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[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satseaker:
The first radio was the one that had ask the problems, the only ones I know of are in the stock rom in jcases thread about unrooting, or the list

Sent to you via my handheld cellular communications device
[Omnia II General] Sim Kai Long:
Is anyone able to get the time on the statusbar to update itself/refresh/work using timezones that AREN'T GMT+0000 [Casablanca]?

Mine seems to only be able to work if my timezone is set to that. Any other timezone and it just "freezes" although the time in "Settings -> Date and Time" is correct.
[Omnia II General] vortexczech:
Hi, yep the status bar time is buggy, I use ClockSync for it...and sometimes it works.

https://market.android.com/details?id=ru.org.amip.ClockSync&feature=order_history
[Wildfire General] adrianplacinta:
Hello everybody. I want to install the original rom on my HTC Wildfire. I downloaded it from shipped roms website and when i try to install it, it says that the bettery is lower than 30%. But the battery is charged to 100%. What is the problem? The phone is rooted, but i want to send it to the warranty.

Thanks.
[Wildfire General] Chiel226:
Do you have clockworkmod recovery on your phone? There is an option to wipe all battery cash do this when your phone is fully charged and it will work again i think.
[Wildfire General] adrianplacinta:
The problem was with the ROM. I installed another one and it worked.
[HTC Wildfire S] amraving:
Hi all.

I tried this originally on my desire, then in my wifes wildfire S to great success.

Go in to the phone app

type in *#*#4636#*#*

Select 'Phone information'

scroll down to the bottom

in the 'set preferred network type' select 'GSM auto (PRL)'

then press back to return to your home page.

The wife doesn't use her phone much, ie a phone call or two a day, after a DAY of being unplugged from the mains the battery was still registering at 100% !

This doesn't affect the phone's functionality at all, it still allows for you to connect to a 3G network, what it does is connects to 2G when the 3G signal is weaker for calls and texts.

You may get varying results but every phone I've tried it on has boosted the battery by hours when idle.

Enjoy!
[HTC Wildfire S] amraving:
Updated with proof

Hi guys, just to show you how much better this setting is, my wife's wildfire S normally needed charger every 2 days.

As you can see it's passed 2 days and it is still registering over 80% remaining battery.

I'll update when it finally dies, which should be in about 8 days
[HTC Wildfire S] ravijokhun:
tried this on my wildfire s and afterwards it just kept turning my network on and off.. Switched back to wcdma preferred
[HTC Wildfire S] amraving:
I haven't seen that before, you might be in a weak 2g signal area thats why it's constantly trying to resolve the radio.

I assume this will work for some ( I live in an area that is very well covered by orange) and not for others depending on your network coverage.

Does it still do it when you switch to GSM only? It will kill your internet speed, but just to test if it's the 2G mast or not, then switch back to WCDMA preferred if it works best on your phone.

If GSM only is okay, you can use widgetoid 2.x and make a short cut to the normal settings options to switch between gsm only and WCDMA which will help, but I find it a bit of a pain in the perverbial behind.

As with most tips its not a one size fits all, however I've done it on 5 phones ( all HTC) which has improved the battery.
[HTC Wildfire S] andi_79:
Hi,

as for me, I have really a lot of problem regarding the battery life.

Today it was 100% and after 8 hours just 55% left.

Without using any wireless conection, and just 2 text.

Any way, maybe you can tell us, how is the wildfire S form your configured, homescreen widget?

which battery tool do you use?

I just made again a reset, and I will try to set GSM only, coz I do not use internet at all.

by the way, great thread.....)

bye
[HTC Wildfire S] amraving:
She's got it extremely basic, no widgets, no weather nothing, there's only 4 shortcuts on all her home screens, mostly black background (static picture).

No battery apps or task killers are on it.

All radios, GPS etc are disable, screen brightness on auto ( however I usally leave it around 20% for better battery performance)

It is never connected to the internet, she uses it just as a phone. I'm quite impressed with the battery life she gets.
[HTC Wildfire S] Hunter_x2:
I'm a bit curious, if she just used it at the most basic level, than why would she get a smartphone?
[HTC Wildfire S] amraving:
Hi Guys,

Just a quick update, the phone has made it to over 6 days stand by and the 30% energy saving has only just kicked in.

What I wanna know is, is there a way to log (appart from logcat) what's going on it the background. Granted she doesn't use it a lot (mostly as a personal radio and because it was a free upgrade to answer the previous question) but if you look the angle of decline increases after use when surely it should sharply drop and then continue on the same curve?

