Comments on: Samsung T459 Gravity now available at T-Mobile

By: jonas

jonas — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:31:56 +0000

i got the gravity for christmas and yes it is very nice with the full keyboard and the camera in everything and i think that the battery is the only thing that is short lived…however, someone did tell me that most of the power goes into the screen’s light so my guess is if you can turn down the light the life of the battery increases not to mention the camera/video, texting and other feature take a toll on the battery as well…but over all a great phone

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:34:03 +0000

Just recently got the Samsung Gravity since I was switching over from Sprint to T-Mobile.

At first, I was a bit disappointed since the battery went down like crazy on the first day, but I’ve charged it. It’s been over 24 hours and the bars have not gone down at all, and I’ve texted on-and-off during that time. Does the terrible battery life depend on each individual Gravity? I don’t really see the problem with mine. :\

By: Tia

Tia — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:39:56 +0000

Hey guys I have had the samsung since may but the bettery life has stayed for five days

now I am having a problem with my texting it won’t work it just keeps say enter center so I think I’m going to get it looked at

I’m not with tmobile I’m with rogers so that’s probably why this is happening

can someone please tell me what to do ?

By: pinky brown

pinky brown — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:42:46 +0000

i really like this phone it is a very good phone especially for txtin i would advice anyone with t-mobile to get this phone.

thanks~
pinky brown

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:44:32 +0000

i just bought the aqua and white phone, had no problems with the battery, but then i lost it and they sent me a new one, and this new one, the battery sucks. i don’t think i have used it so much that it only goes to three or two bars within two or three hours after maybe only four or five texts?! well im going to try letting it die first and then charging it to see if that helps, im glad i came to this website now i know its not just me

By: rachel

rachel — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:17:16 +0000

this battery sucks.
i charge it all night and wake up with it dead. im lucky this is summer and i dont really need it- because when i go to school my phone will be dead.
and i will be phone less.
im even considering going back to my old phone. it may have been malfunctioning, but it was better than having a practically non-existant phone!

By: Jim Kaya

Jim Kaya — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:26:22 +0000

WE FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH THE GRAVITY BATTERY. WE BOUGHT A SMALL GASOLINE POWERED GENERATOR AND KEEP IT STRAPPED TO OUR BACKS. THE PHONE CHARGER CORD PLUGS EASILY RIGHT INTO THE GENERATOR OUTLET AND KEEPS THE PHONE CHARGED. iT NOW WORKS BETTER THEN THE SAMSUNG ADVERTISEMENTS AND HYPE CLAIM. AND T-MOBILE IS VERY HAPPY BECAUSE WE ARE STILL ENJOYING THE EXCELLENT SERVICE THEY PROVIDE. SO BELLY UP TO THE BAR PEOPLE AND STOP WHINING. A SIMPLE FIX FOR THE SAMSUNG BATTERY ISSUE IS NOW AVAILABLE. tHANK YOU SAMSUNG AND T-MOB ILE. WHAT A PAIR!!!!

By: Jim Kaya

Jim Kaya — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:25:46 +0000

WE FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH THE GRAVITY BATTERY. WE BOUGHT A SMALL GASOLINE POWERED GENERATOR AND KEEP IT STRAPPED TO OUR BACKS. THE PHONE CHARGER CORD PLUGS EASILY RIGHT INTO THE GENERATOR OUTLET AND KEEPS THE PHONE CHARGED. iT NOW WORKS BETTER THEN THE SAMSUNG ADVERTISEMENTS AND HYPE CLAIM. AND T-MOBILE IS VERY HAPPY BECAUSE WE ARE STILL ENJOYING THE EXCELLENT SERVICE WE PROVIDE. SO BELLY UP TO THE BAR PEOPLE AND STOP WHINING. A SIMPLE FIX FOR THE SAMSUNG BATTERY ISSUE IS NOW AVAILABLE. tHANK YOU SAMSUNG AND T-MOB ILE. WHAT A PAIR!!!!

By: Jim Kaya

Jim Kaya — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:17:49 +0000

Here is a great way to get hosed.
Buy a new Gravity phone made by Samsung and sold by your friendly service provider T-Mobile. Sign up for a 1 year contract. After about 4 months notice the battery is having problems. All the users see it, Samsung is not that ignorant, they must be aware of it, and T-Mobile has a policy that tells you this”We recognize the phone & battery have a problem. The problem is that the phone battery indicator does not read the battery charge correctly. When the phone says you only have 1 bar of charge left, you actually have more.” Hey…when the battery is dead, it’s dead. When the car runs out of gas and you are standing alongside the rode, do you car what the fuel gauge says? I do not think so.
So we ask t-mobile for another battery. Sorry, outside the 90 day window. Buy one for $39.00. The new ones have the same problem. December our 5 contracts are up with T-mobile….yeah…come on Santa. And I work in the chip industry selling to Samsung! No wonder their market share is dropping. Hello Motorola!

