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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SMARTPHONEPC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOtC9QfXac
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadhouseMedic:
100% agree.

Especially the CM6 comments. CM6 is

1.) Not for a beginner

2.) Still an Alpha and to be honest, not that great in it's infancy stages right now

3.) A ROM that will no doubt frustrate our OP to no end with it's random re-boots and FCs

4.) Terrible on battery life and most times SetCPU crashes the phone out.

CM6 is not the savior of EVO, not yet anyway.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjz147:
K the whole point of the switch to the iPhone title was to get people to look at the thread...

And it worked.

However i finally rooted the phone, and am running EVO-Nonsense

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=699814

I installed all my apps, and configured my email and contacts.

the battery issue was fixed untill, about an hour after I took my phone off of the charger. I texted 30 times, checked and wrote 4-5 emails and I am down to 60% of battery.

I turned on and off the phone, and now the awake time is at 100%

Could it just be a defective battery that is staying on 100%?

Also I am over the 30 day period, (i got it at best buy)

Is my only option to buy a new battery?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simplyphp:
I won't bull**** my numbers. I work from home, here's what I see with normal use:

[100%] 9am I get my phone off the charger

[80%] 1:30pm, getting done eating lunch and my phone has used 20% since I took it off the charger at 9. 4 1/2hr so far.

[67%] 4:40pm, been 3hr 1min since I got done eatting lunch, I'm about to go get my son from daycare.

[33%] 11pm, time to go to sleep and putting my phone on the charger for the night.

So that's 14 hours of use, using up 67% of my battery.

My wife's Evo, which I also rooted, had 53% remaining by 11, she gets up at 7:30 (but doesn't use her phone.. except to make calls). So she used 47% over 15 1/2hr. It's set to 245min/245max in setCPU when her screen is off.

I dont know how this guy is getting 13 hours "after heavy usage" and still having 75% battery left. I'm using AospEvoDroidX1.6 / FE / netarchy and LauncherPro Plus, no Sense AT ALL. And he's claiming that what took 67% of my battery, only took ~25% of his battery? Come on. I use my phone like a normal techy, I doubt your "heavy" is all that much heavier than my usage. How the hell would yours last 13 hours and still have 75% ?

But, if you leave your phone alone and have SetCPU set to 245MHz, screen off, sync disabled... then it might be possible to go 13 hours and still have 75% remaining.

That said.., I'm running a test right now to see how long my battery lasts with 1152MHz OC & leaving the screen on - using SwitchPro to stop the screen from turning off:

10:20am - 100%, 1152MHz min&max, linpack 20-21, fps 50-53 (verified its running at said speeds). 208 available memory.

10:50am - 90%

2:20pm - 50%

3:35 - 37%

So as I sit right now, in the past 5 hours 15minutes I've used almost as much battery by leaving my phone fully OC'd and leaving wifi on and screen on, vs. using my phone normally all day. That's 5hr15min "heavy usage" compared to 14hours normal, with 37-33% battery remaining (respectively).

Update

6:20pm - 12%remaining. 10:20 to 6:20, that's 8 hours now with the screen on. Thought I'd show the battery percentages (sent from my phone instead of plugging it into my computer.. dont want to skew the #s by letting it get any charge):

I think 24 hour standby is reasonable to claim with root and proper settings.

I think 16 hours of normal usage.

I think 6 hours is the most you'll get under heavy usage, excluding playing videos.

I've got 8 hours so far and 10% battery left as I type this.. I'm amazed it's lasted this long with everything maxed and the screen on the whole day.

As for playing videos, you will get about 2hr 30min 4hr of play time on a charge before your phone dies.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlin:
It sounds like you have a bad battery. To be down to 60% after that little use is insane. Last night, before going to bed, I was at 56%. My wife and I played lets golf for about an hour and a half and when we were done the battery was at 48%. From my experience, gaming seems to be one of the biggest battery drains and even after 90 minutes, I didn't lose much charge. I can do everything I want and need with my phone and get 16-18 hours consistently.

