[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottch699:
UPDATE BELOW

So here I am sitting here on the verge of a fit that would not be good to have at work.

I went to my friends last night (a pro at android phones) and was hanging out with him. I brought up the fact that I have been having REAL BAD battery life. So he takes my phone and looks at it running some tests. He proceeds to look up at me and states " you better call t mobile and get them to send you another phone." *swears like a raving loony* This is after running the battery dead and leaving it on the charger for 8 hours to condition the battery. When he said that to me by the way he explained that my phone is searching for a signal 55% of the time and that is what may be eating up my power. NOW, I know for a FACT that I have a 100% signal all day long... I live next to a t moe cell tower and work next to one also.... and during my commute I have 100% signal.

I guess what I am asking here is has anyone else seen this happening on their phone? I also noticed after my buddy downloaded a system monitor that the CPU is running at 100% all the time. Common sense with computers tells me BAD BAD BAD.

Why am I so upset over this you ask? Well, the service of t moe's signal and quality of the network of where I live is GREAT! However I have had BAD luck with all the phones I have since I have been with t-moe. The Rzr: sent that back about 8 times ( went and got a windows phone with my own money after that), the BB 8900: 5 times, and now all this BS with the G2 after just having it a month is getting to be a friggen P.I.M.A.

I know they are going to want to send me just the guts of the phone and not a new one.... I WANT A BRAND NEW PHONE! I am sick of referbys. It's a waste of my time and money to be driving to the D@MN mail box to drop off the return.

HELP!!!!!!

Your loyal 911 Dispatcher.

P.S. to give you a good idea of how bad the battery is being eaten up I was at 100% this morning at 6 am. Now I am at 64% and dropping fast. So I always have to have the phone plugged in.

Update people:

Yesterday when I got home I called T moe and talked to a Retention CS. I went right to the top. The lady I spoke with was either blowing sunshine up my arse or she was telling the truth so take it as you read it here I guess.

So first thing I did was explain to her (nicely btw) of all the issues I have had in the past with all my other phones I have owned with them. Of course she did sound concerned. I also went on to tell her that if we do go to the point of sending me a replacement that I wanted a new boxed phone and none of that crap in a UPS box with stuffing.

After some conversation and questioning of my phones history she advised me that:

1. The issues that I (and others) are having are known issues and they are well aware of it and are working closely (In bed with them?) with HTC about it and should be seeing an OTA soon with a fix. ( I will believe it when I see my phone).

2. I figured since I had her on the phone and laughing that I would press the issues of the teathering rumor... Now again take this with a grain of salt if you wish but the details she told me leads me to believe that she is very up to date on what is going on. She stated that in fact they are working on developing something about charging for teathering... I didn't press the outside apps for teathering though. She stated that it would not be a contract thing and that you could activate and deactivate it as needed on your account so that you were not always paying each month for it if your not using it.

3. Battery draining issues. Solution..... Sent me a new battery via next buisness day shipping. Said I had a bad battery.... Also told me not to keep the phone plugged in since that is the fastest way to kill your battery and that I should discharge it and rechage it as needed.

So there ya go people. Again take it how you want but I hope me spending this time typing this out helps. ( my boss is paying me to type to you guys ;) )

Your dedicated 911 Dispatcher and born again cell phone user.

Scott