Hello everybody,
Since a couple of days I use the Streak with Pocket Informant as my agenda and tasks / project manager. before that I used my Palm Treo for that, but the screen is so amazing... how can one ignore that
Anyways, normally the battery wouldn't drain that much but I noticed since I use the streak as my main agenda the battery life isn't great at all anymore.
I already disabled the autosync option for Pocketinformant(tasks) and the agenda(stock), but it doesn't seem to have any effect. For example battery indicator pro says my battery is used as following:
- 1h 30 min since 100% charge @ 92%
mobile stand-by 45%
wifi 26%
phone inactive 22%
display 5% (it is set at 0% brightness)
android system 2%
Before I made the agenda change the battery would be at 98 / 95% or so. I wouldn't say I use the phone more than I did before and I can't imagine that the stock agenda consumes that much. Pocket Informant reads events from the stock agenda and is a separate tasks manager.
Do any of you have an idea about what I can do too see what is up with the drainage or is there a solution?
Thanks in advance,
ps: while typing this post it dropped to 90%
Hi guys!
I would like to start a small project. The whole point is to find out in which circumstances battery is running down faster/slower. It's more less about consumption and I hope we all will benefit from that simply by knowing what to avoid and if some features of Gear S are really draining battery or if it's just a myth.
I'm really looking forward to update this project in time.
Because of the nature of this project. I would love to get some help. Even if one person wants to participate I'll be thrilled.
Each test takes quite a lot of time so we can get more results if we will work together. I choose to run tests for 10 hours as it will give us more accurate results than anything shorter. 10 hours seems to be right as smartwatch still can be used during the day and whats more important, battery can be run down before recharging and testing.
Watch always on (6th watchface) Wifi/Network/BT(unpaired) off - 10h: 22%
Watch always on (6th watchface) Wifi/Network/ off - 10h: 23%
Watch always on (1st watchface) Wifi/Network/ off - 10h: 23%
Watch always on (Watcher) Wifi/Network/ off - 10h: 25%
Watch off (6th watchface) Wifi/Network/BT off -10h: 9% Comment: I was expecting less usage. BT in GearS was still ON as it can't be turned off (but not connected)
Connected via Bluetooth (Watch/Motion/WiFi off): 10h 11% Comment: Apparently when it's paired with phone (sync) does not make much of the different
Connected via GSM without data (Watch/Motion/WiFi off): 10h 18%
Connected via GSM with data (Watch/Motion/WiFi off): 10h 20%
Connected via UMTS with data (Watch/Motion/WiFi off) - 10h: 20%
Talk time on UMTS with data (Watch ON, Motion off, WiFi off) - 2h21m Screen was lighted up few times just to have a look what's going on
[By saying BT off means that do not keep it connected to your phone]
[While connected to Bluetooth or via cellular network make sure to deactivate all notifications in GearManager App - test will be useless if any notification will be delivered to the smartwatch]
To do a test just after a day of use charge your Gear S fully. After reaching 100% still wait approx 20-30min, choose what test you want to participate, disconnect from a charging cradle, switch the screen off and set an alarm to check it back after 10h
Observations:
Having a "Clock Always On" is not that bad idea. During 10h test it consumed 13% more than without it (6th watchface). So we can assume that during all day (approx 16h) we're loosing only 19-20% of juice. Is it bad? I don't think so... especially because you don't need to light up the whole screen just to check what the time is - which will consume some energy too... In the end of the day it still depends of that how often you need to check the time. If you are doing that very often, than "Clock Always On" is... lets say... more energy efficient solution (and looks much better than dark screen).
The only problem with "Clock Always On" is that, almost every touch, raindrop, wet sleeve triggers screen to turn on and it's very inconvenient for the battery life and it can messing around in the interface - it happened to me when i was walking in the rain.
In my opinion touchscreen should be inactive during that mode or even to give such an option to tick in the settings menu.
Thread to that issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s/help/how-to-stop-accidental-cuff-calling-t2991565#post58596115
What is your brightness setting when your clock is on? If it's set to "auto," then is this being done in a dark room or a bright room?
Seems like losing 20% of battery life after 10 hrs of clock mode on is reasonable at average to high brightness. I wouldn't mind a "clock always on" mode where the brightness is set to min and then the display brightens up when I either touch the display or wake button.
I currently use my Gear S with the "wake motion on" and I'm ending a day of 12-14 hrs of moderate use with 35-50% of battery.
