Asking for Opinions - EVO 4G General

I'm buying my dad an evo and I have a few questions
1)Will its battery last from 6am to 12pm with heavy calling and virtually no txts and internet use?
2) what would be good under volt settings for this phone?
thx
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1. Yes. Six hours is fine even with really heavy usage (though every phone is different and I'm sure somebody has some horror story to refute me). Just tell him how to turn the radios off that he's not using. For me, I never use Bluetooth, rarely use WiFi, and when I do, they can be toggled on. Don't turn on 4G if you're not in a 4G area, that radio kills the battery. Just don't leave them on if you're not using them, let them be more "on demand". Rooting and getting a tweaked ROM/kernel will also help. I suggest VaelPak 3.2 with Netarchy, or better yet, Vaelpak GB with SavagedZen. See my sig for a link if you're interested.
2. Most people are good with -75mV, some can go higher (100 to 125 in one or two cases) but -75 seems to be the consensus. In addition, you can set different min/max CPU speeds (this is a native option in the latest VP GB beta). That way, the CPU will scale its speed based on usage. Most people go somewhere around 245mHz min to 998mHz max, or you can overclock a bit, or you can underclock so the max is only in the 500-600s. It actually doesn't make a noticeable difference in performance for some people, unless you're gaming and then you can bump it up again anyway.
LOTS of stuff to play around with to get the best battery vs. performance balance.

You misread bro
Its 18 hours
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One more question
does sense 3.O come with ota gingerbread
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gtuansdiamm said:
You misread bro
Its 18 hours
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How did he misread BRO?!
YOU GOT 30 DAYS to TRY THE PHONE OUT BROOOOOO!!!
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gtuansdiamm said:
One more question
does sense 3.O come with ota gingerbread
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No it does not BRO.
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novanosis85 said:
How did he misread BRO?!
YOU GOT 30 DAYS to TRY THE PHONE OUT BROOOOOO!!!
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He wrote 6 hours
My dads not the type to return a thing especially if I give it to him.
Even if it hassles him like crazy he'll treasure the phone.
I'm getting him this phone because I want to make his life easier so the 30 day return thing won't really work for me.
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gtuansdiamm said:
He wrote 6 hours
My dads not the type to return a thing especially if I give it to him.
Even if it hassles him like crazy he'll treasure the phone.
I'm getting him this phone because I want to make his life easier so the 30 day return thing won't really work for me.
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So how many hours it talk time and stand by time?
He might need an iPhone or a BB.
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18 HOURS is asking a lot from a smart phone. It's not possible with the batt tech atm.
If the talk time is low then maybe.
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gtuansdiamm said:
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does sense 3.O come with ota gingerbread
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No.
And as far as the phone lasting from 6 A.M. to 12 P.M. .... I believe it has about 6 hours of talk time (continuous). Take that for what it is, and given his situation. Can he not utilize a charger? Situation won't allow? As said, there are things that can be done to help 'manage' battery life, but that isn't going to yield some insane results. If he doesn't need data he could disable data, keep voice open, and see how that goes. I couldn't see that necessarily doubling the talk time. As mentioned, also, you can trial it for 30 days.
edit: slow on the draw
Maybe the Evo isn't right for him. Especially if you can't wrestle it from his old man grip for a return. Could a BB do?

He doesn't like bb because of the small buttons
I think I might just buy him an extra battery car charger and then under volt it od
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gtuansdiamm said:
You misread bro
Its 18 hours
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6am to 12pm is 6 hours. You mistyped bro. Had it been 6am to 12am then it would be 18 hours.
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I'd you are buying new. Buy the EVO 3D. Battery life should be much better than the EVO 4G
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Op mistyped. Either way, I would just wait a week for the 3d.

Evolution 3d probably wont have better battery life. You should buy him extra batteries with an external charger. He'll be fine with about 6..
Gimme a couple a days to come up with a new sig that is cool.

