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What uses most battery?

Hi i am just started using Phonealarm and it is super cool that it can use specific profiles based on your location. But i think its draining my batteri that it both searches with GPS, Cell towers and cell broadcast.
Which one uses most batteri and which one should i use?

torstenk said:
Hi i am just started using Phonealarm and it is super cool that it can use specific profiles based on your location. But i think its draining my batteri that it both searches with GPS, Cell towers and cell broadcast.
Which one uses most batteri and which one should i use?
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Numerous threads already on battery strength, charging and how to check what uses what etc.
Try doing a search before creating new threads.
Such threads include:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=488269&highlight=battery
Hope this helps

battery
go to settings/connections and switch of wifi when not in use. This will make a massive difference to your battery! I waas about to relegate the touch hd to the man-draw and use my old k800i until i tried this. Now the phone is ok for a couple of days on a charge

Actually i am not using wifi at all. I think it is phonealarm that is draining my batteri. I installed it yesterday and it is draining the batteri faster than when i had SPD Mobile.
That is a shame because i loved that you have alot of profiles and it autoswitches

Data Connection keeps turning itself on?

I turn my data connection off through the phone settings but it seems to keep turning itself back on? Has anyone experienced this and/or knows how to sort it out?
Cheers guys

Yes there are many threads about this, check you have no auto connections enabled, like weather, facebook, mail ect, but to be honest, if the data connection is idle, it uses no more power than if it were off, i let mine run all day and i only loose 10% battery, and thats checking email every 2 hours and weather updating every 3.
Leo really is an always on device.
There are reg tweeks and cabs, and progs to help, but i found them all pretty buggy and useless, just leave it on and dont worry.
Now if you can stop the damn wireless disconnecting on sleep im a happy man .

I'll take that advice my good man ;p
Nice one bruvver ;p

jrvenge said:
Now if you can stop the damn wireless disconnecting on sleep im a happy man .
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You don't want that.. trust me. It brings a whole new meaning to 'battery hog'!

you can also configure another data connection with fake data to prevent it from connecting.

Werid that cus my nokia 5800 stays connected to wireless for 3 days on one charge?

It is strange, but data connection almost constantly on didn't affect my HD2's battery life too badly..in fact it made almost no difference.
maybe because battery life wasn't very good in the first place

Well it should not unless its being used, good advice is drop to GSM only if you dont neet a fast connection, i have my device on GSM always, and use Morits com manager to switch to 3G+ if i need the speed, i have done this with all my phones.
3G is a bit of a power monster, and rather pointless drain unless your using it.

I,m using Nodata program to disable data connections. The draw back is you have to enable them back if you want to use internet. The program is definetly good for roaming if you want to be on a safe side.
http://htcdriver.com/index.php?page=nodata

Hey thats a handy app thanks

nodata switched my data connection back on while abroad. I just hope not to get a horrific bill now!!!

[GSM/3G] Question to data connection

Hello,
I am owning a HD2 since 2 days now (and love it) and have a question about data connections. Maybe you guys can tell me more or help me. If you think this should be placed somewhere else, feel free to transfer it to the right category
I changed connection to gsm because 3g/hsdpa can drain battery life hard and i cannot charge it at all places...
Now, if I am using Google Maps or refresh the weather (to it on my own, not automatically) the Phone uses GPRS, right? Dont know much about this, it is my first phone (also windows mobile phone) which I am using with a "internet flatrate"... But I know with 3G it would be all faster...
My problem is that I dont want to change the settings everytime I want to use something which needs a better data connection like gmaps or surfing in web... So is there a program which I can setup for specific programs and functions (gmaps^^, browsing and so on) and which automatically changes to the better connection? And after closing the program it automatically changes back to the normal GSM connection?
I searched a little bit around but doesn't found anything like this.
I just want to save battery life if I am not using the phone (like I am sleeping or when it is just in the bag) because than it doesn't need a good connection...
I just found something called Bandswitch... Is this what i mean?
I hope you understood now what I am wanting. And just sorry if there are some mistakes in the text. I am just trying to improve my english knowledge every day
Greetz from germany, love your board!
best regards
Preforx

AFAIK, if the connection is idle, battery drain doesn't change much between EDGE and 3G.
It's when you actually use the connection that the battery drain wil go higher.
When I'm connected all day long on MSN, with nothing else really using data, I don't see a difference when I'm on EDGE or 3G.
If I'm browsing a lot, then yes 3G drains more - but that's simply because as the connection is faster, I end transferring more data than I would on EDGE. For the same mount it doesn't matter much.

