Battery on the N900
 

Hello everybody, I posted this in another thread as a comment and nobody seems to want to help me :( :(

My battery basically drains at a rate of 1 percent every 1-2 minutes.So yes it drains from 100 percent to 0 percent in max of 5 hours

I am usually on GPRS, and I have skype, facebook, and gmail chats running. I also have a few widgets, nothing special. Any hints or help are much apreciated!!!!! :)

My Catalogs: Nokia, Ovi, maemo.org, Extras, Extras-Devel, Extras-Testing, NITDroid.

I have bought 5 batteries and tried them all, and I also tried an extended battery that came with a special back door, and that one helped a little bit, but the backdoor was HUGE so I decided its not worth it. I have battery graph and Conky, and nothing strange happens in Conky. By the way, I LOVE MY N900!!!!!!!!!

Anyways, Here is what I have installed (Running PR1.3):

3g2g-mode-selection-applet 0.4-2 user/desktop 64
actman 0.9-1 user/desktop 120
advanced-power 0.4.2-4 user/desktop 188
advanced-power-monitor 0.5.3-3 user/utilities 216
aircrack-ng 1.0-3 user/network 1048
amazon-installer 1.0.1.1+0m5 user/other 96
angrybirds 1.3.4 user/hidden 32188
angrybirds-levelpack2 1.0.0 user/hidden 436
angrybirds-levelpack3 1.0.0 user/hidden 564
ap-installer 1.0.1.1+0m5 user/other 88
arabic-l10n 0.6-1 user/system 972
batterygraph 0.3.2 user/utilities 356
bfan 9.4.20.3-1 user/hidden 2880
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bootscreen 0.3.4 user/system 216
bounce 1.0.1 user/hidden 22036
burgerface 0.1-1 user/games 2032
canola-layout 0.1-maemo1 user/utilities 60
cloudgps 0.2.9 user/navigation 288
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crazychickens 0.1-7 user/games 568
crazyparking 0.2.7-3 user/games 2224
currencyconverter 2.2.1 user/hidden 371
desktop-cmd-exec 1.10 user/desktop 144
dtg 1.0.153 user/office 8884
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easypark 1.1-3 user/navigation 80
effing 0.3.3-1 user/network 160
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feedservice-plugin-amazon 0.3.5 user/hidden 320
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fmms 1.2.7 user/network 796
fmradio 2010.03.20 user/multimedia 2172
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libqtm-serviceframework 1:1.0.2-maemo4+0m5 user/libs 392
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Re: Battery on the N900
 

This is the problem :]
Just try to stop the checking of emails...

Re: Battery on the N900
 

Thanks for this. Actually, I disabled all chat accounts 2 days ago, with no major improvements :( I have everything else I mentioned running.

Re: Battery on the N900
 

eh..hmm...
do you have any online widgets..which constantly go online like facbeook widget or twitter widget?

Re: Battery on the N900
 

I have a facebook widget running , a weather widget (checkes every 1 hour), all other widgets dont go online. But anyways, even when I had the 90 dollar extended battery, the battery life was pretty bad. I do not think a great device like the N900 would be this much affected by facebook widget. what else could it be ? thanks for your help!

Re: Battery on the N900
 

Is this an OTA update from PR1.2 or a fresh flash?

Re: Battery on the N900
 

Do this..start conky..see which app is using your cpu
and go in your terminal and type "top" and see which process is using ur cpu...

Re: Battery on the N900
 

lol when I open Conky, it tells me the app thats using the most cpu is conky, then Xorg, then Hildon. Same with the terminal results. Please note I am overclocked to 1000 Mhz, maybe that has some effect? But again even when I run stock, I hardly see any difference.

Re: Battery on the N900
 

It is an OTA update.

Re: Battery on the N900
 

reflash your device..