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vortigern
Joined: Dec 10, 2007
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From: London
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Do those with battery probs leave bluetooth on?
I turned it off just before i went away last week ... on 038 -Between the morning of 31st till 7th I only charged it up once while away, and then wasn't a long charge.
That said, I didn't make that many calls as I was abroad, but did use the cam/mp3 a lot.
just tried benchmarking but when I try to upload it barfs and gives me the html code of a vodafone page saying 'access denied'! - or in the net one it has the code for a page that says "Please exit and restart the application for an accurate measurement"
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spanner5351
Joined: Jul 17, 2004
Posts: 18
From: United Kingdom
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I never leave bluetooth on, only thing that maybe seem like it would use some battery is the HSDPA signal, but i had that with v37 as well.
Does anyone know a way to get the version 37 back without having to pay?
Does SE even know about this issue?
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1889
Joined: Dec 09, 2007
Posts: 118
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I never leave Blutooth on either. I don't even have 3G on, I dread to think how long the battery would last if I did!!
I only got 37 hours out of it after about 80 texts!!
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plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: Sweden fur alle
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On 2008-01-10 16:26:17, spanner5351 wrote:
I never leave bluetooth on, only thing that maybe seem like it would use some battery is the HSDPA signal, but i had that with v37 as well.
Does anyone know a way to get the version 37 back without having to pay?
Does SE even know about this issue?
[ This Message was edited by: spanner5351 on 2008-01-10 15:26 ]
the best way to downgrade (or uppdate) your firmware from 038 to 037 is to DPY flash it (using EMMA server)...can only be done by your local  work shop...(think also its the only way).
i allways uppdate my firmwares that way...MUCH better
so yes it possible
ps..its of course free to uppdate your fimrware with DPY flashning...but now you want to downgrade..ask nice and it should be ok 
pss...tomorow i going to downgrade my own k850 to 029, (liked 029 better.....much (normaly) better battery life....we have a work shop just some meters from their i live
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iwantin
Joined: Dec 05, 2007
Posts: 74
From: Mon't Kiara
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I'm on version 037, and for every 24hrs, my battery drops 25 % from full charge ie 98%, and the last 50% drops faster and is completely depleted in 30 hrs.
My average routine is:
1. 3G on always, sometimes phone switches to EDGE or 2G
2. Total talk time in 24 hrs ~45min
3. bluetooth only on when actually sending/receiving stuff
4. 10-15 sms/mms in 24hrs
5. 2-3 photos with flash
With 3G off, battery can last up to double the time.
I shudder to think that ver 038 gives worse battery lifespan 
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n4d3r
Joined: Nov 04, 2007
Posts: 86
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wow i dont know why some of you have battery problems with your k850's. im on 037 and my battery lasts a very long time. I fully drained and charged (8 hour charge) my battery 2 days ago and after 50 hour something my battery is at 46%.
edit** im on 3g network 90% of the times and make a couple of video calls a day.
I use bluetooth for about an hour a day while driving.
take around 10 shots a day with/without flash
send 10 sms messeges a day, averaging 80 minutes a day talk time
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nocky
Joined: Dec 09, 2007
Posts: 76
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the battery on my k850i 037 is great to it lasts about 4-5 days with atleast a hour or two of music every night |
br@dley
Joined: Nov 25, 2007
Posts: 64
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I turned Bluetooth and Push email off and that helped. |
larry 68
Joined: Nov 09, 2007
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I've now turned off almost everything and removed an animated screensaver.
Last night I charged up the phone to full, havent used it today for anything other than a dozen texts and right now the meter bar is showing as almost full maybe 85% but the settings in profile are showing as only 63 %  |
plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
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From: Sweden fur alle
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i realy dont think that 037 have good battery life...thinks its sucks like 038
i had 029 for several months...no problem with UI or some other things..(of course the mediaplayer is little slow when i listen to music)...BUT I HAD AWESOME BATTERY LIFE...i realy believe that 029 is the only firmware with good battery......037 & 038 have the same worse battery.
im going back to 029, and wait to spring/summer when a real firmware comes....easily
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larry 68
Joined: Nov 09, 2007
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I agree, battery on my k850i on the original firmware was very very good but has been drasticaly reduced after I did the 2 updates, cant seem to win, media is faster now and camera improved but have now got a poor battery and memory bug. |
plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
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you right and wrong
with 037 & 038 the mediaplayer became faster BUT THE CAMERA QUALITY wasnt improved...i get same quality on my pictures with 029 like 038..(im actaully satisfield with the camera...except for some outdoor pics)
so i rather have 4 days awesome battery life and little slower mediaplayer,
then 1-2 days battery life and little faster mediaplayer
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DragonEye
Joined: Sep 26, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Canada
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battery life has probabaly suffered becasue they've cranked up the "overclocked" processor to have it perform faster...
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plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
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does someone actaully know if overclocked the CPU ??????????
can you see it in some Benchmark or ????????....sounds strange to OC a cell phone CPU...he he...(of course the battery life drain faster if thats true)
maybe its a bug on the battery-icon ???
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spanner5351
Joined: Jul 17, 2004
Posts: 18
From: United Kingdom
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I think the battery icon is ok, currently my icon is still green but its near half way and the status says 40%.
So the icon seems ok to resemble the 40%.
I was also thinkin to switch to v29 for battery reasons, but the flash being out of sync was really annoying for night time photos.
So downgrading to v37 might be an in between solution.
And about finding a local SE work shop, i used to know one near me called Intec Cellular Services in Barnet,uk, but none of their phone numbers work any more, wondering if they are closed. |
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