I was wondering how you guys charge the phone after you guys received it. I've had it for 2 1/2 days now. This questions is aim more towards the users who've had it about a week, and experience longer battery life with it than originaly out the box potential.

Of course I would still appreciated anyone whoever who answers. Even small can make a big fire.

I want to know:

• How long you've had it.
• what your charging routine was from the first day till present day.
• Has it Increase your battery life, and by how much.
• Do you charge it with the power on or power off

For me:

• I've had it 2 1/2 days
• The first day I drained the rest of the battery, and charged it 12 hours on the first night, 8 hours on the 2nd night. and I plan just charge it untill it's fully charged from now on.
• I haven't noticed too much increased battery life, probably only by a margin longer
• I always charge my phone power off because I assume it's healthier for the phone.

My battery life lasts about a day, is this about right? I hear some people saying that after a few days of cycling through charges they see dramatic changes in battery life.

You guys got any tips to extend battery life or experiment with any 3rd party chargers? Let me know

Thanks!

Well it all depends on what you use (3G, wifi, etc...)
First day I had my phone, I uncharged it completely, then let on charge for about 3 hours, turned off. The green light went on. To be honest, I hat it yesterday and my battery lasts more than a day! Unplugged at 20h00 yesterday and now, at 18h20, it's still at 55%. My use was small-moderate, no-wifi at all, about 1h of internet surfing on 3G, maybe 40-50 sms, screen brightness at 3, and maybe 20 minutes of call.
Concerning third party chargers, I'm waiting for a Proporta turbocharger 3400mah. More than 2 charges, it's about the size of an mp3 player, very portable. Check out proporta's web site.

-I got mine for 3 days.

-I charged until the green light is on. Then I use it through out the day.
It last me 13hours with a very heavy use lol. Wifi, on 3G network, web browsing, email, sms constantly, playing with apps, downloaded apps from extra, testing camera, basically it was on 12hours constantly and about 1hour idle with tasks hidden and answered calls..

-Not sure about increasing the battery life. But if you turned off all the facebook, amazon etc widgets. You tends to get better battery life

-I charged it with power on

I got a car charger for it, and it work great as well. No compatibility issues.

Right now i'm testing it with 2G network.

I have pretty good battery life. My n900 easily lasts all day. I have no widgets running, turn off wifi and data connections when not in use and switch to GSM mode when i am in a area not coverwd by 3G.

I norally just wait for the n900 to pop up the "your battery is low" warning and plug it into either my PC or the wall charger and leave it until the green led lights up. I've had my n900 about 2 weeks and havent noticed shortened battery life.

battery life is pretty low here....
i use GSM (no 3g in my area) with edge connection always on, display brightness on 3... phone calls + sms... no major widgets used... the battery would last barely 9 to 10 hours... ive tried different settings... ive had the phone for 3 days now... nothing changed...if i get to keep this phone i definitely need to buy a 2nd battery...

same here... using edge network.... with lots of widgets on... web browsing.... and etc.. the battery doesn't last for a day... i bought zaggsparq.. but it's not working on n900.... and tried to watch video.. and with a full charged battery. after 2 hrs of watching.. the batteries goes to lessthan 10%... =[

hmmm I charged it while it was on for about 3 hours till it was full, and the green light turned on, then I charged it off for about thirty minutes last night.

I left it on for the night, and It didn't use an ounce of battery, the battery icon looks fully charged still. I know it was idle for the night, but it seems pretty impressive still.

I don't know if the way I charged it affected it's longer battery life, but I'll keep you guys updated on how long it lasts from last night on

I got about 3 more hours yesterday than the day before, could be because of usage too

One month happy owner of N900, Brightness level 2, NO Widgets.
Battery Lasts about 2days if I use as a phone- moderate use.
Battery lasts around 8-9 hours if 3G always On and I talk 1-2h via Skype.
Battery lasts around 12hours if I use 3G for Radio Streaming while I am driving (total 2hours)
Battery lasts 6-8 hours If 3G always ON, I browse Flash enabled sites and forget to kill the browserd processes in memory.
Battery lasts 8-10 hours if I listen audiobook online (3-4hours) via flash site and I kill browerd processes in memory.

hi everybody ,
i love this phone for suer but iam struggling with the battery!!!!!mine lasts for 5 hours!!!??? so got another battery that lasts for 5 hours as well and i ve noticed that the phone (back) is quiet hot !!!
i brought the phone back to the nokia store and the NOKIA_Nerd TECH told me : don t know give it a couple of weeks and we will see ... very pro isn t it?