v551 battery life

As others have pointed out, our phones run 3 to 4 days between
charges. You may have a problem with your battery. Are you really
letting it fully charge? It takes mine about 4 hours, unlike our
Nokia which charges fully in about 2 hours. Go into Tools/Phone
Status/Battery Meter and look at the battery charge on the larger
meter. If you leave BlueTooth on all the time, it can drag your
battery down. This IS considered to be a problem.


On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 09:18:01 -0500, Rich <ripcord@hurontel.on.ca>
wrote:

>I think it is an issue with the phone. Mine worked good on the "from the factory" charge, but after
>that the battery life is terrible. Nice phone, but a pain in the ass wrt the battery. I hope
>Motorola comes up with a fix soon or at least a free or cost discounted battery offer. Are you
>listening Motorola..... HelloMoto!!!!
>
>Rich
>
>On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:29:56 GMT, "JW" <jwink@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>I just got the v551 and fully charged it overnight on Friday. Used it
>>Saturday to adjust the settings and address book and made a 30 min phone
>>call. Sunday morning I wake up and the phone is shut off because of no
>>batter life! One day of battery life? Is this an issue with the phone or a
>>bad battery?
>>

Bluetooth power is off. Never turn it on. Just checked in the menu. Yes I am
letting it fully charge and yes this is how I get the actual power reading
by going to the menu and observing the level that way.

"Dick" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
news:1cec01lsgak2kuk6bencb6rr2gg6jnm454@4ax.com...
> As others have pointed out, our phones run 3 to 4 days between
> charges. You may have a problem with your battery. Are you really
> letting it fully charge? It takes mine about 4 hours, unlike our
> Nokia which charges fully in about 2 hours. Go into Tools/Phone
> Status/Battery Meter and look at the battery charge on the larger
> meter. If you leave BlueTooth on all the time, it can drag your
> battery down. This IS considered to be a problem.
>
>
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 09:18:01 -0500, Rich <ripcord@hurontel.on.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>I think it is an issue with the phone. Mine worked good on the "from the
>>factory" charge, but after
>>that the battery life is terrible. Nice phone, but a pain in the ass wrt
>>the battery. I hope
>>Motorola comes up with a fix soon or at least a free or cost discounted
>>battery offer. Are you
>>listening Motorola..... HelloMoto!!!!
>>
>>Rich
>>
>>On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:29:56 GMT, "JW" <jwink@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I just got the v551 and fully charged it overnight on Friday. Used it
>>>Saturday to adjust the settings and address book and made a 30 min phone
>>>call. Sunday morning I wake up and the phone is shut off because of no
>>>batter life! One day of battery life? Is this an issue with the phone or
>>>a
>>>bad battery?
>>>
>

Then I would try another battery.

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 16:59:43 GMT, "JW" <jwink@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>Bluetooth power is off. Never turn it on. Just checked in the menu. Yes I am
>letting it fully charge and yes this is how I get the actual power reading
>by going to the menu and observing the level that way.

You can get batteries on ebay for under $15.

From:Rich
ripcord@hurontel.on.ca

> I think it is an issue with the phone. Mine worked good on the "from
> the factory" charge, but after that the battery life is terrible.
> Nice phone, but a pain in the ass wrt the battery. I hope Motorola
> comes up with a fix soon or at least a free or cost discounted
> battery offer. Are you listening Motorola..... HelloMoto!!!!
>
> Rich
>
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:29:56 GMT, "JW" <jwink@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> I just got the v551 and fully charged it overnight on Friday. Used it
>> Saturday to adjust the settings and address book and made a 30 min
>> phone call. Sunday morning I wake up and the phone is shut off
>> because of no batter life! One day of battery life? Is this an issue
>> with the phone or a bad battery?

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:29:56 GMT, "JW" <jwink@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>I just got the v551 and fully charged it overnight on Friday. Used it
>Saturday to adjust the settings and address book and made a 30 min phone
>call. Sunday morning I wake up and the phone is shut off because of no
>batter life! One day of battery life? Is this an issue with the phone or a
>bad battery?

