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razor v9 battery life?

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Posted by: Phatsoundz

Hey guys.......i just got this phone......is the battery life not very good on this phone or what?


Posted by: George Knighton

I haven't had any particular issue so far, but I believe the battery is not going to last quite as long as it did in my Krzr.

Something that might help is to manually select 850/1900 in your network settings instead of Automatic. This keeps the phone from trying to latch onto weak UMTS broadcasts when it should just stay on a high strength GSM band.


Posted by: mudin1

Where the heck is the network settings? Kinda a newb at this.


Posted by: Squeedly Spooch

Well another thing is you JUST got the phone, right? No phone has good battery life right out of the box, it will take several full charges (charge it up full, drain the battery until it's completely dead, like "shutting itself off" dead) and then charge it up full again. In fact, when you first got it you should have left it charging overnight (at least 12 hours) but you can still do that now. (and yes, it does automatically stop charging, but the 12 hour recharge does help, as it keeps topping up the battery during the night) after you have completely draing and completely charged the phone several times the battery life will be MUCH better. My v3t, for example, I think lasted 8 hours the first day, but now from all the draining/charging it lasts up to 3 - 4 days (which is what my last two phones lasted for)

anyway, the network settings (I am giving you directions from the V3t, so pardon me if I get something a little off, but it should be similar if not the same) are located here:

Go to Menu -> Go to Settings (looks like a screwdriver and Wrench) -> scroll down to Network (it will have a picture of a cel phone tower beside it) and there you go!


Posted by: mudin1

Thanks but not there on the V9 there is a phone settings under Settings and tools
>Settings and tools
>Phone settings
1. Standalone mode, 2.shortcut keys, 3. Language, 4. Location, 5. Security, 6.System select, 7. NAM select, 8. TEXT input


Posted by: chococheese

you may need to do a seem edit


Posted by: Phatsoundz

Quote:
Originally Posted by Squeedly Spooch
Well another thing is you JUST got the phone, right? No phone has good battery life right out of the box, it will take several full charges (charge it up full, drain the battery until it's completely dead, like "shutting itself off" dead) and then charge it up full again. In fact, when you first got it you should have left it charging overnight (at least 12 hours) but you can still do that now. (and yes, it does automatically stop charging, but the 12 hour recharge does help, as it keeps topping up the battery during the night) after you have completely draing and completely charged the phone several times the battery life will be MUCH better. My v3t, for example, I think lasted 8 hours the first day, but now from all the draining/charging it lasts up to 3 - 4 days (which is what my last two phones lasted for)

anyway, the network settings (I am giving you directions from the V3t, so pardon me if I get something a little off, but it should be similar if not the same) are located here:

Go to Menu -> Go to Settings (looks like a screwdriver and Wrench) -> scroll down to Network (it will have a picture of a cel phone tower beside it) and there you go!
aahhhh thanks so much...i really need to be patient...thanks, i'll give it a try.




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