Please help!: What could cause massive battery drains?

[rockky]

this is not settings related i'm fairly sure....
My battery lasts maybe 4 hrs with moderate use.
Tonightit went from 40% to 0% in 2 hours or so with almost no use!
The only symtom I have is that often the back of the phone gets VERY hot when charging...and I think at other times also.
Anything device/system related that could cause it?
thanks!

[Pibe38]

Any software that may be updating OTA too often and draining the battery?

It could be a defective battery.

[yannick]

There has been a problem with PocketToday software draining the battery. That problem has been fixed btw.

[cortez.i]

There has been a problem with PocketToday software draining the battery. That problem has been fixed btw.

Pocket Today? i haven't heard of this software...can you provide a link? thx

[postbus31]

Think it was the combination Pocketweather/Pocketbreeze from SBSH
Installing the newest versions solves the problem.

[JNGold]

this is not settings related i'm fairly sure....
My battery lasts maybe 4 hrs with moderate use.
Tonightit went from 40% to 0% in 2 hours or so with almost no use!
The only symtom I have is that often the back of the phone gets VERY hot when charging...and I think at other times also.
Anything device/system related that could cause it?
thanks!

Have you checked to see if you had an active UMTS connection? That would most certainly do it.

[mitchello]

I get about 4hrs of active use out of my Treo 750v, even though during the day it is checking emails every 10mins. I am reasonably happy with that. Battery life seems to be getting better as the battery is broken in.

[mackangus]

this is not settings related i'm fairly sure....
My battery lasts maybe 4 hrs with moderate use.
Tonightit went from 40% to 0% in 2 hours or so with almost no use!
The only symtom I have is that often the back of the phone gets VERY hot when charging...and I think at other times also.
Anything device/system related that could cause it?
thanks!

Hi,

Along with UTMS, another classic is any sat nav software you have in use. You turn off the GPS receiver, hit the X button on the sat nav programme, but that only minimises it. It spends the rest of your battery hunting for a GPS unit that's turned off!

[NiTeSHiFT]

Well, Mine uses a lot of Power because of the Bad UMTS Receiption and therefore it always switches between 3G and GSM.

I wonder if it's possible to switch to GSM only mode as on my MDA Pro or other HTC devices.

Perhaps over the same registry key as it's possible on WM6 on the MDA Pro.

Does anyone have a hint on that?

[asimplefarmer]

Well, Mine uses a lot of Power because of the Bad UMTS Receiption and therefore it always switches between 3G and GSM.

I wonder if it's possible to switch to GSM only mode as on my MDA Pro or other HTC devices.

Perhaps over the same registry key as it's possible on WM6 on the MDA Pro.

Does anyone have a hint on that?


I use the cingular version and its start>settings>phone>network(something likethat) click band selection> choose GSM

[waynebam]

Hi Member

You dont need any hack you can tell the phone only to use GSM and not switch to UMT when avaliable.

From the start screen do the following

Start - Settings - Phone

Then go to the services tab and tap on band selection

The phone will at present be set on Auto

Change the top line from Auto to GSM and click on ok button

The handset will then only use the GSM signal and battery life will improve greatly.

[patrickhoward]

I have the exact scnerio that was first mentioned in this string and I have not seen what could be causing this symptom.

1. BlackJack phone, not a BlackJackII
2. Battery charges for long periods of time, and within an hour it's displaying alerts that the battery is low.
3. The top of the phone gets HOT to the touch
4. The phone functions fully normally, but has no power.
5. I have multiple batteries, and the symptom is the same for all of them.

ATT basically said I was out of luck, since my warranty had expired.

Does ANYONE have a clue what could casuse this? Do I have any grounds to go back to ATT on?

The phone was RMA'd in January 2008, so I have had it for 6months.

Pat