Lol yeah 6 am to 12pm is 6 hours.. 12pm would noon, so according to all the clocks I've ever looked at, it would be 6 hours. And yeah wait for the 3D. Probably same battery but might as well get a newer model.
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gtuansdiamm said:
You misread bro
Its 18 hours
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Learn to count bro
6am
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6 hours bro.
And no, the evo can't last 18 hours of heavy use. Get him a crack berry
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Get an extended or spare battery?

bjb_nyj101 said:
Learn to count bro
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6 hours bro.
And no, the evo can't last 18 hours of heavy use. Get him a crack berry
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Lmfao crackberry. I had one, and I'm not ever ever ever ever going back. That white screen of death was a pita.
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bjb_nyj101 said:
Learn to count bro
6am
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6 hours bro.
And no, the evo can't last 18 hours of heavy use. Get him a crack berry
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You blew my mind bro.
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Random Drastic Battery Increase?

I've had this phone since October.. and battery life was meh, obviously.
About a month ago I switched to SRF Frozen, and the battery life was great. I was consistently getting 3 hours of screen on time throuh 12 hours use.
Then just out of nowhere, a couple days ago I've been getting 4 hours of screen on time and my phone lasting 16-20 hours.
I'm baffled, but in no way disappointed. I just found it really strange because I haven't downloaded any new apps in forever, and haven't changed my settings or usage at all.
This happen to anyone else?
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When a monkey sees a banana, it doesn't question why or how it got there, but it just takes it
Which means, who know? Better not to ask and tamper with it and just appreciate it
You lucky as*hole! xD
WHOOOAAA
I can't believe you just compared me to a monkey.
Visibly upset.
Visibly.
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Has your cell signal seen an improvement at home or at work?
Sprintguy1376 said:
WHOOOAAA
I can't believe you just compared me to a monkey.
Visibly upset.
Visibly.
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i dont' see it
im getting 16hrs of battery life and im a pretty heavy xda,facebook,text user..download everything in evo forums..im waiting for full charge to see my next results..just did some tweaks..hoping for over 24hrs
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I usually get about 5-6 hours per battery with 4G, GPS, and WIFI constantly on. I get like 12-14 hours with 3G.
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I grabbed myself a copy of Stock Plus and my battery life was AMAZING. Giving the new Syndicate a try now.
Sprintguy1376 said:
I've had this phone since October.. and battery life was meh, obviously.
About a month ago I switched to SRF Frozen, and the battery life was great. I was consistently getting 3 hours of screen on time throuh 12 hours use.
Then just out of nowhere, a couple days ago I've been getting 4 hours of screen on time and my phone lasting 16-20 hours.
I'm baffled, but in no way disappointed. I just found it really strange because I haven't downloaded any new apps in forever, and haven't changed my settings or usage at all.
This happen to anyone else?
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Sounds like Sprint just erected a cell tower next to your home/work. This could definitely be attributed to better/more constant signal.
Sprintguy1376 said:
WHOOOAAA
I can't believe you just compared me to a monkey.
Visibly upset.
Visibly.
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XD sorry
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I'm guessing that could be it.. I just finished up a semester of college and went back home for the summer where I ALWAYS have full bars. When I'm at UMass I'm lucky to have 2 bars.
Wow I didn't know it made that big of a difference, especially since I'm alwas on wi-fi. Funny thing is, I get 4G when I'm at UMass and crappy evdo coverage, yet at home I get great evdo and no 4G.
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Visibly upset again... this phone won't even be reasonable!
Go figure the day after I post this... the battery life is back to 3 hours of screen on time and about 12 hours total with same usage. Haven't moved locations either..
>.<
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get an Evo 3d
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Haha is that everyone's new solution!?
Personally, I'm not going to buy another android device. I honestly feel like I'm having personal battles with the OS at times. XP
Take that Evo 3D!
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yea, but its 3D!!!! lol
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mfknboss said:
yea, but its 3D!!!! lol
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I cannot argue this logic...
lmao..i <3 xda!!!
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Battery life?

