I just bought and received the SEIDIO 3200 MilliAmp battery which as it turn out is not as big as "taping a Treo to the back of the Q and weighing as much as a roll of quarters". Rather is makes the unit bulge near the bottom of the rear so that the toal thickness is less than 3/4 of an inch and the weight is negkigible. In fact, it makes the Q easier to hold and use with one hand. ONE caveat: Use the Moto Charger which has 850 MilliAmps as opposed to the other Moto chargers 9such as I have lying about for use with the RAZR) because at 550 MilliAmps they WILL work but they will take twice as long. Car cahrgers present no problem, I'm using a cingular designer for my RAZR and it works really well, so I assume it delivers enough current.
What I am concerned about is getting a full day's wiorth of power ON BATTERY as I frequently move about and have no way to charge in someone else's vehicle or when not in a vehicle, and no way to leave the device pulugged into the wall (which is why it runs on BATTERY POWER, HELLO?) - so I will report on the first day using it on the SEIDIO 3200 MAmp battery after my first full all-battery day tomorrow...but anyone who has some experience in this area should let me know what i can expect-- and if there is any particulat aspect of the Moto Q than is more power hungry than any other (aside from the camera and others programs..I use the device manager and shut down whatever I am not using, and all I can think of is that aircraft-spotting serachlight of a screen).
Thanks, all ...PsychDoc
HI,
I received and charged up the 3200 SEIDIO battery today and tomorrowwill go battery-only. I always use the task manager to sut off errant programs, and use the keylock. However there must be another way to save power. I think the leather pouch that came with the phone (Verizon, WHAT A GREAT PACKAGE) is too soft and the buttons though locked get oushed and leave the battery on inside thecase. I can't go lower than 5 seconds (there isnt a 1 second setting) and there is NO brightness control.
Thanks for your advise Cheers, PsychDoc
HI,
I received and charged up the 3200 SEIDIO battery today and tomorrowwill go battery-only. I always use the task manager to sut off errant programs, and use the keylock. However there must be another way to save power. I think the leather pouch that came with the phone (Verizon, WHAT A GREAT PACKAGE) is too soft and the buttons though locked get oushed and leave the battery on inside thecase. I can't go lower than 5 seconds (there isnt a 1 second setting) and there is NO brightness control.
Thanks for your advise Cheers, PsychDoc
psychdoc,
I don't have the fat battery (it's against my religion) but two of my coworkers have them. There are several pager-style belt clips that hold the phone battery-out to accomodate fat batteries and will keep the keys from getting mashed. I bought the motorola-brand clip from 1-800Mobiles.com and it works great.
For power, the biggest hogs are:
1) Data. Any web surfing, streaming audio, over-the-air syncing or email push will suck down the battery. Data broadcasts full-power all the time. If you're using push email, bye-bye battery. If you're using polling to pull email, set the interval as long as you can stand. I only get email when I initiate a sync. If you're using Pocket MSN for anything, it lauches in the background and sucks battery when you least expect it.
2) Voice. This is kinda obvious, but believe it or not it's not as bad as data because CDMA adjusts the power lower as you get closer to the tower and boosts it as you get farther away, so it's not as big a hog as data. If it's your business phone this is pretty unavoidable though. There is a "flight mode" that shuts off the phone but that kinda defeats the purpose.
3) Bluetooth. Low power, but if your phone is in auto-discover mode it's always pinging or being pinged by whatever's around. Turn it off altogether or at least turn off "Make my device visible to other devices."
4) Screen. You're right no brightness control only a timeout interval.
In response... I think you can reset a locked Q by pressing & holding the "end" key. Being I just got my Q yesterday, I've used that for powering off, but was told by other it also reboots w/o battery removal. Guess it has to lock-up to find out!
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Originally Posted by PPC67K User
Is there any reset for the Q other than removing the battery?
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