[mac4theblind] Re: Free Apps Drain Battery
- From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:22:14 -0400
Did you ever contact Apple? It could be a hardware issue of some kind.
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John D. Panarese
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On Apr 11, 2012, at 4:52 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
> I keep the app switcher clear, brightness down to 0, auto brightness off,
> location services off and I do reboot the phone every day or so. This is a 4
> S and I know there are battery issues with some of them which there was a fix
> for but mine did not change.
>
> Interestingly, I have never gotten that kind of bat life from this unit.
>
> On Apr 11, 2012, at 4:37 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>
> You should honestly be getting, at least, a day or day and a half with
> active use. One thing I can tell you from experience and from speaking to
> several sighted users is one should really clear the app switcher every few
> days. Yes, by themselves, apps do not use a lot of resources running in
> background, but if you have a bunch there, it starts to add up. Also, reboot
> the phone every couple of days if you don't entirely shutdown. My brother is
> on the phone often and uses it for a variety of reasons for his work on a
> daily basis and gets a good 10 to 12 hours on average from his battery.
>
>
> Take Care
>
> John D. Panarese
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> Mac for the Blind
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> On Apr 11, 2012, at 4:23 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
>
>> I wish I got that kind of bat life. I can get through a day with no calls,
>> but if I do any calling, the battery shoots right down. this is with
>> nothing on that should drain the battery but perhaps vo speech does it.
>>
>> On Apr 11, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Scott Davert wrote:
>>
>> I get about 15 hours on my internal battery with Bluetooth on all the
>> time. This is because I use the phone with braille instead of speech
>> about 90% of the time. Now with things like external battery chargers
>> and cases that include extra battery power, I can go days without
>> actually having to plug my iOS device in. I have an 11000 MAH battery
>> pack, and get about 6 days out of that before I have to charge it.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> On 4/11/12, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> the price of popularity.
>>>
>>> On Apr 11, 2012, at 1:13 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>
>>> I am aware of battery issues with Android devices. It's funny that the
>>> iPhone is always singled out for problems, but a variety of Android tablets
>>> and phones don't even get six or eight hours on a charge for a variety of
>>> reasons.
>>>
>>>
>>> Take Care
>>>
>>> John D. Panarese
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
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>>>
>>> On Apr 11, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Scott Davert wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hmm. Does this apply to iOS devices as well? I only see a mention of
>>>> Android apps in this article.
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>> On 4/11/12, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> == Free Apps Drain Battery ==
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=free-apps-drain-battery-12-04-10
>>>>> (from Scientific American)
>>>>>
>>>>> Free smartphone apps might seem like a deal. But they can have a hidden
>>>>> cost: your phone's battery life. That's because free apps often serve up
>>>>> ads, which can drain your battery more than using the app itself does.
>>>>> [More]
>>>>>
>>>>>
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