Guest djtwok Posted December 11, 2007 Report Posted December 11, 2007 Do you have tips to save Energy (battery time) ? I didnt found an option to turn off GPS, is it off by default and only on when needed ? Backlight is set to nearly minimum. I havent found a program to clock the cpu down (xpuscalar doesnt work - its being installed, but after that the app cant be found on the device). Other tips to save energy ?
Guest Transform Posted December 11, 2007 Report Posted December 11, 2007 GPS only comes on when its needed. The right LED flashes orange I believe every 5 seconds or so... The only thing I do on my phone is to make sure I close stuff down properly that I don't need open, have a low timeout on the backlight and for turning the screen off. As soon as I finish using the device I always press the power button before putting it away to save battery and lock it. Hope that helps a little bit at least...
Guest WearTheFoxHat Posted December 11, 2007 Report Posted December 11, 2007 Do you have tips to save Energy (battery time) ? I didnt found an option to turn off GPS, is it off by default and only on when needed ? Backlight is set to nearly minimum. I havent found a program to clock the cpu down (xpuscalar doesnt work - its being installed, but after that the app cant be found on the device). Other tips to save energy ? Make sure you have wi-fi turned off when not needed, since it uses a lot of battery searching for networks. Same with 3G/GPRS/Data connections, if not needed turn them off.
Guest gregersdk Posted December 12, 2007 Report Posted December 12, 2007 But how do you turn these off? the only thing I can find out how to turn off are the WIFI connection and HSDPA...
Guest crazyc Posted December 12, 2007 Report Posted December 12, 2007 But how do you turn these off? the only thing I can find out how to turn off are the WIFI connection and HSDPA... On my m3100 I turn off 3g completely unless using it - I do this via a modified Comm Manager , although Phone Alarms profile switch can do it as well automatically I think. You can do it through the menus by telling it what band to select, but when I get my kaiser I think a modified comm manager with a 3g button will be high on my list.....
Guest simonster Posted December 12, 2007 Report Posted December 12, 2007 But how do you turn these off? the only thing I can find out how to turn off are the WIFI connection and HSDPA... I'm using a bit of software called Comm Manager Pro to control all this stuff. Since I only have off peak data, I use this to disable my data connection from 7am to 7pm, during that time I also use it to drop down to 2g as I think that saves some battery. This app allows you to assign a cell ID to a profile, so when I get into the office it also puts my phone on vibrate and when I get home it turns on the WiFi. I won't say its 100% effective, but it does the job most of the time for me. Si
Guest Webreaper Posted December 14, 2007 Report Posted December 14, 2007 I'm using a bit of software called Comm Manager Pro to control all this stuff. Since I only have off peak data, I use this to disable my data connection from 7am to 7pm, during that time I also use it to drop down to 2g as I think that saves some battery. This app allows you to assign a cell ID to a profile, so when I get into the office it also puts my phone on vibrate and when I get home it turns on the WiFi. I won't say its 100% effective, but it does the job most of the time for me. Si I use phoneAlarm, it does the same thing. Auto profile-switching by cellID (location), time, or even by appointment status (e.g., if there's a 'Busy' status appointment in your calendar, it can auto-switch to silent). It's pretty neat. It means I only ever have wifi on at home, and if I wanted to could switch 3G off at the office, etc. It also controls bluetooth and dims my screen when I'm at the office which helps with the power-saving too.
Guest Transform Posted December 14, 2007 Report Posted December 14, 2007 I use phoneAlarm, it does the same thing. Auto profile-switching by cellID (location), time, or even by appointment status (e.g., if there's a 'Busy' status appointment in your calendar, it can auto-switch to silent). It's pretty neat. It means I only ever have wifi on at home, and if I wanted to could switch 3G off at the office, etc. It also controls bluetooth and dims my screen when I'm at the office which helps with the power-saving too. webreaper, i have tried to get my phonealarm working but cant get the cellID part working. could you help me out?
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