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Hey everyone, I hate asking questions in forums...i never feel i did enough searching, but i think i did enough this time.
I have been using OpenTouch Biggy v3.0 for quite sometime now on my wing. It runs pretty well, but i had an issue where my battery went from lasting close to 2 days, to lasting half a day or so. My phone habits didn't change nor did any settings, So i reinstalled and the battery went back to lasting 2 days again. But when i was researching i seen that OpenTouch v5.3 biggy was out so i installed that version about 3 times. Each time the top bar is missing and will not show. So instead i installed v4.0 biggy and my battery is back to not lasting very long. I really enjoy using Opentouch, I have tried the others but always end up back with OpenTouch. Anyone else have this problem?
Another thing i would like to know and i might be wrong here(i haven't run OEM Windows mobile in quite sometime) But is there anyway to get the original AIM app from the stock rom? I want all the Biggy apps to though. I do have Palringo installed and have been using that for a couple weeks now. Not sure if i like it though.
Sorry if this post is messy or unclear im working off about 3 hours sleep and need to get to bed!
Thanks for any help!
here is an example of my battery problem. I unplugged my phone at 6:14am made maybe 3 phone calls equal to about 10 minutes total. Used the internet for about 20 mins and now at 11:21am i am at 42% battery. With OpenTouch v3.0 i could of tripled that and tonight around midnight when i would of plugged my phone in the battery would of been closer to 70%.
Would love to get some answers on this, if anyone knows any settings i can change or what not.
Thanks.
damnitpud said:
here is an example of my battery problem. I unplugged my phone at 6:14am made maybe 3 phone calls equal to about 10 minutes total. Used the internet for about 20 mins and now at 11:21am i am at 42% battery. With OpenTouch v3.0 i could of tripled that and tonight around midnight when i would of plugged my phone in the battery would of been closer to 70%.
Would love to get some answers on this, if anyone knows any settings i can change or what not.
Thanks.
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You sure it's not a bad battery? They have had a lot of problems with the Dynapack batteries.
I found an article saying that T-mobile and HTC are replacing the dyna-pack batteries. but my phone doesn't seem to over heat. Also, if i put OpenTouch V3.0 on my Wing the battery will last longer again. I think its something in the software settings.
Here is a link to an article i found http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/tmobile_replacing_overheatable.html
damnitpud said:
I found an article saying that T-mobile and HTC are replacing the dyna-pack batteries. but my phone doesn't seem to over heat. Also, if i put OpenTouch V3.0 on my Wing the battery will last longer again. I think its something in the software settings.
Here is a link to an article i found http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/tmobile_replacing_overheatable.html
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I think that ttran made Open Touch 5.0 and higher have the radio that gets better reception, but pulls more power, but I don't think it was supposed to pull that much power. When I tried the 5.0 series, I didn't notice a drop in power at all versus 3.0. Hmmmmmmm.
Well with the v5.0 i am not sure if the battery dies quicker or last longer, i don't get a top bar after installing it. So when i installed v5 i kept it for an hour tops and reinstalled 3 times in a row, then went back to v3.0 or v4. My problem seems to be with V4.0. I like the looks of it and would like to keep it. but i can't deal with charging my phone 3+ times a day.
I did see a post that says some people wanted to keep the radio from V3 on V4. maybe ill try installing that and see if that fixes the problem. I will let you know the outcome.
damnitpud said:
Well with the v5.0 i am not sure if the battery dies quicker or last longer, i don't get a top bar after installing it. So when i installed v5 i kept it for an hour tops and reinstalled 3 times in a row, then went back to v3.0 or v4. My problem seems to be with V4.0. I like the looks of it and would like to keep it. but i can't deal with charging my phone 3+ times a day.
I did see a post that says some people wanted to keep the radio from V3 on V4. maybe ill try installing that and see if that fixes the problem. I will let you know the outcome.
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You could install batterystatus so you can see the remaining power.
I can see the remaining power, that is how i know when the phone will need to be charged. What i meant was i have not left OpenTouch V5 on my phone long enough to see if the battery lasted longer or not.
When I get home i am going to put the V3 Radio on my V4 phone. I will let you know the results.
damnitpud said:
I can see the remaining power, that is how i know when the phone will need to be charged. What i meant was i have not left OpenTouch V5 on my phone long enough to see if the battery lasted longer or not.
When I get home i am going to put the V3 Radio on my V4 phone. I will let you know the results.
