Motorola Droid X
Battery and Charging Question
Also, I've now misplaced my charger (go figure) and wanted to know if I could use the charger from my Dare to...
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I've found that if I charge the X overnight to 100%, I will still have around 20%-30% battery at the end of the day (and that's with doing quite a lot on the new toy). Oh, and yes...pretty-much any micro USB charger will work on the X. I have used my old Dare charger to charge the X already from both the wall plug and through USB.
I have been playing around with it way too much (mostly been trying to get the 7 home screens setup just the way I want and browsing through the Android market...lol). At the end of the day, I have about 20% to 30% power left, which you and most have confirmed is normal. Oh and thanks for the info about the charger, the Dare charger was charging the phone but I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing any long term damage to my expensive new toy. lol.
One other question......when I plug mine in at night (it's off btw) and the battery life was around 20 to 30%, as soon as I...
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infinitehorizon said:Hmmm...I don't know. We don't have a land-line anymore so I never turn my cell off. Mine's still on at night when I plug it in to charge. I haven't seen or noticed it do that.
.....when I plug mine in at night (it's off btw) and the battery life was around 20 to 30%, as soon as I plug it in is states I'm at 60% (or higher) charge. Yours doing that?
I'm really enjoying all the X can do, but I still have to get used to the size. The Dare was a great "pocket size". Don't get me wrong..I'm lovin' the X. I just gotta get used to it. As far as Android goes, it's pretty amazing.
The Dare charger will definitely work. I use mine as a travel spare. I also have a nook, which uses the same micro-USB charger, and has a longer cord, so I use that for my home charger. I *have* noticed that it takes somewhat longer to charge, depending on the charger you use, some charger apparently cannot supply the current the charging circuits want.
I also routinely charge my Droid from my PC, and while markedly slower, it also works very well. I'll hook it up to my computer when I go to bed, and then when I get up in the morning, I'm 100% charged.
There's several things you can do to make your battery last longer. Setting screen to auto is one. Turn off GPS if your not using it,...
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