (suggest looking into Battery history, usage statistics)

i dont know how to type in dialer sorry sounds very stupid all i have are digits

liamparker89 said:
Hi,
im having battery drain problems the phone wont last more than 5-6 hours send 20-30 texts listen to some music, i have turned off backgroud data and live wallpapers, im using something called advanced task killer free to kill the apps that are running, but i close them the re open the task bar and stuff like music player has reopened
ive also seen a post about which batterys are better is there a better one i can buy? my batterys a G7
any ideas ?
cheers
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Have you tried reconditioning your battery yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10092321&postcount=11053
From the above post:
TechnicR said:
About my battery life:
Previously I was on Darky's v5, with that the phone lasted 2-3 days with normal usage.
After flashing to v7 (with 100% battery) I also got the fast drainage problem. Here is what I did:
1) Turn OFF phone
2) Charge till it says it is FULL
3) Start in RECOVERY
4) WIPE battery stats
5) RESTART android (yes, it might already be on 98% or so)
6) USE phone heavily. Don't worry if it drops too fast. Use it till the Android system turns OFF automatically (it happens when your battery is below 1% - for me the phone was on 1% for about 40 mins. This is where it heavily myscalculated
7) PLUG IN your charger, TURN ON android and wait till it is FULLY charged again. (It is better if you don't use the phone at this charging up)
Now, after you disconnect the charger, you should still have 100% for some time (I've been using the phone for 32 mins - writing this post - and it is still on a hundred percent) and with this, I got back the 2-3 days battery life with normal usage.
Also, you should set WiFi to: "Never when plugged in" and by default I disable Data Network. But my phone is using WiFi all the time so it doesn't really matter
So to summerize this method, the key is to show the phone the battery's minimal capacity too, by using it till it is on null. Because with charging to 100% than wiping or flashing only introduces the maximum capacity to the system and the minimum is only guessed. THIS gives the faulty reportes and makes us think the phone drains too fast.
Try this method, than feel free to share your results
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
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This may not be the exact case you are having, but the idea is the same. Give it a shot.

nvm, 'info' stands for '4636'

You could also use titanium backup and freeze some apps from running
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Having the same problem
Hey, I'm having the exact same issue as the OP. Have you found a solution yet? I deleted the task killer just now, but did that work for you?
Thanks.

Same problem
hi
I have the same problem. I bought it 2-3 days ago. today i charged it full while fone was off, switched on at around 8AM my usage detail was
3g was on
gmail on sync
skype on sync
5-10 min of skype calling
5 min of normal calling
5-10 min of facebook browsing through android app
30 min of chatting on skype
at 2PM the fone was at 20% battery. My wifi and gps were off all day.
is there anything i can do to get atleast 15 hours of battery with normal use
regards
harris

If you are having issues with your battery, before you try killing tasks, changing setting and what not and especially if you are running custom ROMs, then you need to recondition your battery. The same goes for anyone who is having high drain issues.
If you follow the steps I posted from someone else's post and then find that your battery is not having issues, then start looking at your modem (if using a custom ROM or you've upgraded to new firmware).

ive done a factory restore, ive found what my usage says idle 4% the display 80%
contrast is switched right down

i know im not using any custom roms im using the firmware that you download through kies

liamparker89 said:
i know im not using any custom roms im using the firmware that you download through kies
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still should try it first

I'd suggest posting this question in the Galaxy S general forum as you'll get a lot more responses

Same here
Data network activated (2g or 3g) phone die after 11 hours.
When data network deactivated phone die after 2 days!
I installed whatsapp, gtalk and one email account with 10 mins refresh.
I never use wifi.
Drain 7 - 8 % per hour when phone idle (Phone on with 3g data but without using it)
I really don't know how to "finger pointing" suspicion app via battery history.
BR