If you have a the HTC Droid and have really bad battery life, it may just e a bad battery. Me and my wife both have these phones. We have had them for less than two months. She was getting twice the life as I was with the same usage. So I called Verizon and they said take it to the Verizon store and they will give you a new batter. I did and its like night and day. I an not ties to a charger anymore. I would have not know that the short battery life was not normal if my wife did not have the same phone. So anyone out there that can only get a few text and about an hour at best without the battery being gone, you probably just need a new battery.