Diamond battery life

[nolimitzr1]

Cam anyone here vouge for the htc diamonds battery life? Im torn between the diamonds sleek thin design and the pros features. I guess major factor here is battery life how does this phone hold up? I got retentions to give me a diamond or pro my choice for free so I just wanna weight things out.

PS dont ask me "how i got it for free" I been with sprint since birth of sprint pcs back inb the days of the touchpoint and quallcomm brand phones. not to mention 2 weeks of emailing ecare

[simplyput3456]

I can only speak for myself. The battery life on the Diamond SUCKS to me. I hear the Pro's life is much better but I don't have it yet. Hope this helps.

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by simplyput3456

I can only speak for myself. The battery life on the Diamond SUCKS to me. I hear the Pro's life is much better but I don't have it yet. Hope this helps.

thanx for the imput Simply

I found a thread on PPCGeeks on the battery life that has some useful info on the issue
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=39192

[simplyput3456]

Originally Posted by Mike20PR

thanx for the imput Simply

I found a thread on PPCGeeks on the battery life that has some useful info on the issue
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=39192

Thanks for the link Mike

[D/\SH]

as a owner of both the phones the battery tweaks do help a great deal.... for the diamond if you go with the juicy rom 2.2 (soon 2.3) you iwll notice the battery time last 60% longer if not more :> and for the touch pro, stock it isnt much better but is a little due to the size.....i added a custom rom i made for that to the phone and the battery lasted much better and didnt heat up as fast :> hope this helps ya bro :>

[BiG JeW]

I wonder how this guy got a Touch PRO!?!?!?

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by BiG JeW

I wonder how this guy got a Touch PRO!?!?!?

he knows someone that works with business accounts or that works in corporate....... and i bet you he loves the touch pro as much as i do lmao.

[horseman021]

yea i have the same problem with my diamond im gunna try and talk to sprint and c if there is a power saver app. made for this phone yet or i might go on google and search around and ill let you know.

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by horseman021

yea i have the same problem with my diamond im gunna try and talk to sprint and c if there is a power saver app. made for this phone yet or i might go on google and search around and ill let you know.

there is no program you can do the registry tweaks or go with a custom rom like i did and i love it!!!!! juicy 2.4 just got released and the battery is better than 2.2 and 2.2 was pretty damn good son... i would try going that route becuase all sprint is going to say is that they know of the problem and they are working on a fix for it which means that in the rom update for the phone it will be fixed a little if any

[nolimitzr1]

Well to be entirely accurate I do not have the pro YET I have it shipped to me on the 19th of the month. It took me a while of fanangling sprint to give the phone to me for free. But when you can name the first 3 sprint phones to a CSR or tech and they never heard of it you know you have been with sprint for a while :brows: and I used to be an affiliate years ago. then on top of it sprint did me wrong. BUT they sure as heck made it right hehe

[SpartanPride09]

can someone post the link so that i can download juicy 2.4. it would be much appreciated cause my battery life is suckin bad right now.

[Mike20PR]

Originally Posted by SpartanPride09

can someone post the link so that i can download juicy 2.4. it would be much appreciated cause my battery life is suckin bad right now.

look in the rom release area in the side menu

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by SpartanPride09

can someone post the link so that i can download juicy 2.4. it would be much appreciated cause my battery life is suckin bad right now.

yeah i wouldnt flash quite yet trying to fix a .net error in the rom.....

[nolimitzr1]

Just read about 45 min ago that juicy had a fix for .net and calc and posting in a few min over on xda. Hmmm rally need to stop surfin and drivin big trucks haha. On the plus side folks I recieved an email from sprint saying they wanted to talk to me because i missed their call. No sh!t someone from acct services offered me the diamond shipped free of charge in 3-5 business days told them I was gonna wait a week for the pro as agreed. Well all in all I got a free diamond since im getting it for free the could give me the pro at a reasonable price (200 buckaroos) Im sooo stoked hehe sorry had to brag for a minute. So I am going to assume yall are power users given w are on the site so what exactly are ya getting for bat life on your stock roms as opposed to dash running juicys?

