[jlillard]

I just got my 8230 from Alltel a couple days ago. I had previously used an 8130. I installed my favorite apps (GMail, Google Mobile, Google Maps, BeeJive and Opera Mini) and set things up the same as I did on my 8130. Something I had recently had trouble with on my 8130 was battery life. It turns out I needed to change BeeJive to use "direct=http" to help things out. If I went a whole day (18 hours) without much activity, I'd be down to 50%. This was good. I've done the same thing with my 8230 but it seems to run the battery down completely in about half the time.

To troubleshoot I have shutdown BeeJive completely to make sure it's not causing problems. So far today, I'm losing about 5% every hour which seems fast to me. I followed the FAQ for maximizing your battery and decided to turn off bluetooth (I always had it enabled on the 8130) and also to reduce my screen brightness all the way. Has anyone else noticed a faster battery drain on this phone?