- Hi Crackberry nation,
I've noticed a few posts on this issue but no solutions yet. I installed Poynt on my Storm 2 9550 last week. I was getting a full day's use out of my battery no problem before that - losing 2-5% of battery charge per hour according to the BatteryPlus logs. But now, every time I use Poynt, my battery charge nosedives - losing 10-12% charge/hour even when not using the device. Might get 3-4 hours out of it after using Poynt once during the day. I wouldn't say I'm an experienced blackberry user but I'm also not a noob. I know enough to close apps rather than back out of them, and after I close Poynt it doesn't show it in the running apps list, so I'm assuming it shuts down. But why does the battery drain continue? I can still go a full day on a battery charge if I don't use Poynt, but use it once, and the battery charge nosedives like a kamakaze. I've found that a battery pull (Quickpull actually) stops the nosedive, but I don't want to have to do that every time I use Poynt.
My best guess is that the GPS doesn't turn off after the app closes, but I don't know how to tell if it's on. GPS doesn't appear to be on if I go to Google or Blackberry maps, but I've got no other hypotheses here. Anyone help a fellow crackberry user out? thanks.04-28-10 07:17 PMLike 0 -
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I can still go a full day on a battery charge if I don't use Poynt, but use it once, and the battery charge nosedives like a kamakaze. I've found that a battery pull (Quickpull actually) stops the nosedive, but I don't want to have to do that every time I use Poynt.
Poynt is a great app! I think your problem is obviously there, or you would not have posted here, but I don't believe it is the cause.
Hope this helps
Brad04-29-10 01:36 PMLike 0
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