V8 Beast Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Wish I could root my thunderbolt If I did I would get fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Wish I could root my thunderbolt If I did I would get fired. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted March 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Update: I've been in 4g since 12pm. 11 hours later and I still have 30% of my battery left. Those of you having trouble try and turn off the continuous internet connection in mobile networks (wireless and networks in settings). This stops the leaching apps from constantly using the 4g data to update all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Still loving this phone. I probably will end up getting the extended battery though, I just enjoy it too much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted March 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Still loving this phone. I probably will end up getting the extended battery though, I just enjoy it too much! There is a lot of unneeded stuff running in this thing. I have not charged my phone since noon yesterday and it still has 10% left. Thats 25 hours of battery, and use. I will admit the calls were very limited, but I'm guessing with a normal day worth of calls you could easily get a 15-16 hours out of it (once a day charge overnight). Here is what I did.. -Turn of continuous internet connection -Turn of sync for stuff like stocks, back up assistance, and news if you dont use those apps - Go into running services after powering the phone on to see what apps are set to run. That way when you download new apps you know which ones can be disabled if needed. If you know what you are doing you can even disable some of the default running services. If you dont know what you are doing do not do this! - HTC sense facebook has a live feed.. if you are popular your battery will hate you! Turn off the live feed if you can live with only getting hourly updates. I set my updates to 4 hours. If I want to see what people are doing I can just go online and look. - Dont run useless widgets in the background if you dont have to. Most of them stay connected and update constantly. - Have weather update ever 3 hours if you can. I like to know what messed up Ohio has in store for me so I do that hourly. - Avoid live wallpaper. It looks cool but is a huge battery killer on almost all android phones. Anyone having trouble test this out. Another thing I thought of is to have you look at your connection strength and signal. If you are on the edge of 4g/basic signal your phone will have to work a lot harder to hold a signal. Stopping the constant connection with help with 4g, but with your basic wireless connection it will not. That in itself will drain the battery. Also keep in mind that the fail percentage on new phones is higher. If you got one from a bad batch now is the time to swap it out before you are stuck getting a refurbished one later on.. which will more than likely be a fixed phone from someone that had the same issues you have now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallion Motorsports1647545491 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Awesome...lost 12% battery life in 15 minutes. Haven't even used it. Fml I'm starting to hate this thing more and more. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Awesome...lost 12% battery life in 15 minutes. Haven't even used it. Fml I'm starting to hate this thing more and more. Tom These come loaded with tons of crap that's constantly running. If you dont' need it, disable it. GPS, WiFi, Background Data, etc. My phone is very comfortable, I have a few widgets on the home page, one is a weather widget, I also have Live wallpaper, and I read eBooks on my TB also, and I still have 50% battery life at the end of a work day. I accidentally left it unplugged last night and it still had 90% battery left. So it can be made to last. Just not set up as it comes from the factory. Stock settings = 6 hour battery life at most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallion Motorsports1647545491 Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 1130pm last night full charge, alarm doesn't go off at 630. Phone is powered off guess why...dead battery, after zero usage. Hitting all the forums now, trying more stuff. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 1130pm last night full charge, alarm doesn't go off at 630. Phone is powered off guess why...dead battery, after zero usage. Hitting all the forums now, trying more stuff. Tom Remember that part about swapping your phone out early if you get a lemon.... My friend sent hers back and the new one is fine. Same issue with the phone basicaly draining itself in less than 7 hours. I've been on my hotspot for 2 hours and am at 80% battery. Posting from it now at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patterson Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Remember that part about swapping your phone out early if you get a lemon.... My friend sent hers back and the new one is fine. Same issue with the phone basicaly draining itself in less than 7 hours. I've been on my hotspot for 2 hours and am at 80% battery. Posting from it now at work. Kinda OT, but it seems to all androids are like this. My Hero will kill itself over night sitting idle as well. It's already been swapped out once, and I'm only a few months from upgrade, but this thing is dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Kinda OT, but it seems to all androids are like this. My Hero will kill itself over night