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by nolimitzr1

Just read about 45 min ago that juicy had a fix for .net and calc and posting in a few min over on xda. Hmmm rally need to stop surfin and drivin big trucks haha. On the plus side folks I recieved an email from sprint saying they wanted to talk to me because i missed their call. No sh!t someone from acct services offered me the diamond shipped free of charge in 3-5 business days told them I was gonna wait a week for the pro as agreed. Well all in all I got a free diamond since im getting it for free the could give me the pro at a reasonable price (200 buckaroos) Im sooo stoked hehe sorry had to brag for a minute. So I am going to assume yall are power users given w are on the site so what exactly are ya getting for bat life on your stock roms as opposed to dash running juicys?

the stock rom you would be lucky to get 8 hours of standby time with :< the juicy rom has just been updated but i am running a special little rom for us sprint users :> i will post if it is truely D/\SH approved :>

[nolimitzr1]

works for me diamonds eta is friday oct 10th

[nolimitzr1]

its here!!!! boy this toy is fun :) got my 2 new thinkpads and my diamond today....which toy do i wanna trick out first haha

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by nolimitzr1

its here!!!! boy this toy is fun :) got my 2 new thinkpads and my diamond today....which toy do i wanna trick out first haha

nice bro have some fun :>

[nolimitzr1]

Well I noticed decent battery life with my diamond once it was charged i pulled her off charger and went to town. here it is almost 24 hrs later and i got 2 bars of battery.

[ilovetechnology]

Hey there, I wanted to post some findings I have had today on the battery life. This was my first full day with the Diamond. This morning it came off the charger, fully charged. I had a couple short phone calls (ie <20 minutes), a text or two, exchange was pushing email in outlook, and by noon I was down to nearly 30% battery left!! I also had Bluetooth on, even though I did not have anything connected to it.

I put the phone back on USB to Desktop charge from noon until about 430pm. I did not really make any phone calls this afternoon; however I did make the following data impacting tweaks:

1 - shut bluetooth off
2 - went into settings for the weather application and turned off "auto updates." When ever I want to view the weather, i will simply click "update." It only takes miliseconds to update/refresh, so this is NOT an inconvienence at all.
3 - Changed my push email to only push during peak, and every 4 hours off peak. Peak hrs are M-F 8am to 6pm.
4 - Although I have not ever launched RSS feeds, I did read that people found it was set to auto update upon launch. It is pre-loaded with several channels, and therefore I wondered if that thing had pulled down any updates. When I looked there was a ton of info readily available for reading (it loaded to fast to have been downloaded right then and there, i think.) So I changed the "auto update" setting to "no auto updates."
5 - Uninstalled the freeware app "sensor lock." While I thought this was really a unique approach, it was hokey and troublesome to hold the phone at just the right angle to unlock it. Also vibrations do cause the battery to drain faster than just a ring tone or pop up of the screen. And I tend to unlock my phone alot in order to glance at something while away from my desk at work. I replaced this with the VGA version of Slide 2 Unlock, and I could not be happier. This app has come a long way since my Mogul days and has MANY options to play with! :) Long story short, I am hoping that a screen up/guesture will use a tad less battery than an accellorometer guesture + vibration. Every little bit helps when it comes to saving your battery, right? LOL

So, although these may not be HUGE life saving changes, I can report that after 4hrs of stand by I am still at full bars, same as 430pm when i took it off the charger. I know it is not a true fair comparison because my usage was less; however I would consider most of my AM usage today to be mostly stand by as well. 20 minutes on the phone, and 5 or 10 text messages really isnt alot of activity. I guess I will find out for sure tomorrow, huh?

I made the registry edit suggested in other forums and is included in some of the custom ROMs availabe (ie change the IntervalPoll from 5000 to 20000, which means the battery polls for the charge remaining every 20 seconds or minutes (not sure which) rather than every 5.) Of coarse, I saved the instructions to a txt file on my hard drive and cant find the original post to give credit or information on that.

I called HTC to see if they had anything additional to add (btw, there is a good tidbit on battery conservation on their support site for the HTC Diamond FAQs.) I got the canned, "we are aware of the battery problem and are working to address it. however at this time there really isnt anything we can do."

