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Old 08-04-2011, 10:09
mrsdaisychain
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Hi

I bought a Samsung Galaxy Apollo phone last week. I am really pleased with the functions on it, it does me just fine.
What I am concerned about is, I have to charge the battery almost every day. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to be able to extend my battery life?
Although I have taken a few pictures, send texts (around 30) and about 8 e mails, I have not really used any other apps except those. My battery life says almost 80 is used on the androids, is there a way to alter that?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Old 08-04-2011, 10:14
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Charging almost every day is normal battery life for a smartphone. If you've come from a feature phone, you're probably used to charging a couple of times a week, but it's rare that any of the touchscreen smartphones get more than 2 days without a charge, and every day charging seems to be the norm.
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Old 08-04-2011, 10:24
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Charging almost every day is normal battery life for a smartphone. If you've come from a feature phone, you're probably used to charging a couple of times a week, but it's rare that any of the touchscreen smartphones get more than 2 days without a charge, and every day charging seems to be the norm.
I was wondering if that was the case with this phone having so many features than the other phone I had. I will just have to get use to it I suppose.
Thanks for your reply
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Old 08-04-2011, 10:27
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You can buy cases that have external batteries in them to extend the life of the phone...

Not sure if they are available for your phone though
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Old 08-04-2011, 13:26
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I have the same phone . Mine was doing the same there is a power control widget on the phone use that for turning off things like wifi and bluetooth and diming the backlight. if you leave wifi/bluetooth on they scan in background draining the battery. I can get about 3 days out of mine now with just normal use.While on home screen press left button then click add. Then android widget then scroll to power control. i just turn things on when needed.
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Old 08-04-2011, 17:57
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I have the same phone . Mine was doing the same there is a power control widget on the phone use that for turning off things like wifi and bluetooth and diming the backlight. if you leave wifi/bluetooth on they scan in background draining the battery. I can get about 3 days out of mine now with just normal use.While on home screen press left button then click add. Then android widget then scroll to power control. i just turn things on when needed.
thanks roth, I have tried that. I have been looking at external batteries and have found a decent one on Amazon.
cheers
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