Idle/low power draw (abcPowerMeter) measurements with new WM6 kitchen rom

[schettj]

Notes: I am still running a rom based on the first WM6 kitchen, but I have applied the power management regedits that should be included now.

Running Radio 1.43, 3 bars, EVDO signal during test, on battery, backlight at 5th tick from left for battery, BT off, Wifi off. Beam off. Running FTouchFlo, HTC Cube. Not running HTC Home, or HTC X button. Not running anything significant in the background.

HTC Performance "on" at "520mhz"

Flight mode (radio off, no blinky lights)

Backlight On: 62ma
Backlight Off: 32ma
Screen Off: 25ma

Normal Mode, not connected to EVDO radio on.
Backlight On: 66ma
Backlight Off: 34ma
Screen Off: 28ma

Normal Mode, connected to EVDO but idle.
Backlight On: 66ma
Backlight Off: 34ma
Screen Off: 28ma

Measurement variance, +/- 1ma

Rerun all tests, HTC Performance "off" - same numbers +/- variance
Rerun all tests FTouchFlo off - same numbers +/- variance

Comparison to tests from way way way back: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=2174

That was done in Jan 07... that would be Radio 1.2?, WM5, AKU 3.3 rom of some form.

Back then I got:
Normal Mode, connected to EVDO but idle.
Backlight On: 71ma
Backlight Off: 40ma
Screen Off: 27ma

So, really about the same - maybe a hair lower - Good news, WM6 sure isn't any worse for battery life, and might be a little better. Interesting to see the CDMA radio when not in use, just pinging the tower, just adds 2-4ma to whatever WM is sucking out of the battery...