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[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
im on my 3rd hero now. the first had dust, the second would not update the profile or provision. ive had my new one for 3 days now and the battery life is horrid, even with an extended 2000mAH battery. i had the phone fully charged this morning and within 2 hours without any use it was down to 93% while sleeping? i went ahead and disabled auto syncing, changed my yahoo email to sync at 1 hour intervals instead of every 10 minutes and uninstalled some apps to see if there is a difference. it's been off charge since 4am and now it's sitting at 80% with very light usage and no calls today. is this normal or should i notify sprint? by the way im using the pancake 1.5 rom, usually i had pretty decent battery life until now.

if it"s the phone i know i can know request another phone model since id be going on my 4th replacement, i love the hero but im tired of sprint and there problematic phones. ill request a new moment or a new tp2. worse comes to worse in may my wife and i will leave sprint and go to t-mobile, i hear they don't check credit there to activate new service.

any thoughts guys?:confused:
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
nevermind, I should do more reading before posting sometimes
[Hero CDMA General] Las_Vegas:
Did you initially prep your battery by allowing it to fully discharge and recharge before relying on the battery indicator?
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
the battery is like 2 months old, initially i did, yes. like i said this is my 3rd hero, my last one was running the same rom and the battery life was much better. damn sprint and their refurbished "new" phones. :mad:
[Hero CDMA General] scriz:
I'm running ZenHero and I unplugged my phone at about 730 this morning..and as it sits right now im at 50% with syncing set to every hour
[Hero CDMA General] HeroMeng:
You need to keep getting replacements until you find one that works fine. Also, the ROM you're running can contribute to battery. If you're on a Sprint leak rom, make sure to do the *#*#4636#*#* trick.
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
well yeah the 2.1 roms have worse battery life, im running 1.5 without sense installed. not sure if it's a good comparison. im just trying to figure out if this is normal or if i should call sprint?
[Hero CDMA General] Nanan00:
Check for common things like time without signal and awake time.

I have my email, twitter, fb, weather, etc. set to check fairly often and they seem to do little to battery life.

My phone comes off the charger at 7:15-7:30 am and is used as a music player for the majority of my 8-9 hours at work, I tend to send about 10-20 texts a day and spend about a half to hour on the phone, by the time I am heading out the battery is usually at 60% or so, some days it is lower some it is higher, right now at 3:45pm the battery is at 73%. On avg the battery is at about 30% when I go to bed at midnight.

Currently running Fresh 2.1d w/ lwp
[Hero CDMA General] scriz:
Ahh..ya my nandroid is 0.1 Pancake with sense and i usually get a full day and I'm at about 25-30%.

Honestly..you are better off with a hero. I came from a moment and a tp2 and neither were "my cup of tea". The moment is plagued with bad support from Samsung and the tp2 while a nice phone..I used it after coming from an android phone and was disappointed in what WM6.5 did not have when compared to Android.
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
what trick?
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
I am running damage 2.0.7.2.8.1.57.5783.5468.4.∞

I was up at 7 this morning, unplugged it first thing- its 15 til 5 PM here now.

I am at ~80% with moderate use. Downloaded about 10 Apps from the market, constant emails coming in (gamil and exchange), facebook, texting, 3 or 4 phone calls.
[Hero CDMA General] scriz:
Wait..you are at 80% after 12 hours? I'd say consider yourself lucky...I'm not at 12 hours yet and im below 50% with just texting.
[Hero CDMA General] aauussttiinn88:
good lord thats some nice performance :eek: there im assuming you get good reception?.....i unplug at 8am and i use my phone constantly at work texting browsing market, internet, prolly 20 mins worth of calls a day (ballpark) but by the time i get home at five im sittin at around 50-60%....im running matrix rom but its been about the same for all the newer 2.1 bulids TBH....i have two batterys because i hate being chained to a charger so aslong as i make it thru work im good and it surves its purpose
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
yeah but it's draining when im not even using the phone at all today, not even texting. this is also on an extended battery. i guess ill call sprint, they told me this was a new phone and it's a refurb...got over 579 calls made under my settings and it says it's a refurb date of 1/10/10. they flat out told me my replacement would be brand new, my 2nd one was.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
Don't worry, as soon as I hit the interstate on the way home it'll drop 30% just durring the drive, I think I roam the whole drive home. Then when I get there I have full 3G....stupid cell towers. :mad:
[Hero CDMA General] redram38:
Ok I know this has got to be a JOKE thread. You are just messing with us right? If my phone was at 80% after 12 hours of light use I would be writing HTC and Sprint telling them how awesome they are. Tell me your just pulling everyone's leg.
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
no it's not a joke thread, im asking you guys. i had better battery life with my last hero. it drained 20% without any use today. im asking if that's normal on a 2000mAh battery?
[Hero CDMA General] scriz:
Without any use my battery is at ~50% after 12 hours on a normal battery. I don't think theres anything wrong with the phone, other than them lying to you and saying it was new.
[Hero CDMA General] bbv203:
if its that andida battery, I wouldnt be surprised.....mine seemed to last longer , until it hit 50% then it dropped 1% every 90 seconds
[Hero CDMA General] kingakuma:
I took my phone off the Charger at 6:30am and it's now 2:30pm i'm currently at 70% battery.

