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muranternet · 07-15-2011, 02:56 AM

vicinc, I never managed to get a working market so I don't know, but since NC users do this and their devices aren't market-crippled I think they'd mention it.

The 3 conditions I tested were full CPU for an hour, screen on but no activity for 2 hours, and closed/sleeping for 2 hours, all in airplane mode since I stay in airplane mode all the time. In each case removing the apks bought me about 1% battery per hour, consistently. That's less than I'd hoped, but (1) those processes should never draw any power in airplane mode, and (2) in the closed lid test, my battery levels for no apks and loaded apks were 100% and 98% after two hours. Even counting the tiny extra power over the 100% measured level I've observed on the PE, that's pretty significant if you have it closed in a bag most of the time.

If I get time, I'll try it again with airplane off and no WiFi to see if it's worse.

Oh: the settings/battery usage meter is pretty useless.

Edit: The reason I say the tiny draw is significant is because whenever I battery graph the PE in a low draw configuration I get a short line at the beginning where it still thinks it's at 100% battery, then it starts draining at a constant rate as measured by the graph slope. If this is because full charge is really something like 101% or 102%, then the idle draw of the phone processes is closer to 1.5% or 2% per hour.

Has anyone figured out a way to clear battery memory in the PE since you can't actually pull the battery?

07-15-2011, 02:56 AM	#27
muranternet Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 3/Sony PRS-300/Nook Color running CM7/P eDGe	vicinc, I never managed to get a working market so I don't know, but since NC users do this and their devices aren't market-crippled I think they'd mention it. The 3 conditions I tested were full CPU for an hour, screen on but no activity for 2 hours, and closed/sleeping for 2 hours, all in airplane mode since I stay in airplane mode all the time. In each case removing the apks bought me about 1% battery per hour, consistently. That's less than I'd hoped, but (1) those processes should never draw any power in airplane mode, and (2) in the closed lid test, my battery levels for no apks and loaded apks were 100% and 98% after two hours. Even counting the tiny extra power over the 100% measured level I've observed on the PE, that's pretty significant if you have it closed in a bag most of the time. If I get time, I'll try it again with airplane off and no WiFi to see if it's worse. Oh: the settings/battery usage meter is pretty useless. Edit: The reason I say the tiny draw is significant is because whenever I battery graph the PE in a low draw configuration I get a short line at the beginning where it still thinks it's at 100% battery, then it starts draining at a constant rate as measured by the graph slope. If this is because full charge is really something like 101% or 102%, then the idle draw of the phone processes is closer to 1.5% or 2% per hour. Has anyone figured out a way to clear battery memory in the PE since you can't actually pull the battery? Last edited by muranternet; 07-15-2011 at 04:17 PM.