Just left verizon with new battery...

JoshSeawell · #1 11-20-2009 -

I have had my Storm2 for about three weeks now and it has been great. Since about a week and a half ago, my battery has been draining really bad. So I thought of the usual, maybe it was an app that was draining it. So I started deleting the apps one by one, with no luck. This was over a period of a few days. Well the other day I was fed up with it, so I completely wiped my phone and reinstalled the official OS on it. I ran it for a little while with no third party apps on it and it was still draining pretty badly. I went ahead and installed QuickLaunch, and that was the only third party app that I had installed on it. Today I went from 85% to 15% in about 3 hours. The only thing I did was sent a few bbm and checked a few emails, no phone calls or web or anything with in this time. Also no WIFI. So I decided to go to the VZW store. This place is always packed, you can go ahead and plan to wait 45 minutes to an hour for service. So while I was waiting I decided to look at all the BB devices on display. All the BB models and Android devices (DROID & Eris) that they had on display were broken except the new 8530 curve. I don't know about other verizon stores around the country but just about every time I go in there the phones are broke. Do people just go and break the phones on purpose or something. Well the good news is I got a new battery and I am going to test it out over the weekend. The only apps I have installed is Visual Voice Mail and QuickLaunch. I hope this is the only problem...

Oh and this is my 800th post, yay to me

**azstar** · #2 11-20-2009 -

Hope that new battery does the trick, 85% down to 15% in 3 hrs is craZy!

**moderncowboy** · #3 11-20-2009 -

The answer to your question is yes. My brother in law breaks his then will BS the Rep and usually get what he wants. I can't make myself do it. Hope the battery does the trick. I am back on mine and up time is great for me. Congrats on 800.

Edit: Oh you meant the display ones...lol. OOPS. That answer is no for me the displays are always working in our store.

JoshSeawell · #4 11-24-2009 -

UPDATE:

Well the good news is I think it was a bad battery, I have been getting the normal blackberry drain that I am use to now, no 70% drain in 3 hours.

**MotoUp** · #5 11-24-2009 -

Good to hear!

Maroon · #6 12-08-2009 -

I tried the Storm II for a week and had a problem that would lead to battery drain. It was very hard to discern but twice, on two different days, the phone emitted a very quiet static hiss for no apparent reason. Even after a full power off, when it powered back up, still the hiss. Only a battery pull would make it stop. It was very hard to hear. You had to be in a really quiet environment and hold speaker at the bottom of the phone up to your ear. Something to be on the lookout for other users of the Storm II. Myself, I took it back to the store and got an 8530. Good luck.