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Afternoon,
just got the HD7. How long do i need to charge it for? i'm dying to play with it

30 mins should be enough then leave it charging while you play with it.

Mine had a couple of hours battery life out of the box. It seemed to take longer than my HD2 to reach a full charge the first time.

Will101 said:
Mine had a couple of hours battery life out of the box. It seemed to take longer than my HD2 to reach a full charge the first time.
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I'll probably leave it charging for a couple of hours.

rafter_01 said:
Afternoon,
just got the HD7. How long do i need to charge it for? i'm dying to play with it
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I'm on the train home and sooooo want to play with it. People are giving me weird looks with 2 4.3" phones sitting in front of me....
I'll probably end up charging it for an hour once I get home. Still not sure about it though! Thank god for O2's 14 day rerun period! Hah

Rossimac said:
I'm on the train home and sooooo want to play with it. People are giving me weird looks with 2 4.3" phones sitting in front of me....
I'll probably end up charging it for an hour once I get home. Still not sure about it though! Thank god for O2's 14 day rerun period! Hah
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Treust me you wouldn't want to return it

becknise said:
Treust me you wouldn't want to return it
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I think you are right. I have played with the phone for about 15 minutes and I am happy thus far. The screen is lush, the response is amazing and the keyboard. Well......eat your heart out Iphone

WiFi and Battery & Speedtest

Let me preface this with saying that I almost always have a WAP available between work and home and I have 4g turned off
A couple weeks ago I left my WIFI on. I kept it off religiously because on my last phone if it was on my battery life sucked. I took the phone off of charge about 6:30 that morning and my daughter turned wifi on the night before to stream netflix or something and i overlooked it. At about 4 i noticed it was on and looked at my battery and i had used very little battery so i kept it on. I let it go and when i had finally left work at about 7:30 that night i was down only 30%. I use my phone quite a bit, mostly talk time not much data.
I have been leaving it on since and been getting great life out of my battery.
Just wanted to pass this along.
Also 4g speeds are stupid fast where I live since ginger upgrade. Did some tests 26meg down and 21meg up. That is sic. Never got anything like that before.

To my understanding, this is as expected. I know that with wifi if you do data over wifi vs 3g/4g then it takes much less power, and wifi only takes more power as necessary if its on and scanning alot, while doing data over 3g/4g. And afaik the scan interval is turned down on revolution Tom's or the revolution in general so that doesn't take up much power anyway. I just mainly use 4g between it being the fastest internet I have anyway, wifi or not, and the wifi I'm around is bottom of the barrel either way.
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prahjister said:
Let me preface this with saying that I almost always have a WAP available between work and home and I have 4g turned off
A couple weeks ago I left my WIFI on. I kept it off religiously because on my last phone if it was on my battery life sucked. I took the phone off of charge about 6:30 that morning and my daughter turned wifi on the night before to stream netflix or something and i overlooked it. At about 4 i noticed it was on and looked at my battery and i had used very little battery so i kept it on. I let it go and when i had finally left work at about 7:30 that night i was down only 30%. I use my phone quite a bit, mostly talk time not much data.
I have been leaving it on since and been getting great life out of my battery.
Just wanted to pass this along.
Also 4g speeds are stupid fast where I live since ginger upgrade. Did some tests 26meg down and 21meg up. That is sic. Never got anything like that before.
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Amen brother. Around here, I was getting 5-6 megs down and 2 up, in St. Louis, and yesterday I GBed, and speed tested it!!!! 25 down 20 up. I messed myself in excitement (I will not deny it!!) Battery life has been amazing. Listening to Pandora, I would burn 15 percent in an hour and a half, now it takes at least twice that time. I am giddy.

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Amen brother. Around here, I was getting 5-6 megs down and 2 up, in St. Louis, and yesterday I GBed, and speed tested it!!!! 25 down 20 up. I messed myself in excitement (I will not deny it!!) Battery life has been amazing. Listening to Pandora, I would burn 15 percent in an hour and a half, now it takes at least twice that time. I am giddy.
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Which part of St. Louis? Up in NOCO I haven't seen much improvement. I may have to go and try speed tests in a different part of town.

