My girlfriend has an HP iPAQ RW6815 that shows the battery status in a percentage (99%, 98%, 97%, etc.). Mine does it too, but it show it in steps of 10 (90%, 80%, 70%). What do I have to change to get in the form of my GF? (Probably a registry hack).
Sometimes this depends on the device, for example I have a Vario II (Hermes variant) and apparently there is no way to show it in other than 10% steps. I wish there were.
Agreed - even the wm6 builds seem to be saying the same
this question has been asked many times before, always with the same answers.
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I've read a few posts on HTC Wizard battery life and I'm trying to quantify what I'm seeing (which is hard given varying conditions under which the device can be used and what features are active but I'll attempt that here). I'd really like to hear what other pepole are experiencing under similar conditoins.
I’m getting about two days worth of battery life before the unit is warning that the device needs to be recharged. Here’s what I’ve done with it over the past 2 days:
· 47 minutes time spent using the phone. I get the full 4 signal bars just about everywhere I go, including and the office and at home. I have not used the speakerphone at all.
· About 1 hour of PDA use
· Bluetooth and WiFi have been off. There was no GPRS use during this time.
· The screen brightness is set to the lowest level possible, one setting above the backlight being completely off.
· When on battery power, the backlight automatically shuts itself off after 30 seconds and the device turns itself off completely after one minute.
· I’m running Windows Mobile 5.0
The battery currently reads 18% after 2 days.
Is this in line with what other people are seeing?
I used to drain my wizard to about 50-60% in one day (from morning to evening), when I still let it go to standby, so that seems about right. It goes down a bit faster now because I always leave it on (just let the backlight go off of course) so agile messenger will stay online...
I'm pretty sure this battery life is pretty good for a pda phone though, you can't compare this to a regular phone.
I always connect it to the charger at night so it's no problem for me, and I bring a very small usb cable (like 15 cm) when I don't sleep at home. Usually there's an opportunity to connect the wizard to a computer somewhere so it'll charge, the computer doesn't need to recognize the wizard for that.
I need to charge my Wizard evry night, if it's friday with party etc alot of calls i need to have my samsung d600 with me becuase the qtek goes empty around 23.oo :/
Just done a typical "intensive" day, and I'm really pleased of that thing. Here's what I've done:
~50 min on the phone
~2h30 MP3 playing with TCPMP, LCD off of course
~30min e-mail and internet through wireless
obviously a bit more PDA use, cause uptime meter says 4h39 :wink:
I still have 54% battery at the moment.
Useful to mention, forgot to turn off wireless after browsing, so it stayed on for like 1hr with device off, and that still drains juice.
Backlight is set at the middle.
Once again, my BA would be dead by now. I had ~4h PDA use at standard clock settings, 2hr with wireless on. The Wizard just doubles both these figures. I definitely understand why they've dropped that guzzling XScale... wish there could be an optimised version of TCPMP soon though, video playback is the only thing where i see a real difference in speed, haven't managed to have a video playing smooth without hangups yet.
Skype doesn't run well, but it didn't either with the BA without overclocking it at the maximum it would hold, giving a stunning 1h30 battery life (with wireless on obviously). The device was really hot while doing this, and the standard charger would not give enough current even to power the device, battery was still going down when connected. Had to use a 2A Axim adapter to charge while skyping :shock:
So definitively a GREAT improvement.
I used my MDA Vario the other day and it went down to 18% in approx 4 1/2 hours.
Screen was at max brightness and on for the whole time,
Tom Tom running.
Bluetooth on
About what I'd expect. I don't think my Treo 650 would be much better in similar circumstances.
I just updated the other thread about the battery that up till now its been fine but two days ago the dreaded issue started with me too
I've just lost 20% in 3 hours without doing anything (its been off since)
AKU2 rom gives a definite improvement, I can have 85% left after a day of normal use.
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AKU2 rom gives a definite improvement, I can have 85% left after a day of normal use.
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Which AKU2 rom. T mobile hasn't released one for my phone yet, to my knowledge.
The qtek rom, many vario users are using this rom out of frustration for t-mobile not releasing theirs.
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The qtek rom, many vario users are using this rom out of frustration for t-mobile not releasing theirs.
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Thanks
Hey if you upgrade the ROM you should run some tests before installing any applications. It would be a definite advantage to make sure it's not some buggy app that's causing your battery drain.
agreed... I think that is my issue too that it could be a memory leak somewhere in one of the programs
can only put it down to registrywizard, uptime, or resco, the latter i doubt very much though
I upgraded my vario to the newest imate rom and would totally recommend doing so.. my battery life is about double what it used to be now (may have installed something dodgy that was draining it though)
Its also much faster in operation and seems to be a lot more stable too (I suffered a lot from the random reboot problem previously)
what did you upgrade from?
and what rom version are you running? the ones on the ftp for kjam are numbered a bit strange and can be confusing
The numbers are confusing for me as a noob to WM5/wizard.
