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 Nov 19 2004, 15:13
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 75 Joined: 19th November 2004 Member No.: 65,704  |
Hi,
I haven't flashed my mpx 200 yet but I was wondering which settings I can adjust to save on battery power, because I have to recharge the phone every day! I call a lot  According to the specs I should be able to call for 1 a 2 hours and that is correct but please post your solutions, and that doesn't include the hard reset trick.
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Nov 19 2004, 17:04
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 el Borracho  Group: Posters Posts: 1,309 Joined: 22nd May 2003 From: Scary Devil Monastery - Milton Keynes Member No.: 6,629 Device(s): 2 cups and some string |
errm,
ok tips that dont envolve hard resets: disable the check for email every x minuites dont leave it connected to the internet over gprs (ie msn etc) charge the phone using the mains charger for at least 16 hours every month charge the phone using the mains charger as much as posible dont have apps running in the background - use task manager to kill unneeded apps set the backlight timeout to 30 seconds or less those should work. if your getting 24 hours standby with 1 - 2 hours of calls thats ok, having better signal strenght might increase the standby time later Owen -------------------- Webdude - Digital Pimp - Fat free news (with added pie)
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Nov 23 2004, 06:04
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 Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 36 Joined: 17th August 2004 From: Ione CA Member No.: 53,142 Device(s): MPX200, MPX220, Moto Q |
Actually - the MPx200 has the worst battery life in the Moto fleet.
8 hrs per day tops if you use more than 2 hours on calls, or use GPRS/Web a lot as well. Best things to tell ya: 1.) Get yourself an extra charging cable. (USB, AC, DC, etc...) 2.) If you're not going to use GPRS for a while - doubleclick the hangup button. (You know it's offline, when the "G" is gone.) When you start your browser again, GPRS will come back up automagiclly. -------------------- Cingular / AT&T EQ: MPx220 OS: WM2K3SE 4.21.1088 / RAM: 1Gb / FIRM: 1.430.0.0
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Nov 23 2004, 10:42
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 75 Joined: 19th November 2004 Member No.: 65,704 |
What is exactly the difference in charging the battery with the motorola charger and the usb cable charge. I read that it is better to use the motorola charger. But why?
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Nov 23 2004, 10:46
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 Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,178 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
There is no difference in charging apart from the time it takes.
The battery should last you at least three days on standby but with normal use ie calls and games you should still get between one and two days. this will of course reduce if you start playing games for a few hours etc. -------------------- 3 mobile where the words "customer" and "service" only exists in the dictionary
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Nov 23 2004, 17:27
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 36 Joined: 17th August 2004 From: Ione CA Member No.: 53,142 Device(s): MPX200, MPX220, Moto Q |
QUOTE What is exactly the difference in charging the battery with the motorola charger and the usb cable charge. I read that it is better to use the motorola charger. But why? There really is no difference. Moto would rather have you use their cable since it's OEM. I have 3 chargers (just in case). -------------------- Cingular / AT&T EQ: MPx220 OS: WM2K3SE 4.21.1088 / RAM: 1Gb / FIRM: 1.430.0.0
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Nov 23 2004, 17:28
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 36 Joined: 17th August 2004 From: Ione CA Member No.: 53,142 Device(s): MPX200, MPX220, Moto Q |
QUOTE There is no difference in charging apart from the time it takes.
The battery should last you at least three days on standby but with normal use ie calls and games you should still get between one and two days. this will of course reduce if you start playing games for a few hours etc. You must be the only one on the planet that gets more than 8 hours per charge. -------------------- Cingular / AT&T EQ: MPx220 OS: WM2K3SE 4.21.1088 / RAM: 1Gb / FIRM: 1.430.0.0
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Nov 23 2004, 23:17
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 Regular Group: Posters Posts: 120 Joined: 10th July 2004 From: Somerset UK Member No.: 49,011 Device(s): o2 XDA Mini S |
QUOTE Rivernet1 wrote
You must be the only one on the planet that gets more than 8 hours per charge. AH, Make that two . Unless I'm playing games a lot or listening to a lot of music I normally get 2 days use (few calls, some sms etc each day). Worse I've had was 24 hrs and I had to give the battery a right caning to drop it that low.
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Nov 24 2004, 06:45
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Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,178 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
QUOTE You must be the only one on the planet that gets more than 8 hours per charge. Not at all that's about standard for most users here with proper care of their batteries etc. Remember never try to fully discharge the batter as you can damage it, and try to keep it topped upwhen possible. You also have the fully charge battery before hard reset trick as well. -------------------- 3 mobile where the words "customer" and "service" only exists in the dictionary
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Nov 24 2004, 14:35
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 MMmmm shiny Group: Posters Posts: 1,235 Joined: 16th January 2003 From: Leeds Member No.: 1,982 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
Does anyone know why/how that fully charge then hard reset trick actually works?
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Nov 24 2004, 16:21
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Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,178 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
The OS looks at the state of the battery and after the reset it
calibrates itself to the state of the battery at that time. -------------------- 3 mobile where the words "customer" and "service" only exists in the dictionary
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Nov 24 2004, 17:38
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 36 Joined: 17th August 2004 From: Ione CA Member No.: 53,142 Device(s): MPX200, MPX220, Moto Q |
QUOTE The OS looks at the state of the battery and after the reset it
calibrates itself to the state of the battery at that time. I've been developing some applications for the SmartPhone 2002 platform and have yet to read this gold nugget of information anywhere. Can you show me where this is mentioned, please? -------------------- Cingular / AT&T EQ: MPx220 OS: WM2K3SE 4.21.1088 / RAM: 1Gb / FIRM: 1.430.0.0
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Nov 25 2004, 02:55
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Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,178 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
The technique for improving the battery life has been mentioned in countless posts in this section alone.
The person who discovered this and how it works was @nonymus. This is the same guy that created the hacked 2003 rom for the MPX200. -------------------- 3 mobile where the words "customer" and "service" only exists in the dictionary
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Nov 25 2004, 03:27
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 94 Joined: 15th July 2004 Member No.: 49,509 |
the hard resets with 100% charged hasnt worked for me. do u think doing the hardreset with the phone charged to 100% and left plugged in during the reset would cause damage or be helpful?
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Nov 25 2004, 03:32
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Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 487 Joined: 2nd July 2003 From: HTC Touch Dual and O2 Graphite User PHILIPPINES Member No.: 9,237 Device(s): HTC Touch Dual / O2 Graphite |
QUOTE the hard resets with 100% charged hasnt worked for me. do u think doing the hardreset with the phone charged to 100% and left plugged in during the reset would cause damage or be helpful? you won't be able to do a hard reset with the charger still pluged in. it won't take you to the hard reset screen, as the phone will only booth-up in normal mode. |
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Nov 25 2004, 05:53
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 36 Joined: 17th August 2004 From: Ione CA Member No.: 53,142 Device(s): MPX200, MPX220, Moto Q |
QUOTE The technique for improving the battery life has been mentioned in countless posts in this section alone.
The person who discovered this and how it works was @nonymus. This is the same guy that created the hacked 2003 rom for the MPX200. That's all fine and good - but I asked for a reference for a white paper, or document from Motorola. I'm sure his hack is a good piece of work, but I'm a stickler for information from the OEM, if you know what I mean. (* This is of course not a slam on you of course... *) -------------------- Cingular / AT&T EQ: MPx220 OS: WM2K3SE 4.21.1088 / RAM: 1Gb / FIRM: 1.430.0.0
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Nov 25 2004, 06:25
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 487 Joined: 2nd July 2003 From: HTC Touch Dual and O2 Graphite User PHILIPPINES Member No.: 9,237 Device(s): HTC Touch Dual / O2 Graphite |
QUOTE QUOTE The technique for improving the battery life has been mentioned in countless posts in this section alone.
The person who discovered this and how it works was @nonymus. This is the same guy that created the hacked 2003 rom for the MPX200. That's all fine and good - but I asked for a reference for a white paper, or document from Motorola. I'm sure his hack is a good piece of work, but I'm a stickler for information from the OEM, if you know what I mean. (* This is of course not a slam on you of course... *) i don't think that there is a document from Moto with regards to this. but i have read somewhere that Orange or some other service provider also recomends this procedure. |
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Nov 25 2004, 06:35
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Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,178 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
I do not know of a white paper on this but then who is to say that
the information was not ment to be released, but as the rom has been hacked etc more information gets out. If you want more details I can only suggest you try and contact @nonymus but that may be difficult as only a few people actually know him. -------------------- 3 mobile where the words "customer" and "service" only exists in the dictionary
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Nov 25 2004, 06:38
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 36 Joined: 17th August 2004 From: Ione CA Member No.: 53,142 Device(s): MPX200, MPX220, Moto Q |
Thank you both for the insight.
At least I can't count on both of you to not read into something, as others might have taken my questioning as a form of attack or something childish. My hats off to both of you.
Oh - Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
-------------------- Cingular / AT&T EQ: MPx220 OS: WM2K3SE 4.21.1088 / RAM: 1Gb / FIRM: 1.430.0.0
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Nov 25 2004, 06:53
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Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,178 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
I will always help and advice to the best of my experience and knowledge and I am always ready to learn. But more importantly have fun as well
We do not have Thanks Giving in the UK but have a happy holiday
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