crap battery times
 

dies in 3 hrs with 30 percent battery. just sitting there on my desk :(

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Did you read all the others (fresh) topics about the same problem ?

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Check out this thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=28909

It really helped me solve my battery problems!! Now I'm lasting 7 hours! I've never been so happy!

*wonders off doing a happy dance*

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i searched up but only found old stuff. ill look again. and thanks genius ill check ur thread as well :)

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Also:

• How long have you had your tablet and--more importantly--your tablet's battery?
• If your tablet is a recent purchase, did you buy it new, open box, or used?
• Is your tablet's battery of genuine Nokia make, or is it an inexpensive purchase from eBay or the like?

Your tablet's run times sound like those my N800 managed after I heavily used and abused its battery for about a year. With a new, genuine Nokia battery, happiness returned.

I specify "genuine Nokia battery" because your run times also sound like those provided by cheap knock-off batteries commonly sold on eBay for a few bucks. On the plus side, the cheap eBay batteries do often come with a desktop battery charger...that probably won't short out and burn down your house.

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ive had it for 2 weeks. brand new battery came with it. i bought it new from expansys.

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Have you installed lots of programmes on it? Some of them can drain the battery.

Have you also updated to the latest version of OS?? Reflashing it to the newest version of Maemo might be a good place to start if you haven't already.

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i have alot of programs installed. and ya im running diablo

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I bought a USB print server "new" from Expansys. That print server turned out to be used.

Also, at least one person purchased a "new" tablet from Expansys that turned out to be a prototype device. Obviously, Nokia didn't provide it to Expansys for sale, and prototype devices don't have warranty support from Nokia, nor can they be flashed with normal firmware.

I'm not saying Expansys shipped you something other than a brand new, retail tablet. I'm just warning you the company seems to engage in shady practices at times.

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Do you have any that run all the time? Like the home aps? They can effect it the most from what I've been told ;)

Also leaving programmes loaded while it's idling can drain the battery.

You could also try installing Load-applet. That'll let you see what is drawing on the CPU. Either that or enter "top" in the X Terminal.

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It was definitely new, box was still sealed in plastic, started up the nokia, had the orig screen protector thing on it, and it booted into the main setup page. everythign looked brand new so should be fine :) Thanks for the heads up though

for home aps, all i have is personal launcher, GPE Summary, and Google Search,

Running in taskbar i have: Accounts,cpu/mem monitor, advanced battery, advanced sound/display, Claws Mail, Clock

i have like 500mb of programs installed though. and i also have autlock installed,

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Anybody know what happens when you remove the battery from the tablet (810)?

Does it reset automatically, or do you have a few seconds to replace it without loosing any info?

I am looking at buying a second battery for this if it does not reset to factory (hard reset) when pulled.

thanks...

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It will crash hard. There's no capacitor or bridge battery to hold the system up while you swap out the battery.

In fact, you need a working battery in the tablet even when it is connected to the charger. Power from the charger is passed through the battery to the tablet. Therefore, you can't even swap batteries while connected to mains if you want to keep the system up.

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@sjgadsby: so I guess a secondary charger is what I need to purchase...

thanks!

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You might try eBay. Nokia doesn't offer an official BP-4L charger, but assorted third party suppliers--often based in Hong Kong--are filling the void. Folks in these fora have reported success with such inexpensive desktop chargers from eBay. Just be aware that any batteries that come with the charger are almost certain to be rated way higher than their true capacity, if they take a charge at all.

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Frankly you could have serched a bit more in the RECENT topics about your problem ...

So you would have read that some taskbar applets are known to drain faster the battery ... especially those who continuously check memory, for example ...

You say you installed many softs ... beaware that if you pick softs from the dev repository, they are not yet perfectly stable or power efficient, so you may face battery life issues (amongst many other problems).

As a general rule with computers, when you get a new machine, you may test many many softwares if you like, but after that it's better to reset the device completely and install only the softwares you use ...

PS : how did ya manage to install 500Mb of softwares, it's huge !?!

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I bought two sido batteries with a charger from ebay, and I get out of them the same (short) time than the original nokia battery. YMMV.
Edit: just noticed that this is the n810 forum, my batteries are for the n800.

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Removing the battery does not reset the N810 to its factory state, no saved files will be lost. Only if you were to remove the battery without first using the Switch Off! function would you lose unsaved data.