Hey guys a friend of mine got this phone about 3 weeks ago and is having some serious battery drain. Like from fully charged to the red in about 3 hours with minimal use. I told her to take it back and get another one. What I would like to know is if this is normal for this phone or just luck of the draw and got a defect. Thanks and apologize if this was already posted or is in the wrong place.
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Exodian said:
Hey guys a friend of mine got this phone about 3 weeks ago and is having some serious battery drain. Like from fully charged to the red in about 3 hours with minimal use. I told her to take it back and get another one. What I would like to know is if this is normal for this phone or just luck of the draw and got a defect. Thanks and apologize if this was already posted or is in the wrong place.
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You can go under settings>about phone>battery>what's using battery and see what the highest percentage of use is. That may narrow it down to an app or android process causing the drain. Is the phone rooted or unrooted?
Unrooted completely stock and the screen eats about 97%of the battery. I dropped the brightness to its lowest level disabled wifi and everything else I could think of but the battery life really had no improvement
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It seems it would be the phone..I suggest replacing it.
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Yeah that is what I was thinkin
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Exodian said:
Hey guys a friend of mine got this phone about 3 weeks ago and is having some serious battery drain. Like from fully charged to the red in about 3 hours with minimal use. I told her to take it back and get another one. What I would like to know is if this is normal for this phone or just luck of the draw and got a defect. Thanks and apologize if this was already posted or is in the wrong place.
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try a different rom there is plenty out there to choose from
Systemfraud said:
It seems it would be the phone..I suggest replacing it.
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the speeds on your sig got me jealous. damn is that accurate
Exodian said:
Hey guys a friend of mine got this phone about 3 weeks ago and is having some serious battery drain. Like from fully charged to the red in about 3 hours with minimal use. I told her to take it back and get another one. What I would like to know is if this is normal for this phone or just luck of the draw and got a defect. Thanks and apologize if this was already posted or is in the wrong place.
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try this room!my battery stats have me at 31 hours and counting with 15% left.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078558

Chinese Extended battery life

How many hours are u getting from a Chinese extended battery
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I can get about 6 hours of constant use,ie streaming Netflix over 3g.If I use the phone like normal,I can easily get a day and a half out of it though.
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How long have u had it for
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With the 3500 I'm getting 6-8 hours. Nearly 2 days if I don't use it at all practically. All on mikg 2.55. But I didn't get wall charger so battery is never fully charged.
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So wall charger is better than the regular phone charger
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Just got 2 of them a couple weeks ago,my launch day battery quit holding a charge.
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dvtmg704 said:
So wall charger is better than the regular phone charger
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Wall charger is to put battery in to fully charge it as EVO won't fully charge larger battery
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I bought this kit with 2 3500mah batteries for 20 bucks and it is worth every penny.
http://www.amazon.com/Extended-Sili...1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318516629&sr=8-1-fkmr1
I have run sense and aosp roms, both running 24-48 hours on one battery depending on use of course.
I got an extended battery from amazon for $7 with back and its a 3500mah. Last all day with everything running. No need to drive yourself crazy wondering, just spend $10 and get yourself something it will be well worth it. They have 1800-2000mah stock size batteries now from US distributors just search through eBay or Amazon
THE 1800 TO 2000 ARE CHINESE SCAMS . They're actually 1450/1550.
I got the 3500 it gives about 10-12
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trsix said:
THE 1800 TO 2000 ARE CHINESE SCAMS . They're actually 1450/1550.
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I got an 1800 last me at least 2-3 hours longer that stock, look around they are not all scams

