FIXED! USE RADIO 2.14
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My wifes hd2 is having horrible battery issues on WP7.
Normal use is 5 hours.
zero usage is just about 12 hours.
I have tried 4 different verified working sdcards:
scandisk 2gb class 2
patriot 4gb class 10
Adata 8gb class 6
Kingston 16gb class 2
I have tired 4 different roms:
xboxmod's XBmod (normal and modded), Moon light (none have working gps)
Football's HD2 project (no gps)
DFT's original release (gps actually works)
In all of the roms, location, wifi, bluetooth, find my phone - were all turned off.
email sync was set to 1 hour
I searched the following threads and did their battery tricks:
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No luck.
Running a tmobile hd2
radio: 2.15.50.14
I also tried:
-without an sdcard (150mb)
- not running htc connection wizard (no mobile data)
- using MY HD2.
as a last resort i swapped batteries and then flashed TyphooN CyanogenMod 2.0 (my main rom). both phones get 40+ hours of normal usage. Today with 8 hours since the last charge and 4 hours of screen time i still have 87% battery left. So its not the phones. My wifes had 95% batter with 6 hours since charge, and 1 hour of screen time.
I would appreciate any help.
thank you.
That's what I can say:
1. Flash Radio 2.12.50.2 - It improves battery life. If you have 3G probs with 2.12.50 (I don't have any but some users reported weaker 3G signal) then try 2.14.50. 2.15 is the worst radio for WP7.
2. Don't panic and recharge as needed for a few days. Apply the battery indicator registry tweak. Somehow WP7 settles with the battery and bat life gets better ovet time. I now get over a full day of usage including 3G on, 2 mail acc syncing every 30 min, about 40-50 min IE browsing, 20-30 min gaming and 20-30 min. calls. That's about the same I got with WM 6.5.
I had terrible battery life also until I applied the registry tweak.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
Can u upload Registry tweak for us here .. ??
dr.3rman said:
Can u upload Registry tweak for us here .. ??
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Number4 in my post above was the registry tweak. I tried it. No difference. Time to flash a radio
raidio 2.12.50.2 has shown no improvements. its been 4 hours after a full charge (no sdcard), everything in settings turned off, and my battery is half full.
the battery tweaks dpnt seem to address the actual charging issues.
Personally i find that after i get a reading of 100% full on the HTC battery tool i can usually see that the amout of charge in teh battery may only be 70%.
Restart the phone and recharge, repeat as nessary. there is something very wrong with the battery driver on this thing
raidio 2.12.50.2 had no improvements. 7 hours and 15 minutes after full charge the phone is dead. Flashing 2.14 after it charges.
Radio 2.12 did not work for me either. I've read 2.14 is the best for battery life. Flashed my HD2 last night with it but haven't tested it yet, I'm on my iPhone now.
Did the registry battery tweak twice but no change at all.
IMO the radio overall is the major reason for battery drain. Turning off 3G will help for sure.
I have location, mail, push notifications, etc. on my iPhone and battery holds 2 days with no problem, regular usage - texts, internet, talk. These services (except 3G) don't have big impact on excessive battery drain.
as i can try to help you, i'm using this tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11242320&postcount=20
don't know hoe but before i installed it battery goes at about 20% in a normal day use.. When i turn on phone, in about 5 mins, battery goes down.. i saw in registry that the number changes from 11 to 10, in about 5 mins, and the other 5 mins, it changes to 9, so.. it's a big bug
when i install this tool (yesterday ) all works, full battery IS full battery
try.. may can help you as help me
i'm running it on moonlight with registry tweak (didn't se the difference without tweak)
iba21 said:
as i can try to help you, i'm using this tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11242320&postcount=20
don't know hoe but before i installed it battery goes at about 20% in a normal day use.. When i turn on phone, in about 5 mins, battery goes down.. i saw in registry that the number changes from 11 to 10, in about 5 mins, and the other 5 mins, it changes to 9, so.. it's a big bug
when i install this tool (yesterday ) all works, full battery IS full battery
try.. may can help you as help me
i'm running it on moonlight with registry tweak (didn't se the difference without tweak)
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The number is supposed to change, 11 being full, 1 being 10%. The trick with the registery tweak is doing it when the battery is completely full, the ROMs with this built in wont make the blindest bit of difference unless the battery is full
The author himself states that it will change by its self.
