Churma Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 What kind of battery life do you think you would get with this phone? It is almost exactly the same as the EVO. All HTC phone's has stock battery life which go for about four to six hours. That is the typical stock battery life. If and when root is available for it, you can flash a different kernel with SBC and that will help on battery life big time. I get about 8 hours of moderate use of my EVO. Goodluck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSoft Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 root it and underclock it during down time might help... in general though HTC isn't known for their battery life... take the HTC desire for example at most on moderate usage you'll get 24 hours usually and only about 12 with relatively heavy usage. I'd love 24 hours. Could even deal with 12 hours, just charge overnight but the current 4-5 hours I'm seeing just doesn't cut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerokool316 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Theirs a 4g sim card in the thunderbolt just yank it out and the 4g veal ends, remove the battery, the card is right behind the speaker, I haven't tried it myself yet but I saw a video on a site do it and they said It's the only way to shut off the 4g for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSoft Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 What kind of battery life do you think you would get with this phone? It is almost exactly the same as the EVO. All HTC phone's has stock battery life which go for about four to six hours. That is the typical stock battery life. If and when root is available for it, you can flash a different kernel with SBC and that will help on battery life big time. I get about 8 hours of moderate use of my EVO. Goodluck. Was thinking I'd get at least 8-10 hours, maybe even 12. Basically a days worth of use. I've used HTC handsets for the past 5 years and never had one with this kind of problem (Although they were older WinMo handsets and not droid ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 i'm glad i saw this thread... i was interested in that phone, but i think i'll hold off for a while now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolage Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Theirs a 4g sim card in the thunderbolt just yank it out and the 4g veal ends, remove the battery, the card is right behind the speaker, I haven't tried it myself yet but I saw a video on a site do it and they said It's the only way to shut off the 4g for now. Hmmmm, someone said that it gave them no service when they did this, even in 3G only areas. Guess I could give it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerokool316 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I have the thunderbolt and I just witness my battery drop like a brick from 80% to half in a second, eh I like the phone and whereever I go theirs a spot to plug it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolage Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Thanks. Says it's the same size and fits so shouldn't be a bump. From the description, found it on Amazon for $5 less :- Battery Nice, ordered from there and will cancel the other. I will get it much sooner through them...should be tomorrow. I have the thunderbolt and I just witness my battery drop like a brick from 80% to half in a second, eh I like the phone and whereever I go theirs a spot to plug it in Yea I am in the same boat. Do not see myself returning it over it as I am almost always around some sort of power source...computer, car, wherever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Maybe you have to disable 4G somehow so it won't be looking for a signal or something? Just a question...why would disable 4G? That is the whole selling point of this phone. If the area you live in isn't covered by 4G why would you buy it in the first place. That's like buying an entirely new computer but disabling half of its features just so that it will work properly. That is a mind boggling statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churma Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Was thinking I'd get at least 8-10 hours, maybe even 12. Basically a days worth of use. I've used HTC handsets for the past 5 years and never had one with this kind of problem (Although they were older WinMo handsets and not droid ones). Well HTC CDMA phone in the states, none of them, in the past six years have had good battery life unless you bought an extended battery. As for Android, it is a power eating monster. A bit different than old school WMO. You will never see 9-10 hours or even 12 on any HTC Google phone until they release it with a bigger battery or the dual core CPU's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolage Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Just a question...why would disable 4G? That is the whole selling point of this phone. If the area you live in isn't covered by 4G why would you buy it in the first place. That's like buying an entirely new computer but disabling half of its features just so that it will work properly. That is a mind boggling statement. Saves on battery life as it is not searching for 4G all of the time. I bought it because I will have 4G in my area within the next year and would like a phone that can take advantage of it...that and I live 20 miles from 4G so I have it quite frequently. VZW plans to have its entire footprint 4G by 2013 with most of it happening this year and next...well before people contracts are up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSoft Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Just a question...why would disable 4G? That is the whole selling point of this phone. If the area you live in isn't covered by 4G why would you buy it in the first place. That's like buying an entirely new computer but disabling half of its features just so that it will work properly. That is a mind boggling statement. I