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Originally Posted by mafiaboy23 View Post
I have a N900 for about 3 months now. I have been reading posts about people's experiences with battery life and ways to improve it. I have been trying everything to improve it, but I can barely make it one day. Here is my config for the device.

T-Mobile service.
GPS is disabled in settings.
Wi-fi is disabled.
Bluetooth is disabled.
I have the switcher for 3G and 2G. I only use 3G when I go on the internet. Any other time I keep it on 2G.
I only have a data plan, so I do not make calls or text.

I only have 2 desktops enabled.
The only widget is the calendar widget.
I have shortcuts for address book, phone, Foreca weather, messages, and email.
My email is set to update every hour.
Foreca weather is manual set for update.

My screen is set to 2 out of 5 brightness.
I am running the black plastic theme, but that doesn't seem to make a difference.
I do not have a Micro SD card installed.

I usually charge it every night and take it off the charger at 7AM.
With maybe one or two hours of internet surfing a day. It is almost dead by 10PM.

Is this the same experience as everyone else? Or is it just me. I am starting to lean towards getting a new battery just to see if it will make a difference. How is everyone else configuring theirs for the best battery life? Am I missing something or is this normal?
When you say wifi is disabled! what do you actually mean by that? disabled as in card is down or that wifi is not connected.

Also as your phone updates your email everyhour and if you receive a lots of email, I would say, keep on 3g only. 2g will just make things worse during the email retreival.
I goto 2g when my batter is has one bar and I dont have a charger around :P
Also I turn "off/down" my wifi card most of the times as I like to have full control over my fone as in.. " Hey phone.. I must tell you what to turn on n off and when to "