Super Fast Battery Drain: Cause?

[lwilson]

This is not the normal battery complaint. I've literally taken my phone off the charger (after calibrating battery mind you), and I have nothing on but 3G and no surfing. Within 5 min I'm down to 90% and it's a free fall from there. I have 2 batteries and both are draining super fast.

Could this be an app? I can't imagine that as nothing is currently running. Power Manager shows how fast the G1 is draining my battery and it's super weird.

[AndroidUser]

well to manage my batter i downloaded the Toggle app..

and it helps me manage brightness, GPS etc.

And what I do is restart my phone every day. just powering on and then off will cancel those numerous apps that you leave on all day.

that helps save some battery life too.

Other than that, you just gotta keep charging

My theory is that maybe it's an app using GPS.. I notice that absorbs battery like no other.

[lwilson]

This to me is more than just a battery management problem. It seems like it's something wrong with the phone itself. No phone should drain 20% in just 10 min using nothing. So I feel something is wrong here. I have GPS shut off using my profiles with Power Manager.

[DaYuMu6ft7]

All of the above seams to be the answer too this dilemma...

The Battery, Apps & Hardware ( Phone )

[z0mb13e]

I have been reading the G1 service manual http://mikechannon.net/PDF%20Manuals/HTC%20Dream%20SM%20(A04).pdf

and on page 84/85 there is mention of a battery test procedure, but this requires the diagnostic SD progs.

Does anyone have a copy of the SD card programs? It would be interesting to be able to test the phone against HTCs own specs.

There is also current leakage test that if you had (or could be bothered to make) the test rig) would tell you if the motherboard is taking too much current (<3mA sleep, <180mA at idle)

[lwilson]

My Seidio 1400mah battery just came in. I'm going to do the obligatory 8 hour initial charge up tonight before I officially use it. They say it takes 5-6 full charges to see the performance increase. I'm game to see how it plays out. I like their products.

[Infinatenothing]

has it always been like that or is this a recent change? have you installed any new apps lately?

[rynosaur]

I hate to be a party pooper, but I would back your stuff up and do a factory reset. That'll start the battery calibration at stock and then you can try again. When I installed Stericson's skin and it blanked the phone, the battery drain pattern changed radically. Got better, I means.

[DesignDawg]

Are you running hello aim? Does your phone feel hot when it's draining?

[xxbenbenxx]

I hate to be a party pooper, but I would back your stuff up and do a factory reset. That'll start the battery calibration at stock and then you can try again. When I installed Stericson's skin and it blanked the phone, the battery drain pattern changed radically. Got better, I means.

you can just let the batteries drain all the way to 0% where it shuts itself off and then charge it back up should recalibrate the battery also I think.