If you really want to improve your battery life, download JuiceDefender Ultimate and invest the 20 minutes it takes to properly tweak all the settings.
If I don't use my phone much, I won't drop below 80% after a whole day. With heavy prolonged use I still usually get home at the end of the day with >40%.
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ufkal said:
Which part of St. Louis? Up in NOCO I haven't seen much improvement. I may have to go and try speed tests in a different part of town.
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Maryland Heights.
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markapowell said:
Maryland Heights.
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Ok, so you aren't too far from me so the tests should be about the same, but the best I've gotten was a 6288 down and 6907 up. That's a bit better than it was but still no where near where it should be.

Speedtest
I notice that the server used can greatly affect your speeds. Houston is 70 mi from me but the Oklahoma servers actually meter faster speeds so go figure. Try switching servers and remeasure.

I'm wonder how much my speeds will jump when i GB it, or if they will. I'm on ZV4 still and regularly hit 28mb/s. I'm in the Seattle area.

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I notice that the server used can greatly affect your speeds. Houston is 70 mi from me but the Oklahoma servers actually meter faster speeds so go figure. Try switching servers and remeasure.
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I tried changing servers, I find that the Chicago or the Oklahoma servers do give me better results. And just to see, I drove over to the general area markapowell said he did his tests. I got 7.98 down and 2.76 pulling from Chicago. So I'm kind of consistent, but they are low speeds. What app does everyone use for testing? I'm using the speedtest.net app.
I'm just curious. While I get ok speeds, it seems its slower than the norm. Even my wife on her Charge (and now Bionic) was pulling faster speeds. Phone issue maybe?

It's known that different phones get different 4G speeds, even if they're on the same network, using same server, and sitting next to each other.
Theories explaining this are dime a dozen, antennas, differing hardware, different basebands, etc.
Whether one can consider this an "issue" is probably debatable... I'm sure Verizon doesn't consider it one.
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[Q] Is my phone really defective

im gonna take my thrill back today and get a new one! I am having trouble with the battery as many people are but I dont know if it is worse than others. I unhooked it a few minutes ago and it went from 99 percent down to 90 in about 3-4 minutes and down to 80 in another 10 minutes and im not even sure what is running in the background because I thought I had an app killer installed. anyway the other problem is that I cannot get an internet connection at all unless I am on wifi. I have unlimited data and should be able to use programs like facebook even at the university but I cannot. Does anyone think I am doing the right thing by returning the phone? sorry about the long rant

Sounds like you have a bad battery. When I first got my Nexus S I had the same problem replaced that battery through att and it has been fine ever since. Also I have noticed that some task killers cant remember witch ones in specific hurt battery life. I would take it back for a new one may as well replace the whole device if you can.

lordshane said:
im gonna take my thrill back today and get a new one! I am having trouble with the battery as many people are but I dont know if it is worse than others. I unhooked it a few minutes ago and it went from 99 percent down to 90 in about 3-4 minutes and down to 80 in another 10 minutes and im not even sure what is running in the background because I thought I had an app killer installed. anyway the other problem is that I cannot get an internet connection at all unless I am on wifi. I have unlimited data and should be able to use programs like facebook even at the university but I cannot. Does anyone think I am doing the right thing by returning the phone? sorry about the long rant
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The data thing definitely sounds like a bug. The battery on the other hand is normal on some new Thrills. After a week or so it should settle in and battery life gets better over time.
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Yeah, if you first got the phone it takes a few cycles before battery starts to improve. But it seems pretty bad, i would return it since you have the oppurtunity.
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Thank you for the replies, I have had this phone for about 3 weeks and I keep it plugged in at night through usb but I also have to connect it for a few hours in the daytime as well. I havent had a chance to return it but I may do so today although the wifi issue seems to be working now. maybe the At&t Network was down?

lordshane said:
Thank you for the replies, I have had this phone for about 3 weeks and I keep it plugged in at night through usb but I also have to connect it for a few hours in the daytime as well. I havent had a chance to return it but I may do so today although the wifi issue seems to be working now. maybe the At&t Network was down?
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A note on the battery issue? What's the signal strength like where you live? The data signal in my house is so bad that if I forget to turn wifi on after getting home from work my battery will drain close to 40% over night. My wife's Captivate does the same thing. If the signal is weak the phone will constantly poll for a stronger signal.
All that aside I would definitely still take advantage and seek a replacement while its free. If you still have issues atleadt you'll know its something correctable and not the phone.
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A few questions...

