battery life

[afgone]

hi,

How come the battery life is too short. i use it for half an hour and the battery is gone. is there a way to improve the life of battery.

thanks

[ziffos]

Have a search on this forum for "battery" or "battery life" and you may get a few tips.

[Davinz]

new battery? if it is it might be faulty :S

[afgone]

can i ask you guys how many hours can you use it befor it goes dead?

for me it is like less then an hour before the charge is all gone

thanks

[Gazzer]

Have a quick search there is loads about battery life........

You should be getting 24/48 hours ISH out of it.......check your firmware as well V20 or V21 will give this sort of battery life.....

type *#0000# this will tell you your firmware

[afgone]

the version says V 12.0.0.13.

is that any good or do i need upgrade, if upgrade then would i lose everything?

[zachdown]

I'm using a portable battery charger. Works great. I usually run out of juice at the end of the day, before i get home. Mine might be faulty as well.

[Micky]

the version says V 12.0.0.13.

is that any good or do i need upgrade, if upgrade then would i lose everything?

Time for an upgrade, which will improve your battery performance no end.

Check out the tips tab at the top of the page regarding upgrading your firmware. Make sure you do a back up as stated in the guide, and you will be fine.

[Gazzer]

By portable charger do you mean one of those that have batteries in or a car charger, or do you connect to the mains power supply...

I allways seem to get a better charge when charging from mains power....

[Micky]

I use a proporta..

Proporta Charging Solutions

[Gazzer]

Thats a nice item there....GSI

[Micky]

Highly recommended Gaz.! Few members here have it, and swear by them

[gavinguinness]

Proporta is my saviour. Excellent product, even if it does look like an iPod!

But that said, you should expect more than 30 minutes from the battery mate. Even with everything switched on running v11! There's something not right there fella.

I use mine extensively for Streaming, Video, Web (wifi), IM, Sat Nav and the odd phonecall. I get about 10 hours safe between charges, but I would class myself as a heavy user.

If I just leave it on standby as a "phone" I get between 24 and 48 hours.

[MazduhFD]

I have the same problem with my Nokia N95-4 8GB.

I dialed *#0000# and I got

V11.2.011
01-04-08
RM-421
Nokia N95 (B1.03)...

I tried upgrading and it keeps telling me that my device is up to date....

[Grayburn]

If it's up to date then it's up to date, debrand if you want the latest firmware.