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#1048
Originally Posted by TA-t3 View Post
I'm not sure I get it - what is it that you have to do at start and end of the session on the phone side? You can leave BT on at all times, just set it to non-broadcasting and it won't use any measurable power (I've got two phones, one is with BT on, i.e. the one I use with my N800, the other with BT off. The battery last equally long on both.)
It's not about battery, it's about security. Leaving BT on all the time is just asking for trouble. (I live in an area where people routinely drive around doing wifi war-driving ... BT isn't that much more obscure, or that much harder to hack)
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