For a device defect, the 30 day time period does not matter. I would go into the store and tell them you think you have a defective battery and see if they will work with you. Sprint has always been very good to me when it comes to exchanging devices, though I have no experience doing so with Best Buy or Radio Shack.

I hope you get this worked out. In my opinion, Android OS is far superior to iOS, at least for my needs and interest. However, the iOS is a solid beast and on the newest version of the iPhone offers incredible battery life.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bielinsk:
If you turn your phone off and back on, the awake time IS going to be 100% because you haven't given it any time to sleep.

Something you are installing on the phone is draining the battery, or it takes you a REALLY REALLY long time to text.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bielinsk:
Last trip I took I had 3 batteries, 2 just for movies on the plane. Each battery lasted about 4 hours. First one the phone was not in airplane mode (oops) Second was. Didn't seem to effect it.

This is playing movies the entire time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simplyphp:
For that 2hr 30min number, I was basing it off someone else's post when they compared their stock battery to the seidio. I don't know what they setup was in terms of being rooted/setCPU settings/etc.

I haven't personally played a movie until my phone died, so if you say it lasts 4 hours I would say that sounds reasonable :cool:.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikkysleepy:
Do you have Haptic Feedback enabled

I don't know if anyone has noticed but do you have Haptic Feedback enabled? Yesterday my battery drained in 12 hours, whereas the day before it was 50% at 12 hours, and the only difference I can recall is that I had Haptic feedback enabled. Can someone confirm having Haptic Feedback drains the battery a lot? I would think it would since it has to vibrate you phone each time and that means energy being used up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simplyphp:
I have it disabled, but it's enabled on the phone by default.

To the OP, I would say uncheck Haptic Feedback and also uncheck Vibrate.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
i'd say buying a battery is not your only choice. first try the battery conditioning stuff, then try to swap your battery, then buy a battery if needed.

firstly, did u try the battery voodoo? i can personally attest to it impacting the battery display on my device. you can also install "SpareParts" it can help you find what is using your battery. i use "BatterySnap" as well cause it gives me a visual display of my battery usage and i find that useful when tweaking/learning the battery usage.

here are the places i found solutions...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7000921#post7000921

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6949101#post6949101

if you feel it's a hardware issue i would roll up on your sprint store (and be the very nice polite 'i don't have a clue' kinda guy or girl whichever) see if they can help you out of the kindness of their heart. you can try flipping to asshat mode if the honey doesn't work...these are 'paid help' after all. :) you may get lucky and the person may swap your battery with one sitting in the bucket on the tech workbench or you may get a by-the-book-you-outta-luck person lacking luv and goodwill. other HTC phone batteries can fit the evo i believe...may be handy info to have on hand when you walk in.

elsewise, get a new battery (and a couple microUSB cables. i have one in my car, one at my home pc and one at my work pc....did i mention that my phone doesnt run outta juice?)

and this was the best thing i've seen this week. (sad thought tho that may be)

SMARTPHONEPC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOtC9QfXac​

personally, I'm hoping for a cold-fusion belt that will fit my jeans and provide power to everything around me...from my EVO to my bionic contact lenses. and i'd like it to not cause cancer, if thats an option. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjz147:
i have haptic feedback turned off.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] familyguy26:
I haven't been on this forum long, but the bickering here is almost as bad as Windows users vs Linux users. I certainly sympathize with people like the original poster. Rooting is an option, but flashing ROMs is like jumping from Linux distro to Linux distro until you finally find one that suits you. It can get old, and you often just want a device that works well without having to jump through hoops. I think I spent more time trying to find a fully functioning ROM on my Hero the first two weeks I owned it, than actually using the phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatnai:
Um, last time I checked the evo did not need a savior...

I work 15 hour shifts. Most nights I rarely turn on my phone. I am fully rooted, run dc 3. 2. 3 with oc kernel. Standby is set at 500 max, 245 min. I have dc config set to pperformance for battery mode. I have WiFi on, 3g on, gps off, background sync. on, auto sync off. I consistently have 70% battery left when I go home.

The last couple of nights I played Pandora for a few hours each night. Had 57% left this am.

