handaxe | # 11 | 2011-03-25, 14:58 | Report

How old is the battery? They do degrade. If you are approaching a year of use, think about a new battery. Check out the link in the sig. of dr_frost_dk's post above http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=975491&postcount=3. The famed "blue Scud" is a quality battery punching above it's weight and terms of mAh and price.

Note: I have no affiliation with the company making or selling them, nor I believe does dr_frost_dk.

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freemangordon | # 12 | 2011-03-25, 15:01 | Report

Have fb,skype, gtalk online all time + bt handsfree + 3 mail accounts checked every hour + 1-3 hours browsing , connection 2g/wifi (autoselected)

CPU 250-900, custom voltage profile, no smartreflex

Battery goes from fully loaded in morning to about 50%-60% at 6-8 p.m. when hard play (programming) kicks in, so i put charger in .

There is something eating your battery, check if your wifi power saving is turned on.

farmatito | # 13 | 2011-03-25, 15:16 | Report

Use wifi-switcher to turn off wifi for real when not needed and your battery will last days.

stefanmohl | # 14 | 2011-03-25, 15:21 | Report

Do you have MyMenu, Catorize or similar installed (categorisation of your apps list)? There is a firmware bug that makes hildon-desktop keep using 3-10% CPU-time continuously after entering the app sub-menus once or a few times.

You can use htop or conky to find out if this is a problem for you. If it is, hildon-desktop will be continuously (not just short moments) running at more than 3-10% CPU (it should be below 1% when you are just idling).

In general, when things are OK, conky should show you mostly having 250MHz at less than 10% total CPU load when idling (most of that is conky itself displaying its results). If you have more than that for prolonged periods when idling, you have a problem that will drain your battery in less than a day.

I actually think this is one of the main culprits for people having poor battery-life.

To fix the problem, either uninstall MyMenu/Catorize, or run this script every time you have been in the apps-menus:

cd ~/.config/menus
mv hildon.menu tmp
sleep 1
mv tmp hildon.menu

That will reset hildon-desktop and, after a short while, bring it back to normal idling levels.

James_Littler | # 15 | 2011-03-25, 15:47 | Report

Or just install a custom hildon desktop like everyone else.

stefanmohl | # 16 | 2011-03-25, 16:15 | Report

Hmmm, could you explain that a bit more? Do you mean the community SSU or just a normal app that is able to replace hildon-desktop? Which app in that case?

lifenexus | # 17 | 2011-03-25, 17:06 | Report

what are ur temperatures in the country u live in?
I barely get 14 hrs.. now a days with many mods i pull out roughly 18 hrs

JAMIIE | # 18 | 2011-03-25, 19:02 | Report

Im looking into changing my battery as this phone is maybe 1-2 years old, has anyone seen an aftermarket replacement that has a higher capasity and longer life?

leetnoob | # 19 | 2011-03-25, 19:34 | Report

what's the point of the autodisconnect app if people are getting 24 hours of battery life with the in built power saving? i run autodisconnect but might turn it off now, as i don't see the point.. at least for wifi anyway.

handaxe | # 20 | 2011-03-25, 20:43 | Report

Read my post 6/7 above yours mate, THE link is there