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Hi everyone,
I have having a terrible battery performance for my mini. It seems that just after 2 hours, the battery level drops from 100% to about 80% :shock: . Any idea why? :?
Does anyone else have this problem?
Thanks!
Try to look in Start/Settings/System/Memory ---running programs...you may have some programs running and consuming battery. If U have Pocket hack master it drawn the battery very fast if overclocked and installed!
Regards,
Primoz
Hi Primoz
Thanks for the info. But on my previous device XDA IIs, even with the applications running, the battery life was still ok.
Sigh... perhaps my batt is a lemon... so far it has only lasted 1 day with a full charge!!! :shock:
Hmmm...strange, if the I-mate is new try to replace the battery...cause for me the battery life is about 2 days...in average. If not used much 3-4 days.
Regards,
Primoz
Hmm, perhaps an investigation is in order :?: :
Did you leave your beam receive on?
Are you using bluetooth?
What programs are running, especially today screen plugins?
Hi,
nope, bluetooth is off, IR is off however, I left the SD Card in the slot all the time.
I have also made sure there are no today screen plugins and also programs running in the background.
I just checked.... 1 hour, the battery level drops by 6 % :shock:
This is terrible. I am using XDA II mini... don't seem to see this problem with i-Mates and others though...
anyone with XDA II mini care to comment?
Perhaps it's because your battery is still new. On average, batteries have full capacity and stamina after 10-20 cycles of full charge-full discharge.
Make sure:
Backlight is on low setting.
Bluetooth is off.
Infrared is off.
Power off after x minutes.
Backlight off after x minutes.
I have only had my XDA Mini for 8 days now and my battery life is much better than that.
The phone and PIM gets a good going over during a business day and then a couple hours of WiFi in the evening when i get home and i have never had the battery drop below 30%.
My XDA II used to be flat by the end of the day.
The difference is now that i charge the unit for 7 hours during the evenings as opposed to the XDA II sitting in the craddle during the day.
I have finally given up on charging and recharging the battery. I just sent my mini for servicing yesterday. Apparently, the service folks also think that the poor performance of the batt is due to a faulty power regulator.
Anyways, I was quite disappointed that I got a lemon. They promised me my device back by Friday or Sat.
Will update again on the batt performance once I get it back.... :?
Hello!
I have the same problem and if you know where the problem came from i would be very interesting , to know if i have to send it to repair too or if there is another solution!
Thanks
how do you turn IR off?
To turn of IR....
Start>Settings>Connections>Beam
Uncheck the box which says receive all incoming beams.
Ujj
ujj75 said:
To turn of IR....
Start>Settings>Connections>Beam
Uncheck the box which says receive all incoming beams.
Ujj
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Hmm...strange, because I have read somewhere (don`t remember where) thah if the Receiving beam box is checked it "helps" the battery to last longer... :?
Regards,
Primoz
I just got back my set from the O2 repair center in Singapore. The service tech said that there wasn't any problem and the battery drain is at an ACCEPTABLE rate!
I am still getting the poor battery performance. I can only last 10 hrs max without USING my PDA. I did not even use the PDA function extensively ( at most 20 mins) and did not even use the phone.... yes, all the applications were stopped and even disabled the IR.
I escalated this issue to O2 and they told me that they will check with the tech about the set....
This is terrible!!!! :x .....
Anyone else with this problem? I suspect that this is an hardware / battery issue.
Sigh... hope that O2 can do something about!
to mod: sorry about making noise about this.... but I had to let it out of my chest!
Anyone else with this issue....???
Ian
ianlo said:
II can only last 10 hrs max without USING my PDA.
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Maybe try the backup and hardreset route? Must be something in your settings that's draining the battery.
If I can tell my experience...I never mind if battery is full of charge or it is down...'couse whenever I can, I always connect my S100 to USB for recharging...
Uhm...Do I wrong?
I guess for my type of usage, it is unacceptable to always plug it into the charger.
This is because I am on the move most of the time and once I leave my office in the morning, I would not return home till sometime at night. Need the set to last at least 24 hours!
Sigh... anyone has ideas for a workaround?
I've been looking for an additional battery... where to get one?
Is this particular to O2 sets? Cos I have not been seeing compliants with other vendors iMate, T-Mobile etc..
