SAMSUNG D900 Battery Life

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SlashAnger

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My D900's battery drains a bit too fast for my liking. After being fully charged in the afternoon, all I do is listen to MP3's and surf around on Opera Mini till midnight when the phone closes my applications to tell me that the battery is flat!

Is this normal?
 
SlashAnger said:
My D900's battery drains a bit too fast for my liking. After being fully charged in the afternoon, all I do is listen to MP3's and surf around on Opera Mini till midnight when the phone closes my applications to tell me that the battery is flat!

Is this normal?
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according to mobile-review.com your mobile should last 260 hours standby, talk time ONLY 3:30 HOURS.

my mother has a samsung and has been known to stress-out over battery issues. no good!
Samsung D900 - Full phone specifications
 
Darn that's bad news

I had hoped that it was a battery fault. I'm testing now to see how long the battery will last when using tv-out and playing mp3's constantly. Should be interesting

Thanx for the replies
 
SlashAnger said:
Darn that's bad news

I had hoped that it was a battery fault. I'm testing now to see how long the battery will last when using tv-out and playing mp3's constantly. Should be interesting

Thanx for the replies
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its the same story wiv motorolla (canny spell) my mother swapped for a samsung. i switched from nokia to sony ericsson for a better camera, ive been listenin to mp3s for past 3hrs, made 1hr phone call and battery is laughing currently at 77%. superb phone
 
I knew I should've gone for the Sony Ericsson, preferably the W810i which was my second choice. Everywhere I asked they suggested I take the D900 beacause "it's so slim". Who cares?

I agree newpaws, Sony Ericsson's are superb! :doh:
 
I know on my PDA if it's in standby it'll last for like a week - if I get bored and watch a video / movie or listen to music it'll last just a few hours.
 
Matt555 said:
I know on my PDA if it's in standby it'll last for like a week - if I get bored and watch a video / movie or listen to music it'll last just a few hours.
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switched from mp3 to radio at 12pm been listenin to it since then batt now 74% :chk:

if i stick a movie on me fone (flight of the phoenix) and watch it at work, i can replay it over and over about 3-4 times before batt runs low very impressed wiv it


update: started mp3s at 8:30, made 1hr call and used radio at 12pm (so non-stop usage). its now 130pm and my batt is at 67% :D at this rate ill be able to have a 3hr call 5hrs mp3 and 3hrs more radio :)
 
Wow. Sounds good!

Funnt thing: My D900's battery level hasn't dropped one bit since 11 30 this morning and it's not 14 00 here. It's been playing MP3's on the tv-out. But, the day is still young...
 
SlashAnger said:
Wow. Sounds good!

Funnt thing: My D900's battery level hasn't dropped one bit since 11 30 this morning and it's not 14 00 here. It's been playing MP3's on the tv-out. But, the day is still young...
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using mp3 wont run down your battery that much as its basically still on standby mode but with a slightly higher power consumption (as long as the LED isnt lit it will last a long time) - wiv mp3s and radio ur battery is walking (instead of just standing on standby)

its the calls and surfing (using the ariel and LEDs) that slaps the battery to sprint mode
 
It dropped from two thirds to one third in 20 minutes...

I was playing around with the camera and recorded approximately a total of 15 minutes' video


Back to playing mp3's now...
 
correct me if im wrong but if your using your TV for the audio output it MAY use more power as the data has to travel inside the tv curcuits (hense a wider voltage area which causes tention) im not sure if its that simple tho.

try making it throwin your mp3s through traditional earphones etc ;)
 
Tv-out is audio and video on the tv, which is on my pc.

Anyways, I recorded some videos with the phone with the tv-out mode enabled. Whereafter I playd some mp3's again until now... the battery just died. That was 4 hours of battery life. From fully charged to dead.

I used tv-out the whole time, which does seem to drain allot more power but I'll test it some other day. It playd mp3's most of the time, and recorded and playd back videos in a period of 20 minutes.
 
your battery health outside manufacture limits can be determined by how much warning it gives you before the phone switches off

on a healthy battery you should get about 5mins without changing anything (steady power consumption) and then it should switch off by itself.

if you get little or no warning and your phone just goes dead (or switches off) then your battery is old and worn and not performing to manufacture standards
 
I get a warning, then about one minute before the phone shuts down.

But I tested the battery using extreme conditions such as the tv-out.

I reckon it'll last longer under standard conditions using it lightely.


But it's charging again... gonna test it tomorrow, playing only mp3's until the batteries dead.
 
The internet & MP3 player drain the battery like crazy. I have the Samsung SPH-a920 and it will last 3 days with moderate voice usage. If I have the MP3 player on or internet it's dead in about 1.5-4 hours depending on what I'm doing.

Even leaving the media player open without having an mp3 playing kills the battery like nothing.
 
Hi,
My recent experience seems to suggest that it could be a fault with the phone.
I bought two D900's from Virgin last week for my wife and I.
While they are reconditions phones they look as good as new (and were half the price!)
While we've only had them a week I've noticed that my phone lasts no longer than 9hrs even after a full charge and very little use while my wifes shows no sign of battery use at all.

At first we thought I must have a dud battery so we swapped them over but this made no difference.
After a little surfing for advice I found a site suggesting how to get the best out of your battery and I've tried all of this (switch off bluetooth, dim the screen, shorten the display settings etc) and this made no difference at all.

We have even done a direct compare, play the same amount of music and games etc and for some strange reason my phone lasts a fraction of the time compared to the missus! - I've even noticed that it seems to be using battery even on stand-by.
I wasn't sure at first if I was accidentally pressing the buttons when the phone was in my pocket which would illuminate the screen but we have even ruled that out too...

So it really does look like a phone fault.

As they are on 28 day approval I have had them swap the phones - the new one has come today (I can't complain at all about the service from Virgin).

I'm a little worried if I will have the same problem with this as it's probably been returned by another frustrated D900 user but I'll let you know how I get on.

If there is a fault or a bad batch this would explain why some users find fault with the battery life and others love it!

Andy
 
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