You should be getting way more out of standby. I could get even more if I wanted to by changing a bunch of my settings as you can see from above.

And btw you still should factory reset and run your phone for a few days, would tell you if it is something you have installed. Of course there are many other ways to figure out if a proggy is eating your battery, but you haven't seemed interested in following those suggestions thus far.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billobob:
As much as I love Android this post really shows its main problem - a phone should just work. I don't mind rooting and installing roms at all, I find it fun; but it should never be necessary to root or delete every single app to help battery life. Things have certainly gotten much better since the cupcake days, but problems like this should be considered unacceptable.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GHOST99K:
OP should get some DIY Dynamite batteries attach to the back of the EVO or just Root and flash all customs Roms to c which one lasts the longest. but why crapple iphone 4? :confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lzlaxhacker:
This phone does just work. Rooting certainly makes it better, but it isn't necessary by any means. I have 2 evos. I'm running one stock and it works great, good battery life as well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simplyphp:
From OP's first post:

I hit your 8 hour mark having my phone on and oc'd all day long, I would suggest you try rooting, but seeing your post below, I'm going to say you should try for a new battery from a sprint store instead. Not getting 8 hours out of this thing regardless of use is beyond me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bielinsk:
Damn people, let this thread die.

If you don't like the Evo, go get a phone you like and be happy. Everyone here at XDA wants everyone to be happy, that is all, we don't care what phone you have, we just want you to have a smile on your face when you go to bed at night.

Everyone defends what they own. We get it. Now go own the thing that will give you the best bubble baths with loofa.

Looking again at what he did, I would put money its something he is installing, or the options used for email. Maybe he has 4g on and not in a 4g area and that is constantly scanning. We will never know.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themyst:
Yes, it just WORKS. I dropped one call in three weeks on AT&T, and you are blowing the "death grip" well out of proportion. I didn't have that issue naked or cased to be honest. If it was unusable, I'd have returned the iPhone and ported right back to Sprint and waited on the Epic. But with that being said, what I was referring to was the actual OS usability, not the network. If you have a gripe with AT&T's network, fair enough, but that is not what I was referring to. This is understandably a pro-Android/WinMo board, but I was hoping to provide an opinion without being attacked. Most of you are better than that.

I saw that the 30fps issue was pretty much fixed and I am happy that the users here finally have a fix for it. And I was not referring to OS issues in this case, I was referring to build quality issues, such as dust getting inside the screen, paint flaking off the buttons, etc. My apologies for the confusion.

As shown in my speedtest.net results, I am getting 3x the throughput both up and down compared to Sprint EVDO, which is typically 1.2/0.7 mbit. Sprint does have better latency though, as I can get pings of 200-250ms regularly compared to the 300-400 on AT&T. I don't have WiMax available in this area, but I don't think the difference is largely significant. Perhaps I am in an unsaturated part of NYC, as a lot of my friends with AT&T swear it's horrible, but for my intents and purposes, I am very happy with the speeds.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pseudoremora:
My intent wasn't to attack you. I was merely stating the obvious. The fact that a company like Apple would produce a product that has a serious flaw and then tell its customers and everyone around them that its a non issue is what really pisses me off. Especially since Apple's "loyal" consumers never seem to bother to question anything Apple ever does and instead go along with all of Apple's bull****.

I mean come on, a bumper case or even a software update to fix a hardware related problem? You know just as well as I do, in this community, HTC/Motorola/Google would be spammed with Email complaints and wanting solutions to these types of problems. I hate the fact that Apple consumers seem to be mindless sheep and that they let Steve Jobs pretty much walk over them like he's a God. But then again, I could care less.. after all if those consumers want that, so be it. (I'm not saying that you're part of that group).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themyst:
You can call me an iSheep, Steve's girlfriend, whatever you want. The blogs made this issue blow out of proportion, not the everyday user. My wife has a 8530 on Sprint which drops bars if you hold it wrong. My Hero dropped from EV to 1X if I held it wrong. The Touch Pro was just painful overall so I have no comment on that.

