Skyfire Support

[jmorton10]

yea, I just realized there are about 30 posts in a row at their forum with the exact same problem..........

~John

[HBOOT]

Dude, reset your password via sms, do not change, there is a diffrence. This ate up some of time this morning. Later

[Scrotum]

So far the new release is working great for me, I'm stuck in a 1X area and the pages still load very fast
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[CozBoogie]

Updating to the new Skyfire itself will not cause a drop in battery performance unless Skyfire was running in the background. But since you said that it wasn't running in task manager then something else must be the culprit.

Make sure that you actually exit out of Skyfire using the menu under the right soft key.

late,
Coz

[Chimmer]

Originally Posted by cozboogie

Updating to the new Skyfire itself will not cause a drop in battery performance unless Skyfire was running in the background.

That's what was strange. When I saw the battery running low, I checked task manager and nothing was running. I had a strong phone signal so I don't think searching for a signal was the culprit.

Maybe just a fluke. My Centro would do that once every few months but I found that the cause was usually some unknown network activity going on.

[Brent212]

Maybe it was really still running and the task manager just didn't show it. I have a program called "Task Manager" that is different than the one that came with win mobile and sometimes it'll show applications running that the win mobile task manager doesn't.

[Chimmer]

Originally Posted by Brent212

Maybe it was really still running and the task manager just didn't show it. I have a program called "Task Manager" that is different than the one that came with win mobile and sometimes it'll show applications running that the win mobile task manager doesn't.

There may be some truth to that. One thing I've noticed is that when I use the exit Skyfire option, I'll check the task manager and it doesn't show anything running.

Skyfire is the only program that I've seen do that. Usually when I close something out, I still have to kill it in the task manager.

I'll do a search for other task manager programs and see if Skyfire still shows up.

[CozBoogie]

What other programs/apps/software do you have installed that uses data (e.g., PocketSportsCenter, WeatherPanel, etc.)?

late,
Coz

[Chimmer]

Originally Posted by cozboogie

What other programs/apps/software do you have installed that uses data (e.g., PocketSportsCenter, WeatherPanel, etc.)?

Weatherpanel (updates every 15 minutes) - never had a problem with it though.

I have 4 email accounts set up to check every 30 minutes (Pocket Outlook.)

I believe those are the only things that auto-connect periodically and I've had that setup for weeks without any issues.

I also use Opera 9.5 beta and Opera mini every once in awhile but always make sure everything is killed in the task manager when I'm done.

I'll see if the battery drain continues. Hopefully it was just a "bizarre" quirk.

Also, I have a different battery in the phone now (one of my old Centro batteries) and have the original 800w battery on a charger. I'll swap out later, maybe the battery decided to crap out.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by Chimmer

Weatherpanel (updates every 15 minutes) - never had a problem with it though.

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How did you get it to update that often?? The shortest update interval in mine is 30 minutes.

~John