Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life?

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life?
Date	2016-10-05 16:51 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<051020161651192340%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References	(1 earlier) <nd2ecd-8fj.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> <041020162215597327%nospam@nospam.invalid> <777fcd-3vt.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> <051020161112131643%nospam@nospam.invalid> <tt4gcd-rln.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>

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In article <tt4gcd-rln.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>, Carlos E.R.
<robin_listas@invalid.es> wrote:

> >>>> WiFi is the thing that uses most battery.
> >>>
> >>> definitely not. the gps uses the most (when enabled), followed by the
> >>> cpu/gpu and display. 
> >>
> >> Yes, GPS uses a lot if constantly queried. But the display in standby
> >> uses nothing,
> > 
> > the display in standby is off, so obviously it won't use much.
> > 
> >> whereas the wifi does, unless configured to switch off
> >> automatically.
> > 
> > it does switch off automatically.
> 
> No, this is configurable. For instance, you may want to be notified the
> instant an email comes: this need the wifi to be up even if the thing is
> in standby. It may be continuously or at intervals.

when the phone is sleeping, wifi is off, powering on every once in a
while to check for mail or updates or whatever. when the phone is on,
wifi is also on and using very little of the overall power draw, the
bulk being the display and processor.

> >>>> If you can configure the thing
> >>>> to switch off the WiFi when the screen is off, it will last more.
> >>>
> >>> not by much.
> >>
> >> From lasting 2 days my tablet goes to last 5 days minimum. A lot, double
> >> or triple.
> > 
> > that's not because you turned of wifi.
> > 
> > it's because you turned off *cellular*.
> 
> No. There is no cellular and I did not touch it. I touched the wifi
> config to be off in standby, and the documentation of the tablet
> documents this action and the power saving result.

if you have a sim, there is cellular.

Thread

SIM card in or out?  Battery life? mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2016-10-04 17:41 -0700
  Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-10-05 03:42 +0200
    Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-04 22:15 -0400
      Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-10-05 14:10 +0200
        Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-05 11:12 -0400
          Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-10-05 22:37 +0200
            Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-05 16:51 -0400
              Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-10-05 23:33 +0200
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-05 22:48 -0400
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-10-06 21:00 +0200
              Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2016-10-05 20:22 -0700
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-05 23:33 -0400
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-10-06 15:53 +0100
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-06 15:30 -0400
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-10-08 13:34 +0100
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2016-10-06 20:42 -0700
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-07 01:18 -0400
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2016-10-07 02:05 -0700
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-10-08 13:03 -0500
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-10-09 00:03 -0400
                Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-10-06 21:12 +0200
  Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2016-10-05 09:24 -0400
    Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-10-05 09:55 -0400
      Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-10-05 16:15 +0200
        Re: SIM card in or out? Battery life? Algeria Horan <algeriahoran@algeriahoran.net> - 2016-10-05 12:53 -0700

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