Recently my battery struggles to last 8 hours after a full charge. I hardly use it, turned off f secure and just keep it in my pocket.#
Any ideas on prolonging te battery life as I am getting fed up with this. (The alarm the other day did not work as the power ran out, causing me to be late for work!!!)
8 hours is poor.
And not normal - 8 hours. N95 battery is not outstanding, but usually have more than 8 hours of use. See if you have some background apps open and close them. If it does not change, change that battery for a new one.
I think I have closed them.
It seems to have full bars for a while but when 3-4 bars on the battery are left, it loses charge very quickly. Strange.
It sounds like you may have a duff battery, of all the research i've read I know the battery life is poor but i've not read anything that bad. If you try and claim under waranty I just hope for your sake they don't want the whole phone back again!
vfarrest wrote:I think I have closed them.It seems to have full bars for a while but when 3-4 bars on the battery are left, it loses charge very quickly. Strange.
Are you in an area of weak signal strength? Are you ouside 3G coverage area?
3G phones are particularly power hungry when the signal quality is low (1-bar or less). The handset constantly tries to search for another tranmitter in range in the hope of improving signal quality.
If the handset is set to Dual mode (3G-UMTS and 2G-GSM) the problem is compounded as the handset now has to search both the 3G and 2G frequencies for a decent signal quality (even if you are outside of the 3G coverage area the handset still searches for a 3G signal).
If you are in an area of weak reception, try cancelling Dual mode and select only UMTS or only GSM. (Tools -> Settings -> Phone -> Network -> Network Mode), then the handset only has one set of frequencies to scan. Try it for a day with 3G-only then try 2G-only the next day. Monitor battery levels and see which one gives best battery life.
If (like me) you live and work in an area outside of 3G coverage area, select GSM mode and forget about it.
On the other hand, you can change the network mode at any time, without the need to reboot the handset. Therefore, if you move from 2G to 3G coverage areas regularly - e.g. 2G in the office, 3G at home/weekends, you can still make full use of the phones' 3G functions but not waste battery charge searching for non existant 3G signal when at the location which does not support 3G.
Hope this helps?
Wiil try, tanks for the responses