Thank you for your feedback. Adding to what was stated, in helping Jh123, many things can drain the battery fast. Below, I have provided ways to better your battery life and steps for closing the applications that you are not currently using with instructions to adjust some features that can use less battery power. I hope these suggestions can help.
Instructions to stop running applications your not using:
- From the home screen, select Applications.
- Select Settings.
- Select Applications.
- Select Running services.
- Select a service.
- Select Stop.
Instructions to turn Bluetooth on/off when your using this option:
- From the home screen, select and hold the status bar (located at the top).
- Drag the window shade down.
- Select Bluetooth.
Enabled when a green indicator is present.
Instructions to change display settings to limit use of some features:
- From the home screen, select Applications.
- Select Settings.
- Select Sound & display.
- Select a option. (Orientation, Animation, Brightness, Screen timeoutt, Unlock settings, or Power saving mode)
-----Listed below are steps for some of the optionns above-----
Animation
- Select Animation.
- Select one of the following settings:
- No animations
- Some animations
- All animations
Brightness
- Select Brightness.
- Adjust the Brightness as necessary then touch OK. To manually adjust Brightness, Automatic brightness adjustment must be disabled (unchecked).
Screen timeout
- Select Screen timeout.
- Select one of the following settings:
- 15 seconds
- 30 seconds
- 1 minute
- 2 minutes
- 10 minutes
- 30 minutes
Power saving mode
- Select Power saving mode to enable / disable. Enabled when a green check mark is present.
Tips for better battery life
- Follow the manufacturer's instructions for properly charging the device.
- Do not store the device in direct sunlight or hot locations.
- Do not rely on the device's vehicle power adapter as the battery charger for the device. The vehicle power adapter is meant to be a temporary low battery level solution until the device can be properly charged.
Unfortunately, this is not the case for my wife's Fascinate. Prior to the ED05 update, I talked her into doing a Factory Reset and it did not improve the device battery life. She applied the ED05 update and she still has to charge the phone 2 to 3 times a day. Even after the update, the Signal Strength is very low to non-existent. The "Time without a signal" is anywhere from 50 - 70%.
Since I also have the Fascinate, poor battery life, low signal strength and slow network speeds are always a daily topic in our household. 
- Tim
Check the date in which the unit was manufactured, certain phones are having issues and many of us feel it has to do with the date they were made.
thornbe wrote:Unfortunately, this is not the case for my wife's Fascinate. Prior to the ED05 update, I talked her into doing a Factory Reset and it did not improve the device battery life. She applied the ED05 update and she still has to charge the phone 2 to 3 times a day. Even after the update, the Signal Strength is very low to non-existent. The "Time without a signal" is anywhere from 50 - 70%.
Since I also have the Fascinate, poor battery life, low signal strength and slow network speeds are always a daily topic in our household.
- Tim