Nevermind.

This means her phone is up to 151ish hrs standby and still going, I'm gonna have a few more tweaks and see if I can get it anywhere close to the times quoted on the HTC site:

Standby time:

WCDMA: Up to 570 hours

GSM: Up to 360 hours

Infact (sorry i think outloud when I'm typing) how the hell do they think you'll get BETTER battery life on WCDMA? No chance unless you live under the mast and never leave the house.

I think for my next test I'll put it on WCDMA only and see how it affects the battery.
[HTC Wildfire S] imlgl:
Also the battery doesn't have a very high capacity. That could also be the problem. I heave heard the hd2 I think has the same battery size but a much higher capacity.
[HTC Wildfire S] regius:
Hi, I got my WS last week, and so far I cannot complain about battery. I am using it on GSM only, no data, bluetooth on, I'm going trugh an average of 40 calls a day, and in the evening I still have about 60 % of battery left. I am pretty sure that that won't be the case if I use mobie data or WiFi though.
[HTC Wildfire S] andi_79:
Hi,

I just can agree, coz even I made a test put the WS on GSM only, and it seems reallly to having more battery life.

As for now, just to have the usual use, 5-10 text 3 calls a day a bit wlan, i can use it for now almost 5 days, which I think it is ok.

thanks
[HTC Wildfire S] mphi:
This is an incredible tip. 24hrs and I've still got a full battery!

Sticky please :)
[HTC Wildfire S] baaabovka:
hi guys.

i'm just trying this tip right now, but, please, can someone explain to me what are the differencies between cdma and gsm "stuff"? (i am using 3g, wifi and classic phone functions)

thanks a lot
[HTC Wildfire S] Mark-IE:
If you connect to the internet on your phone through your network provider don't switch to gsm only as 3g signals are much much faster. If you only connect to the internet when there's a wifi signal then set it to gsm only to save the battery.
[HTC Wildfire S] baaabovka:
thanks mark.

i switched to "GSM auto (PRL)" as amraving said in first post. i am using 3g only for sending sms through app called free sms sender and for update weather. so internet speed is not my priority. hope it will works fine.
[HTC Wildfire S] jikantaru:
First time I read this I thought this is in setup, didnt know there was a secret menu. I just activated it now then I got full bars than just GSM only. thanks buddy. :D
[HTC Wildfire S] Mark-IE:
No problem, I set mine to gsm only and I've noticed a fairly big difference with battery life, can last a few days on idle, not to bad with moderate wifi use either.
[HTC Wildfire S] amraving:
Its good to see so many people getting some use out of this tip. If it helped could you click the thanks?

HTC desire. amoled.

stock hboot

insert coin 1.0.8 stable.

1gb ext3
[HTC Wildfire S] Da9L:
So if you use this tip you wont be able to use 3G and HSDPA ?
[HTC Wildfire S] *se-nsei.:
Giving this a go, I never use Mobile Network, only wifi so.. lets see.
[HTC Wildfire S] walsall1971:
great works a treat
[HTC Wildfire S] Liam_K:
Thanks for the tip...first day using Wildfire S and battery is diabolical!! The difficulty of removing s-off and impeding root hasn't helped my 1st impression,but battery performance alone is bloody awful! 5 hours, three short calls, minimum internet standby and it is at 30%. Hopefully your tip helps...nice work!
[HTC Wildfire S] juraj.s:
after 2 weeks

sorry to tell you this, dude...

...but i haven't noticed any battery boost.
[HTC Wildfire S] amraving:
As I said, this might not work for everyone, it depends on your network coverage as the phone has to work harder to maintain a connection.
[HTC Wildfire S] jikantaru:
Just use GSM this shifts to 3G.
[HTC Wildfire S] djxs:
The best thing you can do to maximize battery life is to turn off "Mobile Network" (data) and GPS, only turning it on when you need it.

