BlackBerry® Pearl™

[lish]

Hello All I just bought a blackberry curve 8250 ...i charged it for four hours and went to work...low and behold within a few hours my blackberry had died!!! I was shocked and upset I had no phone all day...I went home and charged it for 10 hours..thats right 10 hours and low and behold within 15 minutes the bar starting dissapearing....as soon as I got into work i am charging ti again..this is absurd.

My Nokia lasted 3 days! I dont midn charging the blackberry everyday but having a life span of 2 hours is a joke..surely it must be faulty??? i havent even started emailing or web browsing yet..just using blackberry mesenger and a few quick phone calls...

It is important to note I do live in a 'black zone' i dont have reception in house with optus but telstra and vodafone are fine...again my nokia never had a short battery life....can anyone help me here...im really regretting buying a blackberry and am stuck with it for 2 years now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JSanders]

Here are some good charging tips, please read and you'll see that many of them will apply to you.
http://www.blackberryfaq.com/index.php/Maximum_Battery_Life

Make particular note of the applications running in the background points.

And here: http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Community-Post/Power-Saving-Tips-for-your-BlackBer...

Good luck.

[lish]

fantastic! thanks for this! I will make sure I dont have any applications running in the background.

Im still annoyed...phone now been on a charger for 14 hours second i take it off the charger the battery starts going..

insane...but ive got 2 years to get used to it!!!

Thanks again

[JSanders · Accepted solution]

If your battery is draining THAT quick, you have other things going on.

Do this for now, With the BlackBerry device powered ON, remove the battery a few seconds and then reinsert the battery to reboot.

There is no harm doing this, and doing so will kill ALL active applications.

[lish]

thanks so much for advice! i did everything you all suggested and now my battery is full!! thank goodness

I still think its strange than an old phone has a batterr life of 3 days yet my flasy blackberry cant last a day!

BUt thanks again as its running ok now....

cheers

x

[JSanders]

You are very very welcome.

To me, managing the battery on your BlackBerry is much like watching the oil or gas on your car... it takes some care.