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	rm42	2011-02-23 , 15:27
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I had battery problems for a little while. There was a bug with something I was running. I would recommend that you monitor your processes to see if you have a process that is eating up your battery. I find the "System Info Widget" very useful for this. When the device is idle, laying on a table, the widget should be at 1% or 2% most of the time.

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	StefanL	2011-02-23 , 15:39
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Originally Posted by lucas777

Well i wake up with a green light, unplug look at conky it reports 91% take battery out put back it, plug charger back in have a shower unplug 91 91% sighhh, leave for work, turn IM chats on and 3g, drive to work do a few things check some emails on the phone 10mins browsing, 71% by lunch im down to 50% by beer oclock time its under 30% and almost dead by the time i get home, its really starting to **** me off because i have so much love for this phone.

I have a Nokia car charger and use my computer USB port to recharge at work

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stlpaul	2011-02-23 , 15:49
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Originally Posted by lucas777

Well i wake up with a green light, unplug look at conky it reports 91% take battery out put back it, plug charger back in have a shower unplug 91 91% sighhh, leave for work, turn IM chats on and 3g, drive to work do a few things check some emails on the phone 10mins browsing, 71% by lunch im down to 50% by beer oclock time its under 30% and almost dead by the time i get home, its really starting to **** me off because i have so much love for this phone.

I've had the phone for more than a year and it has always been the way you describe. The only way I've found to extend battery life is to disable everything and not use the device, but what's the point in that?

By using autodisconnect and setting it to be very aggressive (disconnect everything, fall back to 2G when not connected) battery life extends far enough that it lasts almost until I go to sleep at night after being fully charged in the morning. But that's about it.