Battery life getting better???

[implosive_disgorgence]

the only thing i have on is 2g networks. my battery has been off the charger for 2 hours and all i did was check the android market and im at 85%.


come on.

[ergibson83]

Well my battery is still s*** ...lol

[Kyouto42]

I pulled my phone off my wall charger 20 min ago. Since then all I've done is sent two MMS and deleted about 5 apps. Down to 86%. Starting to rapidly become "worst.phone.ever."

[breeze21]

I've noticed that my battery lasts a lot longer than when I first got the phone. The first day it died around 2:00pm, but since then it has lasted much longer. I use the music player all day, send a few SMS in the morning and use the web for at least an hour a day, and i'll usually end up with around 30% by 8:00pm. One thing I have noticed though, when i charge with the usb cord, it doesn't stay charged long at all.

[Stone]

Hmmm...The only thing funny about my battery (which is like everyone else's) Is that although the battery gets low mad fast....When I played my music for 2 hours...the battery didn't even blink! Strange.


Stone

[westoexpresso]

I'm not liking the battery issue at all. Let it die last night plugged in wall charger at around 11pm woke up at 7am fully charged, did some browsing with WiFi on (since I'm not in 3G area) made a few calls, checked emails, turned on bluetooth for ride to work and by 2pm down to 15% and warning message appeared. My phone is now charging in the car and will try to let it die again to night and see what happens. By the way did have Auto Sync on all day which I will change to off for my next test run.

[fresh_prince86]

damn. mine dont last more then 5 hours. I have to have a charger at work and in the car because of it.

[smilez_c]

damn. mine dont last more then 5 hours. I have to have a charger at work and in the car because of it.

I let mine die all the way when I first got it. Charged it over night umplugged it at 100% the drove to work like 10 mins checked it at work it was down to 46%

[AndroidCaz]

I let mine die all the way when I first got it. Charged it over night umplugged it at 100% the drove to work like 10 mins checked it at work it was down to 46%

DAMN I thought mine was bad. Mine last about 7 hours b4 going yellow and after about 8 its at 15%. That sucks cuz around that time I'm about to get off and if i need to go somewhere after work, I have to go with an almost dead battery. This is my biggest complaint about the G1.

I have heard that some people get like 18 hours off their battery. I guess they were lucky ones. Cuz I think the majority of people's batteries suck.

Oh BTW I only text and use the browser while at work, its rare that I'll make a phone call. Also GPS is always off.

[pancit175]

My battery life rocks... I can get a over 24 hours on a single charge. The other night I meant to charge it when it was sitting at 20% with 3G on and wifi on. I ended up passing out and not charging it, but when I woke up around 10 it was only sitting at 15%. And that was aprox 30 hrs of runtime on the battery and an hour charge before I passed out.
Then the next day, yesterday, I hadn't charged it since then and now I am sitting at 31%. Thats with moderate usage (browsing, shoping, videos, youtube, games, gmote, calls, text, and the usuall show off demo, etc) and partial 3G/wifi when necessary. (Brightness all the way down except while watching videos)(sync has always stayed on)

*Update: I still havent charged the phone since yesterday morning, and I'm sitting at 17% with an approximate runtime of 36 hours on a single charge before I'm about to put it on the charger when it finally hits 15%. Thats about 6 more than yesterday.

One main reason why some people reccomend draining the battery is to callibrate the battery meter. So 15% charge may really mean 40%. Some people have noticed that it takes longer to drain at lower percentage levels than at higher percentage levels. Callibration time!?! I always perform a Callibration on all of my rechargeable devices right when I get them, Full charge->full drain->full charge->enjoy.

Originally after my 1st drain I probabaly got 12+ hours of use out of the phone. So I intended to do a 2nd drain of my battery, but I was interrupted by a phone call from my lady, so I connected the charger when it was at 1%. Unplugged it at 5% because I thought I was going to end my call, but I didnt and it went back to 1% and connected the charger again. Finally the call ended and it was at 4% so I disconnected the charger and let it drain again. I'm not saying that is the reason why I have a good runtime on my battery by any strech of the imagination. Just reporting my findings.