Jim

By: veronica

veronica — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:51:50 +0000

Okay the reason you all are having trouble with the battery life is because the blacklight is on full. you need to lower the lighting and duration time in order to have more battery life. it is not the battery. if you need more help on how to lower the black light watch this video —-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dogxiId5G94

By: TMike

TMike — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:27:19 +0000

According to my sources the battery is the problem. The built in battery management chip in it is just bad. What I did to fix the problem was I took my battery out of my old Samsung T619 and it is the same voltage, same contact pins but just a hair shorter. I cut a small bit of pencil eraser to wedge between it and the body to keep it up against the contact pins. Works just fine and the bars decrease at an even rate – as it should. A charge lasts me 2-3 days. Don’t know if anyone else has tried something similiar but it has worked for me.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:28:50 +0000

i am getting the gravity today and i am going to try to charge it fully right when i get it, and then use it. and THEN let the battery run all the way out, and then charge it for a couple hours. hopefully this will work.
but it just sounds inconvenient, because i had a razr and it lasted 5 days without charging. and i even used it while it charged. only thing was i really wanted a keyboard. thats why im getting the gravity !

By: nick

nick — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:41:26 +0000

well the battery dies quickly if i use the keyboard i love this phone and it is indestructable i threw iit on a telephone pole by accitdent it only got scratched i dropped it so many times it doesnt break

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:44:39 +0000

I’m happy to report that I let my battery run totally and completely dead overnight. This morning I charged it for about 3 hours until it said Charge Complete. Almost 10 hours later and I still have all 5 bars in the battery icon! MUCH better than before.
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On Mar 17, 2009 @ 2:56 pm, Katherine Said:

I just got this phone last week and noticed the battery drops a couple bars only a few hours after I unplug it. Like a previous commenter, I unplug it at 7:30 and by 11:30 it’s down to 2 out of 5 bars. I’m going to try letting it run all the way down and see if that helps. Otherwise I like the phone. The keyboard is easy to use, fast, helpful and fun.

By: Me7i55@

Me7i55@ — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:39:45 +0000

BATTERY SOLUTION:
I had this phone. Had the same problem with the battery. Went to the store, their solution, buy a charger to keep it charged. MY solution, replace the phone. I also had issues with the screen flipping between landscape and portrait when i wasn’t even opening or closing the slider. I switched to the sidekick slide and have had no (ZERO) problems with the phone. Great battery. I don’t have video, now. But that was a small sacrifice to actually be able to use my phone for longer than a half a day.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:56:07 +0000

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:28:50 +0000

It’s 2 days old and I noticed the discharge after it sat (not using it) after only a couple hours lost two bars. My son in law told me about the problem but only after I received it (He has one, same deal).I will try completely draining it if that doesn’t work it’s going back! WORD!!!

By: Will

Will — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:45:50 +0000

I think this phone is great but they need to create a better one The Gravity 2-it will have a 2 megapixel camera, all the features now, flash and a nicer interface.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:55:42 +0000

I’m very disapointed with this Gravity, I have dropped calls (which never happened with any of my other tmobile phones) Battery life sucks, I think overall tmobile is an ok service. I called them today and there sending a replacment phone. I had asked if there were alot of cmplaints about this phone and they said ”Not at all,There are #1 selling phone” I knew that was a lie after readin all these reviews. I’m thinking about buying out of my contract and going with another provider.

By: panicker09

panicker09 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:53:03 +0000

We switched from sprint to tmobile last week and that was when i got the gravity. my dad had told me that you are suppose to fully charge the phone without using it, right after you get it from the store. because the phone then recognizes how much it can hold battery power. By charging it fully for the first time, it has Chemical checking the capacity. Might this be the reason why most have had issues with the battery life? Because we didnt charge it fully the first time? Hmmmmmm, please respond Tmobilers ..thanks!

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:33:33 +0000

I bought two and they said at the store they are aware of the problem. I specifically bought the phone for the battery life and keyboard. The battery indicator does read wrong. the battery will easily last a day but the indicator will be one bar for most of the time. Hopefully they can fix this issue… I always let the battery completely die before recharging…

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:44:26 +0000

I bought this phone yesterday it died almost immediately so I charged it when I got home and played a game for maybe half an hour and is down to 1 bar this morning and im obviously not doing anything during the night…

By: linda

linda — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:13:57 +0000

I called t-mobile the day before my “buyer’s remorse” 2 week period was up. They told me they are aware there is a battery problem, but are looking at it. I really like this phone and kept it anyway. I just carry the charger with me and plug it in when I am at work during the day. Hopefully they will be able to fix this soon.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:03:58 +0000

I had this phone twice (in both colors). The aqua battery was killing me (died quickly) but it was strange because the black one was fine. I have to return a different phone and was thinking about getting this again because I loved it so much but I’m skeptical because of the battery life

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:22:24 +0000

I’m also having battery issues. Charged it all day and it lost 2 bars after taking a few photos and a text I hear if you let it go completey dead and charge it without interrupting it within 5 hours, that should do the trick. So far I haven’t let mine die but if the bars start getting lower I’ll just have to test that theory out.

By: miranda

miranda — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:12:07 +0000

umm i want this phone bad so idk im gonna get it i’ll just check it out

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:42:43 +0000

Thanks that would be fine, I guess we will have to wait and see.

By: 10 year customer

10 year customer — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:59:17 +0000

Dave, don’t worry about the battery so much. I’ve had two now for over a month and I love them. I use mine often and the battery will last most of a week. I don’t know about you but I’ve never had a charge last more than that, no matter what phone I’ve had.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:07:35 +0000

Just ordered two for my wife and daughter last night. Wish they hadn’t seen then now and will take back if they do the same thing battery wise. I agreed to buy Samsung because they have a really good reputation for a quality product now I am not so sure.

By: massie

massie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:58:50 +0000

Yeah i signed a 2 year contract but I can still return it within 2 weeks so I think Im going to. Which sucks because I really like this phone but just the stupid battery life.
I have to charge it like everyday.