Ok, let me put this another way.
If you charge your battery to 50% and apply the tweak windows will assume the batter is full, which it isnt, that is why you end up with massive battery drainage because it will still try to appear empty when the battery is empty.
So, your battery will be about 1250mAh, do whatever you have to do to get it full, restart and charge as much as needed, unplug and charge, whatever it takes to get it to 1250 or there abouts, THEN apply the reg tweak, that will set windows to use the correct scale for the battery icon.
What this doesnt unfortunatly fix is that windows will refuse to charge the battery to 100% sometimes for reasons unknown, its more than likely that its a driver issue and since this was never ment for our hardware that makes sence. usually restarting or unpluging and charging can correct this however.
flashed 2.14 no change. trying the battery tool. thank you.
Just one more thing,
SD cards appear to be a massive part of all the dramas people are having with HD2 WP7 including battery usage, I searched all over HTC sites and found that they will only recommend SanDisk SD cards. European HD7 ship with 8GB and US/Asian HD7 ship with 16GB cards.
Maybe you should change?? I switched from Class 2 SanDisk 2GB to Class 4SanDIsk 8GB and have had no problems so far. Had my music player on for the last 12 hours straight.
SD cards from within the same Brands and Models may be different, you cant assume because one person got XYZ to work you will be able to do the same. ive got several Sandisks and a kingston and most of them do not work or work but with serious issues, oddly it was my main card that i was using for WM6.5 and android that worked in the end.
Its worth remembering that we are not supposed to have removable media and im guessing that what ever the cards are in teh HD7 have been made for the jopb and are not just off the shelf. (or at the very least all from the same production line.
HTC Recommended
SD Cards in the HD7 are listed in their tech spec, as "non-removable storage", however, if you search the forums and youtube, you will find the only reason they are "non-removable" is because they've been covered up.
I'm guessing this is because of all the trouble that most HD7 consumers (non XDA members and followers) would have in fixing the issues caused by swapping cards.
Looking back over the SD card threads you will see that yes a lot of cards do work, but the majority are SanDisk 8-16GB Class 4 cards, as recommended (I spoke to them on the phone), and shipped by HTC for the HD7.
I think its important to note, that i am having these issues without an sdcard AND with any sdcard.
The htc battery tool allowed me to see when my battery was fully charged. after everyflash before anything else i do the regedtry edit, and so far nothing has helped.
xda2_haseeb released his Twilight rom where he gets killer battery life. I however do not have the same fortune.
songokussm said:
raidio 2.12.50.2 has shown no improvements. its been 4 hours after a full charge (no sdcard), everything in settings turned off, and my battery is half full.
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Radio 2.12 and 2.15 have the same battery drain.
2.14 worked best for me. Give it a few days.
2.14 is it! after 24 hours of regular usage i am still at 43% battery.
Wifi off, data on, bluetooth off, 3g on, location on, find my phone on, feed back off. email sync across 3 email accounts 30 minutes.
General usage of sms, email, and phone calls.
Using xda2_haseeb Twilightrom
jhono235 said:
I had terrible battery life also until I applied the registry tweak.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
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If you are running WP7, where did you get an xda app? Share please
Changing Radio
songokussm said:
2.14 is it! after 24 hours of regular usage i am still at 43% battery.
Wifi off, data on, bluetooth off, 3g on, location on, find my phone on, feed back off. email sync across 3 email accounts 30 minutes.
Using xda2_haseeb Twilightrom
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I'm running Radio 2.15. Not bad but not 24 hours either, so flashing to 2.14 (which I haven't tried yet) is worth a shot!
If I flash to 2.14 (without using task29), will it erase everything?
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the micro SD card!
i checked it twice overnight and during the day.. so i can say that for sure!
I own a Samsung micro SD 8gb class 6..
Night 1: lost 35 % in 7 hours with SD in it, constant data connection with hourly updates
Day 1: lost about 54 % in 8 with SD in it, constant data con. , hourly updates, some calls,texts & browsing in Opera
Night 2: same conditions as night 1 but without SD card.. lost 7 %
Day 2: nearly same conditions as day 1 but without SD card.. lost 27 %
Now a question: are sandisk cards better? i really need a new 1 cause my samsung's ****ed up!
