JadeMonkee posted to #jaiku:

JadeMonkee

Mobile client KILLS battery life... almost impossible to run on N95 (whose battery only lasts 12 hours normally). Will disconnecting help?

2 years, 4 months ago.

9 comments so far

  • tim

    i've found that too on N95. yes disconnecting does help but then there isn't much point in having it is there!

    2 years, 4 months ago by tim

  • malach

    I'm on an E70 - if I want battery life, I turn Jaiku off.

    It's unfortunate, but it's a simple reality - the always-on nature of Jaiku means that there's a constant data connection going to and from to the nearest cell tower.

    It always seems to be the way - battery life is always outstripped by the uses to which we want to put the technology powered by it.

    2 years, 4 months ago by malach

  • beng

    hmmm.. Mail4Exchange doesn't seem to chug the battery too much. Can we do something with a longer "heartbeat" interval for Jaiku? Set long timeouts on the webserver (or mobile virtual host or whatevs).

    2 years, 4 months ago by beng

  • malach

    As far as I understand, that's not the way it works, unfortunately - the mobile client isn't polling Jaiku's servers for updates, it's always connected and thus receives updates almost instantly.

    Think of it as more like an IM client than a web browser...

    2 years, 4 months ago by malach

  • teemu

    JadeMonkee, new upcoming release has fixed some bugs that caused very bad battery life. Jaiku definetly eats battery in normal use, but it shouldn't consume that much that your battery only lasts 12 hours!

    2 years, 4 months ago by teemu

  • pauljacobson

    Teemu, are you talking about a version after the 0.56.2 beta or are you referring to the current beta?

    2 years, 4 months ago by pauljacobson

  • teemu

    Paul, i'm talking about 0.56.2. If you are still experiencing that bad battery life, we need to figure out, what's the difference in your network behavior

    2 years, 4 months ago by teemu

  • beng

    OK where do I find the version number for Jaiku mobile?

    2 years, 4 months ago by beng

  • beng

    Okay I'm running 0.49. Hook me up as a beta tester for .56.2 pretty please?

    2 years, 4 months ago by beng

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