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[HTC Titan] 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?
[HTC Titan] 7thSense:
Did you check the list of background tasks?

Maybe some app keeps doing something in the background, draining your battery?
[HTC Titan] 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.
[HTC Titan] 7thSense:
Yes, that is the one I meant. How much battery life do you not get when playing games though?
[HTC Titan] 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?
[HTC Titan] 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.
[HTC Titan] 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.
[HTC Titan] 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...
[HTC Titan] adesonic:
That is not good at all, I get way more than that, you may have a faulty phone.
[HTC Titan] jag233:
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.
[HTC Titan] 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.
[HTC Titan] 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...
[HTC Titan] jag233:
Your battery will be covered under warranty by Htc, contact them and tell them the problems your having!
[HTC Titan] 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.
[HTC Titan] 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?
[HTC Titan] 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.
[HTC Titan] maxisultan:
Absolute 85, I'm also experiencing similar battery life :S were you able to resolve yours???
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
Not yet.

Tonight I left it with screen on at max brightness (and everything off, without sim card, wifi/gps/bluetooth/etc disabled) and it lasted six hours. I saw it should last longer with video, so I guess there's something wrong with my phone. I'll try to call HTC help again and see what they say.
[HTC Titan] maxisultan:
titan battery life

I'm having pretty terrible battery life as well.. After a couple of hours of passive use I can be down to 70 or 60% with 3 hours remaining. Don't know if I should call AT&T or HTC. Let us know if you are able to fix yours and how! Thanks!
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
guys did you let your battery stabilize?

Try to charge max to 100% till led goes green via ac power. Not usb laptop.

Then drain it completely till your phone switches off. Then power continue without any use or any break till 100% and from then on you must notice a difference. By 3-4 charge cycles it seems to increase its life. My phone has undergone only 2 cycles and I can see the difference. First one lasted nearly a day. After second one, I've used about 4 hours only IE9 for forum browsing, watching movie and surfing. I've only lost 19% which I think is brilliant with auto brightness and 4 hrs of continue 3g connection.
[HTC Titan] kjettern:
Games and Facebook chat drains my Titan fast.. It's almost like the screen lights also drains quite a bit of battery, as it got really good standby and calling battery when the screen is off..
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
I did several cycles (like eight or nine in a week) always from 100% to less than 10%. I tried draining the battery with games (which got around 1% per each minute I played). After a dozen or more cycles the battery life was the same or even worse. So I assume that's not the solution.

Anyway I bought it used from another guy and when I told him he was so kind to let me have my money back if I re-send him the phone back. I'm doing it today. That means I won't call HTC anymore. I am so lucky and this guy is so kind.

For those who are experiencing the same problem, as HTC told me when I called them, if you didn't solve the problem by taking off the battery while your phone is on, if uninstalling all apps didn't change anything and even a hard reset did nothing, then you are supposed to send it to assistance care. Just call the HTC and ask for the procedure. I know, it's bad since you will be without your phone for a while, but I think it's the last resort.
[HTC Titan] Moskus:
I wouldn't say that you have "completely drained the battery". I would still try that first a couple of times.
[HTC Titan] spd_rcr:
Has anyone tried the larger capacity battery from Mugen ? I'm not sure if it's compatible with the AT&T version (or if there's even a difference).

http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/mugen-power-1950mah-extended-battery-for-htc-titan.html

If you're in the first 30 days with the phone, you should definitely talk to AT&T support. I know in WA state, you've got 30 days to change your mind for any reason, so they tend to be very helpful if you're in that window.
[HTC Titan] wiggy g32:
Had a few from them in the past always been good ive ordered the new one for my titan ill let people know how it goes
[HTC Titan] vikram.m.mohan:
Amazing battery life of 12 hrs.

30 mins wifi tether, 1-1.5 hrs of calls, wifi on all day and connected, HSDPA on, 20 mins of music.
[HTC Titan] wessamzeidan:
I'm having similar battery issues with my Titan. I read on the web that it has very good battery life, but the battery life of the Titan seems similar if not worst than my 2 years old HD2.

