Thread: N900 battery life questions, issues, scenarios
View Single Post
Blackbeard is offline Blackbeard
2009-12-05 , 10:34
Posts: 42 | Thanked: 8 times | Joined on Dec 2009
#362
Originally Posted by marauder View Post
The good news for now, is that I have tried typing what Laughin Man suggested:
ifconfig wlan0 down, ifconfig wlan0 up
in xterm (after gaining root access with rootsh)
and I was able to recover wifi functionality.
I will have to check if battery draining stops at this point, but I would suppose it should.
Thanks for the tip I'll try it next time. I am a bit shamed of ranting yesterday but since my user experience with the device has been constant struggling with battery I was extremely frustrated.

This is my checklist so far:
  • Uninstalled all SW not necessarily needed
  • Configured all the widgets accessing internet to be updated manually only
  • Disabled most of the desktop widgets
  • Forced the email client to update manually only
  • Disabled automated network scans
  • Switched the phone to 2G network only
  • No TCP/IP connection
  • Closed GPS, Bluetooth, Wifi
  • Got a brand new SIM card from my operator
  • Monitoring any rampant processes using top, powertop and load applet

What I haven't tried yet is to replace battery, charger or charger adapter with a new one. The charger adapter could be the culprit since using it the charging seems to take quite a long time and it makes sometimes a high pitched whizzing sound.
Last edited by Blackbeard; 2009-12-05 at 11:39.