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2010-05-16
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I think the battery needs a few charges before it reaches it's full capacity. I get ~1.5 days and that is with 3.5G usage, music playing, watching Youtube etc.
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2010-05-16
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You can manually switch to GSM(2g) in Settings>Phone>Network Connection
There is also an app that lets you do that from the taskbar, t's called 3G/2G/Dual Mode Selection Applet.
You can find it here
Last edited by villo; 2010-05-16 at 21:24. Reason: Corrected application name; added link
There is also an app that lets you do that from the taskbar, t's called 3G/2G/Dual Mode Selection Applet.
You can find it here
Last edited by villo; 2010-05-16 at 21:24. Reason: Corrected application name; added link
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2010-05-16
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Get wifi switcher too, to disable the wifi radio from constantly searching for open networks. that alone gained me 6-8 hours!
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2010-05-16
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@ London
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The applet is called 3G/2G/Dual Mode Selection Applet and you can download it from the App Manager on your phone or from there: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/M...ection-applet/
Your battery life seems not quite right though. Battery life on the N900 is terrible but 7 hours with almost no use seems extreme. I'd get around 15 hours with the usage you describe. There has been a few threads here that gave suggestions on how to make battery life on the N900 a bit less miserable. You might want to do a search (use the Power Search option on the right side bar).
For me, the two biggest battery drainers have always been the email client (CPU usage goes through the roof whenever it checks for new emails - setting it to check for new emails every 30 minutes instead of every 5 minutes helped a lot) and the IM client (don't use it anymore).
Your battery life seems not quite right though. Battery life on the N900 is terrible but 7 hours with almost no use seems extreme. I'd get around 15 hours with the usage you describe. There has been a few threads here that gave suggestions on how to make battery life on the N900 a bit less miserable. You might want to do a search (use the Power Search option on the right side bar).
For me, the two biggest battery drainers have always been the email client (CPU usage goes through the roof whenever it checks for new emails - setting it to check for new emails every 30 minutes instead of every 5 minutes helped a lot) and the IM client (don't use it anymore).
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2010-05-16
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i'm not sure three does 2g coverage. they claim to be the only network built entirely for 3g, hence the name. you may want to check that!
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2010-05-16
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Thanks for the help.
Any other cool/useful app reccomendations? I'm finding this site somewhat clumsy to navigate
Any other cool/useful app reccomendations? I'm finding this site somewhat clumsy to navigate
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2010-05-16
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They have to support 2g and lower because there isn't full 3g coverage everywhere
I saw an app that can limit the connection down from 3g to say 2g but I cannot find a download for it, can anyone point me towards such an app?
I'm on the Three network