Nokia E65 - battery life

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Michael Chare - 05 Feb 2008 12:47 GMT

The BL-5F battery in my one month old Nokia E65 now discharges very quickly,
it lasts less than a day even with the phone left in standby (and out of
reach of signal.)

Is there anything that might cause this?

WLAN scanning is set to off though this does not appear to stop the phone
finding a wireless network.

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ChrisM - 05 Feb 2008 13:07 GMT

In message zMWdncpP0fRExzXanZ2dnUVZ8qeknZ2d@pipex.net,
Michael Chare <MunderscoreNEWS@chareDOTorg.uk> Proclaimed from the tallest
tower:

> The BL-5F battery in my one month old Nokia E65 now discharges very
> quickly, it lasts less than a day even with the phone left in standby
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> WLAN scanning is set to off though this does not appear to stop the
> phone finding a wireless network.

All I can suggest is make everything is turned off that can be (bluetooth
etc.). If the phone still finds wireless networks then it sounds like WLAN
is still on somehow, maybe try and find a way of temporarily disabling it?
Also, if it is out of reach of a signal, that will drain the battery quite
quickly as the phone will be trying to transmit/receive at full power in an
attempt to find a connection...

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Michael Chare - 05 Feb 2008 19:04 GMT

> In message zMWdncpP0fRExzXanZ2dnUVZ8qeknZ2d@pipex.net,
> Michael Chare <MunderscoreNEWS@chareDOTorg.uk> Proclaimed from the tallest
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> quickly as the phone will be trying to transmit/receive at full power in
> an attempt to find a connection...

I shall have to try again when I am in range of a transmitter! That's the
problem with Virgin, it uses the T-Mobile network which has poor coverage.
I am only an occasional user, and the Virgin tariff suits me very well, it
is a pity that none of the other networks offer something comparable!

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James Lewis - 05 Feb 2008 20:10 GMT

On 5 Feb, 19:04, "Michael Chare" <MunderscoreN...@chareDOTorg.uk>
wrote:

> > In message zMWdncpP0fRExzXanZ2dnUVZ8qekn...@pipex.net,
> > Michael Chare <MunderscoreN...@chareDOTorg.uk> Proclaimed from the tallest
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>
> - Show quoted text -

Orange offer pretty good payg deals- if you get a sim and call them to
request a pac code/leave they will offer you cheaper calls/texts. Ones
I remember are:

12p/min calls to other networks at any time of the day (for 6 months)
5p/min calls to other orange phones and landlines (for life)
3p texts (for 6 months)
send one text get one free (for life)
Unlimited evening and weekend calls to orange after you've topped up
£10 or more in a 1 month period

You can have as many of these as you like too. Some are only valid for
6 months though but, after which, you can call to 'leave' again and
they can re-apply it.

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Michael Chare - 05 Feb 2008 23:37 GMT

>Orange offer pretty good payg deals- if you get a sim and call them to
>request a pac code/leave they will offer you cheaper calls/texts. Ones
>I remember are:

>12p/min calls to other networks at any time of the day (for 6 months)
>5p/min calls to other orange phones and landlines (for life)
>3p texts (for 6 months)
>send one text get one free (for life)
>Unlimited evening and weekend calls to orange after you've topped up
>£10 or more in a 1 month period

>You can have as many of these as you like too. Some are only valid for
>6 months though but, after which, you can call to 'leave' again and
>they can re-apply it.

That is interesting thanks, there is network coverage at my house! Say you
negotiated 5p/min for other orange phones and landlines, how do you know
whether they actually apply this rate? Can you see the actual charges -
maybe online?

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Mark Hewitt - 05 Feb 2008 13:39 GMT

> The BL-5F battery in my one month old Nokia E65 now discharges very
> quickly, it lasts less than a day even with the phone left in standby (and
> out of reach of signal.)

If it's out of reach of a signal it will be using it's full power to try and
get a signal, hence the battery drain.

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Iain - 05 Feb 2008 23:20 GMT

> If it's out of reach of a signal it will be using it's full power to try and
> get a signal, hence the battery drain.

If it's out of reach of a signal, it will scan for a base to log on to,
then give up, so the battery will last ages.

If it's /nearly/ out of reach of a signal, and particularly if it is
between two cells and logs onto them in turn, that will use the battery
life.

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Jack Torrence - 06 Feb 2008 07:45 GMT

> The BL-5F battery in my one month old Nokia E65 now discharges very
> quickly, it lasts less than a day even with the phone left in standby (and
> out of reach of signal.)
>
> Is there anything that might cause this?

Yeah, a knackered battery.

Take it to a nokia service centre and ask them to test the battery. It's
covered by a six month warranty.

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