hi , i'm currently running a zte blade (rom 2.3.4) great little phone , but i'm finding the bulit in sip application heavy going on the battery.
I'm happy to buy another phone or a cheap older 2nd phone , but what in peoples experinces have been the most reliable smart phone for sip connection (incoming calls) and battery efficient , or is there a very battery efficient app for andrioid that wont drain my battery on 3g or wifi quickly ?
i'm finding on wifi i lose around 5 percent a hour when setup for incoming sip calls , and around 12% a hour when setup for incoming on 3g.....
i run my sipgate connection through pbxes.org which i'm told should make things a bit more efficent , does this mean i can lose the stay alive connection ? would this save battery if i lenghten the time on this ?
Help and advice most welcomed
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I keep my brand new XDA2 always connected GRPS to receive instant e-mail?
However, I found that my XDA2 using power very quickly.
In the past, when I used the XDA1, my GPRS plan is not that much so that I can keep it on-line all the time and the phone battery gone out reasonably.
Any thoughts?
Try a longer interval between checking the email. I originally had my XDA set to check every 15 minutes but I could see that it was sapping the battery strength. I dialed it back to once per hour (this is the longest interval you can choose) and I can go a few days at a time this way (depending on how much I use the XDA otherwise).
That means GPRS really consume too much power.
I will adjust setting to an hour.
Thanks a lot.
let me add small comment on this, it's not the 'alway on' that drain the battary, but any type of data traffic . it would be the same if you use CSD line. I'm not sure, but I noticed that phone calls do not consume that much ... maybe coz data traffic uses lot of buffering and errors handling.
I'm not new to the world of ppcs by any stretch of the imagination...but i have one question which has always puzzled me. How much strain does checking email every 5 minutes have on my battery? I have a gsm touch and can't seem to hold a charge for more than a day with very minimal usage. A typical day for me is 2 or 3 short phone calls and several texts..in addition to checking for new email every 5 minutes. Would I be correct in assuming that to check for email my touch is awakened from standby..thus causing the drain?
Js
You are correct, but also consider that when it connects to check email it is using the radio to connect to the network. So essentially you are having the radio on almost ALL DAY. Similar to a voice call all day. Battery is then drained by the radio usage to talk to the network.
does the same apply to a push mail setup?
well...am i essentially doing the same thing by having GPRS always on? In other words, is this going to drain my battery at the same rate whether i'm checking for mail every 5 minutes or every hour?
No it is not the same for Push email. Push email wakes the device and delivers the mail when there is some. As opposed to the device connecting and querying for mail, the device gets woken (sp?) up and gets delivered the mail for Push. Push is a much more effective way of getting your mail... I forward all my mail to my hotmail account which then gets pushed to my device via Windows Live.
Regarding the always on GPRS... yes and no. Yes you are connected and draining the battery but just being on doesn't use as much as actually pulling or sending data. The difference is negligible and really irrelevant. I would say that you turn off GPRS all the time if you are trying to save on battery life.
Make sense?
You may want to install Battery Status and turn on the current drain option. While a bit of a catch 22, considering the screen has to be on for you to see what the drain is, thus causing a higher than idle drain. At least you can get an idea of what your device is draining and see if changing settings makes a difference.
Link to Battery Status (not sure if this is the current version)
http://www.chi-tai.info/cs_BatteryStatus_XDA_Neo_WM5_iM_cs.htm
The other suggestion is to consider changing ROMs. I have a GSM Touch and the factory ROM was really poor on battery life. I have been using the Blue Touch ROM version 2.10 (not the newest version) listed in the Elf upgrade section. I can now go more than one day without charging the battery, with push e-mail activated.
hi,
I bought this TP a week ago.at the 1st day,the phone's battery drained very quick.the day after I discovered that the phone auto connect to the internet via 3G/GPRS, so I assume that this is the problem of battery drain.
