how to conserve batter power
 

other than the suggestions at internet tablet school, are there any other ways?

btw, is it really better to leave the n810 on like a handphone like what was stated in the internet tablet school? :confused::confused:

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I would guess so. The tablet school was written by a member on this board and is referred to by other members here. So whatever is recommend there is pretty much the standard here as well. Unless new information comes to light.

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The logic behind the advice to "leave the tablet on" is the fact that booting is a energy-intensive process and the tablets should be quite efficient when on but idle.

I don't have any testing data to prove the advice correct. But it sounds plausible. That said, a misbehaving process can drain the battery, when the tablet's left idle. It can't when the tablet's off.

Personally, I let my tablet idle. But I frequently close off excess applications at bedtime, which reduces the chance a poorly written app will eat my battery overnight.

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there are times i wish there was a way to make the device "sleep" no matter what processes there where active, kinda like hittings standby on a windows box....

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I haven't tried it myself, but you may want to read this thread.

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I never turn my N810 off. I just turn off the programs and lock the touchscreen and keys and let it sleep. It seems to last long enough to me for my used throughout the day.

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Is "Soft poweroff" from the power switch NOT good enough?

bun

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never tried it as i have gotten the impression that its buggy...

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In what way? May be I need to know about it. I have been using it for quite awhile, especially during end of the day, I always soft power off. I have NOT checked whether it make any difference though :) . It supposed to turn off among other things, wifi, BT, screen. Wifi + screen eats battery, BT not that much. Logically it is a good habbit, I do worry that overuse may wear off the power button though.


bun

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i kinda recall reading some posts where people reported having the tablet fail to wake up from a soft poweroff.

and turning off wifi and screen can be done with going offline mode and then locking screen and buttons.

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hmm, nowadays i just put my tablet in offline mode and lock it

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Don't try to conserve battery that much, just buy cheap hong kong batteries and replace as needed.

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and watch something of a percentage be used in each boot?

and maybe some people want uptime rather then a pocket full of batteries?

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The OP is free to disregard my post -- or yours.

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true that :)

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That's irrelevant when you have 2 more charged batteries in your pocket.

Since the only way for this sucker to achieve the former is not to use it, and that's not very useful, the latter is not a bad option.
They don't take that much space and they're very light.

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Where do you charge spare batteries? Do you have a third party stand with charger? This would be nice :-)

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I got a cheap charger on ebay, cost about $10 including a crappy battery apparently from Nokia, which I tossed. The charger is about a year and a half old and still working fine.

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Search for sido batteries on ebay, they usually sell a pack with 2 batteries, a desktop charger to be used with the standard 2mm plug charger (not very sophisticated but it seems to work), an usb retractable charging cable and some othe useless gadget (a strap, a leather case), for around 10-12 euros shipped.

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Are you all referring to N800 battery charger? I have yet to find a charger for N810 which is the forum of this thread, N810.

bun

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The idea behind the whole "leave it on all the time" theory is this: the processor consumes ALMOST no power when it is IDLE. When your tablet is just on, with the screen off, in your pocket, it should be at an idle state, consuming almost no power. Here's the caveat: if ANY processor is being used (even just a measly 1% by some rogue process), then the processor will use almost as much power as it would if 100% of the processor was being used.

Overall, the battery consumption of the tablet being OFF, and being IDLE should be ABOUT the same. Since booting up and shutting down takes time, processing power, and therefore battery, why even bother?

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Yes, I'm sorry, I usually don't look at the name of the forum, I just use the new posts function and look at the messages that seem interesting.
However the ebay seller I was referring to has many many kinds of batteries with charger, so it's likely he also has the n 810 one.