Battery life

[Chihuahua]

It never rains but pours. I've another query I hope someone can help me with!

Suddenly, after 3 months' use, my Hero's battery life seems to be declining. I'm lucky to get through the day with it, even with light use.

No new market apps, although most have updated a few times, so I'm wondering if one of those has turned into a battery vampire.

Is there any app that will tell you which programmes are using up all your power and does anyone have any tips for tracking down such problems?

I may have to upgrade to a higher capacity battery otherwise!


PETE

[agentaaron]

Not sure about any apps that will give you more specific information...im sure they are out there, I just have not used any

but try:

Settings > About Phone > Battery Use

[ggrant3876]

It never rains but pours. I've another query I hope someone can help me with!

Suddenly, after 3 months' use, my Hero's battery life seems to be declining. I'm lucky to get through the day with it, even with light use.

No new market apps, although most have updated a few times, so I'm wondering if one of those has turned into a battery vampire.

Is there any app that will tell you which programmes are using up all your power and does anyone have any tips for tracking down such problems?

I may have to upgrade to a higher capacity battery otherwise!


PETE
There's a free app in the market, battery graph, that will show you a graph of your battery stats over the course of a day.

[simms22]

It never rains but pours. I've another query I hope someone can help me with!

Suddenly, after 3 months' use, my Hero's battery life seems to be declining. I'm lucky to get through the day with it, even with light use.

No new market apps, although most have updated a few times, so I'm wondering if one of those has turned into a battery vampire.

Is there any app that will tell you which programmes are using up all your power and does anyone have any tips for tracking down such problems?

I may have to upgrade to a higher capacity battery otherwise!


PETE
you have to completely drain your battery before you charge it or it eventually become very inaccurate . i discharge my battery(s) completely at least once a week . if you had root , you can also type in a script into terminal that will get it accurate again .....

su(enter)
rm /data/system/batterystats.bin(enter)
reboot(enter)

[Chihuahua]

Thanks Simms,

I'll give that a try. I didn't realise memory effect kicked in that quickly with this type of battery...

PETE

[simms22]

Its not the battery , its the phone . If the phone tells it that it is at 100% , it stops charging . So , if you have root , you can delete that file and start fresh . Without root , drain the battery completely . You can tryy this to see the inaccuracy . Look at the percentage , reboot , than look at the percentage after reboot .

[Chihuahua]

Hi !

Thanks for the info Simms22. I've drained the battery completely and will see how I get on. Fingers crossed! Thanks again....