hi folks. i have a problem with my curve 8520. the battery life has suddenly gone from lasting about 5 days to less than a day. something must be wrong somewhere. i have probably done something to it myself and don'tknow how to undo it. the phone is less than a month old. any ideas? bearing in mind i am a non-techy.

cheers guys,
bryn

wifi is on? GPS is on?

Have you been over charging it? Thats what happened to mine.

thanks chaps.wi-fi is off and i think gps is off but how do i check? i don't think i've been overcharging it, how would you know? plus i only have the standard 5 apps running.

cheers,
bryn

Say if when you went to sleep, your blackberry has like 4 battery bars left, then you plug it in the charger and you fall asleep for 9 hours. it doesnt take 9 hours to charge 1/5 of a battery. So thats how you over charge it, and the more you over charge it, the less battery life youre going to have

that is not true.
you cannot "overcharge" the li-on batteries in blackberries.

Hi I'm also new to the BB 8520. Got it yesterday. I fully charged it and it has lasted me about 24hour and the battery is nearly empty after extensive usage. The reason that I ask - I'm from a Nokia background and don't know what to expect from a BB.

Also does it matter if I got GTalk running the whole time opsoed to just the standard BIS Email service? Battery usage wise.

Thanks in advance.

yes it matters.
programs running in the background eat at your battery AND memory.

I have same problem. new phone charge lasting less than a day. what and how to turn off anything draining battery. any help gratefully received.

I wouldn't expect the world out of this battery. I'm a long time blackberry user and while you should expect up to maybe two full days in my opinion with heavy use for most bbs, the new curve only comes with a 1150 mah battery that is rated for 270 talk minutes, which is small. I just got my wife the 8530 and she can go about 30 hours with a considerable amount of use including Pandora.

The battery should improve after a couple of days of use.

Also i think when you have poor signal reception,battery life will get reduced in a faster way. That is what i noticed while in office ( poor signal) and back in home ( full signal)