[Q] Ridiculously Bad Battery Life

da-vid · Jul 16, 2011

First day of owning a ChaCha. My phone lost 30% of battery just sitting overnight. What the hell? I went to bed with 75% and woke up with 45% about 7 hours later.

Battery use lists three items: Cell standby, Phone idle, and Display. Shouldn't there be more?

I really want to like this phone, but this is simply unacceptable. Is there something I'm missing here?

Also, has anyone noticed that the phone takes a ridiculous amount of time to charge when connected to a computer?

jqm800 · Jul 16, 2011

may be sth wrong with your battery.
mine performs well when standing by

da-vid · Jul 16, 2011

jqm800 said:
may be sth wrong with your battery.
mine performs well when standing by

Maybe. I'm also having software issues where after one call, my Dialer app begins draining my battery rapidly, using over 90% of the battery according to the Battery Use page.

Anyway, battery performance on this phone seems so far to be a bit erratic. Eh. I'm interested in trying out a CM port whenever that becomes available on this phone to see if it helps.

d.furtuna · Jul 16, 2011

Hi, my bettery lasts 2-3 days (on normal usage). Also, the performance improved with more charging cycles...

da-vid · Jul 16, 2011

d.furtuna said:
Hi, my bettery lasts 2-3 days (on normal usage). Also, the performance improved with more charging cycles...

Do you make calls often? Next time you make a call, could you check your Battery Use page under "Settings -> About phone -> Battery -> Battery use" and see if "Dialer" takes up a large percent.

Thanks!

da-vid · Jul 16, 2011

In fact, could anyone else who has a ChaCha please reply to let me know if they experience Dialer taking up a huge percent of the battery after making a call? You can check under "Settings -> About phone -> Battery -> Battery use".

I know one person on another forum who brought up this issue before I even experienced it myself, so I know I'm not alone, but I don't know whether this is bug is specific to my phone or for all ChaChas.

Thanks!

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qbert456 · Jul 17, 2011

Mine says nothing about dialer app, have just made a call so will check later.

battery is poor tho, won't last a day if I actaually use if for any thing other than text or email.

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da-vid · Jul 17, 2011

qbert456 said:
Mine says nothing about dialer app, have just made a call so will check later.

battery is poor tho, won't last a day if I actaually use if for any thing other than text or email.

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Hm, okay, thanks.

Yeah, the battery life seems to be quite bad for me as well even when the Dialer issue isn't happening. Oh well.

qbert456 · Jul 17, 2011

So since my last post I made a 3 sec call that was it.

Stats show, 10h since charge,
Dialer has used 96% !!! Of battery, that's why the standby is so bad, I'm going to email HTC.

Can the dialer app be changed?
Or is that a root luxury, cyanogen 6 had a decent dialer on my legend....

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aca_coa · Jul 17, 2011

On my phone, 49% is dialer app, and for me, it's too much, since I do not use phone for too many calls.

filipindiesurfer · Jul 18, 2011

exactly the same here ... after 2 mins of phone call - battery stats said that it takes more than 60% of battery use... And the weirdest thing is, that I used internet browser, tweetdeck and greader before for more than 2 hours...

da-vid · Jul 18, 2011

I suggest everyone write in to HTC support so they might get a fix out soon. I've already contacted them.

da-vid · Jul 18, 2011

Another question: how much battery drains overnight while your phone is just on standby? Mine loses about 40% in about 9 hours overnight.

ThiloH · Jul 18, 2011

Mine runs like forever, when i just use it for email, sms and a few calls.

I charged mine on Thursday and last evening the battery bar went to orange.

aca_coa · Jul 18, 2011

da-vid said:
Another question: how much battery drains overnight while your phone is just on standby? Mine loses about 40% in about 9 hours overnight.

In 7 hours of standby, battery dropped for about 3%.

filipindiesurfer · Jul 18, 2011

Mine drains about 15-20% during the night (00:00 - 7:00)

aca_coa · Jul 18, 2011

Is your mobile network turned on while you are in standby?

Go to settings - Wireless & Networks - Mobile network.
It's not checked here. I check it only when I want to use mobile operator data package.

da-vid · Jul 18, 2011

aca_coa said:
Is your mobile network turned on while you are in standby?

Go to settings - Wireless & Networks - Mobile network.
It's not checked here. I check it only when I want to use mobile operator data package.

Yeah, but why should I have to uncheck that?! I even have push email disabled during non-peak hours.

My iPhone loses like 5% overnight with push and full 3G data still enabled. I'm not expecting iPhone performance, but 40%? What could possibly be happening on the phone that it uses that much battery overnight? I checked my battery use page and my phone is in fact going to sleep when I lock it.

Ah well. I'll try to see if I can isolate this issue to a certain app or something when I have time.

aca_coa · Jul 18, 2011

Well, I turned on mobile network, and I lost about 2% within 10 minutes in standby mode, but I will test this a little better tomorrow.

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parno67 · Jul 20, 2011

My HTC ChaCha has the dialler issue.

I charge my phone overnight and would expect it to last all day, even with heavy usage. By 1pm (i leave for work at 7.30am) battery life is becoming a serious issue. I then have to charge the phone in order for it to last till i get home at 6pm.

The dialer is always using 95/96% of my battery.

I only make or receive 1 or 2 very short calls during the day.

This isnt such a problem in work as I can charge the phone, but im going away next week and wont be able to charge it every couple of hours.

I was going to buy another battery as i thought this would be a solution but its obviously not the battery, its something to do with the software.

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