Hi Guys,
I bought a Lumia 620 about a couple of weeks back. It's a good phone, decent snapper. Windows Phone 8 looks great, Luv the new UI coming from Gingerbeard Android. I do terribly miss the Apps since WP8 lacks the ecosystem. Anyway, my problem with the phone is its battery. Sorry, for the long rant below!
The battery life is simply horrible, if I just use Whatsapp on 2G, the battery drains really fast and I read that there are some issues with WhatsApp and Audio interface. The audio playback gets messed up since whatsapp takes it over(by design)?? Sincerely hope they release an update and fix the damn thing. The whole battery life lasts for 5-6 hours if I use it heavily, along with a couple of breaks otherwise it's just pathetic 3-4Hours. Been charging my phone by letting drain(to 10%~) and then fully charging. Honestly, the 1300mAh doesnt work well for a browsing session since it drains the battery so much. When there is data connectivity involved, pretty sure the battery takes alot of hit. Nokia should have fitted this with a 1500mAH battery which would be better. I have an App called Battery+ which tells me the battery discharge rate and so when I am done playing games, music, data connectivity, the discharge is as high as 8%++(depending upon what I was doing) and I have no idea how to shut all the apps, even though I have pressed the (back) button on all of them and my (Windows) dont show anything other than my home screen.
I am forced to do a soft reset so that the memory is freed of all apps and discharge rate is back to 3%(4% if battery saver is turned off). Is there any sensible suggestions to limit discharge rate or a task manager which allows me to see what is using the battery atleast? Any suggestions from your side will be extremely helpful. Thanks a million!
I bought a Lumia 620 about a couple of weeks back. It's a good phone, decent snapper. Windows Phone 8 looks great, Luv the new UI coming from Gingerbeard Android. I do terribly miss the Apps since WP8 lacks the ecosystem. Anyway, my problem with the phone is its battery. Sorry, for the long rant below!
The battery life is simply horrible, if I just use Whatsapp on 2G, the battery drains really fast and I read that there are some issues with WhatsApp and Audio interface. The audio playback gets messed up since whatsapp takes it over(by design)?? Sincerely hope they release an update and fix the damn thing. The whole battery life lasts for 5-6 hours if I use it heavily, along with a couple of breaks otherwise it's just pathetic 3-4Hours. Been charging my phone by letting drain(to 10%~) and then fully charging. Honestly, the 1300mAh doesnt work well for a browsing session since it drains the battery so much. When there is data connectivity involved, pretty sure the battery takes alot of hit. Nokia should have fitted this with a 1500mAH battery which would be better. I have an App called Battery+ which tells me the battery discharge rate and so when I am done playing games, music, data connectivity, the discharge is as high as 8%++(depending upon what I was doing) and I have no idea how to shut all the apps, even though I have pressed the (back) button on all of them and my (Windows) dont show anything other than my home screen.
I am forced to do a soft reset so that the memory is freed of all apps and discharge rate is back to 3%(4% if battery saver is turned off). Is there any sensible suggestions to limit discharge rate or a task manager which allows me to see what is using the battery atleast? Any suggestions from your side will be extremely helpful. Thanks a million!