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Originally Posted by knc1
Screen at 28% ?
Let me guess, that model has an IPS screen.
Pretty, but at a price in power usage.
Turn the screen off and use a Kindle as a remote screen.
Does your traffic congestion application mark those congestion spots that where caused by people who where looking at their cell phone screen rather than where they where going for you?
Avoid becoming one of the congestion spots yourself, turn the screen off.
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Yes, any sort of 'stream' handling means the cpu / electronics never has time to power-down, even on their own time scale of doing things people can't notice.
Record your music (or whatever) onto the phone, play recorded music rather than streamed.
Power your 'phone from the vehicle - I.E: Use a 'car charger' for it.
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Having decreasing storage capacity over the age of the battery, usually noticed as shorter times between re-charges, is a fact of life with the battery design.
Sometimes made even worse by the usage patterns of the user.
As the battery ages, it is even more important not to let it "deep discharge" -
Keep in mind the Capone quote:
"Vote Charge early, vote charge often."
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Traffic app I was using is Google Maps turn-by-turn routing. Google appears to get real time speed, probably from android devices on the highways, so it should be assessing all causes for congestion. I usually blank the screen and simply listen to the turn-by-turn in my bluetooth.
I normally do blank the screen when possible, but some interaction is necessary. This morning I was at a place where the WiFi was a bit flaky, requiring more interaction than normal. Annoying.
I was listening to live programming, so no pre-recording available. Not high speed stream, AAC radio stream at 48K or so. I would think this puts less load on the phone than a voice call.
I did wind up plugging the phone into my powerbank, but that turn-by-turn appears to draw enough power that the powerbank only kept the phone from further discharge. At what level do you suggest starting to recharge the phone? I normally wait until it hits 20%, but sometimes I miss and it gets lower. For some reason the low battery notification on it is easy to miss.
I got this particular phone, which is a "phablet", to replace a flip-phone and a palm PDA and had some specific requirements. It had to work with my current 3G prepaid plan, had to fit my pocket like my palm did and had to not cost an arm and a leg. This lead me to this particular LG model which is working as desired, with the exception of battery life.
Dave