bought it because we're getting 4G in a few months time in this area and you can only get one subsidized handset per year, so why not buy a 4g handset now looking towards the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Disable bluetooth. that drains phones batteries quick. also areas with crappy signal do as well. my finesse has that issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSoft Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Disable bluetooth. that drains phones batteries quick. also areas with crappy signal do as well. my finesse has that issue. Already done that. Basically only the 3G/4G service is turned on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJerman Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 No, there is no break in period for li-ion batteries, and you don't need to charge it before first use either. They are shipped with about half battery to prevent too much self-discharge when sitting on the shelf, and to not have too much voltage for too long of a time if fully charged. Li-ion batteries can actually be stressed by sitting at a high charge too long, which is why you see a lot of phones charge them up, then let them discharge to 90-95%, then charge, until you take it off the charger. After you fully charged it once, it was at it's maximum, so unless it's a bad battery, then the issue isn't the battery. I'd still give it a few days though. In my experience, even if you don't realize it, you play with your phone a LOT more when you first get it than normal, and the battery dies very quickly for the first few days. Once the novelty wears off you see battery life improve as you don't play with it as much. But then again, we've heard a lot about how bad the battery life is for the Thunderbolts. I can't imagine it's actually 4-5 hours or else they would have never brought it to market, at least I wouldn't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommcg Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Smartphone batteries need breaking in. Keep discharging and fully recharging it. It'll get better. Experienced similar with my Nexus S. Significantly improved after multiple recharges. Just a question...why would disable 4G? That is the whole selling point of this phone. If the area you live in isn't covered by 4G why would you buy it in the first place. That's like buying an entirely new computer but disabling half of its features just so that it will work properly. That is a mind boggling statement. Silly. By your reasoning no-one should buy a NFC capable phone either then... A great 4G phone is still a great 3G phone. Anyway... yeah, I'd also suggest adding the Power widget to your home screen. Makes it handy to turn toggle stuff on/off as you need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmah339 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 try bump charging the phone, if you can. Charge it fully, then turn it off. Unplug the phone, then plug it back in. if the light stays red (charging) then it's getting an extra "bump" charge. Do this three times in a row without turning the phone back on, if possible. My incredible NEEDS this done. Otherwise it's like charging to 80% and pulling it off the charger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Topham Hatt Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Have you tried turning the brightness down too? I have my Desire set to the one just above the bottom most brightness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Battery Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 For me, any phone has got to be capable of running all day and then missing a charge that night and able to do a basic calls the next day. I appreciate that with all we ask of them now it may be hard work for any phone/battery but if you cant get basic phone use after 24 hours then its not practical as a phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjoswald Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Wow, that's ridiculous for a brand new phone! All these so-called innovations, all these new "features" being stacked on top of one another... I am beginning to think we need to reinvent the battery or something. It seems like the phones get faster and faster, but the batteries always stay the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I'd have to say this is normal with the phones now, only thing I can recommend is getting a bigger battery, and turn off everything you don't need, and turn it on for when you need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Charming Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I'd have to say this is normal with the phones now, only thing I can recommend is getting a bigger battery, and turn off everything you don't need, and turn it on for when you need it. When my LG Optimus is doing two days, and my friends iPhones are doing two days, and my girlfriend's Blackberry Bold is doing three-four days, no, this is not normal with phones now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted March 18, 2011 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2011 Even my HTC Incredible is doing a couple days worth on a single charge. 5-6 hours is pretty ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Experienced similar with my Nexus S. Significantly improved after multiple recharges. Silly. By your reasoning no-one should buy a NFC capable phone either then... A great 4G phone is still a great 3G phone. Anyway... yeah, I'd also suggest adding the Power widget to your home screen. Makes it handy to turn toggle stuff on/off as you need to. NFC is a pipe dream here in the states. It will never make a wide footprint. Hell we have major banks that are seriously thinking of limiting how much you can spend per purchase on a debit card...do you really think that they are going to like how NFC will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/18/htc-thunderbolt-review/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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