After calling in to T-mobile support to complain about the battery life on my Shadow. T-mobile has offered to replace my Shadow and battery free of charge.
The call started like any normal tech support call. I mentioned that my Shadow's battery life was extremely short. The agent agreed with me, and further mentioned that the Shadow's poor battery life relative to other smartphones is a subject of frequent complaints.
The CSR offered to replace my Shadow unit free of charge. I thought it over for a bit and then told her that since the problem was battery related that It would be better to replace the battery instead.
She agreed, and then offered to replace both my Shadow and its battery at no cost.
My new Shadow ships tomorrow, I'll continue to post updates.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Battery Life 2
Battery Life
I use my Shadow mostly for going online when I'm in places that its either impractical or impossible to use anything but a smartphone to connect to the web. When I first got the Shadow I was very pleased with the phone itself, but very disappointed with its battery life.
After a few days of using the Shadow to its fullest capabilities, I was hooked. Even if it meant carrying around a power cord and plugging my Shadow in constantly.
So I've started looking for ways to make my Shadow's Battery last longer.
After I installed the upgrade provided by T-mobile, I noticed a pretty significant improvement, I can now expect about half a day's usage out of my Shadow before it starts beeping and groaning to be charged.
Right now, my Shadow is useless as a wifi device. Wifi drains the battery far too quickly for this feature to be anything more than a convenient novelty.
I want to be able to throw my Shadow in a bag and use the thing all day long.
What can I do to improve battery life?
Should I remove preinstalled programs?
Is there a replacement battery with longer life available?
Lastly, if no other option is forthcoming, I will have to replace my shadow with something else; is there a comparable smartphone with better battery life that anyone here can recommend?
Do all smartphone users go through this? My friends all have Blackberrys and Ive never seen them plug them in once.
Update; I called T-mobile and complained about the battery and they are sending me a new Shadow and a new battery.
This is great news. Ill post more later.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Jb5 Browser Screen Shot.
This is A Screen Capture Of the Jb5 Browser in action on My T-mobile Shadow.
Jb5 Browser Screen Shot
This is A Screen Capture Of the Jb5 Browser in action on My T-mobile Shadow.
Jb5 Browser Screen Shot
Jb5 Browser Screen Shot
This is A Screen Capture Of the Jb5 Browser in action on My T-mobile Shadow.
