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Renate · 10-01-2023, 07:52 AM

Indiscriminately keeping your device awake when "screen off" is a poor idea.
MediaPlayer (or its replacements) often use wake locks to keep the music playing.
OTOH, Eink is so low power that audio with screen on and audio with screen off are about the same power consumption.

10-01-2023, 07:52 AM	#7
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,942 Karma: 17500001 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	Indiscriminately keeping your device awake when "screen off" is a poor idea. MediaPlayer (or its replacements) often use wake locks to keep the music playing. OTOH, Eink is so low power that audio with screen on and audio with screen off are about the same power consumption. Last edited by Renate; 10-01-2023 at 09:47 AM.