How about HTC listening to their users and fixing the dust in the screen issues, build quality issues, shoddy unoptimized software and drivers? Granted, XDA addresses virtually all of these issues after rooting but why should we have to? No, all we get is a load of bull**** from Sprint saying it's cosmetic and they won't do anything about it. I'm hearing rumblings of charging port issues and the plastic bezel near the power button cracking without any abuse.

Change of topic though, I got some extensive time with the Samsung Captivate (AT&T's version of Sprint's Epic sans keyboard) and I am very happy with the smoothness of the device. Might be the best Android device yet if it gets the support the EVO does on this forum.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanBergundy:
Just leave imo. If you aren't happy _LEAVE_.

We are all happy with our Evos.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simplyphp:
Why are you here again?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockethot:
Unlike the OP i have tweaked my device and I don't get the amazing battery life others claim to get.

I get 12 hours with the following config.

Baked Snack 9.7

SetCPU down clocking my phone when the screen is turned off, as well as when the battery drops

Brightness set to 25%

Auto-sync off except for Weather which updates every 3 hours

Always on Mobile Data turned off

Changed network type from GSM to CDMA

Have Juice Defender installed

I've also checked to see if anything was keeping my phone awake but nothing is.

With all of this I get 12 hours with moderate use. From my own experiences I can't help but to think that people claiming to getting 16+ on a single charge is all a bunch of BS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatnai:
1. do you use wifi? set wife sleep policy to never.

2. did you do this?

3. open google talk, go into settings, and set to not start on boot.

4. open fring (if you have installed), go into settings, and set to not start on boot

5. open goog voice (if you have it installed), and set it to NOT sync, and check the box for sms notification

try to turn off autosync and background data and run for a couple of days. if your battery length drastically improves, you've got too many programs burning battery in the background by waking up the phone too often while asleep.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmomoman:
OP did you buy the iPhone yet?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redrazr7791:
If he did, he is probably at MMI. Just a hunch since XDA doesn't have an iPhone forum...which I hope never happens :eek:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjz147:
Thanks so much I will try all of this
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjz147:
you are a life saver.

I turned on always on mobile data, and enable data when roaming, and turned on auto sync. And the issue was fixed.

Thank you so much.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanerixon:
Can someone please provide me with a working zip of the radio so I can flash it in recovery. I've tried a lot of things, with no success. So I'm down to the last option. Flashing the zip in recovery. The radio I would require is the radio for the Cyan6. And I know, Right Click > Send to > Compressed(zip), but that just doesn't work for me for some fabulous reason.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
Well, you cannot simple zip up a file an expect it to work with the flash update zip in a custom recovery... you need to create the update script and sign the zip... in any case, you could you the radio update zip from Enomther TheOfficialNexus....

http://www.androidspin.com/download...Official_Nexus1_Radio_Update_4.06.00.12_7.zip
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanerixon:
Thank you, thank you. I'm flashing it right now. So far so good.
[Captivate General] jhego:
When I first saw the Samsung commercial using the Swype keyboard, I've always wondered how the hell does that thing work. It seemed more difficult to use and wouldn't want an oily smudgy screen since you drag your fingers. Today is the first time i've used it and man, i think i can type a book with this, lol.... I started texting my friends just cuz I want to type more. Now the only problem is, sometimes my finger doesn't smoothly drag as I want it to be. I guess i'll start looking for screen protectors that are smooth to the touch. What do you guys think of Swype?
[Captivate General] DirtyRasa:
I definitely love it and I too texted people just to play around with it haha.

It's the best thing ever invented
[Captivate General] madjsp:
I love swype. I use it all the time. When I show people, they think it is the coolest thing ever.
[Captivate General] jjimenezjj:
Agreed...
[Captivate General] jeffyim:
Noobie to Android. Just got my Captivate today. How do you enable Swype or How do you install it?

thanks in advance
[Captivate General] DanteDrac:
On the home screen hit the soft capacitive menu key > Settings > Local and Text > Set default keyboard > Change it to Swype.
[Captivate General] caelestis2:
I'm posting from swype just to type more lol
[Captivate General] jeffyim:
Thank you! This is awesome!
[Captivate General] AJerman:
I may be the odd one out, but I have to disagree. Swype was nothing but a gimmick to me. It's nice, and if you really suck at typing on a virtual keyboard, then sure, it may be helpful, but I can type much faster by hitting each letter than drawing shapes to spell my words.

