P900 - general smartphone questions

Stefan Bellon wrote:
> Ben Pope wrote:
>> Stefan Bellon wrote:
>>> Then you either didn't do the recommended full "discharge-charge"
>>> cycles or you didn't turn off the unnecessary features. I was
>>> disappointed by the short battery life time in the beginning as
>>> well. But now I get four days up to almost a week (depending on
>>> usage).
>
>> That sounds a lot more sane. How much screen usage do you do in a
>> day?
>
> A few contact searches, a few appointment lookups and perhaps one SMS
> per day.


Pretty minimal then - even for a phone (rather than a PDA)

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Andy Lord wrote:
> I believe it is possible to have an Orange P900 unbranded and brought up
> to the latest 'vanilla' software revision, but you still won't be able to
> use the online update to update to newer versions as they're released
> because the service will still check your IMEI, know that your phone
> should be an Orange one and will refuse to do the update.

I think I read something about that in a forum, but couldn't find the
details. I take it that would be a service centre jobby rather than a DIY
thing.

> You could always change your IMEI of course, but that wouldn't be legal.

Indeed - I wouldn't go that far.

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Ben Pope wrote:
> Stefan Bellon wrote:

> > A few contact searches, a few appointment lookups and perhaps one
> > SMS per day.

> Pretty minimal then - even for a phone (rather than a PDA)

Well, yeah, watching a 90 minutes MP4 video drains half the battery.

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Stefan Bellon wrote:
> Ben Pope wrote:
>> Stefan Bellon wrote:
>
>>> A few contact searches, a few appointment lookups and perhaps one
>>> SMS per day.
>
>> Pretty minimal then - even for a phone (rather than a PDA)
>
> Well, yeah, watching a 90 minutes MP4 video drains half the battery.


No doubt!

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You are correct with respect to full discharge cycles. When I ran it
down to shutting off was the first full discharge. With respect to
Bluetooth and IrDA, both are off. In addition I also set GSM only. I
also have tracker running in background.

I think what might be occurring is when I'm talking on the phone, my
cheek is hitting the display. This in turn causes the back light to be
on 100% of the time, thus causing additional drain on the battery.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...

> Then you either didn't do the recommended full "discharge-charge"
> cycles or you didn't turn off the unnecessary features. I was
> disappointed by the short battery life time in the beginning as well.
> But now I get four days up to almost a week (depending on usage).
>
> 1) Do the first four or five cycles to a complete discharge and then
> charge over the night. The battery gains its full capacity then.
>
> 2) Turn off Bluetooth and IrDA. Only activate it if you really need it.
>
> 3) Configure to "GSM only". GPRS is then turned off during inactivity
> and only turned on if you really need it. This made a factor 2 in
> battery life time for me!
>
> 4) Don't run processor consuming tasks in the background (I have Tracker
> running in the background which seems fine).
>
>

Yes the flip does come off. A cap is provided to cover the area in the
phone. Basically the idea is to make the phone more "PDA like".

Basically I have concluded that for me without the flip, using the phone
is just too much trouble.

Dropping the phone into jeans without a case is very doable. Even non-
baggy jeans is ok, but you know the phone is there given its weight.

There is a case from Martin Fields that I ordered tonight that seems
very trim. In a week or so I should have it in hand.

I don't think the flip has anything to do with touching the screen to
ones face. I guess it has a lot to do with the shape of your face and
how one is used to holding a phone.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...

> > 2) Without the flip on the P900, using the phone is simply not as easy
> > as a normal phone with buttons. Not impossible, just inconvenient.
>
> Without? Can you take it off? Why would you?
>

> Would probably just put the phone straight in my pocket - with the screen
> facing in, of course. Never been a fan of cases. Wonder how that would
> work with jeans, hmm.

> Hmm, that could be annoying. Is this 'cos the flap is off?

csv wrote:
> I think what might be occurring is when I'm talking on the phone, my
> cheek is hitting the display. This in turn causes the back light to
> be on 100% of the time, thus causing additional drain on the battery.

Well, I have the flip mounted and talk in flip-closed mode.

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best phone I've owned. not very user friendly, but a great phone.

Ben Pope wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've always had Nokia phones so I've not really spent any time looking at
> what SonyEricsson have to offer.
>
> I've had a little play with the P900 and liked the touch screen in
> combination with a display large enough to a GUI. It seems to work well
>
> I think I've talked myself into the P900, just want peoples opinions and
> comparisons really.
>
> How easy is it to unlock a SE P900 that is likely to be locked to Orange UK?
> It seems I need a specific type of cable, is that correct?
>
> Firmware updates are available it seems, which is a very nice and welcomed
> feature in my book. Do I just download the firmware from SE? There are no
> operator-specific versions I should be wary about?
>
> I think thats it for now.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Ben

If bluetooth is enabled. the phone is always looking for the device, so
it eats the battery. I use mine daily, and go a week on a charge with
bluetooth off.

Stefan Bellon wrote:

> csv wrote:
>
>>1) Battery life using the PDA and phone is less than a day. Comparing
>>the phone usage to a T68i, the T68i's battery with similar usage was
>>at 80%. I should also comment that the PDA usage wasn't that
>>excessive.
>>
>>If I do nothing other than have the phone sitting in my pocket, the
>>battery is down to 92% by 11am, where it was 100% at 8am in the
>>morning. There are a number of recommendations available over the
>>web to conserve power. Even with implementing the recommendations,
>>consumption is high.
>
>
> Then you either didn't do the recommended full "discharge-charge"
> cycles or you didn't turn off the unnecessary features. I was
> disappointed by the short battery life time in the beginning as well.
> But now I get four days up to almost a week (depending on usage).
>
> 1) Do the first four or five cycles to a complete discharge and then
> charge over the night. The battery gains its full capacity then.
>
> 2) Turn off Bluetooth and IrDA. Only activate it if you really need it.
>
> 3) Configure to "GSM only". GPRS is then turned off during inactivity
> and only turned on if you really need it. This made a factor 2 in
> battery life time for me!
>
> 4) Don't run processor consuming tasks in the background (I have Tracker
> running in the background which seems fine).
>