Getting The Most Out Of Samsung Omnia's Battery Life

Problem: You want to make you Samsung Omnia i900 last, but you don't want to sacrifice all its cool functions.

Solution: Take steps to remove unnecessary battery-straining features like wifi and bluetooth connectivity, backlight usage, and make sure to fully drain the battery and fully re-charge it during its first few uses (some people even recommend overcharging it the first few times).

1) Go to Menu --> Settings --> System (bottom tab) --> Power --> Battery Power (bottom tab). Set the device to turn off when on battery power after 1 minute. Also, set the backlight to turn off as soon as possible (10 seconds). If you are willing to sacrifice screen brightness and screen rotation, uncheck the box that says, "Turn on backlight when a button is pressed or the screen is tapped." Give it a try, if you can't stand it (I couldn't) change it back.

2) Now go to the next few tabs at the bottom of the screen. You'll see arrows you can tap to move forward. Go to the Calling tab where you can set the lcd to turn off when you're in a call. Also, go to the Power Save tab to enable "power save mode" on your phone to help reduce power consumption. Finally, go to the WiFi tab and enable WiFi power saving mode.

3) Exit and return to your today screen. Now go to Menu --> Settings --> Connections (bottom tab) --> Wi-Fi. When you're there, click on Menu on the bottom right part of the screen. Go to Advanced. Set the phone to turn off your Wi-Fi if not connected in 30 seconds. This will ensure that you aren't using up your power being connected to Wi-Fi all the time unless you need it. You can confirm this change by returning to your today screen and clicking on the little white "Ev" box on the top, near your battery level indicator. This white box, once clicked, should now say that no data sessions are active (until you use a program that needs Wi-Fi of course).

4) Finally, whether you are a new owner or not, make sure that you always charge your battery when it's as low as possible and then charge it fully every time. I know it's hard to fit into your schedule, but try to follow that strict regimen. The phone will notify you when it is fully charged (took me forever to figure that out because I was initially unplugging it when the battery showed 100% but hadn't actually finished...) From some online threads I've found, some people recommend overcharging your phone the first few times you drain it. I don't know what's your best option, I'm no expert...but keep looking around for what more Omnia users are doing since we seem to know more about it than Verizon (or whoever you get it from).

5) PS: some people say that disabling the "3g" will drastically improve battery life. However, on my i900 model, I cannot do that. The Verizon people warned me that broadband access is required in my phone plan because you can't disable it on the Omnia--I don't know, seems like they did it on purpose to get me to pay, but I still like having it! Anyway, if you still want to try to disable the "3g" for better battery results, people online have said to go to Settings --> Phone --> Band --> etc. Try looking it up, but my phone doesn't have this directory.

There you go! Now, I'm a new Omnia i900 owner and I have yet to report on the long term results of my findings--but I've got to post this because nobody seems to know anything about the Omnia. I got way too much clue-lessness from Verizon employees and I've found little help online. So here I am trying to add some of my own help.

Useful search terms you might want to try are "omnia battery life" and "omnia full charge."

Please let me know if this helps you or if you have any questions--you can comment anonymously!