Hope i could help someone with this..
Use BsB Tweaker which can enable power saver for SD Card.
And keep in mind that Battery lose first half capacity very fast and then stay on long time on the level 30-40-50.
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Henry_Lee said:
Use BsB Tweaker which can enable power saver for SD Card.
And keep in mind that Battery lose first half capacity very fast and then stay on long time on the level 30-40-50.
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In my case it's the exact opposite, power loss from 100%-50% is slow, below 50% it can go empty within 7 hours in STANDBY (reproducible). Thanks for the advice with BsB Tweaker.
PS: I have a sandisk 16gb class 2.
you mean the power saving option? it's enanled since the first day..
i know that with the first half but the sd card is really killing me! currently working outside so im in need of the radio.. with sd card in it and running fm radio, battery drainage is about 19 % per hour.. thats not even a bad joke anymore, its realy frustrating!
thank god that i have electricity here
That can't be right. Must be a rogue application. I have a 16 GB card and the phone never loses more than 1-2% (radio off) during the night.
must be my samsung card.. apps are all closed over night!
i got tomtom,navigon,some music & games on my card.. no idea
Formaty sd card and try again.
Must be some application installed on sd or some problem with the sd card itself
Ill try it when im at home!
is there an alternative for the built in fm radio? tried listening without sd.. same result 3 % loss in 10 mins! how can a dumb radio use so much battery?
i remember listening radio with my nokia e90.. listend for hours with minimal battery loss
It makes sense to me, thats why I was saying this here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5230146&postcount=10
Any fellows here are using the A-data class 6 16gb and dose not affect the battery life? I'd like to ask this again.
Thanks in advance.
waxfresh said:
is there an alternative for the built in fm radio? tried listening without sd.. same result 3 % loss in 10 mins!
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I tried mine too, and I lost 4% in 10 minutes, but that was with the screen on. I then turned off the radio and lost 3% in 10 minutes with the screen on, but not doing anything (other than usual-for-my-phone background tasks). I then turned the radio back on and turned the screen off, and it used less than 1% in 10 minutes (I say less than 1% because the indicator had not changed.)
To me, that says that (in my case) the battery killer is the screen, which I can accept because I have it lit very high (I just don't like it dim.)
pedmond said:
That can't be right. Must be a rogue application. I have a 16 GB card and the phone never loses more than 1-2% (radio off) during the night.
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Please tell me you are talking about the Sandisk 16GB class2
johncmolyneux said:
I tried mine too, and I lost 4% in 10 minutes, but that was with the screen on. I then turned off the radio and lost 3% in 10 minutes with the screen on, but not doing anything (other than usual-for-my-phone background tasks). I then turned the radio back on and turned the screen off, and it used less than 1% in 10 minutes (I say less than 1% because the indicator had not changed.)
To me, that says that (in my case) the battery killer is the screen, which I can accept because I have it lit very high (I just don't like it dim.)
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screen off,radio on.. still 3% in 10 min.
my screen is on 20 % light .. i also would like to set it to 100% but i dont want the battery to be empty before i can type in the pin
waxfresh said:
screen off,radio on.. still 3% in 10 min.
my screen is on 20 % light .. i also would like to set it to 100% but i dont want the battery to be empty before i can type in the pin
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The only major thing I'm considering changing, to see if it has any effect, is my windows live config. I currently have my sync frequency set to "as soon as it arrives", which requires a constant data connection (before that starts a flame war, please read this.) I'm gonna turn that off and see if it improves, but I still think the screen is my big problem.
TheGodfather-GF said:
In my case it's the exact opposite, power loss from 100%-50% is slow, below 50% it can go empty within 7 hours in STANDBY (reproducible). Thanks for the advice with BsB Tweaker.
PS: I have a sandisk 16gb class 2.
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Sounds like you need to recalibrate the "remaining-charge-estimate-circuit-thingy" in your HD2's battery. Drain battery to as near as nothing as possible and fully charge it without unplugging it (I have heard its suggested to do this with the device off). Might work straight off the first time, might take a couple goes.
