GPS settings for bionic (UNL3ASH3D) - Motorola Droid Bionic

Look, every day or so I dig through the Unl3ash3d threads praying to find some magical fix to my battery drain issue.
I've tried to convince myself its just the 1% messing with my mind but I can't keep living a lie. My battery drained this morning 10% in under an hour with me not even touching it (screen off).
My engineering mind goes into troubleshooting mode. Seems like some are having battery problems and some are not.
What has everyone chosen during set up for the location settings? I think it gives the options, google, verizon, our stand alone.
Could this be the culprit?
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And before anyone asks, yes I calibrated battery. Did it manually the first two times without any improvement then I even used the silly app in the market that does it for you.

GPS is never actually using power unless an app is using it (and you'll see the location icon in the notification bar). I would turn off any apps that use GPS in the background, but I wouldn't worry about it otherwise.
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That's what I thought. I just disabled "push" for my exchange server... Trying anything at this point.
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Have you looked at this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287944

I was having the battery drain issues, but they seemed to get fixed after I re calibrated , and let it fully die before I charged it.
I have mine in a custom batter profile. the radio is set to turn off after 15 minute of no activity.
5h, 5m on batter at 86% right now.
Sent out couple texts, couple apps updated like weather, made a few short voice calls.
Screen brightness is all the way down.
I remember I used to use the "ondemand" scaling setting for the cpu, that seemed to help with power, if its that big of a concern (you will have to deal with potential random restarts tho).
Maybe try re wiping and re flashing? Or start eliminating apps?

Geezer Squid said:
Have you looked at this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287944
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I had read some of it. Just got all caught up. Thanks.
I am using the stock launcher so I'm not sure about those processes described.
I would respond over there but for some reason (maybe because I'm new here our the system thinks I'm a bot) I can't reply in that thread.
I'm wondering if it's beautiful widgets that it's the culprit. That's one the the guy over there mentioned that I also have. I'm gonna in UN,install
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cutoonie said:
I had read some of it. Just got all caught up. Thanks.
I am using the stock launcher so I'm not sure about those processes described.
I would respond over there but for some reason (maybe because I'm new here our the system thinks I'm a bot) I can't reply in that thread.
I'm wondering if it's beautiful widgets that it's the culprit. That's one the the guy over there mentioned that I also have. I'm gonna in UN,install
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Let us know if you notice an improvement after uninstalling that. Although I am not running Beautiful Widgets I also am having that 1%battMOD mess with my mind.

Did not help. I'm at a loss. There's nothing suspicious in my battery stats.
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It may be a bad battery. With the millions they produce, theres bound to be a few that go bad. Do you have a spare you could try?
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It may be a bad battery. With the millions they produce, theres bound to be a few that go bad. Do you have a spare you could
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Yeah, I like the thinness, so instead of extended battery, I have extra standard batteries I carry.
I'm going through two or two and a half batteries in a day though.
:/
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My stock battery ran down by about 10 hrs for me and my use and I have BW installed too. I bought the extended and now i'm still at 70% at 10PM when I plug it in for the night. Everything else is default settings. I check 2 emails accounts, twitter, facebook, talk, skype and voice constanly. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. Good luck.
But I hate the camera, it sucks.

You do realize that once your battery hits full charge the phone stops charging and starts feedinding off the battery until you unplug the phone and reconnect it. So one you active your phone in the morning it was probably charged a good 6 hours before that point and during that time it was draining the battery so you get thaf sudden drop first thing. I dont think most people realize thjs.
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They design the charging system like this on purpose. If the phone kept recharging every time the battery dropped a couple percent it would kill the battery very fast. Batteries have a limited amount of charging cycles before they are no goodeverytime you go into a charging phase that subtracts a cycle.so if it did this 30 times a night you can see the problem. I would not worry about that ten percent and instead track the last 90 percent and see how much lief that gives you. I will bet its on par with most others.
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[Q] Are these batteries any good?

