Droid 1 Battery drains in hour of usage

one_love718

My phone was bought in July of this year and although its had may glitches and issues since I bought it, I never expected my battery to be the first thing that gives out on me.

Does anyone know the simplest way of fixing this matter?

I don't want to pay Verizon any more than I already am. 

 

kSo9204

Here are some options available for extending the battery life for your Motorola Droid. Many applications and widgets use a connection to the Internet. It is recommended to review the applications and widgets being used to ensure the proper balance between battery life and device usage. Additionally, it is recommended to turn off any un-necessary running services such as additional wireless radios (WiFi, Bluetooth, and Satellite GPS).  The tone notification uses less power than the vibrate notification. Adjusting display settings such as: screen brightness, timeout, etc. can also effect battery life.

Stop Running Application:

From the home screen, touch the applications tab(located on the bottom of the screen). 

Touch Settings. 

Touch Applications.

Touch Running services. 
Touch the desired service.
Touch Stop.

Display Settings

From the home screen, touch the applications tab(located on the bottom of the screen).

Touch Settings.

Touch Sound & display. 

From Display Settings touch the desired option:
Orientation

If desired, ensure Orientation is checked to enable the display orientation to switch when rotating the phone.
Animation

Touch the desired option.

• No animations
• Some animations
• All animations 

Brightness

Adjust the desired Brightnessthen touch OK.
If automatic brightness is desired, ensure Automatic brightness is checked. 

Screen timeout

Touch the desired screen timeout.

• 15 seconds
• 30 seconds
• 1 minute
• 2 minutes
• 10 minutes
• Never timeout 

GPS Settings

Satellite GPS requires more power and will have a greater effect on battery life.

From the home screen, touch the applications tab(located in the lower left).

Touch Settings. 
Touch Location & security.
Touch Use GPS satellites.
GPS is enabled if a green check mark is present.

Wifi Settings

From the home screen, touch the applications tab(located on the bottom of the screen).

Touch Settings.
Touch Wireless & networks.

Touch WiFi.
WiFi is enabled if a green check mark is present.

Vibrate Mode

From the home screen, select the applications tab(located on the bottom of the screen).

Select Settings. 

Select Sound.

Select Vibrate.

Select the option.

• Always
• Never
• Only in Silent mode
• Only when not in Silent mode 

Motorola has a "Power Control" widget to give easy access to several settings.

From the home screen, touch Menu.

Touch Add.

Touch Widgets.

Touch the desired widget.