WM6 - WMO - Battery Life

[gwoo_ca]

Anyone else notice that the battery life on the Treo is a whole lot worse when using WM6?

I am getting about 2 hours less after upgrading

Just wanted to see if I was the only one.

Thanks

[bigjay.inc]

I had the leaked att rom on my phone....and my battery life was the worst...lasted maybe 2 hours or so...

I just downloaded the generic rom to see if i would have a change....

so far i have had it for a full day of moderate use and my battery is still going strong....im left to assume that the rom change made the difference....

[Mandingo]

Can anyone else confirm that WM6 battery life is improved with the ROW ROM?

[bellington74]

I can't say I "confirm", because I have not tried the generic ROM yet, but since installing the AT&T ROM, I have noticed a signifigant decrease in my battery life. I thought it might be chocked up to my heavy use of BT and the fact that I am running XCPUScaler to clock it in at 500MHz, but even with no BT use and disabling XCPU, I still see a 2 to 3 hour difference.

:eek:

[tmknight]

If you live in a 3g area and you are set to "auto" then yes your battery life will be shorter since those 3g bands require more "energy". I have learned to disable 3g for most internet use and only use 3g when I need it. Is this favorable; no, I'd rather not have to think about it. But until the battery technology and the processor/os interaction improve to be more energy efficient as is being seen with full-scale PCs, then we must find compromise. You can always buy a larger battery or carry more than one, but I'm happy with the software fix for now.

I created a shortcut to the band settings and assigned it to the PPT button for quick access to this setting to minimize the number of clicks.

how to:
1. Create a text file and input:

22#ctlpnl PLMOCPL.cpl,0,1?\Windows\cplmain.cpl,-7140

2. Save the file as "[whatever name].lnk" and place it somewhere convenient on the device.


Hope this helps

Cheers

[Mandingo]

If you live in a 3g area and you are set to "auto" then yes your battery life will be shorter since those 3g bands require more "energy".

I agree with this, but there should not have been a noticable difference between 3G on WM5 versus 3G on WM6 - but several people have seen a significant (>20%) loss in battery life just from upgrading the OS using the leaked ROM (same hardware, same HSDPA support). I am one of those people.

[gwoo_ca]

Well, I tried the 'unofficial AT&T Rom' same thing. Battery life about 20% less.

But I can't even get through a day without having to charge up my phone. Pretty annoying

[startngate]

Mine's actually better since upgrading to the AT&T rom.

I live in an area where I am on the fringe of 3G availability, so my phone on WM5 was always eating up battery searching between GSM and 3G networks. I actually had to hard set the phone to GSM like tmknight to get through the day.

Since the update, I seem to be staying locked on 3G now, and battery life is a little better than where it was when on GSM with WM5. Would still like a standard size battery with longer life though ... :)

[duces_ace]

well i finally got the generic rom to work, after realizing that i had to keep the data cable plugged in...BONK...in any case i would have to concurr with the last post, my 3g is locked in and battery life is a tad bit better, not much to do a cart-wheel over, but...noticeable...

[alber786]

Anyone else notice that the battery life on the Treo is a whole lot worse when using WM6?

I am getting about 2 hours less after upgrading

Just wanted to see if I was the only one.

Thanks

Ur right, I have an atom exec and the Wm6 made it to run for 5-6 hours only, that too without any phone calls and only GPRS usage. When I reflashed the WM5 back it is running normally. Something is WRONG with this new WM6