Most batteries need 3-4 full charge / discharge cycles to obtain full
battery life.
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Mine lasts for days ... purchased online in November 2004.
___________________
Ann
Motorola V551
iPAQ 4355


iPAQ 3850
"Dick" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
news:1cec01lsgak2kuk6bencb6rr2gg6jnm454@4ax.com...
> As others have pointed out, our phones run 3 to 4 days between
> charges. You may have a problem with your battery. Are you really
> letting it fully charge? It takes mine about 4 hours, unlike our
> Nokia which charges fully in about 2 hours. Go into Tools/Phone
> Status/Battery Meter and look at the battery charge on the larger
> meter. If you leave BlueTooth on all the time, it can drag your
> battery down. This IS considered to be a problem.
>
>
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 09:18:01 -0500, Rich <ripcord@hurontel.on.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>I think it is an issue with the phone. Mine worked good on the "from the
>>factory" charge, but after
>>that the battery life is terrible. Nice phone, but a pain in the ass wrt
>>the battery. I hope
>>Motorola comes up with a fix soon or at least a free or cost discounted
>>battery offer. Are you
>>listening Motorola..... HelloMoto!!!!
>>
>>Rich
>>
>>On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:29:56 GMT, "JW" <jwink@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I just got the v551 and fully charged it overnight on Friday. Used it
>>>Saturday to adjust the settings and address book and made a 30 min phone
>>>call. Sunday morning I wake up and the phone is shut off because of no
>>>batter life! One day of battery life? Is this an issue with the phone or
>>>a
>>>bad battery?
>>>
>

I bought my phone Thursday night. It was partially charged plus I charged
it when I got home. It lasted until monday a.m. when it went to "low
battery." I charged it for about 2 hours before I had to go to work. Then
Monday night I charged it til it said "charge complete." This was about
Midnight monday night. I used the alarm feature both Tuesday and Wednesday
a.m. and talked on it for a total of 45 minutes. That's it. By 11a.m.
today it was back to "low battery" and dying. So it lasted a total of 36
hours. Not acceptable. (And Bluetooth was off.)

Is it the battery or the phone? Since it ran completely out, I am
completely recharging it tonight and will see how it does. But if it runs
out that quick again I will be visiting the store to either change batteries
or exchange the phone...



"Ann" <nospam@netzero.com> wrote in message
news:4213f92c$0$38731$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net. ..
> Mine lasts for days ... purchased online in November 2004.
> ___________________
> Ann
> Motorola V551
> iPAQ 4355
>
>
> iPAQ 3850
> "Dick" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
> news:1cec01lsgak2kuk6bencb6rr2gg6jnm454@4ax.com...
> > As others have pointed out, our phones run 3 to 4 days between
> > charges. You may have a problem with your battery. Are you really
> > letting it fully charge? It takes mine about 4 hours, unlike our
> > Nokia which charges fully in about 2 hours. Go into Tools/Phone
> > Status/Battery Meter and look at the battery charge on the larger
> > meter. If you leave BlueTooth on all the time, it can drag your
> > battery down. This IS considered to be a problem.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 09:18:01 -0500, Rich <ripcord@hurontel.on.ca>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>I think it is an issue with the phone. Mine worked good on the "from
the
> >>factory" charge, but after
> >>that the battery life is terrible. Nice phone, but a pain in the ass
wrt
> >>the battery. I hope
> >>Motorola comes up with a fix soon or at least a free or cost discounted
> >>battery offer. Are you
> >>listening Motorola..... HelloMoto!!!!
> >>
> >>Rich
> >>
> >>On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:29:56 GMT, "JW" <jwink@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>I just got the v551 and fully charged it overnight on Friday. Used it
> >>>Saturday to adjust the settings and address book and made a 30 min
phone
> >>>call. Sunday morning I wake up and the phone is shut off because of no
> >>>batter life! One day of battery life? Is this an issue with the phone
or
> >>>a
> >>>bad battery?
> >>>
> >
>
>

tma wrote:
> I bought my phone Thursday night. It was partially charged plus I charged
> it when I got home. It lasted until monday a.m. when it went to "low
> battery." I charged it for about 2 hours before I had to go to work. Then
> Monday night I charged it til it said "charge complete." This was about
> Midnight monday night. I used the alarm feature both Tuesday and Wednesday
> a.m. and talked on it for a total of 45 minutes. That's it. By 11a.m.
> today it was back to "low battery" and dying. So it lasted a total of 36
> hours. Not acceptable. (And Bluetooth was off.)
>
> Is it the battery or the phone? Since it ran completely out, I am
> completely recharging it tonight and will see how it does. But if it runs
> out that quick again I will be visiting the store to either change batteries
> or exchange the phone...
>


I found that my battery seemed to hold a charge much better after
several full kill and re-charge cycles as the manual suggests. It seems
that others have had success with new batteries, so that would be
something to try if full cycling of it a few times doesn't fix it.