N95 v20 Battery life

Ok so it seems that the v20 firmware for the n95 is susposed to improve battery life! Well .. . thats aload of rubbish!! I have just updated to v20 from v11 r12 and it now seems my battery lasts about 7 hours max! when i had version 11 or 12 it lasted about 3 days! Anyone having the same problem?

I dont see any improvement on the battery life of my N95-2 with the new fw. Usually it lasts for 2-2.5 days.

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http://darlamack.blogs.com/darlamack/2007/09/a-brief-look--1.html#more
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27-Sep-200705:43 PM
roberth wrote:
ill correct you quickly
n95-3 is the us version of the n95.....i do believe they share the same specs with the exception of the 8gb flash memory
Psycho is correct.
The N95 8GB and N95-3 have it all.
Except that the N95-3 has the old 2.6" screen, and card slot while the N95 8GB has 2.8" large screen with inbuilt solid 8GB Flash memory.
The memory management are the same in both.

N95 vs N93i vs N80i for battery life

Hi, I am buying a new phone and I really like the N80i [N80 Internet Edition] but I hear that it doesn't have very good battery life (less than 1 day). So I am also looking at the N93i and the N95. I know that they provide more features too over the N80i but I'm not so interested in those, I just want to know about the battery life. How do these three compare for battery life? (I know that the N93 standard edition seems to have better battery life than the N93i, but I can't seem to find anywhere to buy this one in my country).

12-Sep-2007 05:50 AM
nj15 wrote:
Hi,
If you're not after with the features....why don't get Series 40 phones like 6233, 6280 and 6288? Which has a good battery life and much responsive compared to symbian phones.
We've tested the N6233..and it manage to hold its charge for almost 3 days with heavy usage.
Ouch! Only series 40 phones are symbian? S60 series phones(like the N series) are not, are you misqouted?
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N95 battery life

Hi all
just got my nice shiney new N95 and i love it. Dose every thing it says on the tin (well almost but im sure its user issues).
However there is one issue that is driving me mad, and it s a big problem. The battery life, i can best describe it as **bleep**.
On average it will last about 12 hours with almost no use and at worst it goes flat leaving me high and dry in about 3-4 hours of use.
I have W LAN search off and its mainly on factory settings but in struggling to get more life out of it.
Are there any settings or better batterys that i can use. Its a big enough problem to make me hand the phone back to my phone supplier as its not fit for purpose.
Ta Wavey..
grrrr gagged again

16-Oct-200707:41 AM
6280 wrote:
5. Check that in the Packet Data settings the 'Packet Data Connection' option has been changed to 'When Needed' this mode will only use packet data when needed from your operator.
Regarding pt 5 i am using 3G aus, and have checked the option to what you have said, but my phone will never stop searching for packet data connection? what might be the reason?
it also has an option to enable or disable 'High Speed Data Connection' what is this? will disabling it lead to me not being able to check my emails?
Kindly advice as i have to use 2 batteries to keep the phone alive for the whole day i am getting sick of it.

N95 Battery life possible solution to poor battery...

Hi all
I like most other N95 users have experienced poor battery life, to the point of almost giving up on it.
I had been consistantly getting poor life even down to a couple of hours with all power hungry devices turned off.
Now my phone, with what I would consider average use, lasts up to 2 days on a full charge.
Like most people, I guess, I took it straight out of the box and plugged it in the wall charger and left it over night. I did this for the first week with still poor battery life.
Then one day it just started holding charge for up to 2 days.
I decided to read the manual the other night about charging the battery and right at the back of the book, where the instructions are, it mentions that if the battery has not been used for a while or has been in prolonged storage that what you should do is plug the charger in the wall and phone, switch on the charger and this is the key...unplug the charger from the phone and plug back in again. I guess this puts the battery into a discharge/recharge cycle.
If like me, you just plugged it straight into the phone and switched on the charger and left over night it may only have just topped up the battery without doing the discharge cycle first. In effect creating a battery memory effect although I thought that was a thing of the past.
Worth a shot before giving up on you N95's!
Like I said I now get on average 2 days use and that is with calls, pictures, texts and about 2 hours of GPS use a day.
I still have Wi-Fi scanning off and GSM turned off, I havn't got round to trying it with these functions turned back on.
Good luck!

19-Jun-200705:12 PM
abua wrote:
WHAT??!? 200 hours on standby??
The truth, is this phone was made to be constantly plugged into car handsfree kit (not bluetooth) so that its constantly on charge. Bit like how a car GPS navigation unit, although removable, is constanly on charge while you are in the car driving.
Hence why the compromise- big power hungry screen and applications and hardware, low battery, but ok as constantly on charge.
Nokia Do NOT have a car kit for the N95 beleive me I have tried
I have been in touch with Nokia several times
The best I could do is a brodit active holder for car use
Yes The N95 should have a car kit but it does not have the pop port so will only connect on BT using even more battery power
So thats not the reason for the poor battery
Mine sometimes can last 10 to 15 hours and other days goes flat in under 3 and it is charged every night (it has to be) My N73 lasted 3 days and my 6230 last 2 weeks
Nokia user / modder since Nokia Orange and Mobira user too before that

