Battery life after the update.

[Lobstar]

I've been a heavy user of my Droid for a while now, and with the same app load out as I had prior to 2.1, I'm noticing my battery life is horrible. I went from a full day draining me to only 30% or so to having to charge back to 100% multiple times a day. I also have noticed that if I get the 15% warning, if I restart my phone I magically have charged it back to about 40-50%.

My question is this: Does anyone have a similar story/issue and have you been able to nail it down?

(I'm sorry if this is a repeat, but I've searched and have come back empty of any real information to the problem.)

[Papachabre]

I use mine quite a bit as well. Yesterday I lost 40% over a 12-hour period, and it's updated to 2.1.

Did you try calibrating the battery? I.e. draining it to the point where the phone shuts itself down and then charging it for two additional hours after it reads 100%. I did that before the update and noticed an improvement; the phone ran on empty for over an hour all the while I was running Pandora and YouTube to try to drain the battery .

[hookbill]

One of the main things this update did was improve battery life. It's discussed quite a bit throughout the Forum threads. I would like you to look at the following: http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/moto_droid.pdf.

This has been posted many times in the Droid Forum.

[Hines]

I read a thread yesterday about someone using Apollo Task Killer to automatically kill background apps when your phone goes into it's usual suspend mode.

I just installed this program last night, so I can't give any real-life proof yet.

[mikehal38]

My battery is doing the same thing, although mine is lasting much longer than before the update. I use my phone as an mp3 player and before the 2.1 update I would have to charge my phone during lunch in order for it to last 8 hours at work. Now it is making it about all day with heavy use without charging during lunch.

[OyVOid]

My battery is doing the same thing, although mine is lasting much longer than before the update. I use my phone as an mp3 player and before the 2.1 update I would have to charge my phone during lunch in order for it to last 8 hours at work. Now it is making it about all day with heavy use without charging during lunch.

I am glad to hear that because I use my Droid as my music player everyday at work and I found my battery drain was ridiculous. I had to keep it on the charger every three hours. I just installed the 2.1 update and hope the battery life will improve.

[zasran]

Why are you pointing to http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/moto_droid.pdf It does not mention battery life.

ero

[Lobstar]

As an update, I Uninstalled handcent and am at about 24 hours on a charge. Still lower, but getting better. Weird...

[cyber3d]

Do check the battery usage from: Settings>About Phone>Battery Use
Interesting stats on what processes are using what percent of battery juice.

[hookbill]

Why are you pointing to http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/moto_droid.pdf It does not mention battery life.

ero

Hmmmm.....so it doesn't. I used that list because it's my experience that all the list were the same and I felt the Verizon page was the best one to point to.

There is this list but I can't guarantee the source Android 2.1 features for Droid leaked | Geekword

And I've seen it in just about every other list on the internet. But the fact that Verizon doesn't have it listed does disturb me a bit.