Android Phone Battery Help

[boffo]

A few weeks ago, I downloaded updates for a bunch of the apps on my Android phone. Since then, my battery life has gone to hell. The phone lasts like 1/3 to 1/2 as long as it used to. Can anyone suggest how I can figure out/fix the problem? Is there some sort of "What's eating my battery" app?

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[boffo]

I keep GPS, Bluetooth, and WiFi off, though I suppose it's possible that one of the apps is overriding that.

[boffo]

How would I be able to determine if one of the apps is overriding my settings on GPS/WiFi/Bluetooth?

[evelynne]

What do you mean, a hoax? Do they not kill apps, or do they tell you apps are running when they're not? I've suspected the latter, but if the former is true that sucks.

[boffo]

According to Advanced TasKiller, my phone has something like 15-20 apps that run at start-up. Most of these are useless crap that came installed on the phone and it won't let me delete, like the NASCAR live app.

After I use ATK, there are more like 5 apps that restart.

So your assertion is that running 10-15 useless apps in the background doesn't affect performance? I don't know enough about the Android system to say if that's plausible, but it certainly seems counter-intuitive.

[boffo]

Prior to a few weeks ago, my battery would last two days with normal usage, or one day with heavy usage. (I would usually plug it in every day, but if I forgot to plug it in I'd usually be fine until I got home from work the next day.)

Now it lasts more like 10 hours with normal usage, or 5 hours with heavy usage.

ON facebook someone suggested Juice Defender, so I'll see if that helps.

[evelynne]

Hunh. I think I'll uninstall it and see how things go. Thanks for the info.