Well, i was browsing stuff on ebay, and came across these batteries very cheap (0.11 cents plus 9 bucks shipping) and i wanted to know if they were any good or if they would blow up my phone.
I bought these for the hell of it. still waiting to receive them
Me too, and there was just 1 minute left before the bid ended XP
I got 2. Maybe it was something software wise but my battery indicater was all over the map. It once said I had 52% left and then after a reboot it said 74% they work great as a backup but I wasn't too happy using them as my primary batteries. The stock one registered fine before and after. I even tried clearing the battery stats and tried again with the same results.
bckrupps said:
I got 2. Maybe it was something software wise but my battery indicater was all over the map. It once said I had 52% left and then after a reboot it said 74% they work great as a backup but I wasn't too happy using them as my primary batteries. The stock one registered fine before and after. I even tried clearing the battery stats and tried again with the same results.
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will check whenever i recieve them, this does not sound too good. is this much of a problem?
Hello, I'm new here and was looking around and saw this thread. I have these batteries and charger. They are as good as the stock battery and the charger works good. I also got two of the 3500mah with a charger and back cover for $22.99. I'm getting over 44hrs uptime with them. I am currently at 68% with 22 hrs uptime and 4.5 hrs awake time. They've gotten better after three charges. It's nice to go a whole day without worrying about juice.
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Hello, I'm new here and was looking around and saw this thread. I have these batteries and charger. They are as good as the stock battery and the charger works good. I also got two of the 3500mah with a charger and back cover for $22.99. I'm getting over 44hrs uptime with them. I am currently at 68% with 22 hrs uptime and 4.5 hrs awake time. They've gotten better after three charges. It's nice to go a whole day without worrying about juice.
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Can you post screenshots?
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Screen shots, I don't know how. You have to be rooted to do that don't you?
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Screen shots, I don't know how. You have to be rooted to do that don't you?
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Yes, and also, if you have the android sdk on your computer, you can look in the tools folder for an program that monitors your phone. I do not recap the name of the program, but a quick google search should help you
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I bought this package the first week I got my phone it's well worth it, as I'm a heavy user and use 2 or 3 a day. they last about 80-90% of the stock battery (in my experience).
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Yes, and also, if you have the android sdk on your computer, you can look in the tools folder for an program that monitors your phone. I do not recap the name of the program, but a quick google search should help you
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Well i figured it out. I got a screen shot but how do I upload the pic from my pc to here. When I click the icon to add a pic it asks for a URL for the pic. Do I have to upload it to a web site first?
I think I got it. I had 54% battery left and the battery is a 3500mah from Hong Kong.
well, i finally got them, they are 1500 mah, and they are about a millimeter thicker than the oem 1300 batts, its a bit harder to put the back on, and i dont notice any wierd battery notification icons. i will be on the road tomorrow, so i can record watever i get, and post it here

Battery Life?