this is with around 500+ texts a couple phone calls checking of emails updating a couple of APPs and running Google Buzz

Firmware: 2.1-update1 (sprint 2.1 leak)

Baseband: 2.42.00.03.10

Build: 2.20.321.1 CL157175 test-keys

Software: 2.20.651.1

PRL: 60663

and made sure i did *#*#4636#*#* and made sure it was on CDMA auto PRL

and have "Use Wireless Networks" turned off
[Hero CDMA General] Tenny:
Yesterday...

After 15 hours of use, I had 41% battery left. That's regular use, nothing extreme.
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
ok, thanks.... you get to 50% without any use? is 2.1 that much of a resource hog?
[Hero CDMA General] HeroMeng:
On a 2.1 Sprint Leak-based ROM, go into Dialer, type *#*#4636#*#* but don't hit call. A menu should come up. Hit phone information. Then hit menu (hardkey) and "select radio band". You should get a forceclose. Then, go down to where it says GSM auto (prl) and change it to CDMA auto (prl). Voila, better battery. I didn't come up with this, thank abdcfv.
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
yeah it's that battery....should i use the new stock one instead maybe?
[Hero CDMA General] scirio:
horrible..
[Hero CDMA General] bikcmp:
I had my hero on since 7:00 AM, it's now 6:30 PM and I'm at 80%. I'm on my rom, pancake 0.1. BTW, it's the stock battery. ;)
[Hero CDMA General] Wufei:
I get about 50% left after 12 hours, but then I spend a few hours every day with 0-1 bars. I noticed that 2.1 especially drains battery like mad when you have low signal.

Posted this in the other thread, but check out the JuiceDefender app: http://androidandme.com/2010/04/applications/juicedefender-save-power-and-extend-battery-life/

Turns data off but back on every 15 min (which is much shorter than most of the sync intervals we set anyway). Made my battery life go from 12 to 20+ hours!
[Hero CDMA General] Rsoehelk:
im already when the battery turns yellow lol and its 4 i unplugged at 8:20 help!! yes ive been browsing txting and talking on it and even using advance task manager but still no improvement. im using fresh 2.0d with open gl and lwp fix and vanilla lockscreen
[Hero CDMA General] bbv203:
I have that battery, was promised a new one over one month ago because of that issue, haven't got it yet. (not *****ing, it was a $10 battery, i know, i know) I'm back to the stock one, been unplugged since before 6am and am at 62% right now (4:27), but at least I know I can go below 50% without worrying :D haven't used it heavily today since im at home. running fresh 2.0d
[Hero CDMA General] raylusk:
Battery life has never been good for me but I did the following a few days ago and I can now go through a full day of moderate use and only have to charge my phone at night. I disabled always on mobile and disabled using the network to find my location. I haven't noticed any problems from doing this. It has been 9 hours since I unplugged my phone and I am at 55% battery. I have sent about 20 texts, used maps for about an hour with gps on, made several phone calls, and spent over an hour on the internet. Not great but acceptable.
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
so are you saying if the battery drops below 50 it discharges very quickly? maybe i should use my new stock one then, i haven't noticed that issue yet.
[Hero CDMA General] bbv203:
yes, once it hit 50% it discharged at about 1% every 90 seconds SLEEPING, using it went even faster
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Laue:
Hello Everyone,

is there any way to get google maps going landscape? I tried using the "total landscape cab" from the sticky, but this one doesn't work at all. all i get is black square on the home tab.

thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] malkrae:
lanscape

I use gyrator it runs in the background, I find it very usefull. do a search its free. hope this helps.:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Laue:
Seems to work perfectly :) thanks.
[Desire General] Fon22:
Seems to me, it takes more power to send a signal on the mobile network than on wifi,

Iv never turned wifi off, (have it at both home and work) and my battery lasts well over a day?