Do not leave the device below 20% charge for any long period of time as it can cause problems with the Li-Ion battery.
johncmolyneux said:
The only major thing I'm considering changing, to see if it has any effect, is my windows live config. I currently have my sync frequency set to "as soon as it arrives", which requires a constant data connection (before that starts a flame war, please read this.) I'm gonna turn that off and see if it improves, but I still think the screen is my big problem.
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my live sync is off.. useing gmail with the built in mail app, updateing hourly
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my live sync is off.. useing gmail with the built in mail app, updateing hourly
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I'm gonna try it on mine and see if I have any improvement anyway. I'm sure we have different things running on our devices. I'm just trying to narrow things down before removing the SD card to see if that does anything.
SD Card is one of the factor
To my sense, if a lot of softwares in installed in your SD Card, then definitely the battery will deplete rapidly.
I install all 3G-constant-data-softwares in the system memory, not card. Those not required CONSTANT 3G data connection and not to be running 24/7 will be installed in SD card (eg. 1-Calc, TCPMP, Lexisgoo, Resco Explorer).
So far, with the stock ROM and related softwares (installed at "right" locations) gives me average 1 full day battery juice having 25% balance. And again, battery consumption is a very very subjective topic. SD card IS definitely one of the battery earter.
I have not tested the following in a very detailed way but I think it worth while trying it:
Even so I have used the power saving tweak from BsB Tweak I found in sk Tools in tuneup that all Power Saving features are switched off.
So I switched On all Power saving features in sk Tools and I have the feeling that the battery usage is less now.
For example:
From midnight full 100% charge till 8am in the morning I had 89% left which is a little bit more than 1% loss per hour and this is not bad.
But with the new Radio 2.06 I have the feeling that battery power is getting more drained during a talk or during interent connection.
On the other side the reception is quite good and I have also the feeling that data connection is better - receiving data faster after a connection is established.
Again: This are all "soft" fatcs I have not done a sientific evaluation
I have a San Disk 16GByte Class 6 storage card.
Best regards,
dingolino
Hi, are you sure that your micro sd is a sandisk class 6? cuz I've never found Sandisk has released a class 6 16GB microcard..thats why I had to buy the A-data one.
The only software I have installed in the storge card is a GPS software IGO8.
This battery issue is driving me crazy, I begin to miss my HTC HD(original 1.43 ROM) which drops only 2%(My hd2 loses about 40% power) every night, even I always have kept my data connection on.
dingolino said:
I have a San Disk 16GByte Class 6 storage card.
Best regards,
dingolino
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My personal battery killer is 3G. I have downloaded 100Mb in 5 minutes and have lost around 5% of my battery
Daniel
Hey guys, I've had the phone since Saturday and even though I've been through a few charge cycles my battery only lasts about 6-8 hours. Today I took the phone off the charger at 10:00 AM and it died on me at 5:45 PM. I only texted a few times and only did an hour or so of Slacker Radio. Seems a little low for what I'm doing with the phone.
I am on Kumar's classic 2.2 ROM with 2.11 radio.
Matt V said:
Hey guys, I've had the phone since Saturday and even though I've been through a few charge cycles my battery only lasts about 6-8 hours. Today I took the phone off the charger at 10:00 AM and it died on me at 5:45 PM. I only texted a few times and only did an hour or so of Slacker Radio. Seems a little low for what I'm doing with the phone.
I am on Kumar's classic 2.2 ROM with 2.11 radio.
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A lot of things can drain the battery, 3g on in a no 3g area, weather updates, twitter , email updates ...
But If I was you I would try a diff radio ... I get a full day out of mine at this point a little more ...
I've tried 2.12 as well and the battery didn't improve.
Is your activesync checking as items come in? That's what drained mine terribly. Basically, it can be a ton of things that make your battery drain such as:
1. backlight
2. agps
3. certain programs
4. etc
You'd have to list a bunch of stuff on what you're doing to your phone
Can you turn activesync off? If so, how?
Also, any other tips to save battery life?
Matt V said:
Can you turn activesync off? If so, how?
Also, any other tips to save battery life?
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Definitely lower down the screen brightness to 20%, turn off Bluetooth and WiFi, don't let things like Twitter and your e-mail update so often.
