Droid Charge

[#1]

That's going to be an unfortunate choice of a name if the battery life proves to be a problem. I don't think Marketing people always think things through as they should.

[Gunslngr21]

the reviews have been pretty positive about the battery life. 

[gina7289]

I thought the numbers looked good. I have the only other 4g phone Verizon sells which has a worse battery then the charge.
things that might contribute.

1 dim the brightness
2 don't have the screen on always on
3 hot spot takes juice.
4 in and out of signal or if u use 4g.
5 background apps

[robbie725]

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gina7289 wrote:
I thought the numbers looked good. I have the only other 4g phone Verizon sells which has a worse battery then the charge.
things that might contribute.

1 dim the brightness
2 don't have the screen on always on
3 hot spot takes juice.
4 in and out of signal or if u use 4g.
5 background apps

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Kinda makes it not worth having the phone if you have to turn everything off... I have the Charge for 7 days... I send a couple text messages a day on average maybe 25... maybe 3-5 phone calls, and read several emails that I might have received... BUT mostly I am sliding the puzzle piece into the other to see if I have any new messages, emails or missed calls since Samsung decided not to include an LED to let you know that you have a new message, email or missed a call how stupid is that... anyway by the end of the day I have to CHARGE it up again... so the name fits this phone as it seems I am always putting it on charge.

Good Luck

robbie

[TBhouston]

yes, 4g devices need to be charged daily.

try blackberry if you need longer than a day

[AZSALUKI]

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robbie725 wrote:

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gina7289 wrote:
I thought the numbers looked good. I have the only other 4g phone Verizon sells which has a worse battery then the charge.
things that might contribute.

1 dim the brightness
2 don't have the screen on always on
3 hot spot takes juice.
4 in and out of signal or if u use 4g.
5 background apps

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Kinda makes it not worth having the phone if you have to turn everything off... I have the Charge for 7 days... I send a couple text messages a day on average maybe 25... maybe 3-5 phone calls, and read several emails that I might have received... BUT mostly I am sliding the puzzle piece into the other to see if I have any new messages, emails or missed calls since Samsung decided not to include an LED to let you know that you have a new message, email or missed a call how stupid is that... anyway by the end of the day I have to CHARGE it up again... so the name fits this phone as it seems I am always putting it on charge.

Good Luck

robbie

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robbie.....you can set reminders so it vibrates or beeps or whatever you want, every so many minutes, until you check your email, texts, etc. if the charge doesn't have the feature built in, then there are apps that you can use (i like "missed call deluxe"). at least this way your not constantly waking it up to check. i GOTTA have the led. i don't know why every manufacturer doesn't include these???

[gemro311]

Have had the Charge since Saturday , and getting in a full day of charge..7am to about 1am . Texting alot, several phone calls a day, checking emails, twitter, and facebook. I turn off the screen as soon as I'm done , as this is the one thing that eats up most of your battery. I do not have anything set to receive automatically . These are little computers , which get alot more battery life than your Laptop.

[jeff351s]

my battery life is very good. Full day no problems.

from the home screen, pull down the top menu bar and turn off (de-select) GPS. That might help your issue

[Nebular_Novice]

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TBhouston wrote:

yes, 4g devices need to be charged daily.

try blackberry if you need longer than a day

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I don't need longer than a day, but in a recent case, a day turned out to be 10 hours or less with very minimal use.  I was driving in my car with bluetooth, but didn't make any calls.

The only thing I can figure is that I was driving through some areas with no 4G and overall fringe coverage of any type.  Maybe the battery got used up with searching, going in and out of coverage, etc.  (I don't know how long it lasted, just that it was totally dead 10 hours after charging.)

If I keep this phone, I'll just get another battery (and probably the car charger).

[AZSALUKI]

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Nebular_Novice wrote:

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TBhouston wrote:

yes, 4g devices need to be charged daily.

try blackberry if you need longer than a day

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I don't need longer than a day, but in a recent case, a day turned out to be 10 hours or less with very minimal use.  I was driving in my car with bluetooth, but didn't make any calls.

The only thing I can figure is that I was driving through some areas with no 4G and overall fringe coverage of any type.  Maybe the battery got used up with searching, going in and out of coverage, etc.  (I don't know how long it lasted, just that it was totally dead 10 hours after charging.)

If I keep this phone, I'll just get another battery (and probably the car charger).

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get the "LTE OnOff" app" and when you are driving or in areas that you aren't sure about, you can disable 4g all together. it significantly helps with the issue you appeared to have that day. i actually leave 4g nearly all of the time. i activate it when i want to download a large file or skype video someone.