charging a cellphone??

[AZwldcats]

How old is your battery? Most phones should last all day unless you're spending a few solid hours on the net or playing videos/games. Easiest thing to do is to buy a new battery that will last longer and an external charger. Use your old battery and bring it along as a spare. I have a new battery in my old Evo 4G and it lasted a good 14 hours even randomly using Mouse Wait all day in the park.

Can't change Iphone batteries...

 

[Patrick in Oregon]

Portable charger and/or airplane mode all day. I might come out of airplan mode 2 or 3 times per day to check for any emails/voicemails. But even with using the camera, I end the day with a little under half battery left as long as I stay in airplane mode. If I leave the network on, my battery will be dead by evening even without using it.

It was kind of mentioned earlier, but realize that a lot of battery draining comes from your phone looking for signals, network, GPS, wifi etc. So when you are in pirates, or Indy etc, your phone starts looking for service.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus btw.

 

[pixiewings71]

Bring your charger and charge overnight and you are good to go for the next day.

This wasn't the question

You can check out chargers for your phone that you can precharge, then when your phone battery runs out, you can use that to charge it up again while you walk around in the parks. I believe Best Buy has things like that. They are pretty small/portable, but be sure to get one that is enough to power a smart phone if that is the kind you have.

I have one of these, I charge it overnight and carry it around with me in the parks, then when my battery gets too low I plug it in and carry on. My portable charger held enough juice to charge my phone almost completely and to then charge my DD's phone as well, DD has a feature phone, I have a smart phone. I used mine all day to text, check FB, play pass & play games while we wait in line and to check Mouse Wait, my battery drained at a steady pace but the portable charger was perfect. I got mine at Target for about $40 but they have ones that are less expensive, I just didn't have the time to shop around, when I realized I could get one we were leaving the next day. lol

How old is your battery? Most phones should last all day unless you're spending a few solid hours on the net or playing videos/games. Easiest thing to do is to buy a new battery that will last longer and an external charger. Use your old battery and bring it along as a spare. I have a new battery in my old Evo 4G and it lasted a good 14 hours even randomly using Mouse Wait all day in the park.

Not necessarily, my phone is only a few months old but it's never held a charge very well and I don't have a ton of apps running in the background either.

 

[theworldneedscolor]

This portable charger seems great! Is there something similar for cameras? My camera has a fairly short battery life

 

[koquinn]

I have one of these:

I can recharge myself and wifes phone with one charge on this:

http://www.amazon.com/Anker-®SlimTa...5&sr=1-5&keywords=cell+phone+charger+portable

Can you recharge both phones with it without recharging it? Do you guys both have smartphones? At least according to amazon it only does 1 100%. I just bought two but maybe will return one if you think we can both do it? Can you charge 2 at the same time?

 

[AZwldcats]

Can you recharge both phones with it without recharging it? Do you guys both have smartphones? At least according to amazon it only does 1 100%. I just bought two but maybe will return one if you think we can both do it? Can you charge 2 at the same time?

Can;t charge both at the same time with this one, But I can charge both up once with this before I need to plug any of them in to AC.

We both have Android 4G smartphones. I have a Galaxy SII and she has an Evo 4g.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I have portable battery chargers for my iPhone. I was visiting my cousin and he & his wife were leaving on their honeymoon, so I gave him mine (I had had two for over a year), and bought two more on Amazon. They only cost $4 each (no shipping charge for me this last time I got them), and so I bought two more. Just one will keep me going all day if I'm constantly using my phone, and I recharge at night. I keep the other one just in case, or to loan out to my other iPhone friends.

Charger at Amazon

 

[8timesblessed]

Wow I learned alot! Thanks everyone. I have a Galaxy Nexus and I was in the park with just our youngest for his 6th birthday and I communicated with our family at home and took a few photos for facebook. I did close out aps etc but by 11pm I usually shut it off before it really died incase I needed it for an emergency on the way back to our hotel. So before my next SOLO trip in Sept I will get one of these portable devices.

 

[koquinn]

We both have Android 4G smartphones. I have a Galaxy SII and she has an Evo 4g.

Perfect, I have an Evo and hubby has a photon. How long does it take to charge back up the phones?

 

[Malcon10t]

I have the iGo Green, and it will charge 2 iPhones at once. You can do other phones with it also.

http://www.igo.com/invt/ps002730001