what is the consesus on the longest battery life possible so far (within reason)?
leader0101
Enthusiast - Level 3

i was just curious bc no there is an extended battery for the droid x and there are apps and stuff now to help before a new update comes out to maybe fix alot of the problems.

 

basically describe in as much detail as possible how much you use it and how long does it last.

 

thanks

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leader0101
Enthusiast - Level 3

also i found this website giving a reivew of the extended battery and wanted to see what ya'll have to say abou it too:

 

http://theandroidblog.com/content/292-accessory-review-motorola-droid-x-extended-battery.html

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leader0101
Enthusiast - Level 3

did i pick a really bad question to ask or what? lol

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curtterp
Specialist - Level 1

Battery life to me is a moot point.

 

I can get over 8 hours a day, if I only check something when I get notifications

 

I get between 3-4 hours when I am listening to ESPN radio constantly at work.

 

I have a charger at work, in the car, and at home. I make sure that I have it charged before I go out, before my meetings and anytime that I will not be around a charger.

 

It does use the battery more than any other phone that I have owned in the past, but I do more things with my X than I have with any other phone. With the large screen, its going to suck battery.

 

I no longer use any task killers, and I found that I get the same battery life than when I was using task killers. For me, a task killer is useless, because the phone manages the memory just fine.

 

That is my expirience

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Cody21
Master - Level 2

My experience over the last 2 months:  I also have 2 chargers; 1 in the car and 1 at home. I usually "top it off" to 100% first thing in the morning. (I always power it down at night). Then depending on how heavy a use it gets during the day (e.g., music or video at the gym, a lot of calls, etc.)  I'll top it off again in the late afternoon when it hits 50% or so.  I also do not use any Task Killers. I just don't leave GPS or WiFi turned on when I am not using them. I also don't use any animated wallpaper or play any games with it. When I DO use Navigation, I always leave it plugged into my car charger. (and it NEVER overheats.)

 

I did an interesting test at the gym yesterday:  I watched a full length MOVIE while on the bike/treadmill.  The movie was 1 hour 15 mins long. It (phone) was FLAWLESS !!!! Never overheated. Never crashed & rebooted!  I had 70% battery left afterwards. I was impressed.

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Kooshie
Contributor - Level 2

When I first got the X I had to charge it during the day, everyday, now I have had it for about a month and on a moderate use day I get about 15 hours from the regular battery.  I leave my Bluetooth, wifi and gps all turned on.  I did switch from the swype keyboard to the regular keyboard after noticing that the swype used more battery.  I don't usually use the actually phone that much more texting then anything else. :smileysurprised:

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leader0101
Enthusiast - Level 3

well that doesnt sound too bad.

 

for me i wouldnt use the wifi, bluetooth, or gps bc i have a laptop for wifi, i dont like bluetooth anyway, and i have a garmin if i need to get somewhere.

 

im basically a normal college student that i have to go to classes most of the day and all i do right now with my Nokia E71 is text maybe 50 or more a day, call for a few hours depending, and check websites and stuff but with the facebook widgets and stuff i wouldnt have to.

 

does that sound like a low use or something to get a good battery life out of the phone?

 

and has anyone used the extended battery and gotten extremely better battery life like the guy in the article i posted in the second post talked about?

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Cody21
Master - Level 2

I think you'll be happy with the battery life given what you're doing. Just plan to charge it daily, or top it off at night or something. I wouldn't immediately jump to a larger battery before you get some usage experience with it ..  I'm sticking with the stock battery myself; suits my needs just fine right now.      PS - the (FREE) Google NAV system is very good !!  

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f38urry
Newbie

leader0101,

 

Since you mentioned Facebook, if you leave it on push all the time it is a battery hog.

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