Battery life gone to putz 2000miles from home

[rocadelpunk]

Drove from Arizona to Ohio for summer vacation.

I have a rooted droid 2 with cpu tuner. Normally I easily get a days battery life, but now my battery life drops like crazy since I've been in Ohio.

Typical usage includes gps/fb/twitter/taking pics and uploading them/txts and light talking (avg <1hr a day)

haha so much for using it as a phone...

Anyway, any ideas or settings that might help?

 

[zerocool84]

Maybe just crappy reception which would kill battery life.

 

[foghorn67]

When MOTO batteries die, they die. My Droid battery died in ten months. Yes, I did have a ton of cycles on it.
BTW - the Droid 2 and Droid 1 have the same battery in case you need to pick one up.
Edit. Yeah, see if you hunting for signal too. It usually gets warm on idle if its hunting for signal.


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[rocadelpunk]

ah that could be it, I get terrible reception inside my house, but fine everywhere else.

 

[MotionMan]

Maybe just crappy reception which would kill battery life.

First thing I thought of, too.

Put it in airplane mode (or whatever it is called on a Droid) and see how long the battery lasts.

MotionMan

 

[gsaldivar]

Unfortunately, all phones on CDMA networks (Verizon, Sprint, Virgin Mobile) will burn battery faster in areas of low reception, and in areas where the network is under heavy use, due to the near-far problem.

 

[cardiac]

Also, go into the Network settings, and change to "Local only" instead of A or B roaming....

 

[rocadelpunk]

Also, go into the Network settings, and change to "Local only" instead of A or B roaming....

What's the difference?

 

[cardiac]

It will not try and roam when the signal is weak (Saving a bunch of battery life)...

 

[Doboji]

Update your roaming.... *228 option 2..

Seriously. Makes a big difference.

 

[MotionMan]

Update your roaming.... *228 option 2..

Seriously. Makes a big difference.

Oooooh. Good point.

MotionMan

 

[corkyg]

Roaming has always consumed battery power at a higher rate - even before smart phones.

http://www.google.com/search?source...GGLG_enUS316US316&q=battery+power+and+roaming