I accidentally left my n900 running mupen64plus at 950mhz in my pocket for 4 hours, i open it (quite warm) and the game is still running and still got 43% battery

proof the n900 is strong and dependable

You will probably find it shut itself off after about 10 mins, 100% of users have terrible battery life.. even just from calling people.

well it didnt, considering it was there for 4 hours playing the game

his battery was probably 100%
in my case, i tested with messegner and light use with 500-805 at default kernel and it lasted around 10 hours so yea
thats nothing new
someone got tips on saving battery life?
cpu based tips and i know 500 is supposed to save battery but it jus doesnt :S
if someone can tell me what sampling rate and powersave_bais , ignore nice load and smartreflex along with vdd1 and vdd2 mean, perhaps i can test things out.. <.<

set your cpu to 250-850 for ideal

i have a 250-500 for battery save

and a 600 - 1150 for insane

Oh, I didn't know I had terrible battery life. Damn. I know I must since 100% of users, and I'm a user, have it.

250 is laggy
so 500 is recommended min for me
and lol at 1150
dun need that much
805 is fine
i was kinda more interested in volt and dsp and other things present in the template

Suppose its what you do with your unit !

I dont listen to music with it as I use an ipod touch.

I dont play games on it as I again use my ipod touch if im really bored.

I do send loads of texts and make and rcv calls.

I do use it heavily for the internet.

I do use auto disconnect and have tweaked the usual settings like screen brightness etc etc.

I do power it down at night.

You can overclock but im not convinced it wont decrease the life of the fone !

I 100% do not have terrible battery life.

Battery lasts a couple of days.

Just for a little balance go and look at other user forum threads concerning their smart fones and standard fones and you will see its a bug bear across the board on battery life ! Always has been.

Nature of the bear !

Carry a spare battery or have a charger/usb cable where you work i order to give it a charge if required.

Did you guys fully charge and discharge the battery when you first got your n900?

I use my n900 tons throughout the day and generally only need to recharge every second night. Its clocked at 1Ghz and used everyday for about 2 hours of music, 30 min of gaming and about 30 minutes of calls.
Texting about once twice an hour. Wifis on auto connect too....
Umm I only use the data monitor and ip widget, nothing more.