Now all I need to do is get used to a keyboard on Android. Coming from an iPhone, I'm a bit spoiled, but mainly just used to that keyboard. I'm quickly getting as fast on whatever Android keyboard I choose (trying Swiftkey now).

That's not to take anything away from Swype. It's a very cool keyboard, but I find that too often my missed letters mean redoing the whole word instead of a single backspace and continuing.
[Captivate General] ihtanni:
To each their own but I find find Swype amazing, it definitely made transitioning from a physical keyboard easier for me. I probably could be a little faster typing in landscape with two hands but since I've started using swype I just type one handed in portrait mode. I really am enjoying writing this reply right now, but I should stop rambling and get ready for work...
[Captivate General] MendedEagle:
I have to agree. Swype us such an amazing thing. I absolutely love it. I cab text and just about the same speed with swype than I can with a physical keyboard or a virtual one. Its great for typing portrait. Not so great landscape.
[Captivate General] TexUs:
Swype is fast...

Even if it is EQUAL the speed, I find it easier. You don't really even have to look at the keyboard and you can totally botch the keys and it still works.
[Captivate General] caelestis2:
It is easy but you have to remember how to spell =)
[HD2 Accessories] spursfan1966:
Otterbox has finally released the defender series for the U.S. Version HTC HD2
[HD2 Accessories] ph1zy:
Just ordered mine! I can't wait!
[HD2 Accessories] GregL:
coupon code for otterbox defender US

where did you get it ? Otter-box? did you have a coupon code for this month like they had last month

:cool:
[XPERIA X10 General] apr1000:
Well, I was looking at some thread and saw a link to the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERj67oRHeeE, its really slick, and in my opinion better than pinch to zoom(to be honest I never use it, I usually double tap on my itouch).

But its only for x10 mini, is there a chance we might get it on the x10?
[XPERIA X10 General] Fuzalert2k:
Yeah, we're getting it with the 2.1 update.
[XPERIA X10 General] citsym:
I remember seeing this video on the official SE product launch blog. But, did they ever confirm that X10 would get it.

And yeah, it is super slick.
[XPERIA X10 General] gaolinde:
i guess it's only usable it photo gallery?

can't imagine how to stack with other function require long press in browser
[XPERIA X10 General] Zenghelis:
You can try the app JusPictures for that. It has a kind of one touch zoom. You can get an idea of what is it gonna be about when we have it.
[XPERIA X10 General] gaolinde:
got the app seems like it's double tap to zoom?

my assumption the single touch zoom is to long press and scroll up or down isn't it? if it work this way then i think this trick is not gonna usable in any browser cause every app got a different preception for long press.

let's say while you long press in dolphin browser what the browser should do? open the menu or zoom?
[XPERIA X10 General] damirbusic:
Dolphin Browser has that zoom. You hold your finger and then +&- appear and you can zoom in or out. Far more better than pinch zoom.
[XPERIA X10 General] Zenghelis:
If you doble tap on a photo to zoom, after that you can long press on it and slide to zoom + or -. It´s just to get an idea of what one touch zoom is about. Try it!
[XPERIA X10 General] gaolinde:
tried it works.

I just want to point out the atmosphere in this forum is treating this as a killing function, but i think this can only implement in photo gallery but not in web browsing unless SE develope a browser themself.
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
I'm guessing they would overlay it on the stock browser..
[XPERIA X10 General] Vin87:
I just tried Dolphin for this reason. However it looks like an other type of zoom. Indeed a + and - appear when you hold you finger on the screen. However you have to tap the + or - to zoom, where with the "Xperia one touch zoom" you'll just have to slide your finger up and down.
[XPERIA X10 General] Sotto & Pepper:
HI...

U can use Swype?...

I try to install it and I was not succeed...

What version u install?

Thank You...

Sotto & Pepper