N95 battery life since update

I know the n95 has never had a good battery life but since doing the update it has got to a point where it doesnt last for 5 hours
i charge the phone most days while im at work with an official charger
i take the phone off go home and by 11pm its dead
this has only become a problem since i did the update
is there a new feature on the update that eats the battery
bluetooth is off
so is wifi
any help please

ok i think ive cracked it this morning on the buss on route to work
i virtually uninstalled every thing and it was still happening
so i went into the wifi advanced settings
and the automatic config was in manual mode
and the TX was set at 100Mw
so i changed that to 4 and put the phone in auto mode
now the phone is using 0.21w and thats with the keypad unlocked and the back light on
cheers for your info i couldn't of done it with out the battery program info

N95 battery life solution?

Hi all
I realize the battery life for N95 extremly short! I wonder if there is any recommendation beside buying an extra one? Any long life battery available?
cheers

30-May-200712:57 PM
icebaby wrote:
Hi all
I realize the battery life for N95 extremly short! I wonder if there is any recommendation beside buying an extra one? Any long life battery available?
cheers
Hi icebaby
There is no magic solution to this problem, but the following PowerMonkey comes in very useful:
http://www.powertraveller.com/acatalog/Communication_Acessories.html
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N95 Updated software causing Battery life issues

Hi
Can anyone help point me in the right direction?
I Updated my software on my N95 (silver) to V13.0.003 but since doing so the battery life has suffered,it hardly lasts half a day just on standby, where as before I'd get 2 days at least. Bluetooth is turned off Wlan searching is off there is nothing running except Standby mode.
I've also tried a different battery, and get the same results.
Any ideas?

N95 Silver, I guess is the N95-1 or 3, both have newer firmware versions.
For N95-1 (RM-159) the last version is 30.0.015 and for the N95-3 is the 20.0.something. Both versions improves a lot the battery life and speed of the devices.
Check your last version with Nokia Software Updater.
Don't forget to make a backup of all your data before updating.
Remember that not all versions are available for all the product codes.
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Battery life n95 original

hey all
i just bought a new battery direct from nokia online
the thing is i can't get anymore than 10 hours out of it? i have to charge it up every night
the battery is only about 2 weeks old?
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14-Jan-2009 06:41 PM
mfcgavmfc wrote:
the f/w version on my fone is 20.0.015
i take it severely needs updated? if so where can i get the new f/w and how to i update the fone?
as for the battery it arrived new from nokia online on Christmas eve
Latest firmware will depend on your operator branding; unbranded I think has the latest release of v31?
I believe that later versions have improved battery life through better handling of the comms systems, better use of WiFi, etc.
I'm getting up to a couple of days out of mine, keeping it to 2G (unless I need a big download fast), WiFi scanning off, screen backlight turned down, timeout set relatively low, etc.
But if I hammer it, a bit of music/gaming/WiFi/calls and its dead within a day.
You can buy higher capacity batteries, but I doubt they're recommended, as they require a new back (ie. bigger phone) or just won't be as reliable as the original Nokia kit.

N95 Better Battery by NOKIA?

Well people basically the N91 had a battery which was BL-5C but was at 900mAh. Since the battery fault & Nokia were replacing battery of BL-5C the new version is BL-5C at 1020mAH giving more battery power.
However why dont Nokia give valued N95 customers a better battery with more power? It had been done to the BL-5C so i dont see any problems with N95 users getting a FREE upgrade to a better battery life by Nokia.
So i think N95 users should get this done by Nokia for FREE just by giving details (number of ur battery to Nokia) & they should send a FREE batter battery to us.
It can be done so why don't Nokia do this?
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22-Oct-2007 08:34 AM
wmthsto wrote:
OK, I use my N95 every day. I charge it every night while sleeping, I talk on the phone 1,5-2 hours pr day, and sends max 5 sms.
I switched OFF, WLAN, 3G, Bluetooth. I loaded a black theme to lower the power consumption. I do not listen to music, i do not use the browser, i do not use the camera.......after 12 hours, my N95 warns me about low battery.
I think i've done enough.....this phone/battery sucks.
I have this multipurpose device, and i cant barely use it for telephony....nice :-(
Sorry for being offtopic, but how can I disable the 3G?

How to increase the battery life of your N series ...

