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battery issues ??
Authored by: cynikal on Sep 17, '04 12:27:30PM

I found using sailing clicker (or romeo) that my phone's (t68i) battery gets quickly depleted.

Back before i used computer apps with my phone, when i don't use my phone much and it's idle, i could get probably like 4-5 days before i need to re-charge it.

When i started using sailing clicker (or romeo), the phone needed to be charged EVERYDAY, even if i didn't use the phone's remote control capabilities at all!

I understand bluetooth usage causes more battery drain, but even if i do NOTHING with sailing clicker the battery still gets drained fast !!?

I mean when I go online with my laptop via my bluetooth phone in the park or whatever, the longer i'm online, the more the battery drains and this is understandable because bluetooth is actually being used to xfer/recv data.. but when i'm not doing anything and the battery still drains somewhat quickly, i ended up no longer using sailing clicker on a regular basis because of this :-\

Anyone else have these battery issue with their bluetooth devices?



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battery issues ??
Authored by: danieleran on Sep 17, '04 01:41:52PM

Bluetooth phones maintain a radio connection as long as they are linked (paired).

My 610, connected via a Dlink USB/BT dongle, seems to lose the link randomly when I connect with the phone in Address Book, but with Salling Clicker, when I publish the menu on the phone, it seems more likely to stay connected, perhaps because Clicker is more aggressive in maintaining a connection.

Even if you aren't transferring files, the phone and the Mac's BT are talking. If BT wasn't in constant communication, it wouldn't know instantly when you leave the area. Actually transferring files probably has little change in how much battery you are using. While BT is designed to use as little power as possible (it uses less power than 802.11b), the tiny battery in small digital phones can't maintain a constant radio link for days on end without recharging.

Having BT switched on makes a minimal difference in battery life; having it on and connected (paired) sucks it dead pretty fast - you can almost watch the battery meter go down!



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battery issues ??
Authored by: kalinh on Sep 28, '04 02:48:44PM

I just got a T616 and also noticed a huge loss in battery power when using bluetooth. However, I did find that turning the phones 'visibility' off after it ahd been registered with my other devices made a noticeable improvement. On the t616 this is under Connect->Bluetooth->Options->Visibility



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