Poor battery life on v1240

[Guest Chaos]

Compared to my old SPV c500 I'm disappointed by the battery life on my v1240, or at least sometimes am.

On some ocassions I can go without charging it for a couple of days (leaving it on at night), but often I find the battery meter drops quite rapidly and get a 'battery low' warning after only a day's use.

Could I have faulty battery (and if so will a c500 battery work)? Also, how much does bluetooth and wi-fi affect the battery life? I have both switched off most of the time. However, I could leave the bluetooth on my c500 on all the time and it hardly affected battery life at all.

Thank you, and sorry if I'm repeating an existing topic.

[Guest Chaos]

Just noticed that despite my phone being on my desk unused for the past few hours, the screen is still on. Maybe that is what is shortening the battery life. In the settings I've told it to switch the screen off after a minute of not being used, so why is it still on? :rolleyes:

[Guest duke_stix]

Just noticed that despite my phone being on my desk unused for the past few hours, the screen is still on. Maybe that is what is shortening the battery life. In the settings I've told it to switch the screen off after a minute of not being used, so why is it still on? :rolleyes:

hey

go to Settings>Power Management and use the settings im using which are: 'Backlight time out on battery: 15 seconds', Backlight time out on AC: 5mins, display time out: 1 minute, light sensor enable:on'

and on top of that, WIFI and Bluetooth DRAIN the battery! wifi moreso! u can drain the batter in a few hours with having the wi-fi on! so set it to disconnect with the lcd screen, theres an option along those lines in the power management bit of the wi-fi settings!

its a great phone otherwise! just having trouble finding a decent case! (krussels are too bulky for my liking but seems i may have to settle for one!)

have fun!

[Guest The Doctor]

hey

go to Settings>Power Management and use the settings im using which are: 'Backlight time out on battery: 15 seconds', Backlight time out on AC: 5mins, display time out: 1 minute, light sensor enable:on'

and on top of that, WIFI and Bluetooth DRAIN the battery! wifi moreso! u can drain the batter in a few hours with having the wi-fi on! so set it to disconnect with the lcd screen, theres an option along those lines in the power management bit of the wi-fi settings!

its a great phone otherwise! just having trouble finding a decent case! (krussels are too bulky for my liking but seems i may have to settle for one!)

have fun!

you could also try Tornado PowerControl found here on modaco to help save your battery

Phil