EVEN MORE BATTERY SAVERS

Can someone tell me just exactly why the phone would or would not need to be connected to the mobile network continuously? Is that simply to have internet access? I am new to the droid incredible and I have been very upset with it's battery life or rather lack there of. I am a realtor and need my mail pushed once a minute because I get orders over email from banks for bpo's so that is highly necessary because first responder gets the order but other than that I have nothing else running except the mobile network on all the time.......

I 2nd the 1500's w/ charger off of eBay! i ordered them, cost about 17 bucks shipped, and they are great! The charger is great too!

Isn't that what the future forum Lab Rat said?? 

Ok I think I have found the most reasonable solution for making the battery last on the Dinc.

I have pretty much everything turned off and i use the management widget to turn things on as/when I need them. But I have AutoSync turned off, GPS/BT and all that jazz.. the background data is turned off, as is the always-on connection. So I just poll for email whenever I want to check for it, with my gmail or my hotmail, same with facebook, just refresh and check.

I tried ^^^ that for about a week and it was still sucking down battery life like crazy if i did anything moderate to heavy on the phone. I emailed HTC half-heartedly joking but being serious if they meant to ship this with the 1500 mAh battery stock or not, they suggested I try a factory reset which has seemed to fix the power drain issue, at least for me.. for instance right now, my phone has been up for just shy of 10 hours, and i'm sitting at 80%.. haven't put it on the charger all day, have checked my emails and facebook a couple times today, flipped on GPS to use Foursquare to check-in a few times today, and even watched a few HQ Youtube videos. I am probably still going to purchase a Seidio 1750mAh in the future but for now I think I can make this work.

Here is the process in the email I got from HTC describing the factory reset process, and compared to Blackberry wiping it was relatively painless, I'm used to having to back everything up and redo it all.. but Google relates your market download history with your account and lets you re-download from the list all the things you had, including paid-for apps Contact sync, and setting back up my emails/facebook.. so simple

Thank you for taking the time to contact HTC America Technical Support via E-Mail with your inquiry about your battery draining issue. You will need to perform a factory reset, or hard reset. To perform this factory reset, please follow the steps I have provided. Please note that this procedure will delete all personal data, customizations and files from your DROID Aria, so be sure to perform a full backup prior to beginning. 1.   With the phone turned off, press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then briefly press the POWER button. 2.   Wait for the screen with the 3 Android images to appear, and then release the VOLUME DOWN button. 3.   Press VOLUME DOWN to select CLEAR STORAGE, and then press POWER. 4.   When asked to confirm, press VOLUME UP. If this does not work you may want to go to your local service providers store and have a diagnostic ran on the device. Here they should be able to conclude where the problem is and then be able to take the next step in fixing your issue. If you require a new battery for your device, I suggest you contact the HTC America Accessory Sales Line. Their contact information is 1-888-716-3594 Monday – Friday 8:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. ET.

Just a little off subject. Has anyone used an external battery ? I have seen ones that plug straight into the micro usb on the side. Some have as much as 3400 mah. If anyone has used them can they maybe provide a product. I have mine coming tomorrow or the day after. I am trying to get a grasp on the battery life.

Has anyone else tried doing the factory reset to their phone? I'm a little leery of doing it unless it is necessary or it will give me that extra battery life.  Thanks

It was quick.  The backup with the google account was not available, which is no biggie, On day two, and seeing no increase whatsoever in battery life.  Its not getting worse, but not getting better.  Good to know how to factory reset. 

Out of the box, ARIA battery life is a nightmare as all apps and functions are turn on.

But having read and followed the advice on this thread my battery life is awesome (2-3 days between full a charge)

I did the following as recommended by "LD" and "Cub" in the thread.

1. Did a factory reset.

2. Completed LD's 1-7 steps/changes.

3. Installed Y5 app

4. Installed Advance Task Killer app.


Thanks for the tips!!!