Titan and battery life

[absolute85]

Hello, I'm just wondering how long does your Titan last and how do you find battery life. I read all over the internet a lot of people very happy with Titan's battery, but mine is quite bad. I'd like to understand whether it's just my phone which has problems or it's normal.

How long does your phone last? Could you describe the average use you do during this time (do you have gps, bluetooth, wifi, push-mail and stuff on or off? How many calls, text messages, web browsing, games and such?).

Because I just realized that I can use it with all options on and xbox live and get from 100% to 10% in an hour and a half... Is it normal?

 

[7thSense]

My Titan lasts two full days (around 48 hours) of normal use. I never use Bluetooth but wifi etc it always on.

Playing games drains the battery quickly so I often hook it up to power when I play gfx intense games.

Overall I am very pleased with the bettery life of the Titan. I get about the same usage with the Titan as I did with the Mozart. The bigger battery clearly makes up for the bigger screen.

 

[absolute85]

Ok, games drain battery quickly, but less than two hours is too quick, in my opinion... That was why I was asking for other experiences. Thanks for your answer anyway.

 

[adesonic]

I leave bluetooth and wifi on all the time, do about 2 hours worth of web browsing per day, listen to about 30 minutes of music per day, send a few texts, about 10 mins of voice calls and sync all accounts every hour, battery lasts me comfortably a whole day. HOWEVER if I am in a poor reception area for cellular, my battery life is significantly degraded because the phone is continuously hunting for a signal, this has been a problem on every phone I have ever owned including my nokia 3310!

 

[absolute85]

Well, today I went out with 100%. I left gps and wifi off and 3G on. I listened to music half an hour, browsed the web for another half an hour, used Freda for reading a book another half an hour and then used othe apps with internet connection for ten minutes (no games though). After three (3) hours I was at 50%... I didn't see any lack of signal so I don't think that could be the reason. I'm not sure but I think there's something wrong with my device...

Since I couldn't find any difference before and after the update I don't think it's a software problem. Do you think that replacing the battery could be a solution?

Do you think this is a good reason to contact HTC for support?

 

[7thSense]

Did you check the list of background tasks?
Maybe some app keeps doing something in the background, draining your battery?

 

[absolute85]

Do you mean the list you find on options/settings->applications->background activities (or something similar, I'm translating from my language, maybe on the English version it's different)? There's only gmaps there and it's disabled.

 

[7thSense]

Do you mean the list you find on options/settings->applications->background activities (or something similar, I'm translating from my language, maybe on the English version it's different)? There's only gmaps there and it's disabled.

Yes, that is the one I meant. How much battery life do you not get when playing games though?

 

[absolute85]

Well, I just got from 90 to 80 in ten minutes. It's like games drain 1% each minute. This would mean around one hour and a half to get from 100% to auto-shut down... Now I'll see how it goes with playing videos...

I played with games for a little more than half an hour and got from 78% to 38%. So it's still a rate of 1% per minute... How is it for you?

For videos it lasted more, it drained around 4% for ten minutes of playing. I guess this is acceptable, or not?

 

[rob_p]

I'd try not playing games or videos - just use it for email, some browsing etc... but without the intensive usage of games and videos. See how long the battery lasts then. Mine lasts for at least a day with normal use, sometimes up to 2 days if not used too much (although push email always on in the background, and some other apps with live tiles etc...).

Games do drain it pretty quick IMHO.

 

[soullinker20]

I think you should let the battery expose for a few more days and maybe there will be improvements like a break-in thing. imho, the battery is used more when playing games 'coz it needs more drive from the 1.5GHZ processor. As for playing videos/internet, it doesn't require much power from the processor and suppose that it doesn't even have flash so more conservation of power to it.

 

[absolute85]

Today I haven't played nor watched any video. I used internet on 3G (marketplace and explorer, one mail in push), read a couple of pdfs and not much more (gps, bluetooth and wifi off all the time but twenty minutes). I unplugged it at 10am and at 5pm it went in saving battery mode (less than 20%) and I had to plug it one hour later because red blinking light was there. I had some doubts but now I would say there's something wrong almost for sure...

 

[adesonic]

Today I haven't played nor watched any video. I used internet on 3G (marketplace and explorer, one mail in push), read a couple of pdfs and not much more (gps, bluetooth and wifi off all the time but twenty minutes). I unplugged it at 10am and at 5pm it went in saving battery mode (less than 20%) and I had to plug it one hour later because red blinking light was there. I had some doubts but now I would say there's something wrong almost for sure...

That is not good at all, I get way more than that, you may have a faulty phone.

 

[jag233]

Today I haven't played nor watched any video. I used internet on 3G (marketplace and explorer, one mail in push), read a couple of pdfs and not much more (gps, bluetooth and wifi off all the time but twenty minutes). I unplugged it at 10am and at 5pm it went in saving battery mode (less than 20%) and I had to plug it one hour later because red blinking light was there. I had some doubts but now I would say there's something wrong almost for sure...

That is very poor, I am getting great battery life and I have two email running all the time, facebook, twitter, using wifi, texting, internet etc etc. Get that battery replaced at the very least.

 

[absolute85]

But I'm afraid it might not be just a problem of the battery, it might be the whole hardware which is faulty. I mean, i could buy a new battery and discover that it doesn't solve the problem, that would be a waste of money... Maybe I'm paranoid, but today I experienced even bad experience with phone calls, I couldn't hear the other speaking nor he could hear me and I had to call back three times for less than ten minutes of phone call. I read someone else had similar problems, so I fear it might be a faulty phone and not only the battery... But I haven't had other calls, maybe it was just a coincidence.

 

[absolute85]

Just a quick survey. When you unplug the phone at 100%, before you start using it (without wifi, web browsing, application and stuff) how long does it say it will last? Because as soon as I unplug it I get a 13-15 hours, which aren't very much I think... Considering it should be considered almost standby mode...

 

[jag233]

Your battery will be covered under warranty by Htc, contact them and tell them the problems your having!

 

[absolute85]

I did and they told me to do some procedures (like taking off the battery while the phone is turned off, or uninstall all apps or reset the device). I'm trying to do this things, if I can't solve I will call them again.

 

[rob_p]

Yeah, that's their standard spiel for any battery problems. I would insist on a replacement handset - how long have you had it?

 

[drupad2drupad]

Hi!

I just got the Titan yesterday.

I haven't had to charge my phone since then! It came with around 78% charged battery. I've synced about 6 emails, 3 social networking with my phone. Downloaded few apps, games, plenty of text messages, couple of phone calls. I've also customised and changed settings etc. Did plenty of youtube and internet browsing. Played Angry birds for about 16 odd levels, played unite for nearly an hour. Today it second day of the phone and I've got 26% battery remaining. Haven't had to plug in the phone at all!

Oh I did plug in the phone for brief time. That's when I downloaded the recent update via Zune. The whole update procedure took nearly 15-20 minutes, so for those minutes my phone was connected via USB. I don't know how much charge or drain this installation of update and restart might have caused.

In a nutshell - The battery life is much better than those nice reviews on the internet.