Battery

[DesignDiva]

I just bought the Droid Incredible and love the phone. However, the battery does not last the whole day. They suggested buying the battery extender which will make the phone chunkier and make the battery last longer. Has anyone bought this extender and what are the results?

 I know someone who said the extender doesn't work and they have upgraded to the large Droid by Motorolla. They said that the battery lasts longer even though the store tells me it's the same battery.

[steveanderson13]

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DesignDiva wrote:

I just bought the Droid Incredible and love the phone. However, the battery does not last the whole day. They suggested buying the battery extender which will make the phone chunkier and make the battery last longer. Has anyone bought this extender and what are the results?

 I know someone who said the extender doesn't work and they have upgraded to the large Droid by Motorolla. They said that the battery lasts longer even though the store tells me it's the same battery.

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Glad you like it but you are right, a day's usage should be your standard.  Since you are new and probably haven't experimented with any settings,  changing these would be a logical first step--cheaper, less hassle, time saving, etc. before buying the extended battery. From the online manual:

     Checking information about your phone

     Press HOME  > MENU, and then tap Settings.

     Scroll down the screen, and then tap About phone. 

     Select one of the following:

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     Battery

     Check information about the battery such as its current battery level, status, and what 

     programs are using the battery

You can use this to discover any problems.  Your display is normally  the highest.  Probably the two biggest battery eaters are your display and your 3g radio because it will constantly search if your signal is weak. To address the display usage, use the Power Control widget. Long press on an empty space on your home screen, select widgets, select Power Control.  It allows you toggle on/off your bluetooth, wifi, sync, and display brightness.  Use the lowest display you can manage.  If you toggle sync off, your phone will only update data (emails etc) when you want them; likewise on the other settings.  

See if changing these settings or any others that you need/discover extend your battery sufficiently.  If you are a heavy user and these are insufficient, the extended battery would be the next step.  I understand it works well but like you said, it is bigger. 

[B33]

Something to add to this when charging ur phone use your charger that came with the D inc. charge the phone till your green light comes on. with the charger still hooked to the phone power off the phone your light will go Orange again leave it till it goes Green then You'll be Fully charge it's ok to this as several has posted on doing this

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If  U want a battery with a little longer run Time with out the heft Try the Seido InoCell 1750 mAh Battery it gives a littlle more run time an u can keep your standard back cover.

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there are other things you can do that will help with batt . instead of Live wall Papers use non live wallpapers, take the display off

automatic an set it as low as you can, Uncheck to turn off blue tooth if it's on,You can turn on Airplain mode or simply turn off the

Network By going to Menu> Settings > scroll down to Mobile Network an un check it. A Faster way to turn these off an on are done

like this. Touch the  +  sign on the main screen you'll see Add to home Touch ( widget ) Scroll Down to Settings touch the Arrow

Down. Then your Add setting widgets will show up touch Air plain mode widget or mobile Network widget it will pute it on the

main screen or a different screen if you have the room for it to go there. if not just take Ur finger pute it on what  you dont want on

the Screen drag it the bottom an it will make a space for it. then by touching the widget u can turn it off or back on. an can alway

go back an get more of these widgets a reminder if turn these off you wont get your emails or u wont be able to go on the Web.

when U turn off the mobile network U can still Use phone to make phone calls.