is widget locker eating anyone else's battery life?

[billyk]

Well, as of day 1 with WidgetLocker, there's no appreciable difference in battery life. I am at the same level as every other work day since 9/8.

I think this app is a keeper!

 

[gkitab]

I installed and my battery life went to hell... i deactivated it and it came back to normal... just wondering if its just me

I havent tried it on my D3, but on my X2 I noticed an immediate impact on batt so I removed and my problem went away. Just got my D3 so im not sick of the lock screen yet. Even if I got tired of my lock screen I wouldnt used widget locker after seeing what it did to my X2 batt. Makes sense to use a significant amount more since it is always running.

 

[DELUXDroid]

WidgetLocker is a MASSIVE battery hog. Not sure why. I was using it with absolutely NO WIDGETS even and it still was killing my battery about 200-300% faster. Uninstalled WidgetLocker and I went back to about 20-30% battery consumption per day.

I don't recommend using it until they resolve their battery consumption bugs.

 

[DELUXDroid]

V2.2.1 is on the market and seems to fix the Motorola battery drain issues.

Aha... I'll check this out.

 

[DELUXDroid]

Also worth pointing out that GoLauncher just released GoLocker which integrates into it. It's very limited in features right now though, nowhere near as cool as WidgetLocker. It's also free.

 

[DELUXDroid]

Running the updated version so far and it seems to be fixed. 4 hours after disconnecting and I still have a full battery. It would have been at 50% by now if the bug was still present.

Also... the ICS Lock Screen is absolute baller! I customized mine to have 4 points to it and moved it into the center. Loving it...

 

[t1.8matt]

No prob with battery, on my d2g or my d3.

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[DELUXDroid]

Yea they definitely fixed the bug. I can go 16 hours now while consuming only 30%-40% of the battery.

 

[pinback]

I used it and loved it. But it drained my battery horribly as well. Haven't used it for some time now and have been fine.

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[ethanw]

from 100% to 75% in 1.5 hours

I just got widget locker last night LOVE IT, but I don't like the battery drain I'm getting. I'm running it on a Thunderbolt. The weird thing is that it doesn't show up in battery usage. The phone is not running anything else that it doesn't usually run. I emailed the dev., so we'll see. What I've been using on the lockscreen: 2 standard android icon bars with flashlight, phone, LTE on/off, and ringer profile select. One of them has a button for unlock in the middle. I'm running the sense 3 theme with camera, camcorder, Poweramp, navigation, and vlingo shortcuts. I checked my running apps/services and there are no out of the ordinary apps on. Ideas?