go to Menu, Settings, About phone, Battery Use. For me the Display is usually the top consumer.
On Dec 10, 3:17 pm, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks very much for your input! I do have the display brightness > maxed out because the auto is too dim for my eyes. That's probably a > big thing. > > On Dec 10, 3:37 pm, Eric F <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I feel like my battery life wasn't that great when I first got it but > > now I think battery life is pretty good for this class of phone. > > > I think the largest change I made was: set display brightness to > > adjust automatically. > > > After that I did a few things: > > Gmail email is pushed > > Not signed into Google Talk > > Facebook refreshes as infrequently as possible (every four hours?) > > I have Google Voice refreshing ever 15 minutes > > Wifi is off, Locale turns it on when plugged in, and off when > > unplugged > > Bluetooth is always on > > > After making these changes things seemed, ok. but one night I wasn't > > able to plug it in. It got to 5% at like 1am, I woke up the next day > > at 8am or so, and it was still 5%. I then used Google Maps Navigation > > for about 35 minutes and the phone died. > > > Since recharging it after that, battery state drops more realistically > > like how I would expect it to drop. After a day of moderate use my > > battery usually indicates I could go a whole extra day without any > > recharging. > > > Also just got the 2.0.1 update which states improved battery life. > > Unplugged my phone at about 8:30am this morning. it's 2:36pm now, and > > my battery is at 90%. I've been using my phone a decent amount too. > > > -E > > > On Dec 10, 2:18 pm, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Haven't seen any discussion on this... Who else finds the Droid's > > > battery life completely unacceptable? If I use it even moderately, no > > > phone calls at all, it goes dead halfway through the day. Not even > > > close to acceptable if I was using it as a phone and not a development > > > platform. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
