Re: V551 Battery Life Issue

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"Mike S." <retsuhcs@xinap.moc> wrote in message
news:d7vvkv$4am$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
> In article <cb7da$42a26840$18d68289$1388@KNOLOGY.NET>,
> BDC <BDChambless@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>"Fred" <agunat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:1f8oe.8888$rb6.1148@lakeread07...
>>> There has been much discussion about the poor battery life from the
>>> V551.
>>> Motorola has announced a software problem that may be causing this. It
>>> is
>>> a
>>> warrantable item. Check with Motorola or your provider to see if your
>>> phone
>>> is affected.
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>Does anyone have anymore info on this? My battery sucks!
>
> I asked on HoFo's Cingular forum (which usually has postings on this type
> of thing pretty quickly ... but didn't). Speculation is that they are
> referring to the 18.16R flash. Most 551's out there seem to have the same
> original flash (17.0FR) which some feel is associated with poor battery
> life. Whether the newer firmware fixes this .. and how, and under what
> conditions (standby? talk? bluetooth?) is still speculation.
>
>

Been doing some more looking. The firmware that fixes battery life issues
is R472_G_08.18.16R_0A which was released on April 15. One poster on
Cingular's support forum says the difference is like night and day.

Since then, an _0A7 version has come out ... nobody seems to know what's
different. Despite the numbering, I've seen statements that the 17R and 25R
flashes are OLDER.

My V551 was sold before they started locking them ... I'm tempted to go
for this but I hope it doesn't result in the inconvenience/expense of
having to go getting it unlocked afterwards.

Been doing some more looking. The firmware that fixes battery life issues
is R472_G_08.18.16R_0A which was released on April 15. One poster on
Cingular's support forum says the difference is like night and day.

Since then, an _0A7 version has come out ... nobody seems to know what's
different. Despite the numbering, I've seen statements that the 17R and 25R
flashes are OLDER.

My V551 was sold before they started locking them ... I'm tempted to go
for this but I hope it doesn't result in the inconvenience/expense of
having to go getting it unlocked afterwards.