What I am about to post here is valid for any 3G phone or device regardless of model but it is particularly focused towards the N series devices and their power hogging features.
Your battery life is dependant on many many things. How often you take calls on the device, the condition of your battery, the features you use on the device and so on and on. Therefore it is impossible to say that by following the information in this post you will get x amount of days battery life, but it will get you more time out of the battery than you otherwise would have got.
So with that out the way, if your looking to increase your battery life then follow these tips and your battery should start looking a lot healthier.
First of all lets start with THE big one. The one that is going to save you the most juice. Switching 3G off.
Yep, you heard me right. Just by switching the 3G capability of your phone off you will add hours and hours to your battery life. How is this so? Allow me to explain...
Due to the rather poor delivery of 3G in the UK by the network operators, it is rare for any 3G phone to maintain a constant 3G signal. Instead you will find that the phone constantly flips between 3G and GSM mode (Keep an eye on your signal one day). Even those of you on Vodafone who probably have the best 3G network coverage will find this is the case.
Unfortunately, this constant flipping between the two modes sucks power from the battery like a vampire as it alters its reception state for the different modes and the constant flipping is..well...causing it do this constantly! It can sometimes even make your phone unavailable for calls for very brief periods as it trips from GSM to 3G and vice versa.
If you need to use 3G for video calls or whatever then I'm afraid your just going to have to live with this but if you don't (And lets face it few of us do) then you can switch 3G off and increase your battery life considerably.
To do this, go into the "Settings" application (Found in the menu somewhere, by default Nokia normally stick it in "Tools"), and then to the "Phone" tab. In there you will see an option that says "Network mode" and you have a choice of "GSM" or "Dual Mode" (I.e. UMTS and GSM). Set it to GSM and your phone will restart. Once it restarts it will be working in GSM with GPRS speeds only but really for most purposes this is fine.
You have now just extended your battery capability considerably. You can further extend it by going to the "Connection" tab, going into "Packet data" and changing it to "When needed" so it is not constantly checking for a data connection.
The second big change you can make is to turn your phones wifi scanning capability off. The last time I looked not all Nokia's phones that have wifi capability can have their wifi cards switched off entirely but if you can, turn it off except for when you need to use it. Wifi is a power hog.
The next big change you can make is to lower the screen brightness settings on your phone. The less bright your screen is the less power is being used to light it up. Nokia by default leave the screen brightness at something like 50%. Lowering this a bit more will conserve more juice. Before you do this though please consider the fact that lowering the brightness setting will have a big impact on your ability to see the screen clearly in sunny conditions although you will be fine in the dark as you can't lower the brightness that far.
To lower the brightness, go to the settings tool in your phone and into the display option (Hidden in a subcategory called "Personalisation" on the N95). It won't hurt to set the power saving time out to 1 minute and the backlight time out to 10 seconds while your here (Although these are the Nokia default so they should already be set to this).
Finally in regards to the screen, although they may look pretty, animated screensavers use more battery power than the standard blank screen with time and date so avoid them if you can.
It also helps to keep Bluetooth switched off until you need it although the power savings are minimal in comparison to the other changes but every little milliamp counts!
Using the above methods I generally get about 3 to 4 days with about 3 hours talktime on my N95 without using Bluetooth, GPS or anything like that (I might be able to get more but so far I have not paid attention to the battery state before I put it on charge). If I am on a long train journey I can get about 4 hours worth of full screen video and about 2 hours talktime over the period of about 24 hours before it needs a recharge. As I said at the start of the post your mileage will vary greatly depending on how you use your device.
Hope this helps.
Useful links: Phone firmware update | Nokia support site

02-May-200701:14 PM
bixby wrote:
no keffa it is a cop out from nokia
its not unfai as its a premium device with a premium price
the n95 battery is atrocious
dont change the post content as the title is 'How to increase the battery life of your N series device'
your talking about nokia phones specifically
the networks are not to blame
they do not make the handsets : Nokia do !!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to choose my words carefully here...
I would never deny the battery on the N95 is not really up to the job of powering the N95 with its power hungry features. To put the same battery into a phone that has WiFi, GPS and a large 320x240 screen, the same one that goes into the E65 which has comparatively nothing compared to it is a bit pants.
However at no point was I criticising them for the band hopping problem. I labelled the post as how to increase the battery life of your N series device because this is a board for the N series devices. It was a simple choice of wording and not intended to be cutting in any way and I did make a remark that the details would be true of any 3G device at the top of the post.
What I was trying to point out in my second post is that the constant band hopping the phone is being forced to do that is draining its battery so much more quicker than it would if it had a constant signal of one kind or another isn't quite Nokia's fault.
They build it to conform to a laid out specification for 3G. However if the network operators cannot be bothered to roll out their 3G infrastructure adequately enough that the phone can find and remain locked onto a 3G signal that is usable then what are Nokia to do other than offer you the capability to turn 3G off until you need it (Although note to Nokia: That **bleep** reboot the phone does when you do this is entirely unneeded and you know it).
Blaming Nokia for this would be like blaming the manufacturer of your radio for failing to pick up radio because the radio station does not have any transmitters within range of your radio's receiver.
Finally...this band hopping is exhibited by all 3G phones built by Samsung, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, etc, from their most budget 3G model to their priciest piece and is the reason that all phones with 3G capabilities have batteries that do not last for any respectable length of time because these phones are also having to band hop between 3G and GSM.
Finally the proof is in the pudding. Turn 3G off for a few days. See your battery improve. Then (Although admittedly this will be harder to do...mcuh harder) find an area where you get a fairly decent 3G signal constantly. Again, see your battery improve. Try it with a different 3G phone...different manufacturer even. The same will be true.
So I stand by my comment, the network operators and their woeful 3G rollout are the villains costing you a fair chunk of your battery and Nokia cannot be expected to mitigate this....but a better battery would be nice all the same...
Useful links: Phone firmware update | Nokia support site

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