I also have an interum back up plan to avoid thethering to a charger an extra few hours during the day. As D/\SH knows, I bought one of those hokey craddle/battery/charger things off ebay. The cradle wont fit the CDMA Diamond; however I got the idea to take the battery cover off and guess what? it is a perfect fit! It will sync and charge great. Most importantly, however, the one thing it really is good for is charging the OEM battery and the cheap 900 maH battery I got with it. Now the cheap 900maH battery will power the phone, but you will get an exclaimation point battery icon (ie =!) the whole time. So you cant tell if/when that battery is getting low. (is that a feature of the cheap batteries from China these days? Battery Lottery? LOL) However it will give you a chance to put your OEM battery in the charger while, meanwhile you can at least run that errand or two without being tethered to the car charger for your quick fix charge between destinations.

I have seen a couple OEM looking 1350maH batteries online you can buy (for about $44!) that would probably work better. Once I find out they are going to be the 'real deal' and they are in stock, I will probably throw that crappy 900maH battery in the drawer and pick up an OEM 1350 battery. That way I can always have an OEM 1350 charged and ready to swap to at any point during the day, and put the dead battery back on charge for when the current one dies. This was once of the greatest things with the Instinct. You got a spare battery + battery charger with the device. It made life so good to always have a battery to swap and go with!

Anyway, I know this will seem very elementary to alot of the experts in this forum; however I wanted to at least share some of the ways I am dealing with the issue that does not involve flashing to a custom ROM. Not that I have anything against it personally. I have read where many people are happy with many of the custom ROMs offered on this site and others. So this is BY NO MEANS a dig at the developers of those. I just wanted to throw out a few options to "get by" or "conserve" by reducing some of the unattended data dips. To the casual PDA user, installed a custom ROM to better battery performance (and nothing else) is like taking a sledge hammer to a nail.

[Lopan]

Note that both phones have the same 1340mAh battery, but Sprint claims .75 hours more talk time on the Touch Diamond

Sprint Touch Diamond Press release with battery info
http://www2.sprint.com/mr/cmastaticf...dfactsheet.pdf
CLIP: Battery 1340mAh Li-on 4.2 hours continuous talk time

Sprint Touch Diamond Pro Press release with battery info
http://www2.sprint.com/mr/cmastaticf...Cfactsheet.pdf
CLIP: Battery 1340mAh Li-on 3.75 hours continuous talk time

I think the only reason I would get a Touch Diamond Pro over the Standard Diamond is if there was a significantly larger battery in the Pro, but apparently its the same size.

Anyone know any different?

[monkeyxiv]

dunt actually have a diamond but since its wm based shouldn't the registry tweaks be the same as even the mogul? aka these



1. HKLM\Comm\AsyncMac1\Parms\DisablePowerManagement
Change Dword value from 1 (default) to 0



2. HKLMComm\Irsir1\Parms\DisablePowerManagement
Change Dword value from 1 (default) to 0



3. HKLM\Comm\PPTP1\Parms\DisablePowerManagement
Change Dword value from 1 (default) to 0



4. HKLM\Comm\L2TP1\Parms\DisablePowerManagement
Change Dword value from 1 (default) to 0


then on top of that did htc ever fix the activesync issue where you gotta do about 3 changes to make it work properly?

[enigmatic]

Battery Life? What battery life? I read the pcgeek link. So I'm supposed to turn off BT and all the other assorted godies then I will have a whole big deal 24 hour charge? And here I was thinking this phone would blow the doors off my Razr..........it does if I only care about using it for a few hours a day. Geez! Now about a ROM update, upgrade? Where and how do I find this, do this again? I saw something somewhere about this but being ancient my memory isn't what it used to be AND my batteries are running low so any help for my synaptic challenged grey goo would be appreciated. Like a techicolor picture maybe?

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by enigmatic

Battery Life? What battery life? I read the pcgeek link. So I'm supposed to turn off BT and all the other assorted godies then I will have a whole big deal 24 hour charge? And here I was thinking this phone would blow the doors off my Razr..........it does if I only care about using it for a few hours a day. Geez! Now about a ROM update, upgrade? Where and how do I find this, do this again? I saw something somewhere about this but being ancient my memory isn't what it used to be AND my batteries are running low so any help for my synaptic challenged grey goo would be appreciated. Like a techicolor picture maybe?

look at the rom area from the side menu.... i would recommend the juicy rom.

[ilovetechnology]

Just an observation on battery life. Last week was my first week with the Diamond. I use Exchange/Push Mail all week long. My battery tanks so fast. For instance today, took it off the charger at 8am and by 11am it is nearly down to 60-70% remaining. I have not had a single call, only 5 or 6 text messages, 1 browser view, and added Hotmail as an email account to check (so it sync contacts and email.)

