Ditto here, on an unlocked 680 with the Seidio 2400 battery. I've no idea what I may have done to cause it, since my software list and usages has, I think, been pretty stable.
Sam Kamens wrote: > I'm seeing greater than expected battery drain as well lately for my unlocked > treo 680. > > Haven't added any new software either. Could my battery just be dying? > > Thanks, > > Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Monday, Jul 30, 2007 7:02 pm > Subject: [Treo] Uh oh... battery issues again > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [email protected] > > At the necessary risk opening that can of worms again, I'm having > battery drain problems with my Treo 680. > > The past week or so, I've noticed that the battery charge as reported by the > Treo has been dropping faster than I think it should for the use it's been > getting. This is usually accompanied by the battery > compartment being warmer than normal. I top it off to full charge at least > once per day, sometimes the battery compartment gets warm while on the > charger. > > I've been wracking my brain trying to think of anything that I may have done > to cause this, but I cannot. I thought that a new beta program > from Rob at Hobbyist may have been the cause, but the problem persists even > after uninstalling it and rebooting the Treo. Then, up until > about 10 minutes ago I thought it was cellular service related as my > signal strength meter has been fluctuating widely, from almost nothing to a > strong reading. I know that when the signal strength drops below a certain > point, the radio will ramp up its power usage in an attempt to compensate. > > But 10 minutes ago, I had a full charge, on the charger and I removed it from > the charger. Immediately the battery meter went from 100% to > 97% instead of the normal 99%. Even if the signal strength has chosen that > very nano-instant to drop (which it didn't), there is no way > ramping up the radio power would cause a 3% drop in the nano-instant it took > to pull the Treo off the charger. > > I've tried a full discharge/recharge cycle a couple of times, no > effect. I've done manual soft resets, no effect. Other than the > software I've already mentioned and removed, I cannot think of any > other new or updated applications that were installed coincidentally to this > problem starting. > > I've got Seidio's newest battery on order, but it's not quite available yet, > it should be shipping sometime this week. > > -- /"Thirty-five million deaths leave an empty place at only one family table." / (News commentator Eric Severied in a radio essay on the 25th anniversary of the start of World War Two. 8/31/64) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