sitting idle as well. It's already been swapped out once, and I'm only a few months from upgrade, but this thing is dumb. All phones are like that. Once you get in the land of the warranty its hard to get out of it. Does your phone gethot in like 10 seconds when you use data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patterson Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 All phones are like that. Once you get in the land of the warranty its hard to get out of it. Does your phone gethot in like 10 seconds when you use data? Yep, all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Kinda OT, but it seems to all androids are like this. My Hero will kill itself over night sitting idle as well. It's already been swapped out once, and I'm only a few months from upgrade, but this thing is dumb. No, only Androids with HTC Sense seem to be extra power hungry, now throw in 4G and sprinkle some CDMA on top of that and you will see less battery life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Yep, all time. Connect it to your home wifi over night and see if it drains slower. Could be an issue with the cellular antenna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patterson Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 I'll give it a whirl and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaronsToy Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 There is a lot of unneeded stuff running in this thing. I have not charged my phone since noon yesterday and it still has 10% left. Thats 25 hours of battery, and use. I will admit the calls were very limited, but I'm guessing with a normal day worth of calls you could easily get a 15-16 hours out of it (once a day charge overnight). Here is what I did.. -Turn of continuous internet connection -Turn of sync for stuff like stocks, back up assistance, and news if you dont use those apps - Go into running services after powering the phone on to see what apps are set to run. That way when you download new apps you know which ones can be disabled if needed. If you know what you are doing you can even disable some of the default running services. If you dont know what you are doing do not do this! - HTC sense facebook has a live feed.. if you are popular your battery will hate you! Turn off the live feed if you can live with only getting hourly updates. I set my updates to 4 hours. If I want to see what people are doing I can just go online and look. - Dont run useless widgets in the background if you dont have to. Most of them stay connected and update constantly. - Have weather update ever 3 hours if you can. I like to know what messed up Ohio has in store for me so I do that hourly. - Avoid live wallpaper. It looks cool but is a huge battery killer on almost all android phones. Anyone having trouble test this out. Another thing I thought of is to have you look at your connection strength and signal. If you are on the edge of 4g/basic signal your phone will have to work a lot harder to hold a signal. Stopping the constant connection with help with 4g, but with your basic wireless connection it will not. That in itself will drain the battery. Also keep in mind that the fail percentage on new phones is higher. If you got one from a bad batch now is the time to swap it out before you are stuck getting a refurbished one later on.. which will more than likely be a fixed phone from someone that had the same issues you have now. I wanted to get this phone but it sounds like you have to shut half the phone off to make it work lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I wanted to get this phone but it sounds like you have to shut half the phone off to make it work lol The phone runs a bunch of crap you dont need. For some reason phone manufacturers think people actually want this stuff. If I could root my damn phone I would just to delete the dumb stuff Verizon and HTC added. I am seriously not going to pay for the navigator when googles is free and works better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Verizon's 4G is down and 4G phones are being forced into 1x mode. But there is a fix to force 3G. The cool thing is that this will likely work for people who want a longer battery life too. Bring up the phone and enter ##778# then dial A menu will pop up. Choose Edit Mode It will ask for a password. Enter 000000 (six zeroes) A settings screen will come up. Choose Modem Settings On the next screen choose Rev.A Select Enable Then hit your phone menu and Commit. After the reboot, it will show 1X then change to 3G after a moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Thanks for posting, I had noticed 4G disappeared about 11am. Was concerned that my phone was broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Shitz broke yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stallion Motorsports1647545491 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Shitz broke yo +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Shitz broke yo I need to escalate please. I also need service credits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I need to escalate please. I also need service credits. If I were you I would cancel my service and go to ATT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 If I were you I would cancel my service and go to ATT Yeah, they have the IPHONE, and I CAN TALK SURF AT THE SAME TIME.!!! VERIZON SUCKS ASS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 VERIZON SUCKS ASS Quoted for truth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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