Unusual for the 9700 to have bad battery life, especially with having a second battery. When I had mine, I remember the battery life to be quite epic!
Have a look and post a question of help at the crackberry forum, under the 9700 topic.
As a first port of call, I would update the OS to the latest official available from Voda.
Then get your apps up and working again (you may need to re-set permissions, log in, restore settings etc) and then do a few battery pulls.
When you finish using apps, dont just back out of them, use the BB key and select close or exit from the menu, especially anything that can use the GPS or internet connection.
Set your backlight to about 30%
It may be (and to me sounds like) that its an app on the phone, or the way you use the phone that could be the issue...ie an app isnt been closed properly.
My experience with Voda has been OK to be fair, had a few issues but you would have the same issues with Orange, o2, three and T-Mobile.
For me I stay with Voda as the 2G signal is probably the best in the UK (on a par with o2), I have a Sure Signal in the house, my price plan is a good value one.
I use Three (in a Desire S) for data/web/streaming so not bothered about Voda's 3g signal that much, although its getting better as time goes on.
Speaking of Three, my Desire S has been away for 'repair' since 6th December. It was supposed to take 5 days. Shop where I dropped the handset off arent interested, in fact, down right rude. Cant credit my account for loss of use, cant issue me with a replacement phone that I can use to tether, wont offer me a PAYG broadband SIM with £15 credit on to use in lieu of been unable to tether now. Useless.
Steve
