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7:59 am
December 17, 2009
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Hi,
I like to hear everyone's experiences with using Android smartphone and Speakout ULB plan. How is the battery life? I find enabling data all the time with a proxy app really drains the battery. I wonder if it is just my phone and its battery or if it is just how android utilizing the ULB and all its apps. I am sure others will be interested as well.
Samsung Captivate i897
ICSSGS 4.2
Running apps:
Proxydroid
WhatsApp
Load Monitor
CPU Tuner
Beautiful Widget
Google Services (email and location)
Swype
My Usage pattern is minimal. A couple of calls and refreshing the weather and email every 30 minutes.
Unplug from charger (100%) 7:00AM
Dead by 4:00PM
Approximately 10% drain each hour. I think it is a bit excessive seeing my usage pattern. Could it be that my battery is toast?
12:31 pm
October 14, 2008
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I don't have an Android, but I know Google Services is probably your worst battery drain in that list. Anything to do with location services/GPS will kill a battery. It is data intensive.
4:25 pm
December 30, 2010
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whether it is proxy or vpn, you are forcing the phone to constantly ping the tower. This would eat your battery very quickly.
if you want to last a normal day, i would advice to switch to EDGE only and enable 3G when needed. It is a waste of energy if all you want is just IM/email notification, EDGE speed is more than enough for that.
That is how I make my gio to last a day(i.e. morning to night before i can be back for recharge).
10 dollars UMB is different from real data in these minor details.
11:08 am
October 15, 2008
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Is your phone rooted? If you're willing to do that, then you can install apps like Juice Defender or Battery Saver which should help your battery last longer. I'm using a Motorola Milestone which was running 2.2 and with data and connecting to the wifi at work off and on all day, I would get a day to a day and a half out of the battery. But I rooted the phone and switched to Cyanogenmod 7 at the same time plus installed Juice Defender; now I can get up to 2 days out of the phone now. I can't say whether it's the OS change or the Juice Defender app or both that made the difference though.
Good luck!
