Battery Life Test

Must Work, Today with Moderate Usage I am at 60% Battery 15 hours 20 minutes and counting.

Currently below 10%, trying to kill it but watching it die feels like I'm putting down an old pet I'll trust you on this one Buck and we'll see how battery life goes tomorrow...

UPDATE, Woke up this morning and still have 20% battery left. Who said that battery's dont have Memory.

Battery life was really my only initial gripe about the phone, but was hoping that it would improve as my usage became less intensive. I drained it all the way and charged it all the way 3 times in a row, and I couldn't be far from a charger.

Now, though, it's really starting to perform. I find myself trying to kill my battery for the day knowing I'm def docking it at night, but that's been a lil harder than expected. If I don't go to the gym and get at least an hour and a half of music playing, then it won't be below 50% at night.

Well Buc, you've made a believer out of me. 3 PM and after hours of moderate to heavy use I'm still at 80% charge. Thanks for a great tip!

so what does this mean? the droid makes you go to the gym and get healthy. IS THERE ANYTHING THIS PHONE CANT DO?!

for my fyi: does it give you an indicator of a % of battery life? like on a laptop, telling you how much is left, or is it just the 4 or 5 bar battery symbol? just wondering.

This Phone keeps on giving, and is purely a work of art. By far the best thing Verizon has released to date.

OpenVoice Dial and say "open battery info". A screen will come up with all kinds of battery info, including percent of charge.

Apparently, there is a Motorola expert in another forum who disagrees with this experiment:

"With all due respect, I'm sorry to tell you that this advice apparently works because you are setting an internal timer. You may get an immediate effect but at a cost in the longevity of the battery and you will see a greater degradation later for your experiment. The physics and chemistry of a Lithium ion battery do not support this theory. In fact, doing what you suggest will shorten the batteries useful life of charge cycles. Older Nickel Cadmium and Nickel Metal Hydride batteries did behave as you describe since this would keep them from developing "charge memory", actually chemical corrosion on a part of the electrode but it is totally false for Lithium Ion."

How much of a battery "expert" he is remains unclear, and it's important to note that I do NOT advocate continually discharging the battery to gain performance. This was a one-shot deal and it seems to do the trick. Proceed with the above caution in mind.

BTW it is after 9 PM and I still have 80% charge.

I just drove from Warner robins GA to federicksburg VA 10 hrs. Streamed 4 he's of Pandora wife iPhone dead at this time from web surfing so we stopped to buy charger. Then we listened to beyondpod which updates every few hours. Then wife used the phone to websurf because iPhone lost 3g signal. Imagine that. Finished the drive and now I'm web surfing with a yellow battery. I am happy with the phone and service. There's no apparently for crappy battery and crap network.

If he is correct great, i will be happy with my extended battery life for now. and when it degrades, i will replace the battery......Simple

PC World did an article on the Droid Battery.

ARTICLE HERE

Hope this helps. I - for another - am happy I killed the phone once because of the new charge factor and extended battery life.

Yet another article on caring for Lithium-Ion Batteries:

Another Article Here


I think we're probably the most Droid-battery-smart people online now