Battery manager

[kjg26]

Is the built in power manager a decent program or is a program like power manager better suited for power management

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[dajogejr]

To be honest, I think any battery savings you might get with an app will be negated by them constantly running in the background.

Reboot your phone every few days, turn off unneeded services/apps in the background (Settings\Applications\Running services) and use the phone.

It's not going to give you days of battery life...just gonna have to accept that. !!

 

[Larry_ThaGr81]

Is the built in power manager a decent program or is a program like power manager better suited for power management

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If you haven't already done so, turn off your 4G if you aren't any where near a area receiving 4G speeds and you know that the area you live in won't be getting it anytime soon. Your 4G radio is constantly using your battery searching for a 4G signal by default and a lot of other people say there battery life is greatly improved when turning it off.

 

[kjg26]

where is the 4g radio? can i just turn off the 4g radio. I am in a 4G area and would like to take advantage of the speeds. I used power manager on my previous Droid and it helped a lot. At least with the dimming of the screen and other stuff. Never checked whats its consumption was though.

 

[ThatDroidGuyInJax]

I just installed Phone Info this afternoon. It lets you turn of 4G and run CDMA only. I'll see how much the battery life improves over the weekend. I can't see needing 4G most of the time.

ETA: Today (4/3) I am amazed at the difference in battery power by turning 4G off. I did a full charge overnight and I barely seen any change in the battery gauge after using it for email, uploading pics, etc.

 

[ThatDroidGuyInJax]

4/4 Update: At 1pm I'm still showing 35% battery life w/no charge overnight. It's amazing the difference in battery life by disabling 4G.