[Q] Optimize Shift for Heavy Voice/Email/Text

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First off, Huge thanks to all the devs out there.
I rooted, backed up, bloatfreed myself, OCed with 1.5 kernel.

I came from years of Blackberries and chose to go with the Shift because I liked Android, needed 4G, needed a hotspot, needed a keyboard, and prefered the size over the Epic. For those reason I'm happy as can be, but I keep finding myself attached to a USB cord all day to survive. I keep reading about these great battery life everyone seems to be getting, but I think I may be classified as a heavy heavy user and need some assistance.

Usage from Last Month:
88 Hours
2500 Text Messages
657k Data
5 Email addresses pulling constantly

Per Day:
~3 Hours
83 Text Messages
21.9K Data

I consider that heavy usage. What would be the best way to configure the phone to optimize battery life?

First thing I would look at is the e-mail addresses and, if you can, increase the time between checking them. 5 accounts constantly checking is gonna drain your battery like crazy.

Unforunately, coming from a Blackberry, I've just become accustomed to push email. More importantly though, my clients have become accustomed to immediate responses from me.

Originally Posted by idaed

Usage from Last Month:
88 Hours
2500 Text Messages
657k Data
5 Email addresses pulling constantly

By "pulling constantly" do you mean that you use IMAP IDLE on all five accounts for "push" functionality, or that you have your client set to poll the servers frequently for all the accounts?

That was poorly worded on my part. I have my exchange account doing a push and the other 4 pulling through pop every 15 minutes.