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Ah, I gotcha....Yeah, I'm running v3 radio and it seems to be the best out of the bunch for me.
Well i did more research and found some Radio upgrades and what not. I figured why go down a version on the OS when i can upgrade the radio version. OpenTouch V4 comes with Radio 03.12.90, So i updated to 03.18.90. I will just have to test this for the day to see how the battery life is. From what i read it was about 60/40 of good/bad. I guess if this radio sucks as much juice as 03.12 i will just try going to 03.21.90 and what not.
Now to figure out why the topbar wont show up in OpenTouch V5.3 for me. I love TTrans roms! I'd like to stay up-to-date with him. =(
damnitpud said:
Well i did more research and found some Radio upgrades and what not. I figured why go down a version on the OS when i can upgrade the radio version. OpenTouch V4 comes with Radio 03.12.90, So i updated to 03.18.90. I will just have to test this for the day to see how the battery life is. From what i read it was about 60/40 of good/bad. I guess if this radio sucks as much juice as 03.12 i will just try going to 03.21.90 and what not.
Now to figure out why the topbar wont show up in OpenTouch V5.3 for me. I love TTrans roms! I'd like to stay up-to-date with him. =(
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I think it's a file in the startup. It might be cleanstart, but I can't remember for sure. I think if you slide the keyboard out, it comes back, but I remember reading about this somewhere...
Well i gave up with the radios and put in OpenTouch v5.2 org. Then i extracted the NBH file from the new release from Tmobile and flashed that to my phone. It seemed pretty quick and what not. But i ended up saving the OZ IM program file and flashing OpenTouch V3.0 again and added the OZ IM from the stock Tmobile rom and it actually opens, but it wont connect. Oh well.
I am looking into cooking my own roms now and have followed a guide to create my own OEM. So maybe ill become one of the known cooks =)
Problem
I have a problem, my cube doesn't work like the way it shoud btw i have open touch 5.0 , so like the regular cube to open it u slide ur finger from the bottom to top and it pops up but not in mine, i have ramdonly slide finger in many direction multiple time for a while before it comes out, so please tell me is there something wrong
I ended up installing OpenTouch V3.0 last night to test the radio in it. Well my phone was unplugged fromt he charger this morning at 8:15am and it is now 4:17pm...the battery is at 72%. The radio version is 03.07.90, not sure if this is exactly what is making the battery die slower...but my reception is not as good as before. I am going to upgrade this Radio. I also downloaded Aserg's newest rom, I have never tried his.
As for the cube i am not sure. I have never used it. I will give it a shot this weekend and see if i can help ya out.
thx looking forward to it
damnitpud said:
I ended up installing OpenTouch V3.0 last night to test the radio in it. Well my phone was unplugged fromt he charger this morning at 8:15am and it is now 4:17pm...the battery is at 72%. The radio version is 03.07.90, not sure if this is exactly what is making the battery die slower...but my reception is not as good as before. I am going to upgrade this Radio. I also downloaded Aserg's newest rom, I have never tried his.
As for the cube i am not sure. I have never used it. I will give it a shot this weekend and see if i can help ya out.
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I am surprised that the 3.12 radio drains your battery that quick. I have been using it in the OT 4 and 5 versions and now in Touch-IT touched by vista and I average 2 days of battery life before I charge unless I have been heavy on the internet usage. I have heard that the 3.18 and 3.21 radios drain battery life quick, but I haven't read too many complaints about 3.12. if you haven't tried any of the Touch-IT roms, give em a try, they are probably the most stable roms I have used yet, although I noticed for some reason with Touch-IT touched by vista my reception doesn't seem as good even with radio 3.12. I don't understand that....
I've had my phone for ages now, and the battery seemed to start draining very quickly. I swapped to a new battery, but that didnt fix it, then I reflashed Rom and Radio just in case -
Only thing is I cant remember how long it used to last
I get about 24 hours when its not doing anything (no wifi gps screen not on, no music - pure standby) - is that normal? I'm sure I used to get more
if its not - what should I get, and have you any ideas what it could be - (hardware?)
battery life on my Trinity far exceeds yours, and I think your problem may be the Radio version.
I use mine for GPS on Golf Course, and could easily get 18 holes out of it with my original Radio ver 1.38.00.11 ...
I then upgraded to ver 1.56.70.11, which according to the forum is a far better version, and with good battery life.
not so in my case, I could only get through 14 holes, and have now reverted back to my original one.
