Is there way to make WeatherPanel update daily?

hperry · #1 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 07:55 PM

I had weather panel set to update every 30 minutes or so and it drained my battery very quickly. Are you doing something to get weather panel to close the data connection once it's established? It's not the actual WP download that drains the battery, it's the lingering data connection that won't close on it's own for an hour or two...at least that's what I found.

stepchild · #2 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by hperry

I had weather panel set to update every 30 minutes or so and it drained my battery very quickly. Are you doing something to get weather panel to close the data connection once it's established? It's not the actual WP download that drains the battery, it's the lingering data connection that won't close on it's own for an hour or two...at least that's what I found.

No I don't close the connection. It almost runs continually.
Now you bring up a good point. If I closed it I wonder what my battery life would be. Right now it goes from 100% at 6:30am to about 20% at 10:00pm. However this can change base on what I'm doing with my device.

**CozBoogie** · #3 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by stepchild

No I don't close the connection. It almost runs continually.
Now you bring up a good point. If I closed it I wonder what my battery life would be. Right now it goes from 100% at 6:30am to about 20% at 10:00pm. However this can change base on what I'm doing with my device.

First thing...turn off your keyboard lights and dim your screen. These are both battery killas!

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Coz

stepchild · #4 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cozboogie

First thing...turn off your keyboard lights and dim your screen. These are both battery killas!

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Coz

I rarely use the keyboard. And I keep my screen at 40% in the day and 20% at night. That is until 10:00pm This is when it goes to sleep with everything is off except sound. I leave sound on to use alarm.

**CozBoogie** · #5 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by stepchild

I rarely use the keyboard. And I keep my screen at 40% in the day and 20% at night. That is until 10:00pm This is when it goes to sleep with everything is off except sound. I leave sound on to use alarm.

Well we're definitely getting off topic here...but how old is your battery? It might be losing its capacity to retain a full charge.

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Coz

stepchild · #6 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cozboogie

Well we're definitely getting off topic here...but how old is your battery? It might be losing its capacity to retain a full charge.

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Coz

It's a little over a year old.

By the way how long does battery last on a full charge?

I'm also running a few programs that access the net quite regularly.

**CozBoogie** · #7 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by hperry

I had weather panel set to update every 30 minutes or so and it drained my battery very quickly. Are you doing something to get weather panel to close the data connection once it's established? It's not the actual WP download that drains the battery, it's the lingering data connection that won't close on it's own for an hour or two...at least that's what I found.

Hmmmmm...I've never heard of or experienced that problem. Perhaps you had other programs that were keeping the connection (white arrows) open. WP is extremely stable is basically problem free.

late,
Coz