I easily get 5 days without charging with minimal use, but I also have an upgraded 2430mAh battery.
[HTC Wildfire S] *se-nsei.:
This tip doesn't save battery.
[HTC Wildfire S] b02:
tryed, now will see if it lasts longer :)

edit: i think its working, 40% improve in battery life... but will report later when i use if couple of days :)
[HTC Wildfire S] impreza_rs:
I found this on HTC site, it might help, I am just now testing it

"connect the phone to the charger with the phone powered on, and allow the phone to charge until the notification LED is green, indicating the device is fully charged. Disconnect the phone from the charger, and power it off. Reconnect the phone to the charger with the phone powered off, and allow the phone to charge until the notification LED is green. Disconnect the phone from the charger and power it on. Once the phone is powered completely on, power it off again and reconnect it to the charger until the notification LED is green. Disconnect the phone, power it on, and use it. You need to use this sequence only once"
[HTC Wildfire S] bugsome:
Well not working for me...atleast
[HTC Wildfire S] praveens:
thanks dude......
[HTC Wildfire S] *se-nsei.:
Gonna give this one a go now. :p
[HTC Wildfire S] helbet:
Not Working

Not working for me.. With this tweak my battery drain in only one day..
[HTC Wildfire S] *se-nsei.:
Stock battery!

Using the tip above, and the tip in the first post of course- I have these results. Nearly 2 days and I'm only at 20% !!! :D :D

As you can see from the graph I only charged for a minute when using SD card for something quickly and does not affect results.

Above tip made the massive difference. With 20% left which should last me a good 6 or 7 more hours. :D

PS: I'm also only running stock 2.3.3 firmware with S-On. So people with CM7 beta and other roms may find even better results. ;)

Also all sync was off during this

Mobile network was off

Used advanced autokiller memory optimizer battery tweaks option

Hope this helps.
[HTC Wildfire S] bugsome:
which app does you use to log that
[HTC Wildfire S] *se-nsei.:
It's in Settings > About Phone > Battery > Battery Use.

Stock ROM. :)
[HTC Wildfire S] playagiron:
too bad the trick does not work on CM7 ROM ;-(
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
Battery Tips

Battery is a problem with just about any Android phone. I've done some reading and testing on this topic. I've found the things that suck power are the display [disabling animations helps a little; lowering the screen timeout helps more], the antenna (which includes gsm/cdma, wifi, bt, fm radio, etc.) [this is what that software app Juice Defender attempts to control; best advice is to use your pull-down quick settings and turn the ones you aren't using off (my best practice)], and subsequently the processor [SetCPU mentioned in previous post does help this when you enable profiles (and set them up)].

Other than that, if one wants to go advanced you can under-volt your kernel [carefully or you will do permanent damage to the processor] or buy an after market battery that lasts longer (but preferably still fits without a new form factor [or battery door with other phones]; so, you can still use cases for phone if you wish). Hope this helps someone out there.

Regards,

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] Gloris:
thanks, just been trialing this today. So far 8h14m on battery an it's down to 76%, that's with mobile network on all day, syncing everything every hour, sent a few texts, played music to and from work and checked my bookface at lunchtime.

so far so good, i'd normally be down to around 50% at least by now :s

and this is with a battery that is (supposedly) 3500mah (which i'm also testing by running a battery info widget....so once i've done with that i can disable the widget and hopefully get a bit more out of the phone too?)

I'm basiclaly trying to change JUST this setting though, and still use my phone as I normally would to see how much extra use I can get out of it.

One question though, what's the difference between GSM only and and GSM auto (PRL)?

If I set it to GSM only, would that save battery even more? and would i still get 3G internet like I am with GSM auto (PRL)?

I'm from the UK by the way if that makes any difference?
[HTC Wildfire S] briant_bhw:
i might also try this on my desire S.. :) my phone's battery life sucks bigtime..
[HTC Wildfire S] UnknownFearNG:
I'm also going to try the method that came from the HTC site. Hope it works! Also set my phone to GSM (Auto PRL) or whatever the first post said.
[HTC Wildfire S] the Doctor:
Works great for me. I live in an area that's Edge only. Thanks for the tip!

---------- Post added at 10:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:03 PM ----------

The biggest drains on my phone seem to be syncing and wireless. Disabling auto and background syncing and turning of mobile network and Wi-Fi when I'm not using them gives me over a full 24 hrs. Before I was getting about 6-8. The tip posted by the OP gets me well into the second day. But I can't say exactly because I make calls, play an occasional game, browse, etc.

---------- Post added at 10:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 PM ----------

As it has been said, this doesn’t work for everyone. Who will it work for? Those who primarily use their phone in non-3G areas like me. How do you know it will or won’t work for you? Dial *#*#4636#*#* and select Phone info. About 3/4 of the way down on the first page is an entry called Network type. If it says EDGE (or something else beside 3G) then the tip *will* help save battery by preventing your phone from constantly searching for a 3G network. If it says 3G, then the tip will not help.

