The Shadow’s battery life could be a bit better, which makes us glad that T-Mobile is using a bigger battery for the Shadow II. What if there way that you could get better battery life in 5 minutes just by installing a CAB file?
Well, this may be the case. dom2686 from the forums has posted a registry-tweaking CAB (that came from XDA-Devs) which he claims has increased his battery life by 3 hours. Not bad. The CAB contains several registry tweaks that changes the power management of the phone. As with any registry tweak, be sure to backup your phone before installing.
Those in the thread are reporting no ill-effects from installing the CAB, and most are indeed finding their battery life to be better, some even finding there to be a “significant increase.” There are some, though, citing that they see no improvement, or even worse battery life, in which case they were able to uninstall it with the registry changes reverted. Whether this works is probably determined by what other tweaks you have made to your Shadow (overclocks, programs installed, other registry tweaks made, etc).
To download the battery-saving CAB, click here. As with any CAB file, download the file to your computer and transfer it to your phone. Then, run the CAB from the phone. Let us know if you see a difference!
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July 21st, 2008 at 9:12 am
Any comments from our members?!
July 21st, 2008 at 9:15 am
when I click on the click to get the cab file… I get a screen full of programming code. If you could send me the cab file to give me more battery life that would be great. Thank you. Andy
July 21st, 2008 at 9:25 am
Getting same page of programming code. Need CAB file.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:41 am
tried this before n dont see ang major improvement…have since uninstalled…
July 21st, 2008 at 10:04 am
thanks, finally a tweak for the damn battery, i was waiting for something like this before i would purchase the extended battery, so thanks once again, i am gonna install it later after work and post my results
July 21st, 2008 at 10:05 am
This could be added to the next Performance enhancement.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Put this on my phone and before under my normal use, I would be down to about 10% battery by the end of the day when I got home…Now, under same conditions, with this, by the end of the day I’m at around 38-44% battery left!! So, definately helped in my case..I put this on my wife’s phone as well and will see if it helped her as well or not and will report back..later,
July 21st, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Are you guys still not getting the CAB file? I just tried right now and it was indeed a CAB.
July 21st, 2008 at 4:27 pm
The reason you guys keep getting programming code is cuz you’re tryna download it from your phone. download it to your phone FROM YOUR COMPUTER.
July 21st, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Link to the post on this forum which hosts the cab file
http://allshadow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2596
July 21st, 2008 at 10:18 pm
yea usually when i get home from work i would have around 30% and i didnt like it. after this im coming home with 60%+ today was 68% now i like it lol
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 am
I see no change what so ever in my battery life at all! my battery life by the end of the day is still drained just as bad or even worse! im gonna keep it on my phone and give it another try but I see no difference what so ever.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Battery life is better, Hasn’t been on the charger since about 12pm eastern time (it is now 2:30pm eastern time) and I’m at 98%. Usually it would be down to 83% by that time. Something weird happen though, all my contacts were erased. Thank goodness I back up all my numbers to tmobile site and my sim card regularly. But other than that, no other weird “side effects”.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I have had it for about a week and have not noticed any difference and even wondered if it has gotten worse. Not much of a fan but have not found any ill side affects
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I downloaded the file and extracted it, but once its on my phone an alert comes out and tells me I should run the application first and then open the file inside, but it doesn’t work…
Anyone experience this or know what I can do?
Thanks!
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I would rather use the cab file to download to the phone. I don’t use the USB from the computer to my phone. Can it be done? Thanks. Debbie
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:34 pm
hey guys, just one question about this app. I installed this program and it was successful but I don’t see it anywhere on the phone. Does it run automatically in the background or is there spose to be an icon for it? And does the program have an actual interface?
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Debed, dl to your home computer desktop, place the cab in an e-mail as an attachment, send it to your self, open your mail on the shadow, open the attachment and the cab should load. That’s how I got it to my shadow!
Ditto on the question of - How Do You Know It Is Working?
I don’t see any type of icon anywhere, am I blind?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Had this installed for a few days now. It actually made my battery life worse! I have since uninstalled it.
July 26th, 2008 at 12:56 am
It All Depend On How U Use Yr Phone Overclock Bluethooth Wifi etc.
July 26th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
tmo is now offering fee extended life batteries to any shadow owner who calls in and requests it, in order to improve the users experience. yes, it comes with a fee back cover as well. thought you all might want to know.
July 26th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
sorry I meant free
July 30th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Nice, I get about 3 to 4 hours more battery life per day.
Thanks!
August 1st, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Works like a charm….
August 6th, 2008 at 12:22 am
I downloaded this on my phone but did not see any results for a couple of days. I decided to turn off my phone and after that I saw a pretty nice increase in battery life. Mainly standby time is what saw the greatest increase.
August 8th, 2008 at 6:04 am
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August 13th, 2008 at 1:30 am
I have noticed much bettery battery life, after heavy texting for a few hours, im still above 50% when im normally around 35% or so.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Is there a way to get Windows Media Player back onto the home screen? Its driving me nuts.
September 14th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
i dont get how to use this, will someone explain in detail?
I dl this to computer, sent it to my cell through email, opened it and it’s just code.. there are also three files, so what do i do first to what and huh? lol thanks..