Is there something wrong with my battery?

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Well I just switched to Android and I'm loving it! It's awesome. However I'm really having a problem with my battery. I got this phone on Sunday...and the battery life for me has been horrible for me.

I leave my phone on the charger all night. I have to leave for school, and I take my phone off the charger around 8:00am.

Throughout the school day, I'll check my phone a couple times. I probably send like 10-15 texts, and I take a few pictures at lunch. That's all I do, nothing else. By the end of the day (2:45) the battery is at 50%. I don't understand how a battery can be this bad, when it's in standby almost the whole day.

I have advanced task killer installed, and I have it set so all apps are killed when the screen is off, and it auto-kills apps. I turn off wi-fi at school since I don't get any, and my screen brightness is at auto. No live wallpaper either, just a normal still one. So I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I understand the battery isn't the biggest, but from what I hear everyone else is getting better battery life then me, and they're doing so much more than me.

Any help? Would be appreciate!

First things first, get rid of task killer. Also see what's syncing. Play with the settings a little. Battery is tiny for this phone. But with tweaking it does the job. Best bet is to get a second battery or an extended battery from the desire hd.

Why should I get rid of task killer? Everyone that I speak to that has android told me to get it. When I don't have it, I have all these apps running in the background like Asphalt 5, AT&T Navigator, Maps, and a bunch of crap that shouldn't even be running. I have pretty much everything syncing, does that kill the battery?

Taskiller was ok back in earlier versions of android. The apps aren't actually running they are stored in memory with no impact on CPU. Constant syncing is going to destroy your battery.

Davwman is absolutely correct about the task killer app. Do some googling on this and you will see that it creates more issues than helps.

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Alright, thanks a lot! I fixed the syncing, and a message popped up saying that it will extend the battery life. I'm going to assume this is going to help a lot, since Facebook and my email was probably constantly updating during. I'll look into the task killer as well!

You should see an improvements in the following days as well as the battery is settling in.

If not, Id ask AT&T for a replacement of the unit for another one.

If you have any battery widgets I would remove those too. I had batstatt and it was destroying my battery!!!

The battery isn't too great... 1230mAH ... I did send an e-mail to HTC regarding replacement batteries and they said I quote..

Dear Sean,

There's absolutely a chance of extended batteries being made; plenty of our devices have them made for them. At this time I don't know for sure if we're going to have one, as that decision is made by a completely different department and the Inspire 4G has only been available for less than a week. If we are to have one available, you will be able to find it at shopamerica.htc.com. I hope that we have one available as I know how useful they can be.

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You really need to turn off auto-brightness as well. That will suck up battery power. Just set your brightness to a reasonable level. I usually keep mine around 35-40%