Samsung MM-A900 / SPH-A900 / Ace
Battery Life tips and info
We just received an email at our store regarding the A900's battery life. The life on the battery is consistent with most flip phones if you take a couple things into consideration:
1. Using Bluetooth will drastically cut your battery life because you're using another radio signal.
2. Turn the screen brightness down. Reports indicate that there is not much visible difference, although I do not have an A900 here yet to see for myself.
3. There's a known issue with the GPS function in the phone maintaining a constant signal, which drains the battery. Disabling the location feature could yield about a 33% increase in battery life. Disabling the location feature should not affect E911 services.
4. There is a known issue with the ...
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1. Using Bluetooth will drastically cut your battery life because you're using another radio signal.
2. Turn the screen brightness down. Reports indicate that there is not much visible difference, although I do not have an A900 here yet to see for myself.
3. There's a known issue with the GPS function in the phone maintaining a constant signal, which drains the battery. Disabling the location feature could yield about a 33% increase in battery life. Disabling the location feature should not affect E911 services.
4. There is a known issue with the ...
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Just a follow-up on #2:
We received our A900s in last week (and they're all sold out already, heck yes) and I did check the brightness setting. By changing from 5 (default) to 1 there was only a SMALL visual difference. Try that if you haven't already to save on some battery life. 🙂
We received our A900s in last week (and they're all sold out already, heck yes) and I did check the brightness setting. By changing from 5 (default) to 1 there was only a SMALL visual difference. Try that if you haven't already to save on some battery life. 🙂
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according to the sprint sales guy, discharging battery completely (till your phone is dead) 2-3 times drastically improves its performance.
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i took your advice and turned off the gps locator and I saw a major improvement in the battery.I used the media player for an hour plus had the phone on all day and the battery never left full. Thanks for the great advice.
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Glad I could help! 😁
As for the previous reply asking about discharging the battery a couple times...
That is probably the best way to start using your new battery. Lithium Ion batteries are leaps and bounds above NiMH and NiCad batteries as far as the "memory" goes but it is still a good idea to start the battery out by running it completely down at least once when you first get it. That does help a bit. The other thing is that with any battery it is best to use the home charger if at all possible because the car charger puts more strain on the battery.
As for the previous reply asking about discharging the battery a couple times...
That is probably the best way to start using your new battery. Lithium Ion batteries are leaps and bounds above NiMH and NiCad batteries as far as the "memory" goes but it is still a good idea to start the battery out by running it completely down at least once when you first get it. That does help a bit. The other thing is that with any battery it is best to use the home charger if at all possible because the car charger puts more strain on the battery.
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