Printable View
Loving my PP so far, except noticing underwhelming battery life while streaming Pandora. Read the battery life gets drained while running Android apps (in my case, downloaded from the Amazon store.)
My question is: will idle Android apps negatively affect battery life? I downloaded a few games and Netflix and would like to keep them as long as they don't eat away at my battery life when they aren't running
Thanks!
Posted via CB10
make sure to turn off stories setting in your pic app, it uses a bit of battery, not sure on the androud apps, sorry
Best way to find out battery usage by app is to open device monitor and get the facts
All Android apps use more battery than native apps. You don't even have to look at app monitor, just feel the heat in your hand.
Oddly, the app I was constantly using shows very low consumption
Attachment 317821
Posted via CB10
Thanks. But -- if the Android apps aren't running, will they still contribute to battery drain?
Posted via CB10
Not true at all. Kind of a misleading blanket statement, don't you think?
No, they shouldn't. Again, best to use the device monitor to get a good idea of how much everything is using
Oh yeah, and don't forget to take the other Android processes into account... Android Media Apps and Android Player
Thanks for the help. All processes are "idle" in the CPU monitor and the battery monitor doesn't list any apps contributing to drain. I should be good to go. Thanks again!
Posted via CB10