My settings:
Gear S only connected to phone via BT
Wifi off, mobile network off
Set vibration intensity to low (don't see many people talking about this option)
minimal notifications
minimal apps
S voice to wake is off (have to turn off via S Voice settings on Gear S)
Minimal black clock face (batteryclock app)
Screen brightness to auto
I periodically go in to close all recent apps.
I'm always setting brightness to auto but in this case it doesn't really matter.
If you set to max or min ClockAlwaysOn is on with the same level of brightness.
On auto brightness there is no reaction too. Regardless if it is outside in a sunny day or in pitch black basement.
Also during a test just after disconnecting from a charger I'm switching off the screen with a button and after 10h wake it up with a button and straight check battery level. So brightness level won't change much for these 3-5secs
Is there a way to turn off the notification that says the phone is too hot to charge? I am trying to use Google maps whole charging and the notification keeps popping up and I can't see my screen at all. I need it charging because on long trips the phone would die since maps drains battery fast.
It would not be wise to try and disable that notification. Also how is your s9 overheating? I have never had any heating issues even when im at full brightness, playing music and running google maps at the same time in my car. I recommend putting all your apps to always sleeping in the device maintenance battery saver setting, this will ensure that no other app is doing something crazy in the background and maxing your cpu out. Putting your apps to always sleeping does not disable important notifications such as facebook messages or post updates but will disable apps access to your phones sensors when they are in the background for a couple of minutes, such as step count from galaxy health but u can just not add those apps and they will continue to work fine.
Well I don't want to disable it because I know it will be bad for the battery I just don't want to see the notification because it takes up the whole screen and when I tap it to make it go away it comes back in seconds and I can't see my phone screen
Make sure the phone is fully charged before starting Google maps. It won't get hot then.
Are you using a wireless charger? If so, switch to a wired one. It will generate less heat. Is the phone positioned so the sun is shining right on it? What's the output of your charger? Maybe try one with lower output. I've run Maps on my S9+ while charging many times without issue.
Unpack may be on to something with the idea of background apps eating up battery. I drove from northern VA to southern Delaware (~ 3 hours) using map to navigate without plugging the phone in, and still had close to 50% battery left.
i got pretty good battery usage without high temps. had my phone in power saving mode (limited cpu) and lowering maps accuracy to battery saving.
- Added "crossing the interstellar" watchface
- Added real-time track in the real-time track page lock screen under outdoor sports
- Updated tennis algorithm
- Optimized altitude output in motion
- Optimized distance issue from the last lap of the swimming pool
- Optimized miscalculation in swimming mode
- Optimized inaccurate swimming distance in open waters
- Optimized inaccurate output of running strides in some cases
- Optimize calorie consumption calculations in some cases during exercise
- Optimized walking heart rate
- Optimize low heart rate in certain situations
- Optimize indoor running calibration process and put in motion pause interface
- Optimize the stability of vibration functionality
- Optimize heart rate
- Optimized data synchronization for android phones
- Fix sporadic power consumption issues
- Fixed some issues with call reminders
- Bug fixes
Has someone updated ? impessions?
Yep, i have but not been in activities to proove improovements... ???
I have installed as well. No workouts yet. I have seen an extra menu item in run extra settings that is called virtual rabbit. I guess it is a ghost runner to keep you in pace. Interstellar watchface looks nice.
I can not understand what "real-time track in the real-time track page lock screen under outdoor sports" refers to.
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I have installed as well. No workouts yet. I have seen an extra menu item in run extra settings that is called virtual rabbit. I guess it is a ghost runner to keep you in pace. Interstellar watchface looks nice.
I can not understand what "real-time track in the real-time track page lock screen under outdoor sports" refers to.
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I also noticed that and was wondering what the difference with pace alerts were. Both should notify you when you go outside a predefined pace, I guess.
Not done much since installing but the continuous heart rate appears to be more responsive when I move and thus my HR increases.
Previously I could go for a brisk walk and it wouldn't notice any change on the watch.
Fingers crossed its fixed.
On new watchface, there is a tiny heart on top. Does anybody get his/her heartrate shown on that watchface?
I do not think it shows heart rate. I have the eternal moment watchface which is showing HR data. Anyway I did not seem much changes, just the new watchface and the virtual rabbit. The update is mostly bug fixing which is a good thing. Still I am missing a cardio and yoga activity type.
giol said:
I have installed as well. No workouts yet. I have seen an extra menu item in run extra settings that is called virtual rabbit. I guess it is a ghost runner to keep you in pace. Interstellar watchface looks nice.
I can not understand what "real-time track in the real-time track page lock screen under outdoor sports" refers to.
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I've just installed the update. Watchface looks nice.
But I don't know how to use Virtual rabbit and Real-time track.