I must admit, I used to get much better battery life out of my original radio but upgraded to 1.56 cos everyone else says it's great.
I might downgrade to see if it sorts out my battery problems. I thought it was just cos I was playing with it a lot more these days.
I think my battery life shortened all of a sudden - I'm testing it against a mates,
My cameras stopped working now - I've read some threads but had no luck with solutions (taking battery out for 15 mins etc) any ideas anyone
carkev said:
battery life on my Trinity far exceeds yours, and I think your problem may be the Radio version.
I use mine for GPS on Golf Course, and could easily get 18 holes out of it with my original Radio ver 1.38.00.11 ...
I then upgraded to ver 1.56.70.11, which according to the forum is a far better version, and with good battery life.
not so in my case, I could only get through 14 holes, and have now reverted back to my original one.
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Ok, this has eaten at me for a while now. I too have a LOT less avail battery than I had a couple years ago, and I've replaced my battery with a longer lasting version.
I think it's time I try your experiment to see for myself if the radio could be the culprit. I've suspected the newer ROM releases to be the cause, but it's a little hard to believe, especially when I usually flash pretty nekkid ROMS.
I know that sometimes people see new version numbers and believe it must be better just becaue of that. I am one of those people sometimes. As we all know, newer is not always better. Do any of the following updated version numbers jump out to anybody?
Release Version File dates
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Windows 95 retail, OEM 4.00.950 7/11/95
Windows 95 retail SP1 4.00.950A 7/11/95-12/31/95
OEM Service Release 2 4.00.1111* (4.00.950B) 8/24/96
OEM Service Release 2.1 4.03.1212-1214* (4.00.950B) 8/24/96-8/27/97
OEM Service Release 2.5 4.03.1214* (4.00.950C) 8/24/96-11/18/97
Windows 98 retail, OEM 4.10.1998 5/11/98
Windows 98, Security CD 4.10.1998A
Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222A 4/23/99
Windows 98 SE Security CD 4.10.2222B
Windows Me 4.90.3000 6/08/00
Windows Me Security CD 4.90.3000A
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...I thought it was just cos I was playing with it a lot more these days.
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I think it may be a combination. I know I play with the phone more than I used to when I first got it.
My battery works fine 3 daysd in pure standby and more than a day when I work with the phone.
Maybe You can try the original radio, just for a test.
My battery works fine 3 daysd in pure standby and more than a day when I work with the phone.
Maybe You can try the original radio, just for a test.
Anyone got some links to older radios?
I've got all of them in my signature. Click "Get Your ROMs Here", then "Radios"
I didn't end up trying one of the older radios but I did get my ass over to EBay and buy a new battery. I got a genuine HTC replacement for about £6.50. At first there was no difference in battery life but after a couple of cycles it's got much better now. I can usually get about 2 days out of my phone between charges. This is using it quite a lot as I get all my emails synced to the device via Google Sync.
I can recommend a new battery to give your tired old phone a new lease of life
Hey, I have an HTC Pure, and the stock ROM has been driving me crazy since I got the phone a few months ago. So yesterday, I finally took the plunge and flashed Dutty's Holy Grail ROM.
Afterwards, I have been getting significantly worse signal strength then I did with the stock ROM. I've gone from ~4-5 bars to ~1-2. I just finished a new radio to the device, specifically this one, 4.49.25.91
Aside from the occasional extra bar, there have been no real improvements.
Please, if anyone knows any steps I could take to fix this, I'd appreciate. The battery barely lasts half a day know because I have 1 bar the majority of the time.
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Hey, I have an HTC Pure, and the stock ROM has been driving me crazy since I got the phone a few months ago. So yesterday, I finally took the plunge and flashed Dutty's Holy Grail ROM.
Afterwards, I have been getting significantly worse signal strength then I did with the stock ROM. I've gone from ~4-5 bars to ~1-2. I just finished a new radio to the device, specifically this one, 4.49.25.91
Aside from the occasional extra bar, there have been no real improvements.
Please, if anyone knows any steps I could take to fix this, I'd appreciate. The battery barely lasts half a day know because I have 1 bar the majority of the time.
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Just keep trying different radios. .91 works okay in SoCal, but I had better battery with .17
I had no signal after flashing HG 10 but after a hard reset it came back. You may want to run the connection setup wizard.
