Thread: Battery concerns / conservation question
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Matan is offline Matan
2009-06-17 , 21:19
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#21
Originally Posted by Jaffa View Post
Some facts:
  • GPS was probably the problem in your case. Deactivate (i.e. close any running GPS app) when not in use.
  • A good quality access point supporting "PSM" will mean your tablet can stay on 24 hours or more connected to it.
  • The scrolling RSS home applet stops updating (as all good apps do) when the screen blanks, to save power.
  • Turning the tablet on & off takes *masses* of battery; leaving it on, but idle, is generally better.
  • Some apps & applets aren't well behaved and will wake the device up every minute; or keep updating the screen even when it's off. It's difficult (currently) to identify these without some trial & error.

HTH.
Bad, but often repeated advice. A reboot cycle takes at most as much power as 4 hours of idle, probably a lot less. You need to factor the chance that some runaway process will eat your battery while you sleep against the minute it takes to boot when you want to use it, but the battery wasted by turning off/on is a myth that should die.