How To Get More Battery Life From The HTC Thunderbolt
Though the HTC Thunderbolt didn’t make in longest-lasting smartphones list, that doesn’t mean you have to settle for short battery life. It is possible to squeeze all-day power out of the phone.
Remember, the HTC EVO 4G had some longevity issues, check out these tips over at Good and Evo (25+ at last count) to make it last longer. Several of these apply to the Thunderbolt as well. The forum-goers over at Android Central have a monster thread about the topic. After mining these tips for my own Thunderbolt, you may be able to get 12 – 16 hours on a regular basis.
lower default screen brightness to 25%. Your needs may vary, especially if you spend more time outdoors.
leave my WiFi radio on constantly. This doesn’t drain much battery when it’s not within range of a network it knows and isn’t constantly searching for networks to connect to if you disabled WiFi notifications. This keeps the phone from updating you every time a network comes in range, which is every 3 feet in NYC. By leaving the WiFi on, you don’t have to remember to connect to a network when you at home or work or other places. This saves a lot of battery.
chang the WiFi sleep policy to Never so that the phone uses WiFi (when connected) even if the screen is off.
disable always On mobile data. All of your services still sync just fine. Background Data is still on.
disable data roaming. Most of the time you are in a normal service area.
Turn off your screen when you don’t need it out of habit. However, if you tend to just leave your phone off to the side when you’re done, set this lower.
Turned off auto-sync for services you don’t use and up the sync interval for apps and services you don’t check very often. Be sure to go into individual apps that sync data to do this as well.
See which ones you can deploy to add some life to your Thunderbolt.
