Motorola E815 / E816 Hollywood
My E815 battery meter doesn't work
My wife and I got e815s a week ago. The battery meters on both phones stay at 6 pretty much no matter what we do with them. Then when we plug the phone in, presto, the meter says 2 or 4 or whatever, and it charges for a long time. So it looks like the battery meter program isn't correctly reading the charge level in the actual battery. Is this a known issue? Is there a fix?
Great phones, by the way. We had quite a struggle getting phone numbers onto them from our Palms, but the reception, sound quality, and voice recognition make up for it.
Great phones, by the way. We had quite a struggle getting phone numbers onto them from our Palms, but the reception, sound quality, and voice recognition make up for it.
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My 815 battery meter stays on full for quite a while. Once it drops below 6 bars, it seems to drop pretty fast. My phone, with my amount of usage will last about 3 days. I usually recharge mine every evening so I never have a problem. My battery actually lasts longer than I expected it to, so I am happy.
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Not sure where you guys are getting 6 bars for battery meter?? I have and always did have only 4 bars. I get about 3 days out of it with normal usage and some bt usage. If I use the bt too much, then it drains a little faster, but I only have 4 bars for battery.
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If you go into the menu. then go to phone info (number 9). Then you'll see the third one down is battery meter. Select that one. It shows 6 dots, colored if full. My meter seems to be fine, but it does die a little faster once it goes to 4 dots.
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Yes, that's the meter I was talking about. Interestingly, I never see 5 dots or 3 or anything, so I think the phone only detects four levels: full, 2/3, 1/3, and empty.
Has anybody else had the experience where it looks fully charged, but when you plug it in it immediately looks 2/3 or 1/3 charged?
Has anybody else had the experience where it looks fully charged, but when you plug it in it immediately looks 2/3 or 1/3 charged?
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jhersh said:
Yes, that's the meter I was talking about. Interestingly, I never see 5 dots or 3 or anything, so I think the phone only detects four levels: full, 2/3, 1/3, and empty.
Has anybody else had the experience where it looks fully charged, but when you plug it in it immediately looks 2/3 or 1/3 charged?
Yes, I was wondering about this myself. It must be normal.
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Mine will stay on 6 forever, then drop to in almost no time. Makes it hard to anticipate when I need to charge it. I did get an extended battery and it is more of the same.
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i wish the battery meter on the insdie display was easier to read. It is dark green when full (three bars) and light green as the life depletes. I suggest providing more contrast for easier viewing especially since the icon is so small.
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i have the same battery meter thing happen to me. once it drops from 6, it drops fast by twos. goes from 6 to 4 to 2 to 0 and beeping to recharge. but atht all happens for me in about 1 day. do any of you guys have problems with your battery life? mine only lasts about 1 day, and then i have to recharge it. and that's just it being on standby with no calls made or received and no playing around with the features or anyhting. i read here that it's the flashing 1x to EV and back that's causing the battery to die in 1 day, and i have the flashing.
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