Fon22
[Desire General] NZtechfreak:
You're probably right if you're not in the best coverage area. My HD2 at home lasts much better connected to my home WiFi than it does trying to maintain a cellular connection in our poor coverage.
[Desire General] choccy31:
If I turn data off battery does well. If I have 3g on it does really bad. WiFi, battery does well again.

I was in Austria 2 weeks ago battery lasted great with 3g on because signal coverage was 100% pretty much everywhere!
[Hero CDMA General] pop1234:
does anyone know how much will cost
[Hero CDMA General] danknee:
$2800 with a two year contract. $60,000 without a contract. That is in US dollars.
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
no one knows but id say full price without an upgrade will be more than the hero was...so probably around $500 +
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
$1000

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[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
i seriously doubt that, people would be nuts to pay that for a phone.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
I'm nuts, and thats a bad ass phone. :cool:
[Hero CDMA General] aauussttiinn88:
i thought it was gonna be 30 pieces of stride layered gum???....i never get paid in gum:mad:
[Hero CDMA General] lazyvegaskid:
no its 50 pieces of stride layered gum PLUS 5 Kit Kats
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
I see your gum and kit kats and raise you a scotch-asian kid with starbursts.
[Hero CDMA General] linkinx64:
+1 me neither :(
[Hero CDMA General] kingakuma:
it showed in the sprint system for $5,555.00
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
Yes huh! My neighbors cousins boyfriends mechanic told me so so I went ahead and pre paid him for six of them. I can't wait!

I literally lol'd in my office, good one :D
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
ROTFLMAO, I just love out when someone asks a useless question, it's great to see the humorous members come together and serve up their best useless answers
[Hero CDMA General] danknee:
Can you pm me his phone number? I want to pre-pay him for three handsets myself. Thanks.
[Hero CDMA General] schizopunk:
Am I the only one that doesnt want the EVO here? I don't know... there's just a few things that draw me away from it.

Sorry for this rant, but I have to do it somewhere... okay, here goes.

First I don't know about you guys but Sense UI kinda gets old after a while, especially the HTC Keyboard, yeah I know they are gonna be making it a "larger keyboard" but its not the size that bugs me, its the layout. I don't like the whole press to get other characters like numbers and punctuation, imo the AOSP keyboard pwns & I think they should give the choice to use which keyboard you like best, not limit you to HTC's.

Also, I have a feeling this phone is gonna be wayy overpriced, sure its got crazy sweet features but I dont know... I just dont feel its worth it. For me, my next phone is gonna be the Nexus One (on Sprint). I feel they did that phone right, it's HTC but no Sense UI but not totally stock either.

Am I alone on this or does anyone get where I'm coming from?

(Sorry for the rant...) :rolleyes:
[Hero CDMA General] danknee:
Nexus one is a great phone as well, but is my second choice. I want the Evo because I prefer the bigger screen and I live in a 4g area. I agree that sense sucks, but XDA is going to be all over the Evo, so I'm not too concerned about custom ROMs.
[Hero CDMA General] lazyvegaskid:
damn and i was ready to give in an offer you the real froyo update... my inside sources at sprint have leaked it to me along with the chimp who wrote the kernel. I see your asian kid and offer you a aged bottle of jameson! or a night on the strip courtesy of my sprint chimp of course
[Hero CDMA General] schizopunk:
I'd miss my trackball too though.
[Hero CDMA General] caynelyfe:
lol at the above posts. but on a serious note its been said to be about 300 after a rebate and like 480 with no upgrade.
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
His name is Kaiser Soce (sp?) and his phone number is (502)585-5961, wait for the short automated message to end. I told him to expect your call.
[Hero CDMA General] someonenewhere:
I seen that **** and said to myself "that can't be the real price, because of if it is. **** ALL THAT"
[Hero CDMA General] lazyvegaskid:
aren't you also the guy who wanted MOTOBLUR? dude make up your mind already! that said I agree the nexus is sweet but dude the Evo has a 8mp cam and a front cam that I can use to skype. PLUS I live in Vegas a launch city for clear wimax... can u say 20 a month for wimax? yes the evo it is for me =]
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
im not buying the evo either, too bulky and not gonna be pocket friendly either. if i bought it, i wouldn't even use half of the features. ill probably buy the moment 2 or the nexus one. if the tp2 ever gets a fully working android port, im there!
[Hero CDMA General] nick325i:
Evo -