I am going to try the battery calibrate thing and see if this is going to help.
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
This weekend I should have another Titan in my hands, I'll let you know if anything changes. Moreover the guy I gave the previous Titan back to had bought a new battery and should be reporting me soon.
[HTC Titan] falconeight:
I found that the facebook app destroys my battery. I got to about 7:00pm with it on uninstalled it and now it last over a day.
[HTC Titan] stevov:
after 2 years with my touchpro 2 the battery life is a pleasant improvement. 4 email accounts,downloads,games and surfing plus location using about 60% per day
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
Hey, I come froma a touch pro 2 too! Nice coincidence.

Anyway, I was informed that replacing the battery apparently changed things. I will let you know as soon as I'm told about it (and compare with my new Titan as soon as I get it, in two days).
[HTC Titan] stevov:
still got the tp2. great phone
[HTC Titan] rob_p:
At the moment, mine's lasting between 1.5 and 2 days on normal usage (1 push email account with another 2 downloading every hour, maybe 45 minutes of gaming, an hour or so of browsing, and a couple of calls).

Under heavier usage, lasts 1 day which is all I need it to do ultimately. Definitely better than my HD7.
[HTC Titan] prjkthack:
The battery is definitely lasting much longer throughout the day than my HD7 and HD7S. Better than any other smartphone in recent memory as well. Very happy with the battery life.
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
Ok, the guy who had my old Titan back says he took a new battery and things were a little better, but not so different. Now I have a new Titan and I have similar battery life (today I went from 100% to 16% in six hours of average/intense usage). Now I'm starting to wonder: is it just me who expects longer battery life or did I get two faulty Titans (quite unlikely)?

How long can your Titan last with intense usage?
[HTC Titan] GekkoAce:
I charge mine nightly. I don't need to though. I think with a good amount of use I Can get almost 2 days out of it. If I turn on battery saver mode I'd probably get a whole week. lol
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
Intense usage? - you mean 3g/wifi/gaming?

If any smart phone with 4.7 inches screen and 1.5 Ghz processor lasts more than 5-6 hours of such intense use - I will pay £1000 to buy that! - it can't. That's maxxxxed out usage my friend.

If you are normal/light user - you will easily get 12-14 hours of battery with auto-brightness and 3G data sync on all the time.

With auto-brightness switched off - I get about 16-18 hours of battery even with continous 3G data sync on for all emails, fb, twitter etc.
[HTC Titan] bennyj71:
I also kept hearing about this awesome battery on the Titan. I can't get more than six hours. I have to carry my Focus with me because the Titan has died on my six days so far at work. I never use Wi-Fi. I'm doing the same things I did on my Focus. It lasted about twelve hours. I swap Titans with my nephew same result. I don't know how you guys are getting your results. I've turned syncing to hourly on my two email account.
[HTC Titan] hg23:
I disabled the HTC Hub app from running in the background under settings and that upped my battery life an hour alone according to the battery meter. Have since uninstalled the app.

Sent from my TITAN
[HTC Titan] Moskus:
I'm constantly logged on Facebook Chat and Live Messenger, have two Exchange accounts constantly syncing, I'm playing games 30 minutes a day, watch 30-60 minutes of video, and I browse the internet alot. But only a phone call or two per day.

When I go to bed, I usually have 20-40% of the battery capacity left.
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
The scenery Moskus described is more or less what I look for (even without playing videos), but I never get to evening with this usage...

@drupad2drupad: I know that six hours would be ok for a very intense usage, but I usually don't get to evening... And I find it weird.
[HTC Titan] prjkthack:
Sycing my Windows Live and Gmail account "as items arrive".

Twitter and Facebook sync on.

Facebook and Windows Live Messenger on.

3 background apps (Wonder Reader, Forecast, Amazing Weather)

Brightness on auto.

Wi-Fi always on.

Bluetooth off.

Cellular 3G data always on.

Battery saver enabled when battery is low.

Find my phone is connected with both options enabled.

Attentive phone/sound enhancer options on.

Moderate usage (few phone calls, lots of text, some web browsing, some games/app use, use Metrotube to watch videos sometimes, use Bluetooth to stream music).

