View Single Post
  #99 (permalink)  
Old 10-07-2008, 06:49 PM
cappy's Avatar
cappy
PPCGeeks Regular
Offline
Location: Pa
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 95
Reputation: 100
cappy is keeping up the good workcappy is keeping up the good work
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Re: i know why battery life sucks so much!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreading View Post
For me, I: turned off wi-fi and bluetooth, turned off the light sensor and reduced cache-time down to 60. With that I am at 175mA when doing anything except checking the drain level.
That sounds about right, but I am guessing that you are reading from NuePower. It has been determined that NuePower always reports 100mA higher draw, for whatever reason. The reading for your settings, as reported by others here is 57mA, at the lowest backlight.

So assuming that you are reading from NuePower and that your backlight setting is 3 instead of 1, here is my guess at your adjusted reading.

175mA - 100mA(NuePower) - 18mA (backlight-each level adds 9mA) = 57mA - same as the others in the thread

To take this a step further, with the device in standby (screen off), 57mA becomes 13mA. So with your settings you should expect 1340mA/13mA=103 hours in standby.

Note: I always have the light sensor on and have found that it has no measurable effect upon the discharge rate.

Last edited by cappy; 10-07-2008 at 06:52 PM.
Reply With Quote