V551 Battery Life Issue

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Fred - 04 Jun 2005 03:19 GMT

There has been much discussion about the poor battery life from the V551.
Motorola has announced a software problem that may be causing this. It is a
warrantable item. Check with Motorola or your provider to see if your phone
is affected.

Fred

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BDC - 05 Jun 2005 03:46 GMT

Does anyone have anymore info on this? My battery sucks!

> There has been much discussion about the poor battery life from the V551.
> Motorola has announced a software problem that may be causing this. It is
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> Fred

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Fred - 05 Jun 2005 11:56 GMT

Call Motorola customer care at (800) 331-6456, they will elaborate.

Fred

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BDC - 05 Jun 2005 13:50 GMT

Thanks. Will do it today!

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Mike S. - 05 Jun 2005 23:51 GMT

>> There has been much discussion about the poor battery life from the V551.
>> Motorola has announced a software problem that may be causing this. It is
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>Does anyone have anymore info on this? My battery sucks!

I asked on HoFo's Cingular forum (which usually has postings on this type
of thing pretty quickly ... but didn't). Speculation is that they are
referring to the 18.16R flash. Most 551's out there seem to have the same
original flash (17.0FR) which some feel is associated with poor battery
life. Whether the newer firmware fixes this .. and how, and under what
conditions (standby? talk? bluetooth?) is still speculation.

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lun4tik - 07 Jun 2005 06:29 GMT

www.motomodders.net can help you.

>>> There has been much discussion about the poor battery life from the
>>> V551.
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> life. Whether the newer firmware fixes this .. and how, and under what
> conditions (standby? talk? bluetooth?) is still speculation.

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Mike S. - 07 Jun 2005 21:53 GMT

Been doing some more looking. The firmware that fixes battery life issues
is R472_G_08.18.16R_0A which was released on April 15. One poster on
Cingular's support forum says the difference is like night and day.

Since then, an _0A7 version has come out ... nobody seems to know what's
different. Despite the numbering, I've seen statements that the 17R and 25R
flashes are OLDER.

My V551 was sold before they started locking them ... I'm tempted to go
for this but I hope it doesn't result in the inconvenience/expense of
having to go getting it unlocked afterwards.

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