[macvoiceover] Re: iPhone battery with VO?

  • From: Laura <laura.mcg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:00:15 +0000

Hi 

Thanks to everyone who answered yesterday. I got a reply from accessibility as 
well, which says that what the guy from tech support told me about VO being 
responsible for the drain was inaccurate. I think, though I'm no expert, that 
what Neal says about only losing a little charge over night backs that up, 
because if VO were a huge battery drain, that would be the case on the touch, 
too. 


On 3 Dec 2009, at 19:11, Neal Ewers wrote:

> Hi, Yes, that is why I specified the iPod.  Since others had commented, in
> this thread, about the iPod, I assumed some people may want to know.  And, I
> actually didn't know about standby for a while and would always turn the
> unit completely off.  It takes a bit of time to boot up from a fresh start,
> but comes on in a second or 2 from standby.
> 
> Neal
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 11:44 AM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPhone battery with VO?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Yeah but that
> is not a very good indicator I guess because the iPhone is constantly
> establishing and holding a connection to AT&T's network which is not the
> case with an iPod.
> On Dec 3, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Neal Ewers wrote:
> 
>> Hi, I have an iPod Touch 3rd generation.  If I press the lock button 
>> at night before going to sleep so that the unit is in standby, I lose 
>> virtually no battery power over night.  It may go from 100% to 97% but 
>> not much more than that.
>> 
>> Neal
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Laura
>> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:20 AM
>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPhone battery with VO?
>> 
>> Well, I have tried that, and the battery drain continued, and the 
>> usage continued to climb. Admittedly, I hadn't powered off the phone 
>> before I did it, which is what I've currently done, so we'll see how 
>> that goes. But it seems weird to me that powering off the phone should 
>> be necessary, if it's VO. If that were the case, I'd expect that 
>> turning it off should have an instant impact.
>> 
>> On 3 Dec 2009, at 16:07, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I don't have an iPhone but do have an iPod touch.  If one thinks 
>>> voiceover
>> is putting such a drain on the battery then why not just turn 
>> voiceover off when not in use for long periods of time, like when your 
>> asleep?  If you wake up to the same results then you know it's not 
>> voiceover.  If battery life is better, well, you now know to turn VO 
>> off when going to bed if you choose not to charge your phone over night.
>>> On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>>> 
>>>> There's been a lot of debate about this with some people insisting 
>>>> it's
>> vo and some insisting it isn't. I don't have this problem but I put my 
>> phone on the charger every night.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> Cheryl
>>>> "Let the words of my mouth,
>>>> and the meditation of my heart,
>>>> be acceptable in thy sight,
>>>> O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."
>>>> (Psalm 19:14  Bible KJV)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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