Thread: Question about Battery Life (Noob Question)
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reinob is offline reinob
2012-11-26 , 08:20
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Originally Posted by seanmcken View Post
when i overclock the n900 to 950 or 1100
Do you LOCK the frequency to that value, or do you RAISE the maximum to that value?

Locking the frequency (even @600Mhz) will result in worse battery life than leaving the kernel to manage the frequency (even if you raise the maximum to 950Mhz).

the battery of phone sucks like a thirsty guy drinking water and other phones with 1 ghz or more than that gives good battery life so wat's exactly reason behind this?
Other phones tend to force-sleep when the user is not actively doing anything (i.e. screen off -> processor off). This is not the case with the N900. Try to actively use (keep screen on) one of those 1Ghz-processor phones and you will see how the battery drops. I've seen a colleague's Samsung S3 drain from 100% to 20% in 4 hours, with very little use. I charge my N900 every 3 days.
 

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