I admit that auto connect is a good thing since I can receive email and message (yahoo messenger) via palringo any time.but,the power drain is still a great issue for me.
so,I want to ask you guys,is there any application which can auto-connect my phone every (lets say) 20 minutes and then disconnect it (lets say)5 minutes later,and auto-connect the fone 20 mins after it being disconnected and so on...(sorry I'm not a native english user,so I'm not so good at describing ^^)
best regard,
Xue
You could try modify the registry key responsible for disconnecting idle connections as described here:
http://www.andrewsayshello.com/windows-mobile/auto-disconnecting-idle-data-connections-in-wm6/
Hi Team,
Is there any way we can control the speed of GPRS Data Speed , let say some 2kbps like that ?
I know its funny as GPRS itself is slow and why am i wanted to reduce its speed even lower. I got some idea in my mind to reduce battery drain.
Using Tasker I have achieved to control per application 3G Mode (WCDMA only) when they are active, and rest all the time phone will be 2G Mode(GSM Only)(mainly when phone is in locked state). I know the chat application would do background connect and prob for new data, at this time, if I can control the data flowto its minimum, I feel it will reduce the batter drain little more.
is there any way to active this speed control on Android with some application or tweak ?
Cheers,
Kirankumar.
Phone : Samsung Galaxy S Plus ( GT-I9001 )
KiranNokia said:
Hi Team,
Is there any way we can control the speed of GPRS Data Speed , let say some 2kbps like that ?
I know its funny as GPRS itself is slow and why am i wanted to reduce its speed even lower. I got some idea in my mind to reduce battery drain.
Using Tasker I have achieved to control per application 3G Mode (WCDMA only) when they are active, and rest all the time phone will be 2G Mode(GSM Only)(mainly when phone is in locked state). I know the chat application would do background connect and prob for new data, at this time, if I can control the data flowto its minimum, I feel it will reduce the batter drain little more.
is there any way to active this speed control on Android with some application or tweak ?
Cheers,
Kirankumar.
Phone : Samsung Galaxy S Plus ( GT-I9001 )
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What are the apps you are using? Some apps use GCM/C2DM (Google's push notification service) or store your chat messages online (Viber, Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp,...). As long as apps have this, you don't have to stay online to get messages.
If you still want to do that, IMO reducing speed isn't neccessary. Let's imagine, an apps send 100KB data in 10 seconds is better than in 200 seconds.
Hi, all.
This is my first time posting. I have searched the web and through this forum for an answer to my question but no dice. I hope someone here can help.
(By the way, I'm currently using the Oxygen ICS rom. I used to be on Oxygen Gingerbread, and I briefly tried the latest Kitkat build, but couldn't use as a daily driver).
Over the past months, I've transitioned off of my monthly cell plan in favour of a prepaid data add on + VoIP app (Fongo) for calls/texts. I WFH so my cell is on WiFi 90% of the day.
The issue I'm facing is that when I use the WiFi lock option in the app itself, my battery life dips down considerably. But when I don't use this option, I often miss incoming calls (the WiFi appears to go to sleep after awhile, even though I have WiFi set to be always on even when the device is sleeping).
As an alternative, I've tried many apps in the Play Store, such as Wifi Keep alive (Roys and Shantz), and Wifi Fixer.
I've tried them all individually and in combination with each other. They do make the device more efficient at receiving incoming calls while preserving more battery life than the above WiFi lock, but it's still not 100% perfect.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions to improve WiFi connectivity when my phone is in sleep mode without sacrificing a lot of battery? (In the form of either an app, system setting, or alternative ROM to what I'm using.) I realize there has to be some impact on battery if WiFi is on, but given that Fongo drains the battery whereas third party apps are more forgiving on it, I'm wondering if there's a better solution/configuration out there.
I experience this issue in Gingerbread and ICS. I don't experience it in Kitkat, but the battery barely lasts for 6-8 hours.
I hope I'm explaining this clearly. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! TIA.
An update:
I found the Wake Lock app (developer "darken") in the app store, and that seems to have solved my issue. I set it to the "Partial Wakelock" setting and now all incoming calls come in correctly on WiFi and my battery doesn't drain as quickly as it did with other apps or the Fongo setting.
Posting this in case it helps someone else in this situation.