So the tip is great and works fine for some, but for others doesn't. I guess the thread title is a little misleading because the greatest battery saving tip would apply to all of us.
[HTC Wildfire S] Gloris:
my network type says HSDPA, so should this tip work for me, cos it doesn't say 3G?

my 3500mah huge battery (which was great when i first got it) hs started losing it's charge really quickly, so i've switched back to the stock battery until i can get a replacement/different extended battery (waiting for a Li-Polymer 2430mah to arrive in the post)...but the stock battery has been giving me only around 7-8 Hours with everything turned on, syncing etc.

tried juice defender, which made it last around 12 hours, but nothing synced automaticaly...what's the point in a sart phone if you disable half it's smart features? :s

this tip ha started to make some improvement i think on my old battery, but since it was still dying more quickly than it should i have switched back to the stock for now.

i have also tried the "charge it till its greenm, turn it off charge it till its green, turn it on charge it till its green" thing, but this doesn't do anything at all, since the indicator turns green within about 3 seconds of connection, unless i'm doing something wrong?

p.s. on 2.3.5 (with the new lock screen).

i have noticed that mobile network seems to be on all the time, even if I uncheck "enable always-on mobile data"....is there no setting that will turn mobile network off, then just turn it on when it syncs things every hour?

is there an app that works to let it only switch the mobile data on while syncing unless i manually turn it on for browsing or whatnot?
[HTC Wildfire S] breaky9973:
WCDMA = 3G (UMTS), 3.5G (HSDPA, HSUPA)

GSM = 2G (GPRS), 2.5G (EDGE)

So this tip will not work for you.
[HTC Wildfire S] UnknownFearNG:
I can confirm that the solution posted on the HTC forums did work for me. I have gotten amazing battery life out of my phone.
[HTC Wildfire S] striker280:
Will it save more battery if i use GSM only?

will the internet still work with wifi?

i tried gsm auto and only a bit better battery
[HTC Wildfire S] Turtlejoe22:
Ive tried this process and it seems to be working but i was wondering if it makes the 3G run slower or not at all ? if this is so how can i go back to 3g coverage all the time ??
[HTC Wildfire S] d33ps1x:
I think Green Power is a decent middle ground in use vs battery savings. It makes a huge difference although I rarely use the night mode as I'm up at all hours and don't really keep a schedule.

If I could guarantee a night's sleep the savings would be huge.

All in all a pull of data once by a one minute on phase every ten minutes seems pretty reasonable and functional to me. If you need to be getting data back any faster you are probably screen on and waiting, in which case your data connections are on as well by default in Green Power.
[HTC Wildfire S] y0da89:
Internet with wifi will still work
[HTC Wildfire S] Jelonidas:
Hi There

My wife also has this phone. She choose it mainly for its colour (violet) ;), but took under consideration, to choose rather new one, then some with android 1.5 (sometimes wifes take our opinion seriously :D ).

Phone behave pretty good at the beginning, but last after a month battery was sufficient for max 6 hours with no calls or even touching it! It has a stock firmware - she doesn't like me to put my hand into it. Last week I've found this thread and started experimenting. No one from advices here gave me more than a 30 extra minutes, so I've examined what for my wife was using a phone before it started to eat battery so fast, and pretty fast - found it. With use of cpuspy and power tutor apps (thanks goes to hillbeast) I've found that phone cpu never goes to deepsleep state and it constantly uses highest cpu speed. Reason is below.

This phone has a crap gallery application. And my beloved wife loves to take a videos and photos of everything. Stock gallery application all the time was trying to index video and photo materials and put thumbnails into gallery, and it was hanged over many times on bigger video files.

Moving almost all video and photo files to PC caused the phone to finally go to deepsleep state most of the time. For now - it's uptime is 24h and it shows over 90% level of battery - without changing any of GSM site states, and over 30minuts of phonecalls!

When my beloved wife will be back from after Christmas shopping - I'll take some stats and put it back here.

BR for all
[HTC Wildfire S] Anorien:
Hi guys,

I dont know if im in the right thread, but my "issue" is somehow connected to the first post.

Three people have complained yesterday and today that I'm unreachable when they tried to call, and since my phone was "on" showing even 3 signal bars, I've started investigating this.

I've noticed my phone to have a really good signal in GSM only (about 22 ASU), while if I switch to GSM/WCDMA auto settings, my phone signal drops to 6-7 ASU. But since I use also use the data connection I don't want to use GSM only and get sticked to slow data speed. In the same time, I DO want to be reachable when people wanna talk to me :)

I have entered advanced settings with *#*#4636#*#*, and I've seen this setting called "GSM/CDMA auto (PRL)". Could someone please tell me what's the difference between GSM/CDMA auto (PRL) and WCDMA preffered?