Is anyone noticing ridiculously bad battery life? About a week ago it started along with what i noticed to be Verizon throttling data. Could the throttled data be the cause? I'm talking 1030a, 89% battery. Then at 430p 13% battery with the screen off and no use. I mean not even pressed the unlock button once. The background info has been the same and rooted with apps removed since day i got it.
What are you guys experiencing?
Little Buddy Sr.
yeah my battery life sucks too. even with juice defender set on aggressive, it still sucks. it's better, but not much better. unplugged today at 10am and now at 56% at 730pm. that's with minimal texting and calling use and absolutely no browsing the web (not even fb app).
Still though that's 3.5 hours longer and used half the battery. And i didnt do anything for those six hours. Like basically that's a stand by time for six hours. That's a new level for bad haha
Little Buddy Sr.
7:30am - 100%
3:00am - 15% very lite usage. 1 call, some text msg, couple of responds to words with friends, lite email.
I'm rooted, running the decrapifed 1.0, adw ex launcher.
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7:30am - 100%
3:00am - 15% very lite usage. 1 call, some text msg, couple of responds to words with friends, lite email.
I'm rooted, running the decrapifed 1.0, adw ex launcher.
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wow that's pretty bad.
still have JD set on aggressive. planning to use my phone as i normally would today and not paying mind to battery. we'll see how JD does in an average day situation. guys, try Juice Defender and post your results.
Well most days i unplug at 6:30 am and with normal usage i have 30-40% left around 9 pm...for me that's great battery on a 4g phone
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Well most days i unplug at 6:30 am and with normal usage i have 30-40% left around 9 pm...for me that's great battery on a 4g phone
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that's with no help of any sort (ie midday charging, JD, turning off data)?
You mentioned data throttling...? I am new to vzw how does their "unlimited" data work...?
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My battery has been great since I got the phone but last night 4G went live here in Albany NY. Since then I've noticed my batt has been groping much faster now lol.. I'm not running juice defender either but ill have to look into it now and see if it helps me out. I did pull 10 mbps download on 1 bar of 4G signal.
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My battery has been great since I got the phone but last night 4G went live here in Albany NY. Since then I've noticed my batt has been groping much faster now lol.. I'm not running juice defender either but ill have to look into it now and see if it helps me out. I did pull 10 mbps download on 1 bar of 4G signal.
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4G is live in albany? I live in queensbury and it's supposed to be on here too once it's live in albany. Is it still on their or was it just testing?
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I believe you can switch your network to CDMA for 3g which helps with battery life..also dont leave wifi turned on OR bluetooth if you dont use it..task killer works damn well..makes my browser a bit quicker as well
Speaking of battery life....everytime I hit task killer it's always killing 17-20 apps... even when I'm not really doing anything what is the deal with that? How do I get this thing to stop running so much **** I don't even need...
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I have also not been too thrilled with the battery life on the Revolution. It probably doesn't help that in my house the 4G is borderline and drops in and out constantly. I found a $30 extended battery on Amazon, so I'll give that a shot.
But the real reason that I'm posting is because I've been trying to "thank" thecubed ever since I got the phone. I haven't been able to figure out how and I finally found a post that said that you have to not only register, but also post something yourself before the thank button will show up.
Get an extended battery
there are extended batteries out there that are rated at 3000mah....this would give you a lot more talk time and standby time. Try one Good luck!
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Speaking of battery life....everytime I hit task killer it's always killing 17-20 apps... even when I'm not really doing anything what is the deal with that? How do I get this thing to stop running so much **** I don't even need...
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Are you rooted? If so, you can use Titanium Backup to freeze apps. Also, within Android, there are tons of triggers and events. For instance, when you start your phone, these apps open, when you connect to wifi, these apps open. Within TB, you can freeze a lot of the crap. Also, there is a program called Autostarts I really like a lot. Not well known, but great none the less. It will show you all the triggers and events. You can disable them there too. Do some reading and know what your are disabling, but why would you want Slacker to load every time connection status changes, right? Good luck, and if you need more help our want a detailed walkthrough, I can help you out with that.
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Do a Google search for "Android Task Killers" and you'll find all kinds of articles explaining how these apps actually make the Android OS use more battery. There is a good one from LifeHacker that explains it in depth.
So if you're running a task killer, stop... The constant killing and restarting of apps will use more cpu cycles and drain your battery more. Android doesn't use any battery to hold an app in memory. They will launch faster, and use less CPU (which is what drains battery) if they are already in memory than if they are not. You're better off to have your memory full. I killed ATK a couple months ago after reading several posts by Cyanogen, and I not only got better battery life but also increased stability.
Second thing is try Juice Defender. I installed the Ultimate version of it and spent about an hour getting it all configured and my battery went from 100% at 8:00am and 20% at 6pm to 100% at 8:00am and 70% at 6pm with regular email checking a little web surfing, and a couple of short phone calls. I was pleasantly surprised with how well JD works.
De-crapified rom helps too. Thanks TheCubed!

What's up with the battery?