I have the same problem and have try all software solution(differents roms)!!I will send it to repair and hope i will be more lucky than you.
Wish you all the best too! If you do get it fixed, please let me know so that I can do something about it rather than having to deal with O2!
I am getting quite impatient with them for giving me the runaround!
Hey again,
Had my vario for a couple of months now, but really getting annoyed with the battery now...
Charged it to full in the car this morning (11am ish) and now 15:30 it's dead.
It does have push mail enabled and has received around 20 emails, but surely this should kill the battery by then.. I wouldnt mind, but have been at the pc, so havent even switched the screen on....
any comments / advice?
I'm having the same problem with mine. Does the battery pack feel really warm even when it's not charging and just on standby. This is my second Vario, the first had a faulty keyboard latch, but the battery didn't get hot and it lasted for days on standby.
Its the Edge/UMTS/3G chip..
I had the same problems.
Since I switched to GPRSW instead of UMTS/Edge/3G connection my battery will do twice as long. Search for the free tool "BandSwitch" on these forums and you will find a solution to switch between GPRS and 3G without a hassle...
Regards
Apple*
Applestar said:
I had the same problems.
Since I switched to GPRSW instead of UMTS/Edge/3G connection my battery will do twice as long. Search for the free tool "BandSwitch" on these forums and you will find a solution to switch between GPRS and 3G without a hassle...
Regards
Apple*
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I can confirm more or less twice also for me. This is a wonderful danielherrero's idea, well developed from forum's suggestions and well coded from danielherrero
Applestar said:
I had the same problems.
Since I switched to GPRSW instead of UMTS/Edge/3G connection my battery will do twice as long. Search for the free tool "BandSwitch" on these forums and you will find a solution to switch between GPRS and 3G without a hassle...
Regards
Apple*
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Hmm... whilst that may work, it's one of the reasons I got the Vario is that it has 3g bandwidth, so to disable it to have more than a couple of hours batter seems crazy.....
sem92 said:
I'm having the same problem with mine. Does the battery pack feel really warm even when it's not charging and just on standby. This is my second Vario, the first had a faulty keyboard latch, but the battery didn't get hot and it lasted for days on standby.
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Cant say that it does, altho when using it, it does... how are t-mob in view of changing a faulty unit?
an0key said:
Hmm... whilst that may work, it's one of the reasons I got the Vario is that it has 3g bandwidth, so to disable it to have more than a couple of hours batter seems crazy.....
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Well it's a balance - the idea is not to disable it altogether but to switch it on when needed but not keep it on routinely. For example much of what I do does not need the bandwith and so it's only needed from time to time.
Mike
mikechannon said:
Well it's a balance - the idea is not to disable it altogether but to switch it on when needed but not keep it on routinely. For example much of what I do does not need the bandwith and so it's only needed from time to time.
Mike
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ok so basically 3 hours standbye use is acceptable?
an0key said:
ok so basically 3 hours standbye use is acceptable?
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you should get longer than that, you might have an application that is running and draining the battery, also try updating to the latest rom
good luck
R
rob61280 said:
you should get longer than that, you might have an application that is running and draining the battery, also try updating to the latest rom
good luck
R
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have had a look at the running processes, and has been running nothing today, still a pants battery.
As for the rom, am a bit dubious, as if I do that and it turns out to be a hardware problem, then surely that would void my warrenty?
sem92 said:
I'm having the same problem with mine. Does the battery pack feel really warm even when it's not charging and just on standby. This is my second Vario, the first had a faulty keyboard latch, but the battery didn't get hot and it lasted for days on standby.
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mine also feels warm when on standy. not using andy wifi bt or g3 or highspeed just the phone on standby. Only have had the thing work and hold charge and run cool a few times since I have it. Battery drains in a matter of 6-8 hours
Hi i own a Dopod D810 and since last week my device has been overheating, my screen becomes really hot and battery life goes down EXTREMELY fast. A full battery last me 3-4 hrs max
I have tried disabling 3g, the device heated less but the battery life i still going down as fast.
any solution ?
btw i'm using official Rom WM6
You have turned GPS on ?
that procedure may lead to overheating devices.
Hi mate thanx for replying. No my GPS is off.
