[Maemo 5] Let's make a memory leak and battery eaters list!
 

Hi to everyone,

Lets create a list of the "battery killers" known apps, widgets and mods (with fixes if possible).

I think that way we can save a lot of searching and decide with app to install...

Don't forget to specify version of the app and the version of the PR and if you have any kernel mod!

Tks a lot! and lets colaborate!

PS - The list starts in Post #12

Re: Let's make a memory leak and batt eaters list!
 

It's kinda hard to find a source of memory leak don't you think? Unless we test each program one by one and look at the memory usage/cpu usage. Btw, memory leaks don't really cause a significant increase battery usage.but It might slow down system at the end because system will switch to swap memory.

Re: Let's make a memory leak and batt eaters list!
 

Tks for you reply aligatro.

But I think we can make a list of know issues witch causes batt drain (catorise in PR1.2 for example).
I don't really uses but some users told a similar problem with Foreca Weather....

That's the purpose... Help people to save battery and have a faster N900!

Re: Let's make a memory leak and batt eaters list!
 

This is a bug in hildon-desktop, not catorise, and is to do with menu sub directories.

To rectify this you can istall MohammadAG or Matans modified hildon-desktop.

Re: [Maemo 5] Let's make a memory leak and battery eaters list!
 

No, it's not because of sub directories, it's because of short lists that don't scroll, the app menu keeps bouncing fast and you don't notice it, but the CPU does :)

Re: [Maemo 5] Let's make a memory leak and battery eaters list!
 

Ok...

So let's make clear... I understand I'm using the wrong words to specify the meaning of the list...

The bottom line is:

- if you install Catorise in PR 1.2 your batt drains
(solution MohammadAG mod)

I'm sorry if I choose a terrible name for the thread...

I just want to help people save battery, and sometimes there are apps. widgets or bugs to be avoided....

Re: [Maemo 5] Let's make a memory leak and battery eaters list!
 

Have you seen this? http://wiki.maemo.org/How_To_Make_Yo...ry_Last_Longer

Re: [Maemo 5] Let's make a memory leak and battery eaters list!
 

Thats some really good programming by nokia then!
Was that the case in PR1.1.1 as well? Maybe the reason for getting rid of the more menu.

Re: [Maemo 5] Let's make a memory leak and battery eaters list!
 

That's right... Read this (from the link you post it)

"Some applications, especially unofficial ones, may use up far more battery life than they're supposed to because they're badly programmed. If you find that your tablet's battery life has suddenly turned to mush since you installed an application even though you don't use it very much, bad programming in the application may well be to blame. The easiest way to check if this is the case is to remove the application and see if the battery life improves.

Most applications work fine and don't mess around with battery life, but some do, and it's this minority that you have to watch out for."

So let's make a list of badly programmed apps witch eats the battery...

I'm sorry, I'm not a English native speaker... Can I make clear the meaning of this thread? Looks like the people is not getting it!

Tks to all!

Re: [Maemo 5] Let's make a memory leak and battery eaters list!
 

What the thread starter just want is for use members to post applications, widgets or applets which cause battery drain or slowdown on our device. Also the thread starter doesn't want us to test each and every application on the repository. He/She just want you to post what applications you have already used which caused the specified problems.