I easily get above 20 hours battery life, have never had my phone die on me yet. The phone lasts the whole day, from the time I leave for work early in the morning, to late at night before I head to bed. Heck, I don't even need to put the phone on the charger when I get home. I just leave it lying around and still get plenty of usage out of it.

Quite easily, the best battery life I have seen on any smartphone I've ever owned.
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
With the same usage my battery would drain in about eight hours... And this is the second Titan I have (replacing the first one). There's something I can't understand...
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
Could anyone having issues try with brightness to zero and battery saves on all the time plz? That way we can remove the chances of it being a rogue app.

Sent from my TITAN X310e using Board Express
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
Ok, tomorrow I will try that way. At the moment I report what happened today.

This morning I unplugged my Titan and then I barely used it: just had two phone calls (ten minutes in total) two texts, twenty minutes of music, ten minutes of browsing and five mails with pushmail. Wifi off, bluetooth off, chat off, 3G on and GPS on (but I didn't use any app that required it). I went to contacts once, so it might have checked for facebook updates.

Now it's been ten hours since last charge and it says 49%, nine hours left (with everything off, in fact if I activate battery saver it turns to just ten hours left).

Does this sound normal to you? Because I find it weird that I unplug my phone after a night of charging and it says "fifteen hours left" when in standby... Considering it was one day and ten hours as I unboxed it for the first time...

And this is the second Titan I use, I returned the first one because I thought the battery was faulty. So I'd like to understand whether the problem it's me or the phone...
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
Ok, today I tried this way with low brightness and battery saver on. I got from 100% to 69% in six hours with just a phone call and five minutes on explorer. No chat, no 3G, no GPS, no Bluetooth. And this morning when I unplugged it, it said it could last sixteen hours with battery saver (which has been on until ten minutes ago).

Moreover, as soon as I disabled battery saver I activated 3G, autobrightness, and pushmail (that is ten minutes ago) and spent just five minutes browsing and getting here and it went from 69% to 63% and now it claims I've got only seven hours of battery left...

Do you think I can ask for a replacement? I don't believe this is normal...
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
That I would say pretty much normal. Don't go by what it says it will be able to pull off. Come on, you know Microsoft! It says '2 minutes remaining' when you start transferring your 5GB movie and then after 2 minutes, it says '3 days remaining'... The timing it uses is out of my scope.

But even though it says 9 hours remaining at 49% battery, I think if it was right you would have got 19 hours of use. I am sure after that your phone might spend about 5-6 hours in standby when you sleep. That makes it 25 hours already. Now if it's timing is wrong, you would have got about 30 odd hours on this scale.

Before going to replacement (because adding everything back, linking contacts etc is pain - I did it today!) try to do this after one full charge. Use normally to see how long it goes till it actually dies i.e. power off. If that goes anywhere under 20 hours with your described usage, I will definitely be worried.

My old one gave me easy 25-30 hours. The new one has dropped from 68% (originally came half charged) to 44% in 7 hours of ideal time, few texts and continue sync of 6 emails, 3 social networking accounts on 3G and autobrightness.
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
Well, I trust the time remaining because it is based on stand-by, that is it will always be less than it claims since I'm going to use it more than stand-by. The problem is that if I play games with everything off, it goes 1% per minute... That is less than two hours to drain the whole battery without any other service...

Anyway, tomorrow I will use the phone as I would like to do everyday and see how long it lasts. But, as mentioned above, I seemany people reporting that a usage heavier than mine drained their batteries less than it did for me with light usage.
[HTC Titan] prjkthack:
Got my EVO 3D battery in the mail today, and it fits perfectly with a smidge more capacity in it. Should make my already awesome battery life even more awesome.
[HTC Titan] Moskus:
I believe the "time remaining" is based on the average battery drainage during the last X minutes.

If I play games the value drops. If I leave it alone, the value climbs again.
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
That's right, in fact I usually wait after a game or heavy app before looking at time remaining. After I play a game it ALWAYS goes under four hours (four hours only when above 90%).

