Battery last 3 hours..no use
my 6 month old Curve 8900 started acting up yesterday around the time of the network outage. it died very quickly yesterday after i took it off the charger at work around noon....it was in the red by about 4 or 5 with literally NO use.
then last night i charged it, took it off at about 610am, and by 1030 the phone was shutting off due to low battery. i probably had about 4 emails, a text and a few BBMs...phone was on silent, and no other apps were running.
i hear people complaining about bad battery life and how it lasts only a 1.5 days, and my phone was just like that up until Tuesday....what gives???????
thanks!!!!
Hi and Welcome to the Forums!
I witnessed similar circumstances last night. Here's what I think...digital phones are designed to cycle their power usage based on the quality of connectivity to the cell network. When the network is high strength, the device uses less of it's battery power. When the network is at low strength, the device uses more power to try and push for a signal. When there is no signal from the network, the device will push at it's maximum trying to acquire signal from the network. Part of the outage last night shut down the data networks of the carriers -- my signal indicator went from normal 1XEV, to 1xev, and finally to 1x...which meant that my BB was having to push with all it's might to find signal...which wore down the battery really fast.
So, all of that said, what I suggest is waiting...see if things return to normal operation now that the network is up and stable again.
Cheers!
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