Motorola E815 / E816 Hollywood
EVDO battery flaw
Anyone know if the EV-DO battery flaw has been solved yet? I have a new e815, and my battery is dying in under 1 day. I've got lousy EVDO coverage at work, which I suspect is the problem. I called verizon and motorola and got no where. I don't have the new firmware, but no one seems to say that the firmware addresses this flaw.
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The e815 battery lasts an impressive four days... as long as you have solid EV-DO coverage or Verizon has not launched VCAST in your area yet. There is a bug that causes the e815 to chew through the battery in about 1 day if the PRL says that the phone should have EV-DO coverage but the phone can only find 1xRTT. So if EV-DO coverage is spotty in your area or Verizon is in ...
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----from the phonescoop review------
The e815 battery lasts an impressive four days... as long as you have solid EV-DO coverage or Verizon has not launched VCAST in your area yet. There is a bug that causes the e815 to chew through the battery in about 1 day if the PRL says that the phone should have EV-DO coverage but the phone can only find 1xRTT. So if EV-DO coverage is spotty in your area or Verizon is in ...
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There is no fix for this yet that is "official" however, there is a manual way to turn off EVDO so that you only have the 1x and your battery will not be drained, the instructions are a bit tricky however give it a try if you want. Press the menu key 073887* somewhat quickly on the phone. It will ask for a password, all zeros. You will then be in the phones menu. You want to go to test mode and choose to have it enabled. Press the hangup key to get out of that menu. Press the menu key and the left soft key. You will see a white screen with text. Press the right soft key 4 times until you see the option for HDR Pref. Press the down key until you highlight where it says HDR Pref. Press the right softkey to change it from auto to cdma...
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