Originally Posted by dharder (Post 441387)

I have had my N900 for about a week now, and I must say it's difficult to put down. But, as it relates to battery life, I am not super-thrilled about it. I am on AT&T's 2.5G EDGE network in Chicago.

My first day's experience:

I check some Google Reader, do some SMSing, and by the time I get to work it's down at least a tick on the battery meter. By the time lunch rolls around, it's basically been online, maybe a snap or two, some showing off and checking e-mails set for every 15 minutes and it's already at 50% on the battery meter. So I plug it into the USB and get it charged by the end of the day of the commute home. I will have to try to see how long it really takes from 50% to 0% through the rest of the day.

Overall, I know it will take some tweaking. I've adjusted the email refresh to every 30 minutes during the day since I'm at work anyway, brightness to 3 with power saving turned on, and turned off the WiFi. We shall see. It's been off the hook (pardon the pun) since 6:30a and I'm on one tick down from the top and that's with little browsing, IM/Skype on and a few SMSes. That's not terrible for 4 hours on this wee beastie.

I love this device! Seriously do. If they come out with a higher-capacity battery I might just get it as the main and keep this original as a spare. But I am sure more firmware tweakings will help this along. Still thrilled!

Originally Posted by bugelrex (Post 441403)

One thing you might want to try is to disable the phone to hunt for 3G. I haven't tested the difference as I did it the 2nd day I got the phone.

Settings->Phone
mode: dual mode IS GREYED out. Cannot change this setting

I had to put in a tmobile SIM to be able to change this setting to GSM. And once you put back at&t SIM, this setting remains fixed to GSM.

I have no idea if it will make difference to battery (it should if n900 is constantly searching for 3G) but I doubt n900 is smart enough to not hunt for 3G if your network is not.

Please report if your battery improved with this method

Originally Posted by pegasus (Post 435073)

lshal|grep percen

Originally Posted by Flandry (Post 443174)

That's an "ls" as in lisa sam. Worked fine on mine out of the box.

Originally Posted by woodyear99 (Post 443184)

Thanks, looked like an I on my N900 screen. Any other useful commands on xterminal without need for root. (stayin safe for now)

Is there a xterminal command guide anywhere online specific to n900 commands?

Originally Posted by sean231 (Post 444468)

Even after all of this; My phone complains of dying due to lack to charge after 6 hours. Spent ~$600; not using any apps (forget the ability to handle multiple apps);:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Would welcome any kind of suggestions.

Thanks,
Sean.

Originally Posted by bugelrex (Post 444491)

You didn't mention if you
- installed ANY apps at all
- how you charged your phone (via the charger or using the usb cable)

I'm also just got the n900 and evaluating the battery life on at&t (no 3G).
-I haven't installed any apps,
-I charge using the charger
- display on lowest setting
- my SIM is also about 4 years old
- I have the same settings you except I do let it connect to at&t internet automatically, search 10 mins. No wifi ever
- only had it 4 days and because of xmas, I havent been on my usual daily routine to compare to E71. But looks like

9am - midnight => 20% battery left. 5 mins of calls, Nokia Messaging checking every 30 mins and 2 accounts in conversations. Connected to at&t internet (2G) the whole time. The screen is probably on 15 mins MAX the whole period.

I'm hoping it can be 30-40% at mid-night when I get back to my daily routine... I'll know next week