What is the difference between the Qtek & the Imate roms?
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... Useful to mention, forgot to turn off wireless after browsing, so it stayed on for like 1hr with device off, and that still drains juice.
Backlight is set at the middle. ...
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WiFi doesn't drain battery when the device is turned off, cause the WiFi module will also be turned off automatically - just test it: leave WiFi on and press the power button - after a few hours look at the effect on the battery... :wink:
I usually recharge my Vario every 3-4 days. Although I don't use WiFi and I also don't make many long calls I usually use GPRS always on to receive my mails. I also use BT quite often to listen to music over my A2DP headset - maybe one hour per day on average...
So there must be something wrong with the devices of some of the people posting here... :!:
I am having what I would consider very poor battery life from my Prophet (Qtek s200) compared to what I get from my 8125 (wizard). I have exactly the same software/today screen, etc installed on both. I flashed to Prophet to the newest qtek ROM with 100% battery (xda-developers said that would help improve battery) and did the same with my wizard (newest wizard Rom). With what I would consider moderate usage of both devices throughout the day, by 12 midnight I have about 70% left on the wizard and about 40% left on the prophet. Is there any reason I would get different battery lives with EXACTLY the same software, etc installed?
I have edited to reg. to have GPRS alway on on both, I know that this saps the battery a bit, but how much? Would resetting this to default really improve life? My today items are Wisbar Advance 2, weatherpanel, pocketbreeze (with newspanel in pocketbreeze)
weatherpanel, newspanel, are set to update every 30 minutes outlook checks my email every 60 seconds.....
I know all of the above takes more battery , but it is annoying that my wizard can do this and still have 70% at the end of the day (giving me about 2.5 days of battery life on full charge) the prophet would last just over 1 day with full charge! Anyone have any suggestions?
Hey everybody ..
I bought myself a nice o2 xda mini s .. ... i'm really hapy with it .. at first I had some trouble changing the rom .. 'cause i have a G4 chip .. but thanks to risidoro's step by step guide i managed to do it .. (THANKS RISIDORO)
My only problem now is that my battery life lasts not even a whole day .. when i use the ppc as a normal user .. lets say .. about an hour of talking . maybe some gaming ... a litlle music .. internet once in a while .. I'm already on 20 - 25 % ... I thought it might be my battery .. so I tried the whole uncharging .. charging to full thing .. but useless ..
I saw some 2400 mhamp .. batteries on ebay .. does anyone use them ??
do you have the same problem ??
any Guru I seek your wisdom ..
I had the same battery life issue after upgrading the ROM. However, it only lasted a few days.
I found that keeping my phone on the charger at night to keep it fully charged for when I was away from home solved the issue in about a week. Every day before heading home from work, it seemed my battery life would increase by about 5% over the "almost dead" battery the first couple of days after the upgrade.
Now -- 2 weeks later -- when I leave work at the end of the day, my battery meter shows that I still have 80% - 85% battery life left. (But I still keep it on the charger overnight -- every night)
Just make sure you keep the battery "topped off" in order to avoid the issue. It WILL come back up. It just takes a few days to get there right after upgrading.
It also depends on what software/plugins you run. E.g., I ran PhoneAlarm for 24 hours, and in 4 hours it drained 80% of my battery. <uninstall>
Something doesn't sound right with your battery. I have my K-JAM for 9 months now and during a typical work day I can:
1. Play audio over BT A2DP for 1:30 HRs
2. Surf the web
3. Retrieve emails
4. Read avantgo
When I get into work I am at 90% battery. Keep in mind that I am also Overclocked at 221 mhz! I also have my K-JAM loaded to bear with sbp pocket plus, MS VC, GsPocketMagic, Pocket/Contact Breeze, Pocket Weather, and SmartsKey.
During the weekend I can go all day using the phone periodically connected to my BT headset (non stereo) and get home with 60-70% battery life.
'Double battery' from ebay
Hi Silvernrg,
I had the original battery for a while.. it lasted from 1 day to 1.5 days depends on usage and how many phone calls I had.
I found a battery on ebay which is 2350mAh (almost double?) which comes with a new back cover (or a door) for the wizard.
Yes, the device looks more bulky now but the nice thing is - I get to use the wizard now for something between 3-3.5 days without recharge. It is critical for me since many times I'm on the road in business trips and I don't want to pull out the charger in all the countries I visit (I already forgot my charger one time in one of the hotels...).
