Leaderboard

Had around 137 Hours, i'e 5.7 Day Battery Life on Samsung Fascinate Have been trying various methods for increased battery life on android. Most have been hit & miss. Now during one such random method, seems to have hit jackpot. Sharing here the full details. Total Battery Life After Charge: 137 Hours. What was done prior to charging: Battery was allowed to drain out completely. (Phone shut down on its own after battery was fully exhausted) Pulled out Battery for approx. 2 minute & then put on. Charged the battery fully while the phone remained Switched Off. Phone Settings During The Whole Usage: WiFi was Switched Off from settings/Wireless & Network/Wi-Fi Settings (Enabled during use & again switched off immediately from there) EVDO was Switched Off by pressing Power Button/Phone Options/Mobile Data ((Enabled during use & again switched off immediately from there) Screen Brightness kept at lowest level from Settings/Display Settings/Brightness. Automatic Brightness De-Selected. Power Saving Mode was enabled Settings/Display Settings/Power Saving Mode. Screen Timeout 30 Seconds. Animation: No Windows Animation from Settings/Display Settings/Animation. Vibration & Haptic Feedback Disabled. Phone Usage during this 137 hours? Voice Calls: 140 Minutes. Data: 50 MB EVDO Data Downloaded. (Mainly for App Updates) Browsing : 45 Minutes of Browsing (In addition to above data download) through Wi-Fi+EVDO on Opera Mobile Browser. SMS: Approx 100 received & read. Approx 10 typed & send. Music: Music playback from SD Card for Approx 1 Hour. Sync: Email sync twice a day. Broad Conclusions: Whether it's past battery stats/some system file/or something else, i think something might be keeping battery from being fully recharged while the Android OS is in operation. None of this thing will affect when the phone is switched off while recharging. While my voice usage may tend to be on the lower side, i still believe "What was done prior to charging" gave me an exceptional long battery life compared to my past experience. Keeping Wi-Fi/Data on 24 hours consumes most battery. While this is no rocket science but disabling that and using only when needed did not hamper much of the things for me as PC/Laptop was there in front most of the time. Keeping screen brightness to lowest level also was not of much difficulty. It was still very readable/workable. Scientific/Irrational whatever, i got a tremendous battery life. Would love to hear comments/experience from fellow members. why not try this on your phone to see whether you get any additional battery life with your typical usage?

Ebay India is offering assured Free Gifts for purchases above Rs 10,000. Offer Ends 30th June 2011. Details here http://shopping.ebay...soon/index.html Iomega 320 GB HDD for Purchases between Rs 10,000 to Rs 24,999 Kodak CD 44 Camera For Purchases Above Rs 25,000

^^ Rajan this one is for you,

Pulkit last time on 11th May 2011 also you asked for suggestion on GSM Android for you with budget around 20k in this topic http://www.rimweb.in...ndroid-handset/ Now also you are mentioning budget around 15k but looking at 19-20k handsets.. Kya hua? Didn't buy any handset then? Sabko fogat ki mehnat karvate ho ki kuchh lete bhi ho?

Joshm Please try http://support.newagepcs.com/showthread.php?8059-Fascinate-Sleep-of-Death

Its good that u are getting such great battery life with ur setup ( the recent stock ROMS let alone debloated , deodexed ones are really snappier and faster i believe ) But then if you are happy, who are we. But i would like to know how your fascinate will fare with above normal usage , i mean regular internet use , browsing , downloading , gaming and all, live wallpaers more frequent app syncing coz as far as my knowledge goes DL30 was actually leaked froyo , and it seemed resonably stable at the time. The measures that you have taken will help no doubt on any setup ( but yes charging while off after calibrating the battery is good indeed ) I use my handset a lot i mean really i love my fascinate and just cant leave it idle for a min when i am free so from my perspective i feel these things are also beneficial : The biggest advantage in terms of backup comes ( irrespective of any ROM ) from having a undervolt kernal ( -50 works the best and is safest otherwise -100 and SV are also there) the best radio ( which are till date EA28 and Ed04 - Ed04 is awesome as it kicks the evdo speed way too much side by side making 2 to 3 bars of signal out of 1 ) - this can be confirmed by looking into battery use by cell standby and seeing how much time ur cell has been without signal rest as you urself said wifi , least apps , least data transfer and stuff. and wiping the battery stats usually settles the calibration of the battery right, if you are rooted and are with CWM then just by charging 100% while on , then charging 100% while off and then again charging 100% when on > after that rebooting in recovery and deleting battery stats will set the calibration of any battery right, it is particularly beneficial if you are fond of flashing new ROMs and trying out new combinations every now and then. just my 2 cents in additions to ur findings As always Regards to you for being a very aware and helping member at this awesome forum ALSO a very very important thing , and this goes to all of you fascinate users Are you guyz also noticing that while in deep sleep ( i mean when the screen is in sleep mode and locked ) the phone doesn't receive calls as well as texts on a number of occasions , whosoever is calling you says the phone was ringing , but there is no9 display of ringing at ur end ??

Leaders are always criticized. Apple iPhone is single product, single supplier and single UI - still sell so much. I also believe that I am never going to buy apple product in its current format of OS and hardware. Still I cant just criticize it. Android attracts people like us without any doubt but we must not forget the fact that apple set stone rolling for modern smart phone. Else symbian and WM were smartly bumb phones. Palm OS was smart once upon a time but as slave of computer. Apple bought first device - in smart phone category which could stand alone without computer. Android followed very soon. Android has bigger presence but there are sooo many devices and manufacturers. Imagine android share if it was manufactured / sold only by google.

Strategic provocation meant for Hetal Patel to either, 1. Deliver HTC Evo 3D quickly, 2. Put out more unknown Android/Google strength v/s iOS/Apple People do enjoy talking about pre historic extinct species!! Ain't we all enjoyed Dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" 160 Million years after they were first sighted?

iphone+ipod+ipad+iMac = iBankrupt

Burpppp!!! Junkkkkk!!! 20K for this Stupid Device ohhh my god save India! in 3GS Battery lives only for 7 hours to 8 hours

Obsolete piece of junk and India is no dumping ground.