Today I did an average usage (half an hour games, half an hour browsing, twenty minutes reading a pdf, with 3G and GPS on and online chat on messages hub). After 8 hours I'm at 23%...

Ok, it wasn't a light usage, it was medium-high, but I still think it's too low. I get to sixteen hours only without using it, while I keep reading (for example here) people use it same or even more than this and they get from morning to night with no problems... I can't be sure, but I think I've got two faulty phones so far... (replacing battery isn't an option).

Yet, would help care listen to such these flaws?
[HTC Titan] porcupineli:
I think Titan has a pretty cool battery life but I'd definitely see some test results for this battery here: http://mobilitydigest.com/mugen-power-introduces-htc-titan-battery/
[HTC Titan] absolute85:
I've just read on the internet that someone experienced great battery life only when not using games (it seems that even just two minutes will cause battery drainage afterwards). Today I haven't used games at all and I'm at 72% after seven hours (light-medium usage anyway). This might be decent from my point of view. I'll have to investigate. Not being able to play games would be bad, but it would be a reasonable sacrifice I can go through if it solves the battery problem.

All people who claim their battery life is awesome can confirm whether they use games or not?
[HTC Titan] Moskus:
I play games. But not alot during a day. Between 15 and 30 minutes, I guess.

However, I can drain the battery quickly if I play alot. But that is to be expected.
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
I play games!

The ball, Unite, Bricked, Orientile - so I guess none of them are power hungry apart from the use of motion sensor. I am not a huge gamer (who has that spare time?) :(
[HTC Titan] XATAGuy:
For you guys who have replaced your batteries with other than OEM, have you noticed that all of the replacement batteries, as well as those for the Evo and the Amaze are 3.7VDC, whereas the OEM battery in my (AT&T) Titan is 3.8VDC?

Is this difference significant? For those who have replaced their batteries, any issues?

Thanks,

Dave
[HTC Titan] jeremyshaw:
A slight note, does anyone else's Titan have a lower min brightness than the auto adjust allows for? I'm a dark room, the auto adjust will only bring the backlight down to ~"medium," while manually setting "low," is significantly darker.
[HTC Titan] Moskus:
Yeah, I've seen that too. I have no explanation, though...
[HTC Titan] drokkon:
If I remember correctly, I had the exact same behavior on my Samsung Focus, so I would suspect the OS, not the Titan.
[HTC Titan] tamiktamik:
Wow, I have the same battery issue bro! I got a new phone cause of it, but it somehow doesn't help anything. I use the phone like all day not LITERALLY, but you know what i mean.. in the first 20 min of FULL 100% charge, it's already at like 85 what the hell? This is the second TITAN i got replaced but still the same issue...
[HTC Titan] powersquad:
my htc titan's battery life is awesome. it's up to date with the latest update and firmware. i always charge my htc titan when it reaches the 10% level mark in battery saver mode and then charge it to 100% till the led light goes green. with every charge since my purchase my battery life has only been going up.

looking at the battery save mode, my phone was last charged 2d 5 hours ago. it still has 22 hours of life left with 35% battery life left.

i have 2 push email accounts setup. work email via exchange and hotmail. facebook and twitter sync also happening in the background in the people hub and couple of other apps like bbc news mobile also updating the live tiles in the background.

the best smartphone i have owned to date yet.
[HTC Titan] MaziarAmiri:
Ditto.

mine's battery life is also great and my results are pretty much like yours.(I also have 2 gmail/yahoo emails along with facebook/twitter running in the background)
[HTC Titan] wessamzeidan:
For the guys experiencing good battery life, can you tell us how many applications you have installed, and how many you have pinned to start screen.

I'm having terrible battery life (~ 8 hours), I'm suspecting it has to do with the applications installed on the phone.
[HTC Titan] MaziarAmiri:
I have around total 15 number of apps and games. None of my games are pinned to the main screen but as i said,i have 2 emails pinned on the main screen along with a "live wifi app" and of course the other default tiles of windows phone.

And my brightness is set to auto.
[HTC Titan] ROCOAFZ:
Hmm here is an oddity.. my titan gets better battery if i run it all day at work connected to wifi.