Hello all,
I'm planning to get a new Samsung Focus S off eBay within the next few months. They're selling as low as $350 shipping included so I figured I'd take advantage of the deal.
I currently have an LG Quantum (two of them, actually), which are loaded with apps and interop-unlocked. I can typically get 10-12 hours on a single charge, with moderate messaging and internet usage, email push @ 1 hour, etc.
I'm honestly not satisfied with that and hope this device has either similar or better battery life. What do you guys find your devices get? I'll be purchasing an extra battery with the Focus S by default, as I prefer to always be connected.
Also, is it possible to interop-unlock the Focus S, or is there custom ROMs available for it? Those two things are absolute musts.
And to anyone with a carrier unlocked Focus S, does MMS/picture messaging work?
Thanks.

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I just got my S and trust me man, your gonna love it, battery gets me through my school day and sports afterwards returning home with about... 30% battery left? WiFi always on same with "4g". You can interop unlock it FREE by going to windowsbreak http://windowsphonehacker.com/windowbreak/ BUT so far no custom roms and I haven't gotten any info on development for 1. If you hear something keep me posted. I was also wondering about it SIM unlocked and if MMS and the likes work because I haven't even put mine on AT&T yet/ at all.

If you want a Focus S, now is the time to look for one. The market is a bit flooded after the "Smoked by Windows Phone" challenge down here, and Ebay US prices are now sub $300. In some cases, well below $300. Something to consider.

sarlo100 said:
If you want a Focus S, now is the time to look for one. The market is a bit flooded after the "Smoked by Windows Phone" challenge down here, and Ebay US prices are now sub $300. In some cases, well below $300. Something to consider.
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Yup I stood in line for 5.5 hours in the pouring rain for mine Got a Titan for my dad too, since they had to take the challenge for me (not old enough)

jeffreygtab said:
I just got my S and trust me man, your gonna love it, battery gets me through my school day and sports afterwards returning home with about... 30% battery left? WiFi always on same with "4g".
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how many hours are we talking here? I usually go from 7 am to 4 pm on my quantum before its dead, usage dependant.
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At least we know you can copy/paste
I found a great deal here on the xda marketplace for a lightly used Focus S, just in the final dealings right now. I'm still a slight bit concerned about battery life.
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Maybe a little late to the party, but Id buy the phone.
I just picked up 2 of them for $200 each.
One off a friend and the other off craigslist.
These phones are a beauty.

Thanks! I got one for $180.. In the mail now.
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64GUNSHIP said:
Thanks! I got one for $180.. In the mail now.
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Dude that's a steal! Yeah sorry I didn't comment on battery life, yeah that's from 6:30 AM to about 6:00 PM with moderate use, browser, texting, stream/playing music and light gaming. 12 hours with about a quarter fo third battery left. Good LUCK!

Its used, but appears to be in mint condition. I'm hoping to get it within a week. Thanks for the info - maybe I won't need a second battery for it, like I so depressingly do for my LG Quantum
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Battery HTC ONE

Hello.
Yesterday I received my htc one.
So far so good but there is something that does not have me happy.
Is the battery life, I had loaded all tonight at 9:00 unplugging and went to work.
At this time I have 39% of battery, and use only a little web browsing, whatsapp and twitter, but not much, I think it was downloaded too use it and die, and all this with the power saving mode activated.
You think, what should I do?
Thank you.

I had a a similar experience during my first couple of days using my One but it seems to have sorted itself out now. I noticed having it on wifi seems to use less power than mobile data if that helps.

Wait a week or so before forming an opinion. As with many smart phones it takes time for the battery to bed in and be fully calibrated. My battery life is superb. I've used my one today heavily with music playing non stop and it's still on 70%.
I wouldn't be worried at all. Mine was the same when I first got it but I wasn't worried because I've had the same thing with every phone I've had in the past few years.
Give it a chance to hit full stride. If it does turn out to be an actual problem, which I strongly doubt, then you'll get a replacement. Nothing to be concerned about.
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Mine was poor the first one or two days and now it's fantastic. Give it a few more charging cycles.
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Thank you all for the answers, the truth is that I think it has improved, and as you load and 2 cycles and it seems that if it improves enough.
Thank you very much for the help!

Also keep in mind the first few days you own a new device you are using it a lot more because you are checking it out all the time.
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