[p nut]

Recently, I called in to T-Mobile and the tech advised me to turn my Blackberry off every night. He said that it will keep it in good working order and that is what the manufacturer recommended. Also, I should never charge the battery when half full.

Now, I thought the whole battery issue was the old nickel batteries and not the new Li Ion's? Also, is turning off the unit necessary? Just confused.

[Sith_Apprentice]

both not necessary to the functionality of the devices.

[Cory Scheuer]

no... mines on 24/7

the only thing i do is change the profile so it only rings and doesnt do anything else...

[Sith_Apprentice]

i do drain my devices 1 time per month completely down (habit from having so many devices prior) just in case but it should not be necessary.

[John Clark]

I never turn mine off. I do just as Cory does and change the profiles so I don't get awakened at night from emails, etc. I charge mine every evening.

[Horizon Wireless]

yup, neither do i. I do change the profile though. But i often wake up to got to the wasroom and need a viigo fix!!

[TroyDBrown]

Originally Posted by John Clark

I never turn mine off. I do just as Cory does and change the profiles so I don't get awakened at night from emails, etc. I charge mine every evening.

[madlib]

Originally Posted by John Clark

I never turn mine off. I do just as Cory does and change the profiles so I don't get awakened at night from emails, etc. I charge mine every evening.

doh why didn't i think of that! no more emails at 3AM

[Cory Scheuer]

i believe the "normal" profile has everything on mute except calls...

[Sith_Apprentice]

mine is always on vibrate, but i can sleep through an earthquake (i have done it, minor one). So i dont hear it. I do have an automatic application that turns my phones profile to silent at times though.

[Mr Mixalot]

I never turn my off, otherwise whats the point of having one

[Cory Scheuer]

Originally Posted by madlib

doh why didn't i think of that! no more emails at 3AM

yea i got sick of hearing "you've got mail yahhhhh, youve got mail" at 2, 3, and 4 am...

[ricpac]

Same as everyone else who have replied. The only time my HH is off is like for 30s--yep, when I do a battery-pull like once each week! I charge whenever I'm home. And I just put it on ZzZzz mode when I go to sleep.

[akosnitzky]

Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830)

I shut the thing when I sleep. Battery Charging time.

[greggebhardt]

Originally Posted by p nut

Recently, I called in to T-Mobile and the tech advised me to turn my Blackberry off every night. He said that it will keep it in good working order and that is what the manufacturer recommended. Also, I should never charge the battery when half full.

Now, I thought the whole battery issue was the old nickel batteries and not the new Li Ion's? Also, is turning off the unit necessary? Just confused.

It amazes me some of the cr^p that these "tech" come up with! You can charge your battery when ever you want and your device does not need a nice nap everynight like you do! LOL!

Mine runs 24/7. I get few if any calls at night. My out of holster email notification is at a volume level that if I am awake I would hear it and if sleeping, it does not wake me up.

[Dawg]

Mines off from 11pm to 6 am

[zerog46]

Wirelessly posted

Got mine on 24 / 7.

[CanuckBB]

It can be turned off?

[juwaack68]

The only time mine are 'off' is when I do a battery pull. Otherwise they are both on 24/7. They both get the profile changed to OFF at night, except the week that I am on-call for work - then the work one gets changed to Phone Only.

[DrewsBarnes]

I have mine set so it automatically turns off at 2am and back on at 630am I just use the auto on/off feature