HD video

dual LED

kick stand

i like sense

big screen

wimax

will be heavily rom'd/modded

I'll probably have one on launch week :S
[Hero CDMA General] kingakuma:
if you have an SEP plan 4g is included their shouldn't be any $20 charge
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
OP, I didn't mean to be mean calling your question useless, the price will be relatively consistent with all the other top of the line phones we've all been overpaying for since they evolved into pocket sized computers.

Will I buy one? As soon as it's confirmed to be rootable. I've been unsure that I'm not living in the twilight zone since the specs were announced. That device is going to be amazing.

The thing shoots 720p video and has hdmi output, unreal.
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
your right, it will be amazing...amazingly overpriced. ;)
[Hero CDMA General] schizopunk:
Haha, true dat'. ;)
[Hero CDMA General] laufine:
LOL, you guys are so funny and smart.

Nobody pays me a gum.
[Hero CDMA General] pop1234:
thanks
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
no official pricing has been made yet? i doubt it will only be $480, the hero was 480 and this phone will be a much higher specs. wouldn't surprise me if it weren't $600+ like the tp2 was at launch.
[Hero CDMA General] pop1234:
I didn't expect such a strong response I figure I be around the same as the 4g iphone just didn't know if it was confirmed yet but thanks for all the laughs
[Hero CDMA General] schizopunk:
I said it'd be cool to see MOTOBLUR on the Hero, I probably wouldnt use it though. Chill.
[Hero CDMA General] kingakuma:
Knowing Sprint it will probably run

Regular price	$599.99

Instant savings	-$200.00

Mail-in Rebate	-$100.00

New price	$299.99

Requires new line or eligible

upgrade with a 2-yr contract
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
has anybody heard a price or release date for the nexus one for sprint yet? ;)
[Hero CDMA General] BonkyMoon:
I'm gonna go with the $299 figure that's been quoted. That would put it at the same price as the TP2 which seems about right to me. I'd be really surprised if this thing was priced at over $300 after discounts/rebates/etc.

There was a little event the other day at the sprint campus where they were showing the Evo off where people got to play with it, and it honestly didn't seem that big really. Mostly I was surprised with how thin this thing is.
[Hero CDMA General] bubbacs1:
S E A R C H

Please start using it and S T O P repeating useless threads.

Thanks,

Bubba.
[Hero CDMA General] smw6180:
About 85% of this entire forum is repeated useless threads owing to a severe lack of moderation. Why should you expect differently?
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
hey bubba...quit spamming the threads. if you don't like it, don't open or post your useless BS in here.
[Hero CDMA General] illogic6:
Wouldn't it be a safe assumption that it'll run about the same as the HD2? It couldn't be too much more or less being that the hardware is going to be nearly identical.
[Hero CDMA General] aplusmiami:
Evo's price will be free but you must have full health care coverage purchased from Sprint @ 8% of your Households Gross Income for the year with a minimum coverage cost of $8000.00 per year.

Yes we can RAPE the american public.
[Hero CDMA General] unCoRrUpTeD:
Shouldn't this be in the EVO forum....

They actually have their own forum and sub forums. Maybe you'll find something there...
[Hero CDMA General] jmanley69:
I half agree... Even if they don't charge for the features, they've been advertising the crap out of this phone and that costs money... plus after they build hype, they can charge more from the unenlightened.

I was tempted to use the re-up on one of my lines to get this in the summer, but I decided to wait until my other line is up and get it in October after Best Buy drops the price in half (assuming they do - which they always do).
[Hero CDMA General] danknee:
Kevin Spacey answered and said he didn't know any Kaiser Soze?
[Hero CDMA General] jerkyrestart:
I honestly don't see how anyone would price a phone more than an iPhone if they really want it to sell. I'm guessing $199 w/2yr.

