Anyone Who is have a Battery life issue since the update post here so we can have a count.

[Droid_Does_XXX]

I am going through 2 batteries a day now before it was 1 a day. Not sure what they did but if you are having the issue post here.

[annoni]

I upgraded to froyo yesterday. This morning at 8a, I put a fully charged battery into my phone this morning and now, 4:39p my time my battery is almost spent. I got better battery use out of my thunderbolt. Sure hope this issue gets resolved soon.

[annoni]

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ArnettH_VZW wrote:

From there you can decide what to adjust. As always, you can get additional assistance for your individual device at...

Hope this helps…

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It really doesn't help because the thrust of this thread is that we have all been getting much better battery life with the same device. The only thing that has changed is the software update that included froyo. Can anyone explain why I get less battery life out of my Fascinate after the s/w update than I got out of my thunderbolt?

The thunderbolt is  a 4g device with a bigger screen (and a bigger battery) that is reputed to get really bad battery life, Yet the Fascinate is now exhibiting less battery life. I am only getting 8-10 hrs of battery life and I'm not a heavy user. Formerly I would get a day and a half out of a single battery. The Thunderbolt would give me just shy of 24 hrs on a single charge. While your post gave us some good information, it seems to offer a minimally ineffective work-around... far from resolution.

[reros07]

Okay that was wierd..anyways I'm having issues as well. But doing the suggestion on here by "reprgramming" your battery helped a little..

[randallg]

Mine & my wife's battery life has diminished by 50% from 2.1...not going to do a factory reset...I close all apps with Task Manager each time and shut the phone off at night while I'm charging.  Hope Verizon can figure something out. 

[AJWilk]

I am having battery issues as well.  Before 2.2 I could go all day and charge overnight.  This morning I only got about 5-6 hours, much of that time in standby.  I have attempted the following to address the battery issue (none have worked):

Screen Brightness on lowest setting

Wifi off

GPS off

Drained battery > removed/reinstalled battery > fully recharged before turning back on

Multiple "battery saving" apps

Glad to see that Verizon is looking into the issue.  I hope to see some results soon, with battery life like I've experienced post 2.2 the phone is almost unusable.

[espozito5]

mine barely last through a work day and i dont use it that much at all cuple of calls 5-6 text messages mostly sits there on my desk 

i take my phone off charger at 730 am its orange by 530 pm

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Droid_Does_XXX wrote:

I am going through 2 batteries a day now before it was 1 a day. Not sure what they did but if you are having the issue post here.

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[jbw1950]

My battery life is cut in half.  If use any apps....sucks the life right out : ((

[sewsewnut]

I have an LG Cosmos, not the Droid or Smart phones like I am seeing here.  However, I am having battery life issues too.  Started a little more than a week ago.  Talked with customer service on Dec 23rd.  They said my battery is under warranty, however, there are no batteries for my phone in stock right now.  Suggested that I take it back to the Corporate store in Lady Lake, FL where I purchased my phone.  So I did and they ran a "test" on the phone telling me it would take 2 hours to complete.  I came back in 2 hours to get the phone and was told that the battery was fine.  And that I should charge it every night.  Well I do charge it every night mainly because I don't have a landline so my phone is used heavily with text, calls, and picture messages.  So here it is one week later and I've been charging my phone twice a day since the test was done at the corporate store.  It is very frustrating to have to continue to deal with this garbage.  So add me to your count.

[3dman]

My battery life is much worse after the 2.2 update. I changed some of the display settings, it is slightly better, but unacceptable compared to before.

[telveer]

I had what I thought was a battery issue after upgrading to 2.2. However, after a few days - I realized I had two different Facebook syncs and Hotmail sync enabled every one hour. I removed all syncs except Gmail and FB. Now, I get very good battery life. I have the habit of fully charging the phone every night but there were a few cases when I forgot and I could manage the second day without charge with light use

[Cr318]

Due to Verizon publishing this update which renders my phone a brick in 6 hours, I ordered two new phones from at_t. I tried multiple times to resolve the issue with Verizon but basically they said there was nothing they could do. I have been a vzw customer since air touch... it's a real shame that they can so tightly control, test and delay updates for months and still can't get them right. I'll take a couple more dropped calls if my phone's battery lasts long enough for me to make calls.

[chandru118]

Like most of you my phone battery drains lot faster after the froyo update. This is really unacceptable. Hope Verizon fixes it soon. The vibrate intensity is low too.

[graysayer]

+1 Less than 12 hours with almost no use and everything I could think of turned off or minimized.

Factory settings before with little to moderate use 2 days

[telveer]

For the first few weeks after I upgraded to Froyo (factory reset), I had dismal battery life. I tried all standard options (turn down brightness, turn off wifi, bt, gps, disable animations, remove live wallpaper, etc) but to no avail.

I then went to my account sync section and noticed that Hotmail was set to sync very frequently. There were two Facebook Syncs too (one FB account was for the widget that came with Fascinate and the other was for the Facebook app downloaded from Marketplace). After disabling autosync for all but my gmail and marketplace fb, I noticed that my battery life improved drastically (even better than 2.1). I also heard that 2.2 takes a week or so to learn about the system and improve battery life. Whatver the case, my phones battery life is phenomenal now. My current usage pattern is as follows

• ~2 hours or Pandora per day streamed to my car audio over BT
• ~25 mins talk time
• Atleast a couple of photos with flash every day
• About 30 minutes of browsing time
• About 30 minutes of Facebook time
• About 30 minutes of email time 

 At the end of the day (after 15 hours without charge), I still have about 75% charge left! I could not believe it initially but after seeing this consistenly for a week or so now, I am truly amazed. My only gripe now with Fascinate is lack of front facing camera!

[mdb100]

How do you adjust sync frequency or no for various accounts

[93glide]

I cannot believe how fast the battery depletes with 2.2. I actually went and bought a second wall charger to keep at work for

that mid afternoon charge that is now needed.

[chefmn2001]

I'll also Jump onto the list...after the update I have MUCH less battery life and also have the Display using up about 71% and have no idea why...have phone in lowest setting for brightness, wifi off, GPS off, and background data off also... Would love to have a fix for this stuff soon

[pdqcarrera]

My battery life was miserable with 2.1 before the Froyo update and I've noticed no change for the worse with Froyo.

I've never been able to go a full day without a battery swap, but then all my communications are run thru the phone (voice, email & txt) + web access. So, I'm not surprised. I plug in whenever possible yet have 1 extra regular battery and 1 XL for backup. One is always on the charger stand and a reserve in my briefcase. 

[Aftershock]

I agree with this statement 100%: "My battery life was miserable with 2.1 before the Froyo update and I've noticed no change for the worse with Froyo."

[PO_pack_mule]

Heed the above tips.

I would also suggest doing a "battery bump".

I broke down and did the factory data reset after the Froyo update, and also did the battery bump.  Only loosing about 9% of battery overnight, roughly 12hrs since last charge.

Phone signal strength is a battery killer also.  If you are getting a weak to no signal, switch to airplane mode if you can.

Ed sends