New Exec - battery bar

[wizrod]

Hi all,

I got my Exec in the mail this morning (woor hoo!) :P

Its been on all day, connected to me PC as the manual states 'Batteries are shipped partially charged...'

When I connected it up initially it showed 100% battery, and has been gradually degrading over the day (6 1/2 hrs) down to 79%. Is this normal? Is it just the new batter just being 'worn in'? or cole it sugged a problem?

any advice/experiences gratefully received.

cheers

Paul

[SiliconS]

My new Exec really romps through its battery, and I've discovered (2nd day of ownership today) that charging from USB of PC really isn't a good substitute for the mains charger. It charges very very slowly from USB but nice and rapidly from the mains.

Went to bed last night with battery at 22%. Woke up this morning with it at 13%!!! :shock:
So I tested it today until the battery was completely flat, and it died. The good news, though, is that it lost no data! :D

The manual says that the battery won't achieve full capacity until after several full-charge/complete-discharge cycles, so I'm doing that now... :(

[decebal]

it seems that you're getting some long life. mine is flat in the evening considering:
* half an hour LiveTV
* half an hour video calls
* 20 minutes call
* light use of internet / emails
* being in an UMTS area 100%

what's your normal use ?

[Fluffy_Clouds]

I had exactly the same problem. It was also occurring when charging in the car which was a worry as I eventually want to run GPS which obviously needs the Exec to be on 100% of the time.

It was suggested that I turn the brightness down to 75% even on mains (still plenty bright enough) and also let the Exec run totally flat, then recharge it up to 100% a few times. Iv'e done it and don’t get me wrong, charging from the mains is still 5 times faster than through the laptop or car charger but at least it is now gains charge rather than loosing it, even with the screen on 100% of the time.

[neilwilkinson_uk]

Ive had my Exec for 2 days know and get about a day and a half out of it at a go.
Having said that i have been using all of the features alot and installing stuff and modifying as well as having on vibrate alert so i reckon its about right.
Will probably take a god couple of charges to condition the battery anyway.

[Fluffy_Clouds]

it seems that you're getting some long life. mine is flat in the evening considering:
* half an hour LiveTV
* half an hour video calls
* 20 minutes call
* light use of internet / emails
* being in an UMTS area 100%

what's your normal use ?

Hi Decebal

Whats LiveTV?

[wizrod]

Well, I've had it for 24 hrs now.

Yesterday it continued to discharge slowly when connected to the PC. I connected it up to the mains charger all night and when I got up this morning the solid orange status led had changed to solid green. On getting into work (90min travel) it was down to 97%.

Its been on the PC power now for 2+ hours and is back up to a steady 100%.

cheers

Paul