FWIW, I got to play with an Evo last week for a few minutes. It's so damn fast. You are never waiting on the phone to do anything. Very smooth, very responsive. After I let someone else have a turn, I checked the time on my Hero and it felt so tiny.
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
lol, that's what he wants you to think. Then just as you're concluding Kaiser Soze doesn't exist you realize you were just talking to him!!

Did you actually call the number? I really hoped someone would! lol
[Hero CDMA General] danknee:
LOL, no I didn't call it...I just really like that movie.
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
lol, its a recorded time and temp service for my town :)
[Hero CDMA General] gthing:
So your argument is that you don't want it because it has sense? You know you can use the keyboard just like the asop one - switching over to type in numbers instead of tap and hold. It also wont be long before there is an asp or aosp-like rom out for it.

Your other argument, that it is overpriced, is just speculation at this point.

Why you wouldn't want a phone that is better in almost every way, I don't know. To each his own.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
FYI All - Verizon just posted HTC Incredible for 199.99 with rebates/contract

I would say Sprints snapdragon EVO won't be a far cry from this. Maybe 299.99.

Lots of similarities in the devices, really just screen and camera differences I think. Haven't read a lot on the Incridible but everyone seems to want to compare them in reviews.

Didn't want to start a new thread for this info.
[Hero CDMA General] ajones7279:
I lol'ed. :p
[Hero CDMA General] illogic6:
My guess is this'll be pretty much the exact pricing of the EVO.
[Hero CDMA General] foolforfood:
Hey I'm scotch asian! I will not be bartered unless I get a EVO too!
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
I'll time share out mine. $215.00 a year for 3 months no holidays or weekends. Takers?
[Hero CDMA General] boomhower:
I'm going with $200AR with contract. Any higher and they will take a sales hit. That is the magic number for broad consumer adoption right now. All the big players are their Droid, Incredible, iphone.
[HD2 General] Lasabar:
I have imported a t9193 to the U.S. and it has the Manufacturer's warranty in Australia but I would like to purchase supplemental or even accidental insurance in the U.S. but everywhere I've looked turns me down for it doesn't have any sort of North American warranty.

Does anyone know of a company I can go through to give me accidental coverage in the U.S. from an Imported phone?

I have thought about Renter's/Homeowners insurance, but it doesn't cover accidents but only loss due to damage or theft.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monster206:
Maybe someone could provide some details as to what the recovery image and cyanogen does?

From using it recovery image is a mod for the boot loader so that you can flash the cyanogen zip. If I am incorrect please explain.

I had another question about updates.

boot loader - is it necessary to update to a new boot loader if there is no cyanogen since you won't be using it yet.

cyanogen - is a update of the cyanogen basically an update of the android os? eg. if there was an android 2.2 then there would be a new cyanogen and I would have to install that to get the new os.

It is no longer possible to update through the network after you have modded your phone, so the only way to update is by installing cyanogen? if so does that mean every time you want to do an update your data will get deleted?

THANKS
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icon57:
maybe someone could try reading or searching...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboy85712:
And, posting in the correct forum section.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chesh420:
Or maybe even posting this in the appropriate section.....
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barbarossa2:
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
[HD2 General] mobilemaduk:
On HTC's site it says

"Forget the challenge of jumping from your calendar to your phone application while trying to find and memorize the number for your next conference call. On HTC HD2, conference call reminders conveniently appear with a big dial button ready for you to press, even the PIN is displayed, so you’ll never miss out on the latest strategy session"

Does anyone actually know how to do this?
[HD2 General] Lasabar:
It might be the way the Conference call is set up.

I have Outlook synced through exchange server and my last conference call had a nice pop-up that had the number and the Call ID.

I didn't pay attention too closely, but I do believe that there was an option to dial it from the notification.

Maybe it has to be through an invite that you get the call button?
[HD2 General] mobilemaduk:
is this a feature restricted to exchange?
[HD2 General] Lasabar:
It might be... The reminder was an invite that was created through outlook that I received in my email inbox and "Accepted" and I am using outlook
[HD2 General] marcusowens:
Yes, its very frustrating to have this feature available and yet be unable to click on the number when i'm viewing the actual appointment to dial... I don't get that one.