Desert Island Smart Phone tips and tricks please!

[MoparKevUk]

Have entered the world of Smart Phones (HTC Amaze). Ran out of battery Saturday night at Straddy (Not so Smart Phone!) Fast Ed told me to turn me Apps off and BlueTooth off, but how do you Non Boaties charge yer phone on longer awaydays? Solar? Hand crank? A dynamo attached to yer reel? (Copyright MoparKevUK! ) Emergency battery pack? What's the go? Don't want the supposedly easy option of taking a spare battery....

TIA!

[woody1]

You could install a 12v socket in the boat and get a 12v car charger really cheap off eBay

[haines490slc]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2000mAh-External-Spare-Back-Up-Portable-Battery-Charger-iPhone-4S-Free-LCD-SP-/261069632245?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3cc8f672f5

[haines490slc]

http://www.k-tor.com/hand-crank-generator/

[BassTracker]

I use a car charger and 12 volt socket

[MoparKevUk]

Thanks for the tips, mates!

A) I do not have a boat

I do not have an iPhone

But please keep the tips a coming!

[shortie]

If I'm on a desert island I would be thankful my dam phone didn't work

[Terry H]

Mopar, the biggest killer for my iPhone is 3G. I realise you have an HTC and not an iPhone, but I assume the battery sucking features are the same. Turn off that and any other form of data connectivity (WiFi, Blutooth etc) and you should see significant longer battery life.

Aside from that, install a 12 volt socket into your boat like others have said, and get a car charger for your phone.

[MoparKevUk]

Thanks for the tips Terry, I will install a 3 phase ring main in my boat!

[AZZA]

If you don't have 12v power available you can get a small solar charger

[rayke1938]

What you really need is one of these as the batterys normally last about 10 years and I know how to fix them.

Most problems caused by high impedance open circuit. :evil:

:blush:

Cheers

Ray

[Bi_polar]

Try downloading an App called App Killer, its free and it allows you to kill what apps you dont want to run really easily.

[Nitris]

There will be a widgit u can add to one of ur main screens. It shows u can adjust screen brightness (big battery killer), weather u want apps to keep awake and updating/refreshing. u can also turn off blue tooth, WiFi, gps all with one button. It's also easy to c what u have turned on.

[Nitris]

The widgit is called "power controll"

[monty_36]

keep your wifi and bluetooth turned off and turn down your brightness, it will last alot longer.

[jeff f]

biggest power sucker is the gprs disable that + the wi fi , bluetooth and the data conection and you should get a 3-4 days out of a full batery as long as you are not one of those phone zombies thats constantly playing with it

[MoparKevUk]

Thanks for all the tips and tricks, I am no phone zombie and the wow factor is wearing off, so I will use these tricks to good effect.

[Ovington]

They now sell solar cases for most smart phones, they arnt exactly cheap and if its in your pocket all day it doesnt do much but you can put it face down on any surface and it will charge providing theres sun of course. Other then that all the other tips a good. When I go on long adventures I normally throw my simcard into my classic nokia 3315 brick phone just for texts and calls which is all i really use my phone for.

[mottly crew]

just turn it of if your not useing it who wants to talk to you anyway :whistle:

[sehrguht]

The 12volt socket in my boat isnt functioning so i jsut use a cigarette lighter plug and two clips connected to a 7amp hour 12v battery and seems to do the trick, weighs 2kg though i just leave it in my bag at camp if i need it.