[macvoiceover] Re: iPhone battery with VO?

  • From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:43:51 -0500

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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