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alister h rae · **Short battery life on my 8900 -** 07-04-2009, 10:49 AM

I'm new to this forum and have joined because of a problem I'm having with battery life on my Curve 8900.

After Charging overnight, the battery is dead by 3.00pm in the afternoon. This is without calling or texting anyone!

I am now onto my second battery, both have now failed, is it the phone?
Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks, Alister

akosnitzky · **OS:** 5.0.0.273

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Its a problem. You may want to buy an extra battery and external battery charger

ndub33 · 07-04-2009, 11:01 AM

Alos, if a new battery hasn'tresolved the situation, you may be eligible to get a warranty exchange on the devie through your carrier.

Richb · 07-04-2009, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by alister h rae

I'm new to this forum and have joined because of a problem I'm having with battery life on my Curve 8900.

After Charging overnight, the battery is dead by 3.00pm in the afternoon. This is without calling or texting anyone!

I am now onto my second battery, both have now failed, is it the phone?
Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks, Alister

Make sure your firmware is upgraded to at least 4.6.1.231
If you're AT&T, you are probably already there; if you are TMO, you may not be. There is a vast difference in battery life with the newer firmware.
You can learn more in the Curve8900 section of the forums.

akosnitzky · **OS:** 5.0.0.273

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Its my understanding the battery issue may be device related

jimroe · **OS:** 4.6.1.231

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Originally Posted by Richb

Make sure your firmware is upgraded to at least 4.6.1.231
If you're AT&T, you are probably already there; if you are TMO, you may not be. There is a vast difference in battery life with the newer firmware.
You can learn more in the Curve8900 section of the forums.

ITA - early 8900s had poor battery life - later OS releases have made a difference. I have one of the first AT&T devices with 4.6.1.231 and the worst I have ever seen at the end of a 24 hour day is 48% battery remaining - if I don't do too much playing around with the device I may have as much as 75% remaining. Talking on the phone seems to take less out of the battery than "fooling around" with it.

There's a lot of power saving features in the late OS versions, including CPU speed controls which may help explain why later versions are better than earlier ones.

Horizon Wireless · **OS:** 5.2.0.168

if that doesnt help, id order an extended battery from seidioonline.com great products!!

akosnitzky · **OS:** 5.0.0.273

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Originally Posted by jimroe

ITA - early 8900s had poor battery life - later OS releases have made a difference. I have one of the first AT&T devices with 4.6.1.231 and the worst I have ever seen at the end of a 24 hour day is 48% battery remaining - if I don't do too much playing around with the device I may have as much as 75% remaining. Talking on the phone seems to take less out of the battery than "fooling around" with it.

There's a lot of power saving features in the late OS versions, including CPU speed controls which may help explain why later versions are better than earlier ones.

Thank you for sharing.

jimroe · **OS:** 4.6.1.231

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Originally Posted by akosnitzky

Thank you for sharing.

One additional thought - while 8900s seem to have efficient radios - you can (and I do) leave WiFi and Bluetooth turned on all the time - even when I am not near any WiFi hotspot - one thing that will kill the battery on an 8900 is GPS. Any app that tries to automatically or periodically get a GPS location under circumstances where it's not possible (like you're indoors most of the time) will run the battery down in short order.