Also using the internet/music/videos will drain quite a bit of power, especially if you use the internet while listening to music.
Yeah I mainly use internet radio while at work. Would using WiFi be easier on the battery than using 3G/H?
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Yeah I mainly use internet radio while at work. Would using WiFi be easier on the battery than using 3G/H?
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Yes, I've done it both ways and wifi most definitely draws less juice when streaming data than 3g (and when idle too, for that matter)
do you think it matters whether you install programs on your SD card or on the device?
i have CHT installed on the SD card and i can't make it 8 hrs on light usage.
I only have 3 apps installed so far, but it's on the device.
Also, is there a way to have the default wallpapers without animation? I'm sure that doesn't help the battery every time I unlock the phone either.
Rugged96 said:
do you think it matters whether you install programs on your SD card or on the device?
i have CHT installed on the SD card and i can't make it 8 hrs on light usage.
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Yes. Try installing it on and running it from the phone instead, I'm sure you'll see at least a noticible difference.
Honestly, there's really not much of any reason to install apps on the SD card with this phone...there's more storage available than even most power users would ever come close to filling.
im in teh same boat. had it since march. on elegancia rom which people say is great for battery. on 2.12
now im in a bad service area in my basement often so i know sometimes thats the cause. but even at the gym 40 mins of internet radio dropped my battery almost 20 percent.
if i do nothing with the phone it usually drops 5 pct an hour 10 pct with moderate use but 20 easily if i do anything on the web over 3g or wifi. its awful
oh and i have lumos configured, i only have email connect every 2 hours and weather every 6. nothing else connects
lbhocky19 said:
im in teh same boat. had it since march. on elegancia rom which people say is great for battery. on 2.12
now im in a bad service area in my basement often so i know sometimes thats the cause. but even at the gym 40 mins of internet radio dropped my battery almost 20 percent.
if i do nothing with the phone it usually drops 5 pct an hour 10 pct with moderate use but 20 easily if i do anything on the web over 3g or wifi. its awful
oh and i have lumos configured, i only have email connect every 2 hours and weather every 6. nothing else connects
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Wow! your phone's battery usage sounds a little over the top. Might want to try using a different radio. 2.08 has given me the best signal/battery efficiency, but of course that varies from phone to phone.
Also, I bought a 2600 mAh battery so now I'm not afraid to use my phone. As long as you don't mind the extra bulk it adds to the back of the phone , I would suggest getting an extended battery to everyone complaining about how their battery dies too fast.
I will back up the statement that putting apps in main memory will save you battery ...
The less your phone has to access the SDcard the less power it uses.
A big thing is if you have any apps that run all the time that are on the SDcard , not only does it drain battery but will degrade the performance of the SDcard .
Anyone else have any ideas?
talked to tmo on webchat last night got em to send me a new battery
so if nothin helps at least il have two
I'm trying that method right now, we'll see what happens.
full charge 0% after 10h no data or wifi activated! can you confirme ?
nope I had a pretty good battery drain on wp7 even better than winmo 6.5
try to reinstall wp7.
if the problem persists contact the DFD for the problem
and don't forget that this is not a official release from DFD so there are some minor bugs
wait for next releases for a better experience
make sure you have hspl 2.08! good luck!cheers!
thanks guys! i will do a full instal from scratch! i suspect a calibration probleme
installed android then i did a full charge! after that i install wp7! but still have the heavy drain ! what radio version are you using
I charged my phone last night took it off the charger and when i woke it had 10% left :S
projektk said:
full charge 0% after 10h no data or wifi activated! can you confirme ?
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Yes. I had the same problem in day one.
I haven't done much testing yet, but I was thinking my battery seems to be lasting very good.... at least in standby. 8-10 hours since I took it off charger and it looks like the battery meter only went down about 20%... so there's still 75-80% left! But like I said, I haven't done that much with it today except play around a few times for 5-10 minutes at a time.
No problem for me.the battery life is very good.
maybe its related to sd card class?! can you give your radio rom version?
Last night i fully charged the battery before sleeping
no wifi or Data nothing
today morning 60 percent gone
but day before yesterday i didnt have this problem, i installed few apps recently (attentive phone, htc hub, fb n few games)
Many people are saying that you should flash Radio 2.15.50.14.
