Re: [PLUG] OT

Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com> · Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:24:26 -0400

Michael,

My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is now 4 years old.  Same battery
all that time.  I leave it plugged in overnight every night and
often all day.  Have it plugged in whenever in the car and using
the GPS, since the display is on fulltime then and takes a lot
of power.  (Tip: turn off the screen while navigating.  Uses
much less power and still speaks the turn by turn directions.
Flip screen back on briefly if necessary to see details of a turn.)
Have taken a couple of week or longer road trips with it plugged
in all the time.  No bad effect on battery life.

If I accidentally leave the phone unplugged all night, it is often
still at 75% or more the next morning, even if it hasn't been
charged in a full 24 hours.

It all depends on what's running.  Many apps seem to drain
the battery much more quickly, though I've never decided
which ones (other than Google Maps navigating which keeps
the screen on the whole time).  I frequently make a point of
closing down all apps, via long press of the one button to
bring up list of "Recent Apps", then swiping each one away to
close it.  If I don't, it can go from 100% to 0% in just a couple
hours.

Hope this helps!
--Fred
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Fred Stluka -- Bristle Software, Inc. -- http://bristle.com
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On 7/31/18 9:46 AM, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: