Battery Life/Brightness screen

[Guest Jasper91]

Dear B7610 users,

3 weeks ago i bought a 7610... in this 3 weeks i found some personele problems,

Battery Life

Brightness screen

First about the battery life. I need to charge the battery almost every day. I use my mobile for sms and some times internet but not much i think 4 sms each day and 3 times of 5 minutes internet.

second... Brightness screen, when i'm outside in the sun i can't see the objects on my screen. I tryed to set the brightness higher but nothing happens...

Can someone help me?

thx

Jasper

[Guest Freezy1982]

First about the battery life. I need to charge the battery almost every day. I use my mobile for sms and some times internet but not much i think 4 sms each day and 3 times of 5 minutes internet.

1) Did you check if WLAN / Bluetooth / 3G is disabled when you don't need it?

2) Do you use an original ROM with TouchUI?

3) Which lockscreen do you use?

second... Brightness screen, when i'm outside in the sun i can't see the objects on my screen. I tryed to set the brightness higher but nothing happens...

You can adjust your brightness here:

Start/Samsung Settings/Display and Light/Brightness

(Turn off "Auto adjustment" and adjust with the slider)

You also can install PocketLightProfiles HERE for fast light switching..

[Guest Jasper91]

How can I disable 3G because it's all the time on. Wlan is wifi or not? I use the 6.5 rom for the vodafone mobile from this website and i use the standard 6.5 lockscreen which you need to slide to unlock.

The brightness slider doesn't work.

thx

Jasper

[Guest Freezy1982]

You can deactivate 3G here:

Settings > Network Settings > Band Selection

Brightness:

1. Slider only works, if auto adjustmend is deactivated

2. If you are using a custom ROM please check the thread for this problem. Please ask the author of this ROM if this issue is already known.

By the way @ daskalos ROMs backlight adjustments are working like a charm...

Battery:

I have recognized, that using the standard lockscreen of WM6.5 drains a lot battery power for me too. Since I'm using S2U2 I don't need to load it every day ;-)

(But S2U2 don't lock all your HardwareButtons properly - your choice..)

[Guest Dario93]

Dear B7610 users,

3 weeks ago i bought a 7610... in this 3 weeks i found some personele problems,

Battery Life

Brightness screen

First about the battery life. I need to charge the battery almost every day. I use my mobile for sms and some times internet but not much i think 4 sms each day and 3 times of 5 minutes internet.

second... Brightness screen, when i'm outside in the sun i can't see the objects on my screen. I tryed to set the brightness higher but nothing happens...

Can someone help me?

thx

Jasper

You can edit,as Freezy1982 said,your settings in the control panel,but i suggest to perform an update of your rom,because the default WM 6.1 is a very battery-eater... Moreover,if you flash your phone,you will have a more powerful device,and a lot of minor improvements!

[Guest Jasper91]

Which roms are you using then because i'm using this one: http://www.modaco.com/content/b7610-omnia-...ial-wm-6-5-rom/

Thx

Jasper

[Guest Freezy1982]

I don't want to advertise ROM's, but I would prefer Daskalos MEGAlite ROM's. Stable, low battery consumption and full customizable because of much free RAM.

(But follow the instructions wisely to get it working :rolleyes: )

Here is a list: ROMs

[Guest Jasper91]

You can deactivate 3G here:

Settings > Network Settings > Band Selection

Brightness:

1. Slider only works, if auto adjustmend is deactivated

2. If you are using a custom ROM please check the thread for this problem. Please ask the author of this ROM if this issue is already known.

By the way @ daskalos ROMs backlight adjustments are working like a charm...

Battery:

I have recognized, that using the standard lockscreen of WM6.5 drains a lot battery power for me too. Since I'm using S2U2 I don't need to load it every day ;-)

(But S2U2 don't lock all your HardwareButtons properly - your choice..)

When i'm in de band selection I don't see a button to turn it off... Only automatic/ and some band freq..

I can't find the S2U2 rom.

thx

Jasper

[Guest ErnstJanF]

I'm running official JC2 ROM on high performance + SPB mobile shell...

My battery works about 2 days before I have to recharge :rolleyes:

[Guest Jasper91]

I'm running official JC2 ROM on high performance + SPB mobile shell...

My battery works about 2 days before I have to recharge :rolleyes:

mmm i tryed to find the official JC2 ROM but i can't find it...

Jasper

[Guest Jasper91]

Thx guys the problems are gone :rolleyes: My phone is now 1 day on and it's still full

[Guest Freezy1982]

Thx guys the problems are gone :rolleyes: My phone is now 1 day on and it's still full

What you did? Installed a new ROM?

[Guest Jasper91]

Umh i only set my 3G... when i went on internet and i lock my phone it break the connection...

does you also know which rom i need to install to get the menu button in the left down corner? like this:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633096

Edited May 23, 2010 by Jasper91

[Guest Jasper91]

another point, Does someone know how to set the samsung app as default? because sometimes i get the windows contact list or call screen... and i don't like that design :rolleyes:

[Guest Freezy1982]

Umh i only set my 3G... when i went on internet and i lock my phone it break the connection...

That's normal I think - It's a behavior of the lockscreen

does you also know which rom i need to install to get the menu button in the left down corner? like this:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633096

Use any WM6.5.x ROM

[Guest Sumit Bhardwaj]

Oh I must say, this 3G trick really works. Even if you are not on a 3G network, even if 3G is not available widely (or at all) in your country like mine (It will be, BTW, from Spetember onwards, 3.5 HSDPA! Yippee! :rolleyes: ), switch off 3G and HSDPA if you dont use it. I did it in the morning and even after 6-7 sessions of EDGE connections, phone calls and about 20 SMSs plus some tinkering, I am still at 90% battery. Charged it full in the morning. Usually, i am on 50-60% at this time :D

Thanks to all of you who are sharing such good knowledge! Modaco Rocks!!

EDIT: BTW, A little offtopic, I use Palringo for instant messaging. But when the phone goes into sleep or is locked, sometimes the internet connection breaks and at other times I can't hear it when someone ping me. Is there some way to avoid this? I just want it to happen while messenger is running in background. Right now what i do is, I put Digital Frame to good use, and use its completely blank screen mode to conserve power.

Now, as far as the connection issue, when I use push mail, It doesn't gets broken and I get mail even when phone is hibernated. So I think there should be a way to do it. Anybody wanna research on it?

Edited May 23, 2010 by Sumit Bhardwaj

[Guest santoo]

[...] switch off 3G and HSDPA if you dont use it.

there's a very nice app on xda dev. called wmlonglife that let's you controll when (or if) you phone should use 3g: e.g. always use 2g unless one of your whitelisted apps requires internet/a 3g network. always return to 2g after x min; or when phone is locked; or when no new data is transferred for x min, or when you connect to activesync/wifi/bt...

just take a look, very nice & powerful prog imho :rolleyes:

Edited May 24, 2010 by santoo

[Guest Freezy1982]

Very good tip Santoo!

THX

[Guest ErnstJanF]

Very strange...

I'm using official JC2, running SPB mobile shell + Mobilesense addon.

My device storage is about 30MB, and i'm almost out of RAM.

I recharge my phone every night.. but from 10:00 to 01:00 it takes about 10% battery..

I don't know what will happen after that but I think that if this is stable till 0% battery, mine will last for about a WEEK! :rolleyes: