I have owned an E70 since last November. In that time, my battery life has been less than 24 hours--usually less than 12 hours, before the unit dies, and has to be rechanged. Numerous calls to Nokia support, new Nokia battery, TWO trip to the Nokia service center and now, finally, a new replacement E70 from Nokia.... The problem persists. The new (replacement) E70 dies in from four to six hours--this is after a full, over night charge! 😡
The only thing I see is the amount of third party software I've put on it. The Epocware "Handy" line, the LCG Jukebox and ProfiMail. Not that I'm even using these applications. The phone just sits on my desk and quietly dies... Just the fact that these applications are there seems to shorted the battery life. They are not running in the background. The task list shows only "Standby" operating.
So, what's the deal? Some users report no problems with battery life, while I'm not alone in this problem.
The E70 is supposed to be a "bells and whistles" phone and ought to support these applications, but maybe these applications don't "support" the E70??? :con?
Does anyone have any thoughts? Please!:frown:
Michael in Maine
Not normal... But after Nokia Service, what else to try:con? Another battery on phone? Could be the battery or even the phone with problems. Try with other battery,
Are you sure that you don't have any app running in background? It is not normal to drain the battery so fast. Maybe formatting the unit or a firmware update will help you.
Wirelessly posted (Nokia E70: Opera/8.01 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/3.0.6560/1630; en; U; ssr))
Thats pathetic,Sure your not doing anything thats annoying nokia!?.-But apparently i discovered that new replacement batteries are never as good as the originals.
Sure you shoudnt get another completely different phone,.?
Thank you to everyone who's contributed to this discussion... keep it coming.
To address the comments regarding getting a "new phone." Well, I'm not rich and Nokia has already given me a replacement phone of the same model (E70), with a new battery. I had a second battery from Nokia for the first phone. That's three batteries, two phones and two chargers. (Of course, if I never solve the problem, I'll just have to give up and get a new phone, but I don't think I can trust Nokia again. The iPhone is looking pretty attractive 🙄 )
I did a test last evening on a freshly recharged phone. I removed all of the third-party applications, removed the SIM and the external memory chip. I turned it back on and it's been on now for over twelve hours and still showing a full charge.
This morning, I slipped the SIM back in and still have a full charge. So, it's pointing to either the external memory card or one or more of the third-party software applications.
Should I need to try it, can anyone tell me how to "reflash" or reset my phone to "factory settings?"
Thanks again for all your great support (and encouragement) :hello:
Michael
Michael, bluetooth, 3G and WiFi data transfers are the fastest ways to drain the battery so be sure that you activate them only when you need. Also the programs running in background are draining the battery. Some applications are using executable files which are running on background, without being visible by holding the menu key down, so I'd suggest to install only the apps which you really use. Do not install apps just to make your menu bigger. I recommend you to uninstall the apps which you use less than once a month and store them on your SD card in a kit folder. From there you can install them when you need. This is the way I am using my N70 and the battery survives about two days.
Wirelessly posted (Nokia E70: Opera/8.01 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/3.0.6560/1630; en; U; ssr))
Soft reset to original settings(requires phone lock code)
in standby screen press
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Micheal there has to be something else causing the battery drain its not normal for the phone to behave that way.
But True some 3rd party apps can drain power massively esp. when their hidden ,working, in the background..or making use of the system or a connection.
For installed Java apps,you can limit,to an extent, what they do in the system-by going to 'App. Mangr' ,select on the Application. click 'options' and 'suite settings'
You can change the 'Network access' and 'Connectivity' fields to 'not allowed' so they cant make use of connections without your knowledge.
Just an update. First let me say "thank you" again to everyone who has been so helpful.
I won't try the soft reset unless things get really bad, but it's good to know.
1) I try to disconnect the WLAN and it disconnects, but within a few seconds re-connects! I have not found a way to permamently disable the auto connect feature.
2) Is there any way to determine what is going on behind the scenes, what applications may be running. If the pressing the applications button does not reflect this, what does? If I knew which applications were working in the background, perhaps I could disable them.
3) Could my external memory card be drawing power, when not in use? I have a 2 Gig one and maybe that's too much memory!
Well, thanks again for all your help.
Michael
longshadows wrote:
1) I try to disconnect the WLAN and it disconnects, but within a few seconds re-connects! I have not found a way to permamently disable the auto connect feature.
Maybe this is what it drains your battery.
longshadows wrote:
2) Is there any way to determine what is going on behind the scenes, what applications may be running. If the pressing the applications button does not reflect this, what does? If I knew which applications were working in the background, perhaps I could disable them.
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longshadows wrote:
3) Could my external memory card be drawing power, when not in use? I have a 2 Gig one and maybe that's too much memory!
It doesn't matter how big is your memory card. It does matter the number of third party applications, though.
Perhaps the actual memory card is the problem. Maybe it is taking a large drain on the battery just by being there. Try a different card. Your card and the progs on it are the only common things in this equation.