Battery Use on an Android Incredible
- When reviewed by the editors at "Laptop" magazine, the HTC Droid Incredible performed well in battery life tests. The editors used the cellphone for a variety of functions for 15 hours and didn't have any issues with the battery. After using the Internet, making calls, listening to music and using several apps for this length of time, the device still showed nearly 30 percent battery life.
- By default, the screen on the HTC Droid Incredible will stay lit for one full minute without you touching any of the cellphone's buttons. Over the course of a day, repeated instances of the phone screen being lit when not in use can wear down the battery. Change the timeout time from 60 seconds to a lesser time, such as 15 or 30 seconds, depending on how often you use the device.
- The live, animated wallpapers you can install on your HTC Droid Incredible make the device's screen seem to come to life. But these animated backgrounds also run down the cellphone's battery, causing it to drain quicker than needed. Set your device's background to a plain, non-animated color or image to help improve the phone's battery life.
- If you aren't using the phone's Wi-Fi and GPS settings, turn them off until you need them. Even if you don't have them open, these applications are continuously running in the background and are draining the phone's battery without helping you at all. The phone's GPS setting, for example, is handy, but when you're traveling an area that you know or not traveling at all, you don't need it active.
