[HTC Incredible S] RicarduZonta:
Hey guys,

I would like to make your situation easier, so you don't have to read like 1000s of forum threads to get information I'm giving you here. These are the issues I faced with my incredible s, and the so called solutions.

The device:

Stock EU htc incredible s/ htc droid incredible 2 on Gingerbread. NO software mods at all.

According to my knowledge the same applies to the htc desire s and the htc desire hd as well. Most of these problems come forward after updating to gingerbread. If you are still on froyo, I wouldn' recommend updating.

1st issue. High standby drain.

According to Currentwidget and battery monitor my incredible s doesn't have lower battery consumption in standby than 38Mah.

Solution:

Drain readings are corrupted, there is a bug involved.

In reality You only have around 5-6Mah drain in standby.

Proof.

Left phone in standby for 2 days without messing with it, ended up with 40% left.

So if you have a minimum of 40Mah drain for two days. (48hours x40Ma=1920Ma) The battery's capacity is no more than 1500Ma, so it's obvious that standby drain readings are corrupted.

IGNORE drain readings!

2nd issue: You take it off the charger and it's 95%

Some say that phone charges till 100% than shuts charging down till battery reaches 90%, than charging starts again.

Some say our Lithium battery cannot get charged till 100% which is normal. This is the reason our device doesn't show % in notification area.

Solution: Ignore battery monitor, use inbuilt battery charge indicator, and be happy.

If you want to test battery life, start test at 90% and your test won't be corrupted.

3rd issue: Dialer using too much battery.

This might to be a bug as well. Still to be confirmed. The dialer doesn't use that much of power it only gets stuck in built in battery use indicator giving false drain data.

Some say it doesn't stop using proximity sensor after being in a call, hence the big drain. Incredible s's proximity sensor is visible during call, check it in the dark, it blinks. After call it stays inactive. So the dialer using it 24/7 seems to be a false statement.

4th issue: Declining calls in pocket.

When taking or declining a call, you swipe vertically on the screen. If you have your phone in your pocket with the screen facing your body, you can easily take or decline some calls when pulling out. This is more likely if you have a pocket made of thin material.

Solution: Put your phone in your pocket with the battery cover facing your leg. Don't worry about bumping into like a table corner and smashing your screen. Our gorilla glass is almost indestructible. Using a pouch or cover does the trick as well.

Not sure why htc is so obsessed with the vertical answer procedure. With horizontal swipe we wouldn't have this problem and users have been complaining about this since the desire came out.

5th Issue: Wifi disconnects when signal low, but still would be fine under froyo.

Connection gets disconnected when signal is 86db or lower.

This is a gingerbread related problem, htc cannot do anything about it.

No solution just yet.

For those who complain about battery life, I am on gingerbread with loads of apps installed and with very heavy use 3hours of display, wifi, skype,internet browsing I can use the phone for 12 hours. With moderate use min 2 days.

Battery saving tipps:

-Don't let google and htc sync. It uses lot of data and battery resources.(I don't like my sensitive data to be copied on their servers anyway.) Sync with your pc regularly.

- If u use data for e-mail and weather sync, use Gsm only mode, you don't need that much of speed for those, turn WCDMA on if u need it for skype, etc. Hspda and 3g are big battery killers.

-Everything on manual sync. There is a sync all widget in sense to use. U can hit it anytime you want to.

-No live wallpaper

-Hotspot uses excessive amount of battery. Use it on charger only.

-Screen light to be turned down. Use Screen filter app nighttime.

-Turn wifi and mobile data off when not in use, so phone can sleep properly. (wifi timeout app)

-Turn off wireless network positioning.

-Keep bluetooth off when not in use.

-Select short screen timeout like 15s.

-Screen on time is the main culprit in appalling battery life. Use your watch to check time rather than turning the screen on.

-If u struggle to find 3g or Hspda for data or network itself, change provider, because no matter what phone u have, u will have this problem. Try to find spots in your flat with better signal for data. Searching for network uses a lot of battery.

-Try to charge your phone from 0% overnight with the phone off for a couple of times (8-12hrs)

-When gps is on it doesn't mean that it uses battery. If you see the sattelite icon blinking or just on, that's when it uses battery, a significant amount of battery.

-Consider buying the official extended battery available in US (droid incredible 2 2100Mah), coming to EU soon. I wouldn't recommend buying the unofficial ones just now.

Obviously if you apply some of these battery life will be better. If you apply all of them, battery life will be exceptional.

Hope I helped.

Have fun guys!