i was worried about the battery life - Page 2 - Motorola Q Forum

Tony Bag o Donuts · 04-30-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Guardian

I am sorry. I didn't know it doesn't come with all models.

I got my Q9h direct from Motorola and when it came, it had a slim batter which will keep the phone nice and thin. It also comes with the extended battery which makes the phone "less" thin by giving it a nice little bulge but heck its good for a week with that thing, small price.

I thought it was standard with every one of the models of the next generation Q, I didn't know I was one of the luckier ones.

They just know that the 9m is a better device than other 9 models....

Guardian · 04-30-2008, 02:48 PM

I'll take your word on that one.

magicman08 · 04-30-2008, 02:57 PM

if you're worried about the battery life....charge it.

mexiken · 05-01-2008, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guardian

I am sorry. I didn't know it doesn't come with all models.

I got my Q9h direct from Motorola and when it came, it had a slim batter which will keep the phone nice and thin. It also comes with the extended battery which makes the phone "less" thin by giving it a nice little bulge but heck its good for a week with that thing, small price.

I thought it was standard with every one of the models of the next generation Q, I didn't know I was one of the luckier ones.

Well all the Q9h's, or those from AT&T, also come with 2 batteries.

And a week ???? Wow, lucky you. Even with the extended battery, I can't last more than a day and a half

Guardian · 05-01-2008, 11:40 PM

Yeah, I figured at least the At&t ones like mine have to come with 2, it would be odd for them not to do that for everyone.

Yeah luck with the battery life but in all honesty the week is if I use it average to maybe a little more. More like 3, say 4 days if I use it heavily which I do pretty often.

Also, I practice good battery etiquette, I let it drain fairly low before charging it back up. I always do a slow charge and until full. I don't fast charge with car charger and then for a few minutes and then stop and then do it again. It has served me well.

spec7 · 05-03-2008, 06:23 PM

for me, im on palringo all the time at school and work. wake up at 8, ill have to charge it by 2pm (standard battery)
extended would last me till 5 or 6pm befor a charge.

with the extended it seems like the first bar last along time, once the 2nd shows up, the 3rd bar will be there within 30-1hr of use.

does anyone know if its bad to charge the battery when it has 2 bars left?

because i charge it at work when it has 2 bars left so the rest of my day i wont have a chance to since ill be out and about.

Guardian · 05-03-2008, 07:52 PM

It has been my experience that when you charge a battery that is not quite dead yet and/or you charge it with the "quick" charge method, you lower the battery life, how long it holds a charge and also how long it will be before it just dies on you.

I have always charged my battery when it comes down to the last bar and at least several hours into that last bar. I NEVER use the car charger unless an absolute emergency as it uses the quick charge method. I always charge it FULLY before use again, so usually at night, I will plug it into the wall charger and let it sit there until the next morning when I am leaving the house.

This has served me well, that way the battery doesn't develop the "memory" that 2 bars is low and 3 bars is full. This makes the range narrower and narrower until it just can't hold a charge for squat. So as long as you are diligent in doing it right and taking care of it, you will be fine, standard battery or not.

PacoJr67 · 05-03-2008, 07:59 PM

That's prety much sound advice. Lithium based batteries don't suffer from the memory effect like nickel based batteries do. But they still are designed for a certain number of charge cycles (around 500 usually). If you use more of the battery between charges it will (in general) take longer to expend the useable life of the battery.

Guardian · 05-03-2008, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by PacoJr67

That's prety much sound advice. Lithium based batteries don't suffer from the memory effect like nickel based batteries do. But they still are designed for a certain number of charge cycles (around 500 usually). If you use more of the battery between charges it will (in general) take longer to expend the useable life of the battery.

Thanks Paco and you are right, there is no memory issues with Lithium and that's why I put it in "quotes" because there is no hard memory but it does carry a charge memory in the sense that the material will hold the charge differently when confused and exposed to too much chaotic behavior.

Bingo with the charge cycle and that's why I try to maximize how much of each charge I use before recharging. Although unfortunately the fact that now they are USB powered, when I connect it to the computer for sync, it charges the phone as well but the only way I can counter that is to set the USB charge mode to SLOW charge to minimize the damage.

Anyway, good times.

mexiken · 05-04-2008, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by PacoJr67

That's prety much sound advice. Lithium based batteries don't suffer from the memory effect like nickel based batteries do. But they still are designed for a certain number of charge cycles (around 500 usually). If you use more of the battery between charges it will (in general) take longer to expend the useable life of the battery.

Was just about to say the same thing....now I'm a slight bit confused....