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Been trying it out and yes, not using the Home button and/or stopping all apps from the App Mgr are absolutely essential. Unfortunately doing so will still only get me a day or less. When I check Settings > Power Saver > Battery Use, it tells me the Display uses about 30% of my battery with Phone Idle and Cell standby around 17% each. Idle and Standby are when I'm not even using it and Display use is kinda hard to get around - I have to look at the damn screen, don't I??
Sorry, but you can't pass this off to "smartphones eat batteries".
It's bad enough I can't use the phone as I would like, but then to take 3 hours to fully charge up again is quite ridiculous. Charging a phone shouldn't interfere with that much time in my day.
I may end up switching back to a 3G phone, not the speedy 4G, but so what. What's the point of having quick speed if I can barely use any functions of the phone that utilize it?