Saying good by to my epic

Hey all just wanted to say a shoutout to all that hrlped with my epic issues and mod got out of contact with sprint and am going to verizon for the charge will bere from time to time as I am giving the phone to my wife
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Why not the galaxy nexus in a couple weeks?
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Good luck!
But...
Wait what made you go with this decision?
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Well no galaxy nexus because my father in law is adding me to his account and so he gave me his charge looking at the reviews pretty nice phone super amoler plus screen...and I am only pay 70 dollars for 800 min. Unlimited texts and 5 gigs of amazing internet no more poopy sprint data lol...
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Enjoy the better coverage and LTE. You got a good deal on price so can't tell you to enjoy the higher prices and data caps...LOL.
bfitzpatrickd2d said:
Well no galaxy nexus because my father in law is adding me to his account and so he gave me his charge looking at the reviews pretty nice phone super amoler plus screen...and I am only pay 70 dollars for 800 min. Unlimited texts and 5 gigs of amazing internet no more poopy sprint data lol...
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Wait what do you mean "only" lol he added you in a line and still have to pay 70??! I only play 40 for 1500 mins and unlim everything else. Sorry imo it was a bad choice id take less coverage over higher price and caps but best of luck
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I am paying over 110 dollars a month for one phone so in my opinion it is the right decision saving me 30 dollars a month
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
I am paying over 110 dollars a month for one phone so in my opinion it is the right decision saving me 30 dollars a month
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Yeah true in your case it would be the right way
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Anyone here against the droid charge such as preformance evelopment etc..
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
Anyone here against the droid charge such as preformance evelopment etc..
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My friend has a Droid charge and he is on his third one cuz he has been having issues. But I heard Verizon is good a swapping out phones.
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
Anyone here against the droid charge such as preformance evelopment etc..
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It's pretty much an epic without the keyboard. Slightly better and bigger screen. Hardware buttons too.
xboxfanj said:
It's pretty much an epic without the keyboard. Slightly better and bigger screen. Hardware buttons too.
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Buddy of mines got one through insurance in exchange for his Fascinate, but he didn't like the Charge so he found someone on Craigslist who wanted one in exchange for a Thunderbolt
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I'd sell it and.get the nexus.
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Charge is getting ics so not to worried about the nexus
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the wife has one. it's no better than the Epic, imo. i'd fear that the capacitive buttons wouldn't hold up. It looks like they're in the same GB limbo. I don't know who started that rumor. Also, their biggest dev is a known kanger. I chased him off from the Galaxy Tab 10.1 forum when he was begging users to buy him a Tab so he would be so kind as to dev for us. Sorry, we have Task, pershoot and PhantomHacker who run circles around his copy and paste devving.
So are u saying charge has little to no devs I saw it on andoidcentral.com samsung comfirmed it
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
So are u saying charge has little to no devs I saw it on andoidcentral.com samsung comfirmed it
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I see lots of things on androidcentral.com that make me browse elsewhere. The guy that made gymmicharge moved on. It's supported and fine, but no better than anything on our phone. Danalo1979 might be a reasonable dev but he truly kanged off of gummi and had to apologize to the whole forum to avoid or come back from ban. He also had to actually write a real rom and the original us still marked.
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Need a spare battery?

Hello all. I just picked up the new Evo LTE last week from Best Buy and traded in my OG Evo. I have a spare OEM battery that I was just going to recycle but I figured I would throw it up here if anyone wants it. Still works fairly well. Just want $5 to cover shipping. PM me if your interested.
Just recycle it. Anyone can just go to sprint and get it for free.
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Crossrocker said:
Just recycle it. Anyone can just go to sprint and get it for free.
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That's true, got 2 batteries and 2 battery doors, 1 black and one white.
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How do u like the EVO lte? What feels diff besides the speed?
HeadBlader911 said:
That's true, got 2 batteries and 2 battery doors, 1 black and one white.
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That's funny, I tried and they wanted me to buy one
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Sprint give something away..Ha HA HHHAA
Yeah how do u get a free battery from sprint?
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Pivo187 said:
How do u like the EVO lte? What feels diff besides the speed?
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I love this little beauty! Really though, everything it different about it IMO. From the way it feels in your hand, to all the differences with ICS. It actually took a couple days of modifying things before I was actually happy with it. After the first day, I was pretty certain I would return it and wait for the S III. But the community here is quick to fix most problems, so I rooted and unlocked it and haven't looked back since! If you're up for an upgrade, I would definitely took into getting one.
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