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Many people are saying that you should flash Radio 2.15.50.14.
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my one is having the same radio and im experiencing high battery drain
battery drain fast,, same here.. run out after 10 hours...
if i used android,,usually 30% would left after 10 hours' usage
Have you checked it without SD card? (to see if it's SD card related)
I have pretty good battery drain, too. Radio 2.15, some crappy 512MB SD-card, data and wifi on, mail/facebook/twitter/google sinc on (every 30mins).
Running for ~ 13h, including WP7 installation, testing, all the setups, etc.
Battery went from ~70% (was not fully charged) down to ~20-30%.
okay guys..seriously a stupid question...how do you check the battery drain with percentage??wp7 has no battery percentage..or is there somewhere i cant see it???i am using wp7 with 8gb class 6 and is fine with radio 2.15!i have it for 10 hours and my battery went down to the half from fully charged..!
edangel said:
okay guys..seriously a stupid question...how do you check the battery drain with percentage??wp7 has no battery percentage..or is there somewhere i cant see it???i am using wp7 with 8gb class 6 and is fine with radio 2.15!i have it for 10 hours and my battery went down to the half from fully charged..!
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you don't (and currently can't, not supported by WP7 API yet afaik) =) you can either estimate by the width of the battery bar, or wait until battery is at 0%.
Can it be that the battery indicator is not reading correctly or that the calibration is incorrect. I had a full battery and one hour later it flashed a low battery message. I booted into Android on the sd and the battery showed 78%.
i had good battery .. when you going to sleep off location and data
Batterylife is OK for me. With push mail ON, some calls, some mails and attachment viewing and 2 market place installs + 2 photos taken I'm at 50% after 12 hrs. It's not grounbreaking but OK. I friend has a HD7 and his unit usually lasts a day. So don't expect miracles from the battery My SD in SanDisk 4GB Class 4.
Yesterday it was GAME OVER after 6 hrs but with at least 200 MB data downloads, over 1 Hrs ot voice calls and constant playing around with the phone.
Hi.
As we all know, WP7 in general and WP7 on the HD2 specifically has some battery issues.
There are a lot of factors which affect the life of our battery and the information is scattered throughout countless threads and posts.
I want to dedicate this thread to the experiences of HD2 WP7 users.
Maybe this way we can put out fingers on some factors which are more than 'voodoo'.
When you describe your experience, use the following template:
I have EU/TMOUS HD2.
My SD card (Brand, model, size, class).
ROM - Including version and critical patches.
HW Radio.
SW Radio.
WIFI mostly off/on.
BT mostly off/on.
3G mostly off/on.
Sync is off/on.
In step 6 (WIFI/BT/3G/Sync) don't elaborate too much; we know the experience changes from user to user, and we just want to get the general use of the phone (I don't care if its 3h or 5h of WIFI).
Also, don't post about incompatible SD cards - there are threads for that.
When you describe battery life, try to add battery consumption from battery tool.
Let's go!
I have TMOUS HD2.
My SD card: Sandisk Mobile Ultra microSDHC (Class 6) 16GB
ROM - Yuki/XBmod 7740SP1 with native htc libs
HW Radio 2.15.
SW Radio 5.51.
WIFI mostly off.
BT mostly off.
3G mostly on.
Sync is on.
At first I had ~32 hours (-10 on battery tool).
After 2-3 days of use, somehow the battery life is now 16-18 hours (-100+).
I removed some applications I suspected but nothing really happens.
It seems I have to hard reset... I'll do it later and report.
I have EU HD2.
My SD card - SanDisk Mobile Ultra 8Gb Class 6
ROM - Yuki/XBmod 7740 SP1
HW Radio. 2.12 or 2.15
SW Radio. 5.71
WIFI mostly off.
BT mostly off.
3G mostly on.
Sync is off.
I am seeing battery current of between -80 & -240 reported by Battery Tool.
Update
Having applied the camera trick, I am now seeing a current draw as low as -19. I had read that the camera trick doesn't work on software radios above 5.66 I think; I can confirm that it definately works as I have seen a dramatic improvement.
