Aaaaugh!! WTF to do??

[Dargo]

My wife decided she wanted a smart phone about 6 months ago like my oldest daughter and I have, so I bought her one. For some reason she always complains that her battery is dead by lunch time or shortly after. I've taken one phone back and had 2 batteries replaced with the same results. Finally I was looking around on her phone and the Android software shows what programs have been using your battery life. Ah ha! Oh hell, now I'm pissed as hell. She has f***ing been playing that fucking dumbass solitaire game at least 6 hours a fkg day!!!!!!

When I tell her that it's her that is the problem and not the phone, she tells me that I need to make it work and she still wants to play that fucking game. What the hell do I do? I have played that game maybe once or twice in the last 15 years or so it's been out on computers etc. It's sole purpose is "to help pass time". WTF?! She's pissed at me now because I told her that she just won't have a cell phone and I'm paying about $30 a month for her to play that damn game. How the hell do I get her to give it a fkg rest?

I don't even want to tell the cell company that there has never been a problem with any of the phones and it's just my wife playing solitaire 5 to 6 hours a day on her phone.

 

[XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq]

Buy a bunch of power adapters and have her plug it in whenever possible.

Or just buy her a few more phones so she can make it through the day.

 

[bczoom]

Tell her she needs a better (and hopefully more productive) hobby.

 

[rback33]

LMAO..... that's great stuff! I just switched from a Blackberry to Android and really like it.. but it does eat the battery up the more shit you have running. I started with a MotoQ WAY back when and those were REALLY bad about batteries running down... I was always in the program manager killing things... that is just something I learned to do and still do.... just don't let her put Angry Birds on there... you will never get any work out of her lol

 

[CityGirl]

$9 Gets her one of these

 

[k-dog]

Get her Nintendo DS then she can play all the games she wants. Battery life is better on those too.

 

[Adillo303]

Which Android do you have? I have two batteries and a charger for the HTC incredible that you can have.

I bought an extended battery and never looked back. No battery issues.


Love my Droid.

 

[Erik]

download a good "apps killer" - that will kill all the background programs but the one she's using. This will extend her battery life.
Also, pick up one of the external battery packs for cell phones - and load it with LiIon rechargables.

 

[Snowtrac Nome]

my kids complain the same way they use them like walkmans no wonnder

 

[XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq]

C'mon Dargo - crack your safe and sell a queen. You can afford to buy her a few extra phones. What's cheaper some phones or a new wife.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Here you go...problem solved! And it won't cost you $30 a month either.

 

[Lia]

Download and buy her 'Solsuite,' for her computer. It will cost peanuts, and if she so desires, she can play solitaire 24/7, with no added costs. But, 6 hours Dargo? You really gotta get her out of the house! lol.

 

[OhioTC18]

Knowing Dargo, she probably has a computer with Windows OS. If so, she has Solitaire on it already. But the phone fits in her purse where the computer won't.

 

[Galvatron]

Nintendo DS

 

[Dargo]

Knowing Dargo, she probably has a computer with Windows OS. If so, she has Solitaire on it already. But the phone fits in her purse where the computer won't.

Yes, she does. She has a HTC EVO Shift as does my daughter. I have the Samsung Epic. Neither me nor my daughter have battery issues with 4 or 5 hours talk time in a day. We don't play games that have the screen lit up all day either though. I have a good app killer on all our phones. It seems to "learn" which apps you want killed and, when on the 'aggressive kill' mode, it keeps them off. With the screen on all day and using some CPU for the dumb ass game, it just kills her battery. She has a fkg iPod touch. I told her to play her "dumb green game" (that's what we all call it) on her iPod, but she says she doesn't carry that with her.

With a good Scottish accent "Just fucking kill me now Scotty..."

 

[pirate_girl]

I missed Brian's post, but yes.. it's the wise thing to do.
Reintroduce her to a pack of cards.
Tell her to put some Barry Manilow or John Coltrane on in the background and take herself away.

What the hell do I do?

it's just my wife playing solitaire 5 to 6 hours a day on her phone.