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Old 10-08-2008, 03:27 PM
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Re: i know why battery life sucks so much!

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Originally Posted by cappy View Post
No argument from me tg1.0. Your are right. What I have found though is that the mA discharges rates, while maybe not accurate in absolute terms, have been precisely consistent on my phone over a week or more. Others have reported the same mA discharge rate under the same conditions. Turn off everything except Phone radio and I get the same reading today as I did two days ago. Turn on BT. Same reading each time. So I am looking for inconsistencies like the one that popped up today. If the inconsistency can be reproduced, there is a better chance that the problem can be isolated and corrected or avoided.
Yes. The power meter can definitely be a good tool, but it is important to understand what it really is: a software calculation based on information that the system has about its hardware state. I have determined that the power meter can be wrong at times. An actual power/current meter between the battery and the device would be better.
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