HTC Diamond battery dies without warning

[chrisgeller]

I’ve get a HTC diamond from a friend and am having problems with the battery. I’m trying to figure out the best thing to do.

Generally I’ve found the battery is a bit low in capacity (as others have mentioned on the forum). But more recently I’ve found that the phone will suddenly die, without an battery warnings. The battery suddenly seems to be fully discharged.

I’m wondering if this is a problem with the battery (or more worringly) with the phone. Is there any battery monitoring software that might be informative? Or should I just buy a new battery and keep my fingers crossed?

[Kevlah]

I’ve get a HTC diamond from a friend and am having problems with the battery. I’m trying to figure out the best thing to do.

Generally I’ve found the battery is a bit low in capacity (as others have mentioned on the forum). But more recently I’ve found that the phone will suddenly die, without an battery warnings. The battery suddenly seems to be fully discharged.

I’m wondering if this is a problem with the battery (or more worringly) with the phone. Is there any battery monitoring software that might be informative? Or should I just buy a new battery and keep my fingers crossed?

You could try this for testing the battery:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/benchmark/

You may need to check it against someone elses benchmark to get an idea of a problem or not. I think the battery test is a long one though as it has to run it down completely after a full charge.

You could try disabling any programs that automatically connect to the internet (eg. email) and I think there is a cab somewhere that will disconnect gprs/3g/hsdpa when there is no activity. If I find it I'll post it here.

I found that the Auto Adjust Backlight used up more battery than needed so just set it to the second marker on left (start > settings > system > power > backlight). I'm sure there are many more options to save battery power that are mentioned in other posts but I guess you have already been through them.

I found that a full discharge then a full charge while the phone is switched off completely (not in standby) helped a bit but not much.

[Supertrooper]

There has also been some problems with peoples battery monitor not being accurate. Like it saying there is 25% battery when there is really 75% of power left. But this problem has been few and far between.

You can also go into your settings/notifications and set a notification to let you know when your battery is about to peter out on you.