Battery Life (or lack thereof)

**michaelfbarrett@yahoo.com** · 08-10-2008, 07:04 PM

I must say, the hands-down biggest hole in this puppy is the battery. My 650 could go days without a charge, even if used for a couple hours. I can't talk for 30 minutes and play a few rounds of Bejeweled without this battery dropping to 50% in a heartbeat. This is a really an issue.

**FreakyDeaky** · 08-13-2008, 02:26 AM

I agree. I wonder if programs are running in the background that sap the power. It makes the phone almost unusable. Thanks goodness I carry a spare phone.

**benjie** · 08-13-2008, 04:04 AM

I have found that 2 weeks after using my device, the battery life has finally become stable. Not great, but it does last the day now - FlexMail, HanDBase and Excel, of course the phone too.

**michaelfbarrett@yahoo.com** · 08-13-2008, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by benjie

I have found that 2 weeks after using my device, the battery life has finally become stable. Not great, but it does last the day now - FlexMail, HanDBase and Excel, of course the phone too.

I am doing a little better now. I found some tips on the Palm forums that helped. Primarily:

1 - Disable the locator to 911 only
2 - Install Magic Button (or similar free utility). This will close down all apps completely if you wish without having to go to Task Manager.

Those 2 things made a massive difference over the first couple days, but standby time is still weak overall, imo.

**benjie** · 08-13-2008, 03:35 PM

I stopped using Magic Button and the default task manager. The application I am now using is QuickMenu - it is also free.

**JackG058** · 08-13-2008, 07:37 PM

Turn of infrared beam if you are not using it. Reportedly that zaps a lot of battery.

My experience has been that the battery is adequate, but not stellar for sure. I run my Jawbone 2 BT headset connected from 8a-5:30p daily. I do multiple messages throughout the day. I use push ActiveSync with the mail2web.com Exchange email service. As long as I plug my phone in to my car charger during my commute times (about one hour each way) then I don't ever drop below 60% at anytime. I charge it each night fully.

**cardenas5810** · 10-19-2008, 09:51 PM

and just to let ya know u can go to a sprint store and ask for a free spare bettery for the 800w and they will give it to u. its the same battery as the paklm centro!! so dat really suks!

**benjie** · 10-20-2008, 02:09 AM

A correction there, my friend. The Honolulu store does not give out free spare batteries. They will only replace the battery after it is checked and they determine it is defective.