New Firmware for W580, R8BE001

[smitty192]

i must have a bad battery or something

[zacher]

Ok, downgraded to the R8BA firmware and checked battery useage.

Bluetooth on, light useage, brightness at 60%. Battery went from 100% to 90% in just over 4 hours, which is the same consumption rate that I saw under R8BE. I am going to give it a few more days and then I will take a crack at an R6 firmware. Like I said before, this SEEMS like a higher consumption that the R7 (at&t branded) firmware, but I am trying to test this and control all the variables.

z

[scoolmanDT]

Ok, downgraded to the R8BA firmware and checked battery useage.

Bluetooth on, light useage, brightness at 60%. Battery went from 100% to 90% in just over 4 hours, which is the same consumption rate that I saw under R8BE. I am going to give it a few more days and then I will take a crack at an R6 firmware. Like I said before, this SEEMS like a higher consumption that the R7 (at&t branded) firmware, but I am trying to test this and control all the variables.

z

Your phone has oddly high consumption.

You may want to charge your battery to full and until battery runs out, then charge to full again.

[zacher]

You are correct, this is unusual.

I was able to restore some of it by a full discharge cycle. It began to occur after an extended FM radio session through the phone speaker in the garage. I don't know if the battery got hot and freaked out or what.

So it seems like my firmware battery consumption issue is moot, and not tied to the firmware upgrade.

z

Your phone has oddly high consumption.

You may want to charge your battery to full and until battery runs out, then charge to full again.