HTC Touch Dual (Neon400) Battery life Nightmare

[skodazek]

So I have the neon400 from bell, have gotten a battery exchange once now because I figured I had a bad battery,

Battery life is roughly 4-6 hrs with minimal usage. which is terrible, With normal usage (about an hour of talk time), my battery is dead within 3 hrs.

I turn off bluetooth, as i heard it was a battery drain, unfortunatly push mail is on, and activesync for ms exchange.

Should also note that I have msn running pretty much all the time, but even with the above, i should still have a longer battery life....

Anyone can make any suggestions to improving battery life on my phone?

[paulmacdonald]

I have a rechargable drill and flashlight set and on the instructions it states NEVER CHARGE A HOT BATTERY so I took it one step further and put the battery for my cell phone in the freezer for 10 to 15 mins before charging the only problem with that is. The battery sweats water when it comes out and you can cause water dammage to the phone and battery. I put tape on the battery to protect the contacts and wait untill it stops sweating before puting it in the phone to charge. Also, I cant say for sure with your phone but with my nokia 6275I phone it was using the battery during the night probably sending usage information to the service provider so I removed the batttery each night. After breaking in the new battery by giving it a full charge and waiting for it to be totally dead before charging (you must always do this). And cooling before charging and removal each night my battery was lasting for seven days yes SEVEN days. Mostly because no one was calling me and I was not making any other calls or using the phone in any way. Yes the phone was turned on and all other settings were off like infared and btooth. Also the phone was entering into low power mode at the end of battery life
soo good luck
paulmacdonald {newave} out

[BeatleMatt]

I've noticed the same thing. I don't use my phone a ton, and usually every day it's charged into the computer.

However when I unplug it after work on Fridays, by Sunday night, the battery is dead....this after being in low power mode, and not being used much.

It would be so nice if there was a replacement battery you could buy that was better...