Waiting for other's feedbacks.
Regards.
wsabg said:
On new watchface, there is a tiny heart on top. Does anybody get his/her heartrate shown on that watchface?
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Hi
I also saw a heart on top but there's no HR number. Is it simply a symbol?
To me prototype source will always be the best watch face but the new face is a nice addition.
Haven't noticed much new stuff, the UI seems more fluid but that just might be a placebo.
I hope the next update they make an effort to fix the pretty terrible step counting.
Tested it with a bit of cycling back from work. One thing I noticed is it no longer vibrates when auto-pause switches on and off.
As others said, HR seemed responsive and accurate (but that couldn't mean anything, since it was pretty much accurate when cycling previously as well). Will test it tomorrow morning with some trail running and, fingers crossed, I hope to see some good changes
Edit: Also, I noticed the bug with synchronizing rides to strava showing up as runs has been fixed.
Well, i don't know if it's a bug with the new firmware - but it does not sync the sleep datas anymore. I have the datas from last night on my phone but not synced with the Amazfi app....
I have also updated yesterday, continuous heartrate seems much more reliable now. Tested several times, finger on wrist and counting, real heartrate 58 watch stated 59, real 76 watch 76, 87/88 and so on, before update the watch sometimes measured a heartrate of 40 when it really was at 80 or 90 and it was always approx. 10-15 beats to low. Now it seems to be useable.
[email protected]: Sleep was tracked correctly last nigth but I had some cases (2 or 3 in half a year) when sleep was not recognized for no reason so it could be an issue not depending on this update. Sometimes sleep data were correct on watch but simply didn't show up in app, after several syncs sleep data suddenly appeared.
Edit: Steps are also more accurate now, watch starts counting now after 10 steps not 30 like before so short walks to the fridge are recognized now.
giol said:
I have installed as well. No workouts yet. I have seen an extra menu item in run extra settings that is called virtual rabbit. I guess it is a ghost runner to keep you in pace. Interstellar watchface looks nice.
I can not understand what "real-time track in the real-time track page lock screen under outdoor sports" refers to.
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You now can see your location on the lock screen if you have chosen to follow an imported GPX track. Really cool now.
Tap to wake
Tap to wake .............still problem, not solved
You type twice and not working??
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They should implement manual altitude settings should be a real plus
Dennis78 said:
Edit: Steps are also more accurate now, watch starts counting now after 10 steps not 30 like before so short walks to the fridge are recognized now.
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Ah I will try. My stratos waiting in a drawer because not usable as daily steps counts.
dersie said:
Ah I will try. My stratos waiting in a drawer because not usable as daily steps counts.
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Seem still bad and not usable. Little test :
- Garmin F3 : 543 steps
- Stratos : 275 steps
so Stratos count almost half steps. I think it have still 1/3 real steps because Garmin count only after 10 steps.
So daily steps count with stratos still totally wrong
"Time to stand up, you've been sitting for a while" alerts seem broken now. Granted, they still only occurred while sitting, but I think I went to the fridge to get a beer 3-4 minutes ago, and now it says I've been sitting for a long time Maybe now it does not count small movements like short strolls, only longer ones.
How do I stop my Amazfit Bip S constantly alerting me about heart rate over 150 bpm when I am running? I have turned off heart rate detection and disabled the heart rate alert in the settings, but still it automatically enables heart rate monitoring and alerting whenever I start a running workout. The alert happens whenever my heart rate is measured above 150 bpm, and since I run at around 155 bpm it happens all the time, making my watch useless to me. The red message on screen stops me being able to see my running data, and the double-buzz every 20-30 seconds is really annoying. The settings allow me to change the heart rate threshold, but the maximum is 150. Any ideas? (other than "run slower so that your heart rate stays below 150" )
ForrestGrump said:
How do I stop my Amazfit Bip S constantly alerting me about heart rate over 150 bpm when I am running? I have turned off heart rate detection and disabled the heart rate alert in the settings,
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Have you also disabled it on the watch itself under:
[Click button twice] - Training - [scroll down all activites] - Sport Settings - [Heart beat alert] - Disable
I don't have the watch in english, maybe the menus are named a bit different.
zplan said:
Have you also disabled it on the watch itself under:
[Click button twice] - Training - [scroll down all activites] - Sport Settings - [Heart beat alert] - Disable
I don't have the watch in english, maybe the menus are named a bit different.
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zplan, I have found the setting, thank you very much for your help!
ForrestGrump said:
zplan, I have found the setting, thank you very much for your help!
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you are welcome.
now, run forrest, run.... !