Check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478519

Thank you very much, will give it a try... Seems that this is what i want

[Q] iPAQ Glisten SOD

I got a bunch of these for users who used to have Moto Q's..
Everyone likes this phone caus' it's simple and works fairly well..
Only issue is they go into SOD (sleep of death) far too often..
Anyone else experience this?

never had such issues
over wm5 the AS used 2 do that (some old devices like dell had that due to CF card..)
on some roms i have seen the need 4 reg hacks applied 2 the SD
but with the glisten i had no issues
(i know of 2 devices with no issuse - u can also see there are no such multy reports on hp forum)
u can check if all users use same 3part app that dose not work well with wm6.5 (it can also be a 3part app 4 connection 2 server..) let them try 2 work with no 3part app then reinstall one by one..
check if they all use the same server 2 sync info or any security setting/app that may effect
u can check if they all have a bad habit like closing the device without exting there nav app or any other havy app that will not like being in standby mod
(since i have this device i stoped closing tasks due 2 it's large ram but nav app or opera 10 i close before setting device 2 off)
it can also be due 2 use of battery more then ~15% - close device and only after 1h connecting 2 charger (the battery of this device hold nicely about 1.5 day, so maybe..)
maybe having wifi at that time
check if they all got the same bad micro sd card (let them try 2 work without the card)
check if they set mail 2 SD ...
try 2 set device 2 gprs (not 3G) maybe bad network..
anyway good luck

Here is the thing..
I haven't installed ANY apps on it.
There is no SD card installed in them..
And they only thing they used them for is to check email. (IMAP)
I can try the 3g network issue but that seams a bit odd..

Found another user with the same issue..
http://forums.wireless.att.com/t5/HP/IPaq-SOD-sleep-of-death/m-p/1977141/highlight/false#M2746

"Also, I have noticed that when this happens the battery gets very hot." sounds like this user has defective devices
in no way my device gets hot
in time i have had more then one device and this one is "cold as ice" on 3g if i compare 2 other devices i had
anyway i think maybe he has issuse with the hardware but!
the thing is that im from israel and here we have lots of 3g antennas
this is way the device dose not need 2 use lots of power 2 use 3g network
(low power =~... low temp)
as i have seen some devices r set 2 have high priority 2 use 3g net
if 3g network coverage is poor at the users location the device will need more power 2 keep the connection ~ device gets hot mainly when data and sound(call) r used
tell the user over there 2 set device 2 2g network and then test if his device gets hot and/or SOD
if when using 2g net he has issues i thinks he need 2 send the device back...
GOOD LUCK
btw- install SPB shell 3.5 on this device i think u&users will like it a lot

GSM data connection

Hello all,
First off, I just got this kit. Only had it a couple of days and already I am unhappy to pick up my HD2 - unless I wanna play playstation....which I dont cos I got loads of good games from marketplace
It is so all encompassing, its exactly what I expected the i8910 to be which sadly failed a little and didnt really get any development going - well not fast enough for me to keep it...
I am really really happy with it.
BUT.........I am suffering with the battery, lasts about 1/2 a day of use and then gives up as I am hammering it all the time. I have advanced task killer and I worked out that if you set it to medium security it sees most apps that are running and ignores the services. I use this and free it up somwhat.
I also ensure wifi and bluetooth are disabled and I put the phone on standby, on all devices I have used in the past mostly symbian and win mo, connections were visible, you saw when it went online and connected HSDPA and could either stop it or turn it off.
Now how on earth do I go about starting/stopping GSM data connections>? The drop down bar only shows WiFi n blueteeth>?
meh?
Thanks for anticipated assistance

this will help you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721111

You might want to consider carrying a spare battery if you're a real heavy user like me. As to switching off the data over 3G, You might want to try out SwitchPro. It's only a dollar.