My phone info:

Wildfire S A510e

bootloader unlocked via HTCdev, S-ON

unrooted (will root this weekend)

2.13.401.2

2.3.5

Hboot 1.08.0099

radio 7.53.39.03M

Thanks
[HTC Wildfire S] intel007:
Why not flash cm7.2 by alquez then you could add a 2g/3g button in the notification bar power widget.

I use 2g gsm only network at home cause it gives me a better signal, then when I'm out I press the button to switch to faster internet speed.
[HTC Wildfire S] Anorien:
That sounds like a great idea! Thanks
[HTC Wildfire S] intel007:
No problem mate.

Its a great rom too.

Good on battery.
[HTC Wildfire S] hardikrajgor123:
Trying the method from the HTC forums. How much time does it take for the LED to go gree after you switch it off and put it on charge? It's been charging for the past 3 hours and it's still amber.
[HTC Wildfire S] tyfoxx:
Good Stuff

I tried some of the suggestions in the this forum and they seem to have made a difference

Thanks all and take care,

Tyfoxx
[HTC Wildfire S] jerdict:
i guess, your telco operator doesnt support CDMA, only 2G(GSM) and 3G(WCDMA). CDMA is a different technology and uses different frequency than WCDMA, so whenever your phone doesn't get any 2G signal, its attempting to get CDMA which happens to be not available, thus making you unreachable.
[HTC Wildfire S] shpibrazz:
Can you pleeease post the link to this rom, i'm soo tired of searching the right one..

Thanks!
[HTC Wildfire S] kobredabre:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1226765 for the "stable" cm7.2

and...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494480 for "nightly-es"...

and i agree with intel007, both r great roms, you'r choice ;)

Cheers!
[HTC Wildfire S] shpibrazz:
Thanks man !:D
[HTC Wildfire S] kobredabre:
As our "the only one real" Android - Arnold Schwarzenegger (AKA T-800 Terminator) would said... No Problemo ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] broodplank1337:
Hey, this tweak seems really useful but I have a problem, each time I set it to: GSM auto (PRL) and then go away from the "Phone Information" screen and go back to it, it's resetted to: GSM/CDMA auto (PRL).

You think T-Mobile is forcing that setting? Or should it work?
[HTC Wildfire S] andrejt:
Fast battery drainage

I've installed the unofficial CM 7.2, but the battery gets drained faster then on any other rom i've tested. eg. last night at 83%, druging the night there was no phone usage, after 8 hrs 26%. Is there a way to see if this is caused by an app? The stats say the most usage was the screen.
[HTC Wildfire S] anhelogr:
Nice tip thanks

I use the gsm only (my network said gsm) and I saw that now I have full. Bars of signal:eek:

I use to have 2 bars and have to go outside to answer a call

Thanks again for the post:)
[HTC Wildfire S] rain987:
based on the screen shots that are shown, it shows that the phone signal has been off most of the time when the test is run. Not sure if legit or not.
[HTC Wildfire S] KelvinWild:
Hi!

Can you tell me please what do you mean under ,,go in phone app,, I dont know where to type the code.

I have Wildfire S.

Ty
[HTC Wildfire S] TroJaN SniPeR85:
Tried & tested.

I have tried this and have noticed a improvement in battery life. Thanks for the tip.

@KelvinWild the phone app is the app in which you make phone calls.

Sent from HTC Wildfire S A510e CM9
[HTC Wildfire S] Tera Tike:
The Phone.app is what you call people with. The menu will popup after you dial *#*#4636#*#*.
[HTC Wildfire S] kantry123:
not working for me..

i get a beter battery life when i use in GSM only mode...

GSM AUTO PRL eats my battery which is really annoying....
[HTC Wildfire S] sourabh1510:
It shows my network type as HSDPA. So I switched to GSM only mode from

wireless and network>mobile networks>network mode.

After the setting, network type changed to EDGE.

I performed a speed test using "traffic monitor" app to compare the two modes.

WCDMA is 10 times faster than GSM only.

WCDMA: 73Kbits/sec

Gsm only: 7 Kbits/sec
[HTC Wildfire S] finance.resat:
So where is the tip? My phone operator does not support wcdma so I'm always with gsm.
[HTC Wildfire S] sourabh1510:
Good fr u!

Battery drains like anything on WCDMA.

It goes almost double in gsm only mode