Sony 810i users - battery life?

[speekez]

to the 810i owners out there

I got a new 810i from Amazon. I like the phone, but battery life is not great so far. I get only about 2 hours of collective talk time before battery is almost dead. I don't use the radio, internet, or other fancy functions on the phone. It's strictly been used for talk and then it goes into standby.

Does this seem normal?

Bad battery perhaps?

 

[apfhex]

Yeah, you should definitely be getting more talk time than that. How much standby time do you get? Maybe you should try buying a second battery and seeing how it does?

 

[speekez]

Yeah, you should definitely be getting more talk time than that. How much standby time do you get? Maybe you should try buying a second battery and seeing how it does?

thanks for chiming in. Maybe I'll ask Amazon for a new battery.

I'm judging battery levels by going into "phone status". I unplugged it from the charger this morning and it was at 100% this morning. I made a single 1 minute call today, and at the close of today it's at 87%.

The phone seems to lose about 5-10% a day just in standby

I think the phone is rated for 8 hours talk/14 days standby. I'd like to get something at least somewhat close to that.

 

[apfhex]

I think the phone is rated for 8 hours talk/14 days standby.

Those figures would of course be optimistic, just like MPG on car ratings. 10% a day would make 10 days which is in the rage of good standby time (I haven't kept track of mine, but using it for a year the battery isn't quite as good now), so that doesn't sound like a problem, but I think you should manage more than just 2 hours talk time.

 

[NATO]

Do you have Bluetooth turned on? I find my battery life is a LOT lower when I have bluetooth enabled all the time compared with when it's off, although its a necessary evil for me as I like to have the phone paired up with BluePhoneElite when I'm at home

 

[speekez]

Do you have Bluetooth turned on? I find my battery life is a LOT lower when I have bluetooth enabled all the time compared with when it's off, although its a necessary evil for me as I like to have the phone paired up with BluePhoneElite when I'm at home

Interesting. I did have bluetooth turned on. I've shut it off, I'll recharge it full tonight, and give it a go again. I'll report back!

I'd like to experiment with bluetooth communication at some point with my new macpro, but all in good time.

Thanks again for the tip!

 

[wangchunggti337]

I have this phone and I actually just recently cracked the LCD
It was in my pocket when I bumped a counter, so bummed. Looking for a replacement screen right now actually.

But back to topic. I think this phone has great battery life, even when I have bluetooth turned on. I can go two days without charging and make several calls, even listen to mp3s.

 

[speekez]

I'm probably just spoiled by my old Sprint Sanyo. Had a real solid battery life. I do like the 810i though and I'm going to test the Blue tooth this weekend with my Mac Pro

 

[CDailey]

So, did turning Bluetooth off improve your battery life? I know it sure did improve mine when I realized it was always on a few months ago.

 

[apfhex]

Yeah, I like to keep BT off too. I made the dpad up key a shortcut to turn bluetooth on/off quickly, pretty convenient.

 

[speekez]

Update:

After failing to be able to charge to full 100% and noticing that I got a weird "Charging Non-Standard Battery" messages when I would plug my phone into the charger, I decided to inspect my battery.

Turns out my battery had a foreign piece of fuzz stuck/glued on part of the copper connection. I removed the offending fuzz and now my battery charges to full 100% and seems to be lasting longer.

Special thanks to MacRumors member NATO for answering my PM questions and helping me narrow down the problem!!