Extending the Battery Life of the Samsung “Blade” SPH-A900
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I just got a Samsung “Blade” MM-A900 (and a 2-year service contract) from Sprint. (How I “bought” the phone is an amazing story of luck and savings. But, that’s a future article in this blog.) When I read a couple of the phone’s reviews in magazines and forums, I noticed a common complaint: the battery life sucks. The first day I used the phone I said to myself, “No Kidding!” I used up two of my bars in the first half of the day!
Extended Battery
The Sprint Store saleslady told me that Samsung was releasing an extended battery for the A900. But, after looking everywhere on Google, electronics news venues, and even the Samsung site, I could not find a single evidence that indicated Samsung was planning to release such a product.
Unnecessary Features
Then I came across some ideas from fellow a900 users. Just like saving battery power on any other device, they suggested turning off some unnecessary features, primarily the Bluetooth, Internet, and GPS. I never use the Bluetooth, the Internet (PCS Vision and Power Vision) costs too much, and I don’t own any GPS applications!
Turn Off Sequences
- Bluetooth – Menu, Settings, Bluetooth, Enable/Disable
- Internet – Menu, Settings, Power Vision, Enable/Disable
- GPS – Menu, Settings, Others, Location
One More Suggestion
Of course, the no-brainer way to save battery power is to go in battery save mode. This primarily changes the display (Example: Dimming the LCD). Unfortunately, this setting is hard to find.
- Menu, Settings, Display, Backlight, Pwr Save Mode
Use these tips until they actually come with an extended battery!
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Posted on Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
14 Responses to “Extending the Battery Life of the Samsung “Blade” SPH-A900”
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August 12th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Hi, i need your help, can you tell me what can i do to transfer the pictures from my SPH-a900 to my computer??
August 13th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
visit this site for details:
http://pocketpccentral.net/help/access/a900_pc_trans.htm
August 25th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
thanks for the information, if you have something new tell me please for this phone
August 25th, 2006 at 8:45 pm
do you know any link to download ringtones free?? im in Canada. thanks
July 4th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Hey, could anyone tell me how much the SPH_A900 costs in United States?
Thanks.
July 5th, 2007 at 11:18 am
It costs about 350 without a service contract.
July 5th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
What about with a service contract?
Thanks.
July 5th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
nill, nothing, zilch
July 6th, 2007 at 7:06 am
its free?
July 6th, 2007 at 7:59 am
yes after you sign a two year contract. additionally, you cannot sign a 1 year contract or get a contractless plan.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
What’s the difference between the MM-A900 ACE and the A900, because I was looking at this other website and it had the MM-A900 ACE and the A900??
Thanks
July 6th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
you know i honestly don’t know. i only know of one version of this phone.
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