This weekend (Sat/Sun) when push mail is on off peak schedule (ie every 4 hrs), my battery life never went down below 50%.the entire day without being placed on charger. That is with some mild phone use, lots of texts, and light data use.

This is on the stock ROM and the battery "pollinterval" registry edit.

[enigmatic]

Which ver of Juicy? And it would help if I knew where to d/l it or save it, etc. Also if I nuke any apps I might like how do I get the cabs for them and how do I install them, etc? I know, super needy, I hate that. I got Sprint to agree to take back moded ROM version if this doesn't fix my battery usage probs.

Help Mister Wizard........:bgcool:

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by ilovetechnology

Just an observation on battery life. Last week was my first week with the Diamond. I use Exchange/Push Mail all week long. My battery tanks so fast. For instance today, took it off the charger at 8am and by 11am it is nearly down to 60-70% remaining. I have not had a single call, only 5 or 6 text messages, 1 browser view, and added Hotmail as an email account to check (so it sync contacts and email.)

This weekend (Sat/Sun) when push mail is on off peak schedule (ie every 4 hrs), my battery life never went down below 50%.the entire day without being placed on charger. That is with some mild phone use, lots of texts, and light data use.

This is on the stock ROM and the battery "pollinterval" registry edit.

Originally Posted by enigmatic

Which ver of Juicy? And it would help if I knew where to d/l it or save it, etc. Also if I nuke any apps I might like how do I get the cabs for them and how do I install them, etc? I know, super needy, I hate that. I got Sprint to agree to take back moded ROM version if this doesn't fix my battery usage probs.

Help Mister Wizard........:bgcool:

guys as said around the board and in this thread already go to the newest version of juicy (thread always updated) the battery life is sooooo much better even with push email.....

i would flash to that for sure :>

[nolimitzr1]

Running Juicys latest rom and occasionally Ill have a day where I wont use phone and battery drops by 30 percent will no to little use I found a resolution soft reset phone and batt meter jumps back up...works for only acts up occasionally suppose its a minor glitch in the rom

[ilovetechnology]

I am really tempted to flash to the juicy ROM just to see. It is just I read through the ROM version change log, and alot of this stuff means very little to me.

For instance, "Back to 6mb PP (default) *PP Changer APP Included" What the heck does that mean? "Hidden Notification Settings" "Fixed Mobile Calculator (what the heck can be wrong with a calculator????? LOL)" "enhanced Java Support for Opera 2392" "dynamic Pagepool *0mb *pp" The list goes on, and on....

IS THIS EVEN ENGLISH? I am affraid even after years of college and 15 years IT experiecence I am not speaking the language.

Is there a version that just shows comparitively what apps are in/out of each ROM in relationship to the stock ROM? It is hard to trace back over the many versions what has been added/removed if you dont know the history of the ROM.

Also, I see at the top it is based on a Telus ROM. So the sprint bloatware is not included, which you describe as Navigation and TV. What else isnt included and I am going to have to hunt down or know I am going to live with out. The screen shots show Telus as the home screen brand? On the Sprint ROM is it Sprint branded? I would think that would be a dead give away if I had to take it into a Sprint store for repair and they saw that. Very sure the voids your warranty right then and there.

Sorry, i know it is easy to flash a ROM. But I also know the risks, and the way my luck is going lately... i will be 1% of failure during the install. LOL So I would like to know what I am really getting here... in english. :) I know I am going to get a lot of hate back on this, but if the canned forum recommendation is going to be flash to the juicy ROM... would help to have a very simple description of what you are getting.

I saw somewhere there was the stock ROM stached somewhere. Is that posted in the ROM area too? I didnt see it at first glance.

[Fatal_Error]

Just flash it and I promise you will be happy with the diamond all around

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by ilovetechnology

I am really tempted to flash to the juicy ROM just to see. It is just I read through the ROM version change log, and alot of this stuff means very little to me.

For instance, "Back to 6mb PP (default) *PP Changer APP Included" What the heck does that mean? "Hidden Notification Settings" "Fixed Mobile Calculator (what the heck can be wrong with a calculator????? LOL)" "enhanced Java Support for Opera 2392" "dynamic Pagepool *0mb *pp" The list goes on, and on....