Actually made both soft and hard reset, turned phone on with SIM, nothing helps it just keeps getting hot and battery life goes down very fast
any soltution ???
npoilly said:
Hi mate thanx for replying. No my GPS is off.
Actually made both soft and hard reset, turned phone on with SIM, nothing helps it just keeps getting hot and battery life goes down very fast
any soltution ???
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- Your battery is going to die
- Short circuit somewhere
- Reset your phone and see if it is still.
- Clean some dust, especially near the battery terminal and around the screen.
if it is still, it's the motherboard issue (shot or one elec component died or change value)
Hi
Did you have any HSDPA connection active ?
Jean Marc
Hello... Over the past few days, my ppc has been turning off all of a sudden despite the main battery still having enough charge. When I checked backup battery meter in settings, it was no longer there. Prior to that, I remember trying to upgrade my device to WM6 with no luck therefore I reverted back to the original WM5. And then a day or two after that, while at work, my phone charge was completely drained -- had a battery low warning for the backup/internal batt but it was already too late for me to charge the phone so it shut down. When I did charge it, while the main battery charged to 100%, the backup battery was no longer detected.
I was searching for a solution through the forum but found inconclusive results . I was thinking of replacing the backup battery however I'm not sure if there is indeed one to start with (nothing mentioned in Atom Wiki). O2 no longer has customer support and where I'm located I don't have access to PDA repair shops.
Even if O2 Atom Exec's battery life is known to be crap , I really love this phone and would like to keep it longer. I hope somebody can help me out...
i've same problem too...
my batt drains so fast...after upgrade to wm6.0
any sugestion??
paksiregar said:
my batt drains so fast...after upgrade to wm6.0
any sugestion??
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These are the usual stuff I do to avoid my device to be drained too fast:
- Click off "receive all incoming beams" in start>settings>beam
- Choose level 2 or 3 in backlight settings
- Disable all vibrating alarms/rings
- Turn off recurring pre-set alarms that I haven't been using
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my batt drains so fast...after upgrade to wm6.0
any sugestion??
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Found these helpful tips within the site:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=UniversalSmallBattery
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=UniversalBatteryIssue
Hi
I just purchase Topaz
also i'm new to the windows mobile phones
I'm completely like the phone but i have a weird problem with it
while i use it i notice the battery produces too much heat that i can notice
the battery can be drained very easily with any action
I just turn off my phone it was 21% charge i noticed the heating issue
and i turned it on again and the battery was 14%
just to restart my phone i lost 7%
Is the heating issue normal?
The battery drain is it normal?
Cairo_ said:
Hi
I just purchase Topaz
also i'm new to the windows mobile phones
I'm completely like the phone but i have a weird problem with it
while i use it i notice the battery produces too much heat that i can notice
the battery can be drained very easily with any action
I just turn off my phone it was 21% charge i noticed the heating issue
and i turned it on again and the battery was 14%
just to restart my phone i lost 7%
Is the heating issue normal?
The battery drain is it normal?
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Well, Its normal to get hot when taking a long call.. (10 min or more), but while in standby, it should NEVER get even WARM (mine stays cold as ice ) !!!
The power drain maybe is cuz your phone is heating.. The heat expands circuits and increase the power drain.
Cairo_ said:
Hi
I just purchase Topaz
also i'm new to the windows mobile phones
I'm completely like the phone but i have a weird problem with it
while i use it i notice the battery produces too much heat that i can notice
the battery can be drained very easily with any action
I just turn off my phone it was 21% charge i noticed the heating issue
and i turned it on again and the battery was 14%
just to restart my phone i lost 7%
Is the heating issue normal?
The battery drain is it normal?
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..the heating is normal!
Concering the battery drain is up to the rom and completly different!
cyron_at said:
..the heating is normal!
Concering the battery drain is up to the rom and completly different!
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Not normal if the phone is on stand by mode (And I believe that`s what he`s saying ) !!!
I just installed Copilot
the battery was 14%
after the installation ended and the phone restarted
it got about 4%
Also i used the MP3 player for around and hour the battery dropped about 20%
how's that?
or should i take it back? I'm still having the phone warranty
Cairo_ said:
I just installed Copilot
the battery was 14%
after the installation ended and the phone restarted
it got about 4%
Also i used the MP3 player for around and hour the battery dropped about 20%
how's that?
or should i take it back? I'm still having the phone warranty
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About using the MP3 player for 1 hour and drop 20%, its normal.