I paid about $16 for the double-battery on ebay and it was sent to me from Hong-kong (to the US) quite quickly (I don't remember the ebay seller but if you can't find one on ebay, I'll dig into the history and find the seller).
hhmmm i also just recently acquired a dopod 838 a variant of htc wizard. when i 1st bought it in singapore i dun hav access to a computer so i jus install wat ever i can to the device using my eten and an mini to sd card adapter. i didnt use phone alarm then and battery life was fantastic with music and wifi and sms and calls. now that everytin is installed including phone alarm 1.52 my fone stays at the top 100% for long time then drains very2 fast after. so far i havent let it go down below 50%(only once). i got an the today overclocker and the omap but i only use it if i play games. movies with wmv lags no matter if i use tcmp or windows media and overclocking wont helps. avi is fine though. dunno if this is normal but im really convinced that stock wizard out of the box will last a whole heaps longer than customised with apps wizard. i havent upgraded my rom yet. it comes with 2.21 IPL and SPL and im really confused with the posted instruction on how to upgrade and dun want to turn it into a brick. will upgrading it to 2.24(is that the recent rom) helps battery life to be better or worst? what extra stuff it have over 2.21? i dont want to lose the extended rom as it got the australian customisation. i already got a2dp using the reg hack and the tornado.cab. quality is not that great. so sticking with the standard headset which is great.
After the 1st full charge, the reported battery charge is available only in 10s%. i.e. 100%-90%-80% etc.
All the intermediate values are ommited.
Anyone with similar problem?
Any solution?
Welcome aboard, Christo...
...but please, next time, do a search in the fora before asking.
It has been discussed many times and, although [IMHO] it is indeed a problem, there doesn't seem to exist a solution -yet. Supposedly, it's just the normal behaviour...
-s.
Well...
I emailed HTC with this problem and they replied me with "this is the memory effect for batteries 6 months old or older" - Crap.
I asked them to replace the battery. :wink:
Still waiting for reply.
The truth is that after the above mentioned situation I guessed that I had a unique problem, and that's why I did not search the forum. Sorry... :?
I got HTC's reply. They claim that this is the normal behaviour. :evil:
It might be "normal behaviour", but we would still like to change it!
Mine's doing this right out of the box (from the first charge). Maybe HTC are using cheaper voltage detection circuitry... grumble
The funny thing is that I am absolutely sure that it worked normally, showing all the values, before the first charge. :?:
My Vario II (Tytn) has only ever decreased in 10 percent intervals, right from new.
I expect there is some sort of programming or hardware shortcut HTC have taken which has resulted in this as I guess they didn't think too many people would consider it a problem.
I have to say I would prefer it to measure the percentage precisely, like it used to do on my XDA Mini S (Wizard).
Hopefully, if it is software related (sorry, I am not techy enough to know whether it is most likely to be software or hardware) then may be a future update will change it back to 1 percent intervals.
I'm sure that it isnt a problem of memory effect of the battery, because my battery has one weeks and the battery meter decrease 10%s at time.
But... I'm sure... the first time I have seen the battery... charge for the 98% or 89%...
After... I have installed many software on my device... and I dont know if one of them may interfere with the battery indicator.
The strange thing is the time with the battery meter refresh when I push on my device from the stand by... each time it ask again some second to display the exact quantity of battery residual.
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Stefano
Isn't there any chance the next rom release might correct this 10% decay thing to a 5% decay or a realtime 1%?
I dont know... but, I would like understand if this problem affect all the Hermes200...
Bye
Stefano
I installed ArielBattery (really nice program) and I'm noticing that my battery status goes down in steps of 10%: 100%, 90%, 80%,...
It's not a big problem (since I'm getting nice battery life) but is this the normal behaviour?
My Prophet shows every 1% change in it's capacity.
This is normal behavior for the Xperia. I'm not sure why they did it, but apparently it gives a more accurate trend...I prefer 1% steps too, like my old HTC Uni, but I'm slowly getting used to this while I've been trying to jog my battery. Still can't get a full day out of the Xperia
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This is normal behavior for the Xperia. I'm not sure why they did it, but apparently it gives a more accurate trend...I prefer 1% steps too, like my old HTC Uni, but I'm slowly getting used to this while I've been trying to jog my battery. Still can't get a full day out of the Xperia
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thanks for confirming this is normal...
maybe this is something related to OS version, mayber they'll change this with an update... who knows...
My battery is doing better since I enabled GPRS/HSDPA timeout (5 minutes) as I found that's a thing that eats lot of power, even when just connected without any use.
Anyways, looking at what we do with our Winmo devices, it's normal to have less battery life than with normal phones.
I hope the developer fixes this on future version.
It's not a big problem but I did prefer it showing reading by 1% on my diamond though.
cool, how do you enable GPRS/HSDPA timeout?
I was told that the 10% steps are the normal WM behaviour. 1% - allthough very common during the last years - is something special and supplier related.
Because the HTC Kaiser was the my 1st WM device I was also thinking that 1% steps are the normal thing.
Xperia is the 1st WM device for SE so they went ahead with the standard from WM for this feature.
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cursor said:
thanks for confirming this is normal...
maybe this is something related to OS version, mayber they'll change this with an update... who knows...
My battery is doing better since I enabled GPRS/HSDPA timeout (5 minutes) as I found that's a thing that eats lot of power, even when just connected without any use.
Anyways, looking at what we do with our Winmo devices, it's normal to have less battery life than with normal phones.
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