IS THIS EVEN ENGLISH? I am affraid even after years of college and 15 years IT experiecence I am not speaking the language.

Is there a version that just shows comparitively what apps are in/out of each ROM in relationship to the stock ROM? It is hard to trace back over the many versions what has been added/removed if you dont know the history of the ROM.

Also, I see at the top it is based on a Telus ROM. So the sprint bloatware is not included, which you describe as Navigation and TV. What else isnt included and I am going to have to hunt down or know I am going to live with out. The screen shots show Telus as the home screen brand? On the Sprint ROM is it Sprint branded? I would think that would be a dead give away if I had to take it into a Sprint store for repair and they saw that. Very sure the voids your warranty right then and there.

Sorry, i know it is easy to flash a ROM. But I also know the risks, and the way my luck is going lately... i will be 1% of failure during the install. LOL So I would like to know what I am really getting here... in english. :) I know I am going to get a lot of hate back on this, but if the canned forum recommendation is going to be flash to the juicy ROM... would help to have a very simple description of what you are getting.

I saw somewhere there was the stock ROM stached somewhere. Is that posted in the ROM area too? I didnt see it at first glance.

holy shit long enough and ask enough questions? why wasnt this asked in the juicy rom? lmao just giving you a hard time.

1. pagepool- basically this is the refresh rate and changing this effects the way that the phone will run and at what speed it will run at.
2. hidden notifications is like the text sent message after you send out a text...
3. its an aftermarket calculator and building custom sometimes clashes things.
4. the changelog that you are reading in the post and metioned tells you what is added and changed... start at the beginning and go to current.
5. as the thread says all of the sprint stuff you have on your phone wont be there but the cabs to install them are here if you wanted to... (i do just the nav.)
6. no it will not say that, the creator of this rom lives in canada. the banner that sprint has is actually gone and not even showing so no worries.
7. and yes if you need it you can get it here:
https://www.wckediden.com/showthread...ght=back+stock

hope this helps you understand what is being talked about now a lil better :>

[ilovetechnology]

YOu are always helpful my friend. :) I was using those as examples as to what I should focus on to know what is missing. I will search for the Sprint apps; however i would want Nav, Music, and TV for sure.

Sorry, i know this is the battery thread. I can always copy and paste to the other thread if you like. <grin>

But what would be good would post screen shots of each of the "tabs" or "tiles" and major differences of the Sprint ROM.

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by ilovetechnology

YOu are always helpful my friend. :) I was using those as examples as to what I should focus on to know what is missing. I will search for the Sprint apps; however i would want Nav, Music, and TV for sure.

Sorry, i know this is the battery thread. I can always copy and paste to the other thread if you like. <grin>

But what would be good would post screen shots of each of the "tabs" or "tiles" and major differences of the Sprint ROM.

you lost me on that last part :< :PDT_Armataz_01_41:

[ilovetechnology]

on the diamond you hit home and you see the icons at the bottom (i call them tabs or tiles). Would be good to see how each of them change in the juicy sprint ROM. And even installing the sprint tv CAB, do you get a tab/tile/icon or does it just become a program in "programs" section? Same with Music? Navigation is in programs and not on a tab of its own anyway so that dont matter.

I just dont know what what actually "sprintized" on the diamond to know what it will look like without the "bloatware." Therefore screen shots of the icons/tabs would be good to see how different the menu slider at the bottom is.

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by ilovetechnology

on the diamond you hit home and you see the icons at the bottom (i call them tabs or tiles). Would be good to see how each of them change in the juicy sprint ROM. And even installing the sprint tv CAB, do you get a tab/tile/icon or does it just become a program in "programs" section? Same with Music? Navigation is in programs and not on a tab of its own anyway so that dont matter.

I just dont know what what actually "sprintized" on the diamond to know what it will look like without the "bloatware." Therefore screen shots of the icons/tabs would be good to see how different the menu slider at the bottom is.

you would have to make a custom icon for something like that from what i can remember.... but you can always just add the icons to the programs tab and have it up top for quick access....... just not as big but easier to get to since it is right at the end :>

[ilovetechnology]

true enough. i take it the rest of the icons are the same. Sprint TV was the only one added... and the Sprint music store on the Music tab was special too?