How aam I loosing so much battery life? I tried different kernals, roms, and modems but nothing is fixing g this battery drain. Serendipity was the best for me but then when I came back from apex it killed my battery just as bad as apex did. Now I'm on cm7 and same thing is happening. What's going on? It's bull****.
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I just lost 7% in 10 minutes.
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goob1284 said:
I just lost 7% in 10 minutes.
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You might just need a new battery man. Im OC'd to 1440 and im still getting a good 12 hours with heavy use.
I've been finding that it takes me 3 or 4 full cycles for me to get my battery life back after switching kernels or roms. Out has been the same with my wife.
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Make sure you are killing your apps and run less widgets. Like said before it takes a few days for your battery to work properly, you can also look in to recalibrating your battery as well.
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Make sure you are killing your apps and run less widgets. Like said before it takes a few days for your battery to work properly, you can also look in to recalibrating your battery as well.
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Alright. Thanks for the other replys too. Ill see that
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you may also want to try doing a master clear if you haven't done that in between switching ROMs. sometimes that will help with random battery drain.
If your really that worried find an AT&T device support center and tell them you would like a new battery because you do not believe this one is holding a charge like it should. I've done that and gotten a couple new ones no problem. Or you could try calling 611 and have one sent to you. Of course dont say anything about your rom switching.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1143594
Give that a try. I dunno if it's true or not as I never realized that the different charging speeds has an effect on battery life.
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If your really that worried find an AT&T device support center and tell them you would like a new battery because you do not believe this one is holding a charge like it should. I've done that and gotten a couple new ones no problem. Or you could try calling 611 and have one sent to you. Of course dont say anything about your rom switching.
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I would, but I left my phone in my pocket one day when I ran. The heat from my body caused the liquid indicator red. and I know what they are gonna say cause att is a bunch of aholes. And I'm gonna try that different charging thing. I also ordered new batteries off eBay. I kinda wish I double checked them cause they aren't OEM. Has anyone ever tried a battery that isn't OEM?
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I would, but I left my phone in my pocket one day when I ran. The heat from my body caused the liquid indicator red. and I know what they are gonna say cause att is a bunch of aholes. And I'm gonna try that different charging thing. I also ordered new batteries off eBay. I kinda wish I double checked them cause they aren't OEM. Has anyone ever tried a battery that isn't OEM?
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When I've asked for a battery they've never even asked to look at my phone. Just call 611 and ask for a new one through there.
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Did you try Cognition rom ? 10 hours of standby only loosing 6% battery. Its based on Samsung captivate rom , i always have bad battery with other rom ports like CM and global galaxy s.
Did you happen to read Altered water damage indicators?
Interesting read!
Apply chlorine to the water alert... it will make it white again
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goob1284 said:
I would, but I left my phone in my pocket one day when I ran. The heat from my body caused the liquid indicator red. and I know what they are gonna say cause att is a bunch of aholes. And I'm gonna try that different charging thing. I also ordered new batteries off eBay. I kinda wish I double checked them cause they aren't OEM. Has anyone ever tried a battery that isn't OEM?
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Look in the accessories section on the Captivate forum...
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How aam I loosing so much battery life? I tried different kernals, roms, and modems but nothing is fixing g this battery drain. Serendipity was the best for me but then when I came back from apex it killed my battery just as bad as apex did. Now I'm on cm7 and same thing is happening. What's going on? It's bull****.
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Try continuum's 6.1. Its a jvq base 2.4. Sence I switched to them I've had no battery bug. It also uses the talon kernel that's designed for just that rom. Its a great combo.
I had a bad week with Continuum, though I think it was the I9000 bootloaders or just a bad flash. When i say bad poor battery life (8 hours with network and wifi off and most of the time on standby) and general lagg all around.
When you're switching ROMs and kernels, you're supposed to re-calibrate your battery.
Try this method here. If you're on a 2.3.3 ROM, it probably won't let you clear your battery stats file, so you can download the "Battery Calibration" app from the market.
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I would, but I left my phone in my pocket one day when I ran. The heat from my body caused the liquid indicator red. and I know what they are gonna say cause att is a bunch of aholes. And I'm gonna try that different charging thing. I also ordered new batteries off eBay. I kinda wish I double checked them cause they aren't OEM. Has anyone ever tried a battery that isn't OEM?
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IMHO, I would NOT use a NON-OEM battery. Stick with OEM and make sure to fully discharge your battery ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 0%. I have consistently had battery issues... poor life, not charging up to 100% or if it does charge to 100% once I unplug the charger it would immediately drop to 98% or 96% - all due to constantly charging the battery. I also read on these forums that when changing roms to wipe your cache & battery stats via CWM. Also, turning off background sync and stopping your email and apps from constantly syncing all day REALLY makes a difference in battery life too along with obviously not using 300 widgets at once, etc. Even the old 'recalibration' technique suggested on every Android forum didn't really work for me either. I recently bought myself another new OEM Samsung battery and fully discharged it by running it all the way down to 0% and that has greatly improved my overall battery life.
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I've been finding that it takes me 3 or 4 full cycles for me to get my battery life back after switching kernels or roms. Out has been the same with my wife.
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Same for me. I'm on my fourth after flashing cm7 nightly 48. I've been charging to full before each flash, and that helps a bit.
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What has your battery life been like so far?

