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Thread ID: 137625	2014-07-31 06:12:00	Battery saving on phones and tablets	John H (8)	PC World Chat

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1380389	2014-08-01 04:01:00	The best power saving function is the off button, I mean why do you need your phone on when your asleep. I have always turned my phone off at night ever since I've owned one. This.	Agent_24 (57)
1380390	2014-08-01 04:27:00	Coz some of us like to be available for family, if they get into sticky situations. Younger brother, 15, had his first job working in a cinema in Auckland CBD, missed the last bus (They didn't take him seriously, small kid trying to hail a bus, happens all the time where the driver thinks you're just being silly) and was stuck in town at 11PM at night. Scrawny little kid alone in the big smoke late at night, no money, panicing... Rings mum, her phone is off. Rings dad, his phone is off. Rings home phone, nobody answers. Rings me, no worries I'll come pick you up in 10 minutes. Things like that happen, and while that doesn't appeal to everybody, I like to be available to help people. Same deal for jobs. I don't get out of bed for a couple of bucks, but if a server is on fire or the sky is falling, I'm gonna get paid a few hundred bucks to wake up and do 10 minutes work, so why not keep my phone on? :D Finally, games, I like to play Ingress, and if the enemy team happens to try and setup something in my local area, I've done more than a few midnight runs to clear it. Some people like to be disconnected, all power to ya, but not all of us do. Totally agree. Nice thought to help people by leaving phone on - what I do too. Few times I had to pick up son or nephew in the early hours from work. And an elderly Auntie of mine I have told her to ring me anytime if needs medical help. Also, I have had early morning notifications, e.g. from trademe for saved searches for buy now auctions which I will wake up and buy straight away.	kahawai chaser (3545)
1380391	2014-08-01 06:22:00	So for your Cellphone, turn off WiFi, Bluetooth, and mobile-data. Sorted, it'll now last a lot longer, no need to install anything. DONT manually kill the apps yourself, or have another application try and do it, it's pointless and usually ends up burning more battery life by doing-so. For the tablet, Google includes very little aside from its own core services such as Mapping, Gmail etc, so I dunno what this nonsense is about Google bloatware / junk? Perhaps you've not seen a Samsung phone lately for comparison? First, see my second post. I didn't have any problems with my phone and still don't. I had all those things turned off already, and haven't installed anything because battery life was and is fine. My phone has an auto on/off function so it automatically turns itself off at night and on in the morning at times that suit me. I have not turned off any apps on the phone, only on the tablet. So I don't need your advice on that, and nowhere asked for it. Regarding the tablet, I don't need you to provide insulting comments, calling my views nonsense. You might have a different view on the Google apps that to me are junk, but I don't need them or your gratuitous judgements. Google junk to me = Chrome, Currents, Hangouts, Play Books, Play Games, Play Movies & TV, Play Music, Quick Office, Drive, Keep. I can't swear that all of these are Google apps (I know that many of them are). I cannot remove them from the device even though I neither want nor need them, and they take up a large amount of wasted space. I have force stopped and disabled whatever I can, and there have been no problems (which is consistent with the views of the author of the article).	John H (8)
1380392	2014-08-01 09:37:00	Maybe I should remove the many free apps that I have, which still get updated. Don't really need them. Keep the reading type apps, Stuff NZ, Lifehacker, Tech Crunch, Talk Android, etc. But my phone screen will look empty. Sadly I have the need to read even when shopping. Google Giveth and then Taketh. Term I see a bit in online marketing. Using their free products/services (Search, Android, Maps, etc) often means their other products, some perhaps unneeded are a giveth. To be part of their ecosystem. Then they can shut them down (iGoogle, Google Reader, Keyword Tool, Author Icons, etc). Don't think with Android. However they are reportedly mandating their manufacturer's to prominently display android (www.androidauthority.com) on their devices.	kahawai chaser (3545)
1380393	2014-08-02 05:24:00	They're still taking space, regardless of if you "disable" them, and those apps won't run unless you sign into them and "use" them. Also, *everything* comes with a basic note-keeper, music player, document reader. Everything from the iPhone to Android to Windows...	Chilling_Silence (9)
1380394	2014-08-02 05:29:00	The ones I have disabled have completely disappeared from anywhere visible on the tablet. They show up on the Google website where they are listed as apps that I have previously installed, so I would be able to reinstall should I have a brainfade. In the process of disabling them I have incidentally recovered a shed load of memory, not that this was my goal.	John H (8)
1380395	2014-08-02 07:30:00	I have an original nexus 7 also and I find it quite good on battery life. It sounds to me that you use yours a lot more than I do though. I agree with you about some of the google apps, I'd like the option to remove whatever I personally don't use also. I wouldn't include chrome in the list though, while you may prefer a different browser all tablets come with at least one and of course google would include their own one rather than someone elses. Anyway I read the story in the link and didn't really learn anything except for how bad the facebook app is, promptly removed it and seem to have improved my battery life. Thanks for that. The main culprit on most tablets is obviously the screen. Dialling it back to whatever level you find comfortable can make a significant difference. I just picked up mine and looked at the batt page on the settings and it's currently at 62% after 1 day 18h on battery - 61% of the power used by the screen which I keep set to roughly 3 quarter brightness. I do occasionally do some reading on my tablet and it lasts several hours but if you read books on your tablet often I totally recommend a kindle or other E ink reader over it. I have both and the kindle is far better for reading - smaller, lighter, easier on the eyes, and battery life measured in days or even weeks as opposed to hours on the tablet.	dugimodo (138)
1380396	2014-08-02 07:57:00	My new Sony M2 has a Stamina mode which, when the screen is off, wifi and mobile data is temporarily disabled and most applications are inactive. Can still recieve txts, calls, calendar notifications, radio, music player and alarm signals. Phone saying 54% charge, showing 7 hrs life with10 hrs in standby. Put it into Stamina mode and get 1 day 19hrs or 2 days 2hrs in Standby I run it in Stamina mode all the time :) blardy great for my use!! Ken	kenj (9738)
1380397	2014-08-02 23:03:00	My new Sony M2 has a Stamina mode which, when the screen is off, wifi and mobile data is temporarily disabled and most applications are inactive . Can still recieve txts, calls, calendar notifications, radio, music player and alarm signals . Phone saying 54% charge, showing 7 hrs life with10 hrs in standby . Put it into Stamina mode and get 1 day 19hrs or 2 days 2hrs in Standby I run it in Stamina mode all the time :) blardy great for my use!! Ken Stamina mode? Sound pretty good . Maybe a app with battery savings should be pre-installed on smartphones . Though I think the Android L version ( . gl/ryTFDJ" target="_blank">goo . gl) (PC UK review) supposed to have very good battery life .	kahawai chaser (3545)
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