Compare how well your battery works with other people

[Guest Will]

Hi all.

I wrote a little app, that basically watches your spv drain it's battery, let me explain further:

This is not a 'true' reflection of how long you phone will last as the power used in polling the phone by activesync dramatically reduces the standby time. But it shows (already) that Midnight's battery or phone setup is better than mine..

Obviously we need more tests to get any trends, but if you want to put details of the update, phone type and homescreen you are using, it will help to find any 'extra battery draining issues'.

Each 1% takes between 10 and 14 minutes depending on your phone setup.

It runs on the pc, and polls the phone as it sits while NOT charging. You can of course fake results by removing the phone during testing, but if you want to compare with other users.. it might be fun!!

To view results visit www.wfcontracting.com/spv/battery.php

Will

BatteryTest.zip

[Guest Brody]

Nice idea! This will really show if the e100 has a battery that drains faster than the original SPV's! 39 minutes to go... :)

A word of advice: the top results so far by Midnight and Will contain 0% starting percentages as they were using a beta version of the software! It also doesn't matter how high/low the charge is initially on your phone as it measures how long it takes your phone to drop by a user-set percentage so u can just test how long it takes to drop 1% from any position if you like!

[Guest VicSmurf]

I will try this program and post my results!

The one now on top has RADIO OFF yeah well mmm thats not really representatieve or?

[Guest Will]

THIS is FUN! not a serious laboratory condition test.. so don't worry if some results are 'questionable'

I still have the worst normal batterylife! :)

Will

[Guest James]

cant do it :) my cradle is modified to charge....

[Guest]

Erm.....

I think I have found a bug!

I was surprised to have my phone emerge at the top of the results list, seeing as I had the radio on and my phone appeared to beat others that had their radio off.

I then looked at the timing: apparently my phone took 12 hours, 13 mins and 30 seconds to drop 1%! :shock: :shock: :? :wink:

Waiting for battery level to drop to 83

Timing has begun [11:55:24 AM]1 drop in 12:13:30 AM

Which is: 12:13:30 AM minutes per %

Uploading results...

Done, thank you

Timing has ended [12:08:54 PM]

Which I make as just over 13 mins (about par!).

I think midday confused it!

Cool program though. 8)

[EDIT]

Just tried again - it don't like midday!

[/EDIT]

[Guest Will]

it could be your time format.. but i'll delete your 2 results as people are getting jealous at your plutonium powered phone

Timing has begun [11:55:24 AM] 

1 drop in 12:13:30 AM  

Which is: 12:13:30 AM minutes per %  

Uploading results...  

Done, thank you  

Timing has ended [12:08:54 PM]

Seems definately it's the way your pc is reporting time, as 12:08:54 as PM ? is that actually possible - ?? if you reverted to the 24 hour clock it would have worked fine.

Will

[Guest]

it could be your time format.. but i'll delete your 2 results as people are getting jealous at your plutonium powered phone

Will

Aww.... I was enjoying that! :)

[Guest mobillars]

Well, looks like my modified battery really kicks ass, but this was done with radio off, but hey a little over 2 hours for 1% drop well thats about 200 hours of standby time, so i'm very pleased thats it's possible to make our own batteries, hehe

[Guest Lojt]

Well, looks like my modified battery really kicks ass, but this was done with radio off, but hey a little over 2 hours for 1% drop well thats about 200 hours of standby time, so i'm very pleased thats it's possible to make our own batteries, hehe

Erm, what did you do?

[Guest mobillars]

well, made a battery myself.

see the battery on the SPV is only 1000mAh, and the one i've made is almost 4000, so the battery tester didn't work like i thought id did, you see I should only get like 80 min per 1% drop but then the phone can run at as lov as 3 volt or that is what it is getting. works fine, but still the battery pack is almost twice as big as normal, and quite heavy.

[Guest Saif]

well, made a battery myself.

see the battery on the SPV is only 1000mAh, and the one i've made is almost 4000, so the battery tester didn't work like i thought id did, you see I should only get like 80 min per 1% drop but then the phone can run at as lov as 3 volt or that is what it is getting. works fine, but still the battery pack is almost twice as big as normal, and quite heavy.

ummm... how does one go about making there own battery?? Did you just dismantle the original one and change the cells inside? or build one from scratch??

[Guest squall]

will have you tried this with the new update?