Just a thought, but as battery capacity decreases relative to discharge/charge cycles, age and conditioning, how can we guarantee that the data HTC Test Tool reports is accurate? My battery when new is 1230mAh, however I am positive this value is now incorrect and lower having used my phone for two years. The battery is reported to still be 1230mAh as I would assume this value is programmed in to the battery. Is any of the other data generated from this data, if so, can we then rely on its accuracy?
I have T-Mobile HD2 (full unloced)
My SD card - SanDisk 8Gb Class 4
ROM - Yuki/XBmod 7740 SP1
HW Radio. 2.12
SW Radio. 5.51T
WIFI mostly OFF
BT mostly OFF
3G mostly OFF
Sync is OFF
Location mostly OFF
Data connection OFF
Standby time is amazing
At the moment the battery is held in 1 day and 22 hours, the battery is still under 59% and gives an additional 22 hours of standby time.
During this time, said about 15 minutes, the Internet was about 30 minutes and read some e-mails.
I have T-Mobile HD2 (full unloced)
My SD card - SanDisk 8Gb Class 4
ROM - Yuki/XBmod 7740 SP1
HW Radio. 2.12
SW Radio. 5.51T
WIFI mostly OFF
BT mostly OFF
3G mostly OFF
Sync is OFF
Location mostly OFF
Data connection OFF
Standby time is amazing
At the moment the battery is held in 1 day and 22 hours, the battery is still under 59% and gives an additional 22 hours of standby time.
During this time, said about 15 minutes, the Internet was about 30 minutes and read some e-mails.
I have T-Mobile HD2 (full unlocked)
SanDisk HD High speed 8Gb
ROM - Yuki/XBmod 8107 SP1
HW Radio. 2.14
SW Radio. 5.51T
WIFI mostly ON
BT mostly OFF
3G mostly ON
Sync is ON
Location ON
Data connection ON
One of, if not the most confusing subject out there on HD2.
Have tried all strange 'tricks' and while they seemed to work temporarily, some didn't at all.
It appears no one states what software, what phone model and what radio they use in one message so we can never work out what works.
This thread is just what Ive been searching for!
For me, I fully charged WP7 Yuki 2.1 after all updates.
Did the registry change for battery indicator.
Seemed to change something, but drain was still fast. Only got a day worth of barely using it.
Tried each radio, 2.15, 2.12 and am using 2.14. I thought I noticed this was best for battery, but then some crap happened and windows needed to be reset as it seemed to lose contact with the SD card.
So, bought a high speed 8gb for $40. Certified WP7 on the packet.
Works great.
I charged phone fully, changed radios and decided 2.14 was best to installed again while fully charged.
Have been using this rom installation for a few days until did this.
Now has used 50% in 24 hours, with wifi and data on, and a couple of hours worth of wifi usage. Seems great now.
Even when playing music, drain is about the same as android.
At this time, my phone is running as perfect as can possibly run.
Only one issue I am having is that data roaming isn't working.
Tmous version.
Just want to say thanks to all who contribute to the development of HD2, its really amazing work!
Hi Guys!
I have flashed my HD with Pdaimatejam ROM, this rom is awesome! But I have one question:
Every time I made a hard reset, my battery status show about 1 day and 10 hours of lifetyme in 100% of charge.
After 5 or 6 days, HD2 shows about 20hours in 100%. and so on...
This happened also in ROM HD2O I had installed few months ago!
This is normal? Or a radio problem?
Radio Version: 5.51.09.29_22.32.50.10u
Thanks!
sergio_pj said:
Hi Guys!
I have flashed my HD with Pdaimatejam ROM, this rom is awesome! But I have one question:
Every time I made a hard reset, my battery status show about 1 day and 10 hours of lifetyme in 100% of charge.
After 5 or 6 days, HD2 shows about 20hours in 100%. and so on...
This happened also in ROM HD2O I had installed few months ago!
This is normal? Or a radio problem?
Radio Version: 5.51.09.29_22.32.50.10u
Thanks!
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The estimation is based on your current consume ....
I think is more relevant to monitor your real battery drainage using a dedicated application like "Battery Status" or "BatteryTool".
abogdan said:
The estimation is based on your current consume ....
I think is more relevant to monitor your real battery drainage using a dedicated application like "Battery Status" or "BatteryTool".
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Yes, i know, but i dont changed nothing in my use...
How i can control with Battery status or Battery tool?
Hi!
WP has to "learn" how you use it so the first week or two you'll notice the battery status changing a lot It is practically unusable so I would recommend (like mentioned above) that you install battery status or the htc battery tool. You can find the xap-files on the forum if you do a little searching ;-) As an alternative you could look on marketplace - there are a few apps out there for the purpose!
If you need help to figure out how they work - just ask! :-D
/Anders
Hi Anders!
Thank you for your kindness in quote! I downloaded the battery tool, and from what I understand it only shows the percentage of the battery, right?
Also downloaded the HTC battery tool, it shows me some more accurate data, but do not know how to use them, you could help me to improve?
I noticed that my HD2 spends too much power in standby (like 4 or 5 percent at hour without use, with 3g, wifi, localize and more off), is there any way to minimize this?
Thanks so much!
hug
Sergio
ps: sorry my bad english, im Brazilian!
Hi again!
No worries about your english - understand perfectly ;-)
You are right about the battery app from the marketplace only shows the voltage and percentage remaining. Its nice for your startpage but other than that not that usable.
The HTC battery app on the other hand gives you a great deal of info! What you have to look for is battery current. It should be between 5 and 10 when you have had the phone on standby for some minutes with the settings you describe...
Anything else you would like to know?
/Anders
Sorry to be asking me all the time, but you are helping me right! Thank you!
I installed the tool for HTC battery, the tests and did as you instructed me! it shows the values of -80 to -100: |, is this normal?
can somebody pls tell me why I get only 7-8 hrs of battery life and also why my hd2 always heats up..
kwartey said:
can somebody pls tell me why I get only 7-8 hrs of battery life and also why my hd2 always heats up..
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Did u deactivate DATA, 3G, localization and other things?
baterrrrrrrrrrry
sergio_pj said:
Did u deactivate DATA, 3G, localization and other things?
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drainage and heating is not connected only to those settings, i got on mine all that turned on, + mail sync ewery 30 minutes, and battery lasts ower 24 hours with normal day usage (surfing on 3G is most intense on battery for me)
Its hard to say what is causing high battery drainage, because for me first it was SD card, so after I changed it ewerything was good for day or two, than my screen broke (tough luck) and while i was fixing it, i used an old iPhone which broke my sim card (more tough luck) in way that celular data didnt work, and that caused teriblle drainage when I fixed HD2. So after replacing sim card it was ok again (2+ days on batery saver prediction, but usualy lasts for day and half).
p.s. I use yuki-xbmod rom on adata 8gb C4 sd card
krashekspres said:
drainage and heating is not connected only to those settings, i got on mine all that turned on, + mail sync ewery 30 minutes, and battery lasts ower 24 hours with normal day usage (surfing on 3G is most intense on battery for me)
Its hard to say what is causing high battery drainage, because for me first it was SD card, so after I changed it ewerything was good for day or two, than my screen broke (tough luck) and while i was fixing it, i used an old iPhone which broke my sim card (more tough luck) in way that celular data didnt work, and that caused teriblle drainage when I fixed HD2. So after replacing sim card it was ok again (2+ days on batery saver prediction, but usualy lasts for day and half).
p.s. I use yuki-xbmod rom on adata 8gb C4 sd card
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if I let those things turned on, my battery life is halved, this may not be the main but I think it works, right?
I'm using a SD SanDisk's 16GB class 6, once wore a sandisk 8gb class 4 and nothing has changed about the battery life .. it's not strange?
Does the capacity of the SIM influences that too? there are various SIMs sizes right? mine is very old: D
That does sound strange I must say :-( Could you try to turn on flight-mode, let it rest for 30 mins or so and then check the batterystatus again? Then at least we can tell if the radio is draining the phone or not!
/Anders
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Did u deactivate DATA, 3G, localization and other things?
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I always turn of localization and sometimes use 3g. My data is always on. Am using a 16 SanDisk card. I don't know the problem. Am thinking of doing a task29 and reflashing the rom. Do I have to repartition the size in Magldr? And can u plz give me simple steps in doing it because I will be using hd2 toolkit and that will be my first time. Thank you...