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Help please phone/tech boffs, what do you guys/girls do to save your phone battery at glasto?? I have spare batteries but will be trying to squeeze as much out of them as poss, so vibrate off/ swap funky ring tone for basic "ring ring" type/ bluetooth off any other tips tricks? will definitely be to f**ked to remember to switch it off at night when i sleep/pass out. Realise some people ain't fussed by mobile phones at festivals but i am for various reasons like, going with girlfriend so she will be seeking out toilets every half hour so we need to be able to find one and other/ have other friends/family going who we will not be camping with and its quite likely i could become an uncle whilst there so want people to be able to get hold of me Wednesday-Monday, Cheers :lol:

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If it's got a camera on it, don't use it.

My battery is terrible so I leave mine switched off for the majority of the time I'm there, but it seems that's not an option for you. I'll be taking a spare phone that I'll stick in the lock up and then go and retrieve when my battery dies in mine. I would've bought a new battery but I get a new phone the week after Glastonbury so it seems pointless.

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2 years ago there was a stall where they would charge your phone for an hour for a few quid. I was wary of it at first, but went for it, you leave your phone with them, the give you a ticket, you go and watch a band for an hour and then come back and get your phone :P

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Help please phone/tech boffs, what do you guys/girls do to save your phone battery at glasto?? I have spare batteries but will be trying to squeeze as much out of them as poss, so vibrate off/ swap funky ring tone for basic "ring ring" type/ bluetooth off any other tips tricks? will definitely be to f**ked to remember to switch it off at night when i sleep/pass out. Realise some people ain't fussed by mobile phones at festivals but i am for various reasons like, going with girlfriend so she will be seeking out toilets every half hour so we need to be able to find one and other/ have other friends/family going who we will not be camping with and its quite likely i could become an uncle whilst there so want people to be able to get hold of me Wednesday-Monday, Cheers :P
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Don't use vibrate, switch it off as often as possible not just at night, turn screen contrast down to nothing if you have the option, don't use data programs (eg Google Maps) or internet, don't use Bluetooth or Wifi, don't use camera, err, that's about all!

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I wouldn't use the Orange tent service, you have to queue for ages and might end up with only one bar of charge, even if you leave your phone with them for hours!

I recommend investing in a PowerChimp or do what I did, buy one of these and wire it straight to one of these and you can then power a cheap car charger like this one with AA batteries. I've tried this with several phones including iPhone 3G and it works brilliantly!

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This is my plan for phone use

got a iphone which is has a rubbish battery life and no doubt a risk of being nicked

so I am getting at £17 cheap phone from tesco which £10 pay as u go credit included

that way if I lose it when wrecked would not be that bothered and also that the fact it has absolutley no features means the battery will last quite a long time

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Help please phone/tech boffs, what do you guys/girls do to save your phone battery at glasto?? I have spare batteries but will be trying to squeeze as much out of them as poss, so vibrate off/ swap funky ring tone for basic "ring ring" type/ bluetooth off any other tips tricks? will definitely be to f**ked to remember to switch it off at night when i sleep/pass out. Realise some people ain't fussed by mobile phones at festivals but i am for various reasons like, going with girlfriend so she will be seeking out toilets every half hour so we need to be able to find one and other/ have other friends/family going who we will not be camping with and its quite likely i could become an uncle whilst there so want people to be able to get hold of me Wednesday-Monday, Cheers :P
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Don't use vibrate, switch it off as often as possible not just at night, turn screen contrast down to nothing if you have the option, don't use data programs (eg Google Maps) or internet, don't use Bluetooth or Wifi, don't use camera, err, that's about all!
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I. Probably won't take my iPhone as I'd be too tempted to keep trying to use Internet etc which would kill the battery, and it's likely the service will be too busy/slow anyway. So I'll be sticking my sim into an old phone for the duration. You really only need a phone you can make calls on anyway; texts take forever to get through.

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I find vibrate the most useful function at festivals, how else can you tell if someone's calling or texting you when The Boss is playing?

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