Reply
Thread Tools
jmk is offline jmk
2010-11-16 , 14:33
Posts: 144 | Thanked: 21 times | Joined on Mar 2007 @ Finland
#1
Have you noticed any drop in battery life during N900 lifetime. I have used N900 almost a year and now I need to charge every night. Personal record with Lehto's 850Mhz kernel was almost 4 days without any use.

Yeah I am using Titans kernel with OC settings and noticed the battery is dying slowly.

So anyone purchased already new battery (original of course) and got better uptimes? I am not using any **** applications or widgets and only one desktop. Xorg seems to eat most of the battery
 
gabby131 is offline gabby131
2010-11-16 , 14:40
Posts: 1,729 | Thanked: 388 times | Joined on Jan 2010 @ Canada
#2
i change/charge my battery every after 8-15hrs.

so your case is not a surprise for me.

batteries are expected to decrease performance overtime. and i believe, a year is enough to notice some change.
__________________
if i did help you, just click "Thanks" on the lower right of my post. thanks!

"The best way to break a Spell is to prevent it from being cast in the first place"

N900: 1000/1150mhz; sampling_rate 15; up_threshold 150000;
 
kureyon is offline kureyon
2010-11-16 , 15:29
Posts: 992 | Thanked: 738 times | Joined on Jun 2010 @ Low Earth Orbit
#3
Lithium Ion batteries (as used in the N900) will deteriorate over time even if not used, and will do so faster when used. When you buy an official Nokia battery it should have the production date on the package. Personally I would only buy it if it is less than a year from production.
 
jmk is offline jmk
2010-11-16 , 15:48
Posts: 144 | Thanked: 21 times | Joined on Mar 2007 @ Finland
#4
Ordered original Nokia BL-5J 24,90 euros (fakes are 5 euros) and 4GB Cnmemory 4 gt MicroSDHC 8,5 euros for Nitroid/Meego whatever testing.

Lets see how the new battery compares to old one. And yes it is 100% original. Not sure about the speed of the card but the card should be class6 atleast.
Last edited by jmk; 2010-11-16 at 15:52.
 
droll is offline droll
2010-11-16 , 15:51
Posts: 958 | Thanked: 483 times | Joined on May 2010
#5
do check the max charge either via lshal in xterm or battery graph. you should notice the old battery's max charge degrading over time.
 
soeiro is offline soeiro
2010-11-17 , 16:18
Posts: 292 | Thanked: 131 times | Joined on Dec 2009
#6
I have being using my N900 with an original Nokia BL-5J battery for 11 months. I always let it run dry before recharging it to full capacity.

I haven't noticed any degradations yet (though they should be there). However, in my experience, buggy applications are what consume most battery.

Since installing Pr1.3 and also installing the hildon-desktop fix, my personal record is almost 6 days of low usage. Just after pr1.2 and before the hildon-desktop fix I could only get at most 2 days with low usage.

So my advice is just to check for stray applications, widgets or anything that is left eating your battery charge away.
__________________
Help improve N900, vote for:
Information about what the email client is doing
Find applications easily with tags for sub-menus
A better help system
Limit download of emails per connection type (don't fetch attachments)
A better use of internal flash
Last edited by soeiro; 2010-11-17 at 16:20. Reason: typo
 
les_garten is offline les_garten
2010-11-17 , 16:30
Posts: 1,283 | Thanked: 370 times | Joined on Sep 2009 @ South Florida
#7
Originally Posted by soeiro View Post
I have being using my N900 with an original Nokia BL-5J battery for 11 months. I always let it run dry before recharging it to full capacity.

I haven't noticed any degradations yet (though they should be there). However, in my experience, buggy applications are what consume most battery.

Since installing Pr1.3 and also installing the hildon-desktop fix, my personal record is almost 6 days of low usage. Just after pr1.2 and before the hildon-desktop fix I could only get at most 2 days with low usage.

So my advice is just to check for stray applications, widgets or anything that is left eating your battery charge away.
Can you point to which Hildon Desktop fix you used. There are a few of them, and some are said to decrease battery life.
__________________
N900 as a Drive Letter in Windows, FULL Root access!!
Maemo! There's a BUG for that!
Cutomize Maemo!
Noobies - Noobies 2 - Maemo 5 - 101
Maemo FAQ
 
manolos is offline manolos
2010-12-16 , 05:11
Posts: 15 | Thanked: 3 times | Joined on Aug 2010 @ Greece
#8
catorize is one evil backround application! i searched and i found that is the cause for low battery performance. i saw it with my own eyes when i removed the app. check my advice too if you have catorize
 
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 18:49.

Contact Us - Home - Archive - Top