Battery Life - Samsung Fascinate - 2.2

[knully]

Ok, I know everyone always complains about battery life. I did not have a huge issue when my Fascinate was on 2.1. Ever since the 2.2 update it seems my battery life is awful, 4 or 5 hours. I had JuiceDefender but that app is terrible and I removed it. I always turn off my wireless and GPS when not using but it still seems to not help much. I have also done the battery reset function when it reboots. Basically I let it die to like 5%, restarted in recovery, reset battery settings, rebooted and charged to full power. Does anyone have any other advice for the battery life?

[mdram4x4]

is bluetooth off?

whats the sync tome on your emails, ect?

take a look here

http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/358953-tested-battery-saving-tips.html

[knully]

Yes, bluetooth is off too. I only have my gmail account on this phone. It is not tied to my work email.

[JoeL_VZW]

Thanks to the community for your responses.

Its very frustrating to not have a long battery life. We are diligently working on this issue. Battery performance issues are under investigation by Samsung product management team. We don't have a ETA yet on this issue. As soon as its resolved we will post the resolution.

[desertborn54]

I often have an infant with me and I can't afford to have my phone die if I need it in an emergency!  My battery life is getting worse by the week, and I'm using using most of the battery saving tips.  I'm lucky to have it last 6-8 hours, and I'm a light phone user, only 10 minutes talk time and fewer than 20 text messages in the last month.  I'm absolutely tied to the charger.

[nickjr]

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desertborn54 wrote:

I often have an infant with me and I can't afford to have my phone die if I need it in an emergency!  My battery life is getting worse by the week, and I'm using using most of the battery saving tips.  I'm lucky to have it last 6-8 hours, and I'm a light phone user, only 10 minutes talk time and fewer than 20 text messages in the last month.  I'm absolutely tied to the charger.

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You might try buying the extended battery for now until they get the fix for this phone.

[mhill004]

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nickjr wrote:

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desertborn54 wrote:

I often have an infant with me and I can't afford to have my phone die if I need it in an emergency!  My battery life is getting worse by the week, and I'm using using most of the battery saving tips.  I'm lucky to have it last 6-8 hours, and I'm a light phone user, only 10 minutes talk time and fewer than 20 text messages in the last month.  I'm absolutely tied to the charger.

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You might try buying the extended battery for now until they get the fix for this phone.

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I wouldn't waste the money on an extended battery.  Verizon actually sent me one because they were out of the standard batteries for this phone.  I received the exact amount of useage as I did with the standard battery.

I wish Verizon would have told me these were known issues since the update.  I have been having problems for over a month.  They just sent me a certified-like new replacement phone on 7/6 and didn't mention these are known issues.  I am having the same problem with this phone.

I am an average user, phone, txt, email and occasionally play app games.  I use to get 12+ hours before with the exact same use.  Now I am lucky to get 5.

Is there anyway to go back to 2.1????

[wardcst24]

Please do some reading on XDA

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=911677

this may help

[mk92651]

I could not agree more.  Why would we purchase an extended battery when this is clearly a techinical error.  I'm over spending as much as we do for service but yet can't get service without a workable battery.  Since the upgrade my phone has been crap. I charge it 2-3 times a day and i don't even use it during work hours 8-5.  A solution should come fast or i'm cancelling and going with a provider that works.

[nickjr]

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wardcst24 wrote:

Please do some reading on XDA

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=911677

this may help

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Thanks for the link, I d/l the file and keep and use when I feel the need to.