I just got the phone yesterday. I've been using it VERY heavily, and I havent been cycling it properly.
But I just got 4.5 hours of pretty heavy use out of it. That's nothing close to what it should be. But it was constant 4G use almost the whole time.
I'm trying to cycle it properly now. but I cant stop running around long enough to get a full charge on it. (once so far).
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I just got the phone yesterday. I've been using it VERY heavily, and I havent been cycling it properly.
But I just got 4.5 hours of pretty heavy use out of it. That's nothing close to what it should be. But it was constant 4G use almost the whole time.
I'm trying to cycle it properly now. but I cant stop running around long enough to get a full charge on it. (once so far).
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Use the SmartActions App. It has a battery Extender that works very well.
I have it along side Juice Defender. I Constantly stay under 4G LTE, and I have wifi on. I could probably let a video loop for 7 hours before it died.
This is after two-three days of cycling and training juice defender.
I despise battery chatter, but I have to say that I have been using this thing hard setting up my apps downloading off the cloud and surfing the net. 10+ hours on a single charge. Not many voice calls, but lots of screen on time and data.
Your mileage will vary.
Its about on par with a galaxy nexus with ics
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I'm lucky if I get 7 hours of moderate use, with the smart actions. I think I might have to exchange it and get a new one and try to cycle the battery better the first few times. I was not kind to it on the first day.
I also work in a place with minimal 4g coverage. So it's struggling the whole. time
Suggestions, before I replace it? (with another)
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I'm a pretty heavy user. Bluetooth in ear streaming music while i ride my bike to work, lots of news widgets updating between 20 and 45 minutes each, constant emails and social networking, and a few bt calls. The phones battery lasts me 4 to 6 hours, depending on number of calls. Luckily i have one of those battery pack things.
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I'm a pretty heavy user. Bluetooth in ear streaming music while i ride my bike to work, lots of news widgets updating between 20 and 45 minutes each, constant emails and social networking, and a few bt calls. The phones battery lasts me 4 to 6 hours, depending on number of calls. Luckily i have one of those battery pack things.
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Sounds very similar to my own usage. I've avoided using bluetooth so far, and I try to download music before i leave. It gives me a bunch of extra time. And I've got the battery pack, but it wont give me much.
But I've managed to cycle my phone twice today. That's not okay.
I cant wait for root so I can wipe the battery stats and try again.
Wiping battery stats does nothing for battery life. Its just stats!
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I think there might have been a quality check error on the Atrix HD batteries that shipped out.
Everyone I know gets different battery stats.
I know I'm getting excellent battery life. I can watch movies, surf the web, and play games... leave it off the charger and I'll still have 40% for the next day.
It took a day or two. The first two days I let it die before charging. Juice Defender takes a good day to figure out your phone, but it plays nice with Smart Actions.
Also, some gameloft games do not play nice with the phone stand by and sleep states. Gun Bros would send notifications and run in the background and drained my battery on my MAHD.

Battery Life Thread

So I went through the whole forum and didn't actually see a thread dedicated to battery life. I also have been noticing that I've been only getting about 3 days or so of battery so I figure I make this thread and see if that's unusual. Please post how long your watch lasts on average and your usage/apps. I use Glance which I suppose takes more battery since it shows weather but this past charge cycle I've been using it much less to see if it would extend the battery. I also use the stock music control when I'm in the car. I don't get too many notifications. So not sure why it's not lasting the 5-7 days that it should.
With glance that was my average that's why I stopped using it. Without, usually a week. I charge it Saturday night usually.
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Ever since I started using Glance I've noticed the reduced battery life too. I've accepted it as a trade off though, since the Pebble is updating much more frequently.
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With glance that was my average that's why I stopped using it. Without, usually a week. I charge it Saturday night usually.
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I've always used Glance. I never considered that it might be what was causing my poor battery life. Thanks!
Thanks guys, I'm glad to know that Glance really does matter. I'll see if the functionality of it is worth it.
I'd have to guess it would be Glance. I've consistently gotten upwards of a week, even back when I had hourly/bi-hourly status reports on my phone's battery state (plus frequent notifications).

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