How long does your battery last?

[L1ndon]

I've had my phone for ages now, and the battery seemed to start draining very quickly. I swapped to a new battery, but that didnt fix it, then I reflashed Rom and Radio just in case -

Only thing is I cant remember how long it used to last:confused:

I get about 24 hours when its not doing anything (no wifi gps screen not on, no music - pure standby) - is that normal? I'm sure I used to get more

if its not - what should I get, and have you any ideas what it could be - (hardware?)

[carkev]

battery life on my Trinity far exceeds yours, and I think your problem may be the Radio version.

I use mine for GPS on Golf Course, and could easily get 18 holes out of it with my original Radio ver 1.38.00.11 ...

I then upgraded to ver 1.56.70.11, which according to the forum is a far better version, and with good battery life.

not so in my case, I could only get through 14 holes, and have now reverted back to my original one.

[chimpsinties]

I must admit, I used to get much better battery life out of my original radio but upgraded to 1.56 cos everyone else says it's great.

I might downgrade to see if it sorts out my battery problems. I thought it was just cos I was playing with it a lot more these days. :eek:

[L1ndon]

I think my battery life shortened all of a sudden - I'm testing it against a mates,

My cameras stopped working now - I've read some threads but had no luck with solutions (taking battery out for 15 mins etc) any ideas anyone:confused:

[SuperSport]

battery life on my Trinity far exceeds yours, and I think your problem may be the Radio version.

I use mine for GPS on Golf Course, and could easily get 18 holes out of it with my original Radio ver 1.38.00.11 ...

I then upgraded to ver 1.56.70.11, which according to the forum is a far better version, and with good battery life.

not so in my case, I could only get through 14 holes, and have now reverted back to my original one.

Ok, this has eaten at me for a while now. I too have a LOT less avail battery than I had a couple years ago, and I've replaced my battery with a longer lasting version.

I think it's time I try your experiment to see for myself if the radio could be the culprit. I've suspected the newer ROM releases to be the cause, but it's a little hard to believe, especially when I usually flash pretty nekkid ROMS.

I know that sometimes people see new version numbers and believe it must be better just becaue of that. I am one of those people sometimes. As we all know, newer is not always better. Do any of the following updated version numbers jump out to anybody? ;)

Release Version File dates
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Windows 95 retail, OEM 4.00.950 7/11/95
Windows 95 retail SP1 4.00.950A 7/11/95-12/31/95
OEM Service Release 2 4.00.1111* (4.00.950B) 8/24/96
OEM Service Release 2.1 4.03.1212-1214* (4.00.950B) 8/24/96-8/27/97
OEM Service Release 2.5 4.03.1214* (4.00.950C) 8/24/96-11/18/97
Windows 98 retail, OEM 4.10.1998 5/11/98
Windows 98, Security CD 4.10.1998A
Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222A 4/23/99
Windows 98 SE Security CD 4.10.2222B
Windows Me 4.90.3000 6/08/00
Windows Me Security CD 4.90.3000A

[SuperSport]

...I thought it was just cos I was playing with it a lot more these days. :eek:

I think it may be a combination. I know I play with the phone more than I used to when I first got it.

[kafa81]

My battery works fine 3 daysd in pure standby and more than a day when I work with the phone.
Maybe You can try the original radio, just for a test.

[kafa81]

My battery works fine 3 daysd in pure standby and more than a day when I work with the phone.
Maybe You can try the original radio, just for a test.

[chimpsinties]

Anyone got some links to older radios? :o

[SuperSport]

I've got all of them in my signature. Click "Get Your ROMs Here", then "Radios" :D

[chimpsinties]

I didn't end up trying one of the older radios but I did get my ass over to EBay and buy a new battery. I got a genuine HTC replacement for about £6.50. At first there was no difference in battery life but after a couple of cycles it's got much better now. I can usually get about 2 days out of my phone between charges. This is using it quite a lot as I get all my emails synced to the device via Google Sync.

I can recommend a new battery to give your tired old phone a new lease of life :D