But, 14% then sunddely goes to 4% ? Thats not freaking normal...
Just take it back to warranty ok!
haranbh said:
About using the MP3 player for 1 hour and drop 20%, its normal.
But, 14% then sunddely goes to 4% ? Thats not freaking normal...
Just take it back to warranty ok!
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I wouldn't rush to send it back. It all sounds normal to me.
You must remember that the batteries will take a few weeks to attain full capacity operation.
Keep them on charge as much as you can (mains or car/plane etc), don't switch off at night, don't cycle them and don't drain them excessively.
If that does not give an improvement THEN take them back.
When I first got my TD2 I was appalled at the battery life and bought a spare battery. I have never used it.
And when they get warm it shows that they are happily being used or recharged and is no cause for concern.
Hi Cairo,
First of all, sorry for my english.
In my case, I bought my TD2 this summer, & I had some of these problems with the battery.
I'll tell you my steps, perhaps it could help you, if not, you must talk with HTC support.
First, use modaco's nodata to disable HSDPA/3G, use only GSM, it's much better to save battery. the link :http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/
Second: Active Sync.
You need a task manager to see notifications.
you must find one of the repllog event.
Use this http://www.dotfred.net/TaskMgr.htm.
In notifications tab find "repllog AppRunAfterTimeChange" and disable it.
In my case I have disabled two events more, PushInternetScheduleTimeChanged and PushInternetScheduleTimeChanged1 and everything works fine.
After that, in process tab, if repllog appears, kill it, and in notifications tab find again the event "repllog.exe /remote /h",disable too, and use a reg editor (dot's taskmgr has one) and search in hkcu\software\microsoft\ActiveSync, find "KeepAlive" and you must change 1 to 0.
In this case, activesync will never start again, till you connect td2 to laptop or pc with activesync (it changes the value from 0 to 1).
I hope you could understand me and the info is ok for your td2.
Regards
pa49 said:
You must remember that the batteries will take a few weeks to attain full capacity operation.
Keep them on charge as much as you can (mains or car/plane etc), don't switch off at night, don't cycle them and don't drain them excessively.
If that does not give an improvement THEN take them back.
When I first got my TD2 I was appalled at the battery life and bought a spare battery. I have never used it.
And when they get warm it shows that they are happily being used or recharged and is no cause for concern.
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Thank you for the advice i did do what u said and noticed it became a bit better
makix13 said:
Hi Cairo,
First of all, sorry for my english.
In my case, I bought my TD2 this summer, & I had some of these problems with the battery.
I'll tell you my steps, perhaps it could help you, if not, you must talk with HTC support.
First, use modaco's nodata to disable HSDPA/3G, use only GSM, it's much better to save battery. the link :http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/
Second: Active Sync.
You need a task manager to see notifications.
you must find one of the repllog event.
Use this http://www.dotfred.net/TaskMgr.htm.
In notifications tab find "repllog AppRunAfterTimeChange" and disable it.
In my case I have disabled two events more, PushInternetScheduleTimeChanged and PushInternetScheduleTimeChanged1 and everything works fine.
.
I hope you could understand me and the info is ok for your td2.
Regards
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Thanks a lot makix
your post were really helpful
i was looking for the way to disable HSDPA and i couldnt found it
Thanks a lot for your help
Hi Cairo,
the hsdpa is in Settings->More->Connections tab->Advanced Network and then u must disable hsdpa.
in settings->communications->phone->advanced->band
I've gsm and gsm(900+1800)umts(900+2100).
(my winmo & touchflo is in spanish, but i hope u can find the options )
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Hi Cairo,
the hsdpa is in Settings->More->Connections tab->Advanced Network and then u must disable hsdpa.
in settings->communications->phone->advanced->band
I've gsm and gsm(900+1800)umts(900+2100).
(my winmo & touchflo is in spanish, but i hope u can find the options )
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Thanks Makix
I disabled it
now my phone after one day of use with about 30 minute GPS of use
and 30 minutes of Mp3 and its 50%
better than befor