Some older dutty's HG ROMs had that issue, try to search forum here and on htcpedia.com
post your concerns in the ROM's thread instead of opening brand new threads.
Hi,
ever since last week when I updated to 2.2.2, my battery life has been crap. In the half hour it takes me to get ready and drive into work, the battery goes down to 60%. with 2.2.1 it was like 98% so something is messed up.
Nothing else has changed, no new apps.
I did the froyo update manually so I sort of know the mechanics of the process but I'm just wondering if I need to go back to stock and then to froyo and then the updates or if I can just download the 2.2.1 image and update with it.
thanks,
I have the same problem :/
Obvious answer but have you tried a factory reset? I would take a stab at it before using more aggressive solutions.
Failing that you can flash a stock rom using the passimg.zip method and OTA back up but at some point you will be back on 2.2.1 and getting nagged to update to 2.2.2 again.*
*It could be that i'm using the European varient of the firmware but i've not had the best of luck flashing back to older versions (It's a long story). Suffice it to say, every method failed at some stage so i flashed a 2.2.2 stock/custom ROM instead.
I'm getting consistent 20hrs+ to 30% running CM7 nightly. Can understand wanting to keep it simply stock and CM7 is pre alpha but my battery performance is about double.
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HTCinToronto said:
I'm getting consistent 20hrs+ to 30% running CM7 nightly. Can understand wanting to keep it simply stock and CM7 is pre alpha but my battery performance is about double.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
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Did I understand you correctly? You could only get 10 hours of your battery on stock rom?! And is there really a positive difference in CM7 battery performance? I know that some people (including me) had problems with that on CM6 so in my eyes CM is not the most battery efficient rom. Just curious..
About OP's battery problem. My N1 no different than before 2.2.2 update. Battery life seems the same. +1 for factory reset.
Cheers!
it could be time to root and go cutom
I had the same problem
And found out that it was google syncing (which i could not fix whatever i did). I wiped everything and started again.
This fixed it, however here are some tips to get good life on the nexus.
(This worked for me and saw my nexus 1 last 1.5 - 2 days before getting to 30%)
1: goto dial pad and do the *#*#info#*#* under phone set it from WCDMA to GSM perfered
2: Always use wifi where you can, wifi uses less battery than 3G, (this was a major saving in battery power for me) Set your wifi to always on (even when the screen is off). The 2 main places you spend most of your time is at home and work, set it up for those places and you will see your battery lasting a crap load
(my battery went from a drain of 7% a hour down to 2-3% by doing this).
Just wanted to open a thread to see if anyone has optimized the fast drain of the battery with the 1.60 EU rom.
As for me I disabled G now and fixed as seen in other threads wifi on 2.4 ghz and limited connection to 3G (no LTE cause I do not need so big speed in downloading apps when I do not have wifi).
What I noticed is that with kitkat 4.4.3 the ink display was showing 4 days left , while after the update it shows 1 day and an half more or less.
It could be due to some apps I installed. Checked the percentage of use of each app and didn't notice anything strange.
As far as I understood the 1.99 RU rom has battery improvements, but I do not want to flash the phone cause it is always a risk(and I do not want to lose my warranty being the phone brand new).
Any hints on how to improve battery life?
BTW: today my yota apps have received updates through the playstore, so good! Hope to see a 1.99 EU or something similar too soon.
Cheers
Thanks for sharing. I too hope there will be update for EU version, I have never flashed a phone or rooted it.. except for flashing a Nokia 10 years ago that was easy.
I do have issue with erratic battery life on YP - sometimes is shows 5 days on Ink screen with YotaEnergy, sometimes even with YotaEnergy on it would drain in 16-20 hours, phone is hot like an iron. When I run CClearner or Battery Doctor to close apps, it cools down and things go good again for a while till I use the phone again. I checked there are no battery draining apps running, except I noticed Yota Apps Laucher consuming up to 14% battery at any point of time even with YotaEnergy on. I don't even have the Application tile enabled on the Ink display.
So is 1.60 ROM the last version for EU? It looks like I have no choice but go with the RU version if I want to get updates.
Anybody? Me too wondering what is experience from 1.99 regarding battery life...
Do you see any improvements over 1.60?
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I checked.
According to forum here the battery life is mixed bag.
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=550302&st=8200
seems the battery performs better and there should be other improvements. Anyway if you have EU rom, rumors are that an OTA is going to be released soon , so I would suggest to wait for that