Which = 3g or Wifi will drain the battery faster?

kodiak799

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Oh, so locale doesn't need to use GPS? Cool, I think I'll try it out.

LOL, no you won't, it's $10 and I think there are cheaper and better alternatives. Locale can and does use GPS, but doesn't have to if you make the location radius big enough. I really don't think GPS drains battery, anyway.

One Locale alternative is like $3-$4 and was mentioned a while back, but I forget the name. Seems like it does everything locale does.
 

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ha, how do you know i'm so cheap?! (I am.)

Ehhh, Locale is simply overpriced. It had a lot of potential but the developers seem to have little interest in adding new features. Have I gotten my money's worth for $10? Maybe, but I kinda feel like a sucker and it's a lesson learned. I used to swear by it, but I was paying for potential that just never materialized.

I think Tasker is the alternative. Cheaper and supposedly better.
 

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Yes, it turns off your 3G.

I don't think scanning takes much juice. If it's just receiving and not sending, it should have a minimal effect on battery.

I say if you connect to wifi at least once/day then just leave the wifi setting on and use wifi whenever you can. Also, by default wifi is set to shut off when the screen is off. There is a setting to change this but I don't think it's a good idea to leave it always on for most people.


Really? But I do not use the wifi all the time? Should I keep the default setting?Or I should turn on the wifi if I want to connect and turn if off when I do not use it??
 

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Try it both ways. I leave mine on and am very happy. There is a hidden setting to keep wifi on even when the screen is off but I didn't enable that.

The droid X currently has a bug (does droid 2 have it?) Where you should turn off using cell networks to determine location...under phone settings > locations & sync
 

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Try it both ways. I leave mine on and am very happy. There is a hidden setting to keep wifi on even when the screen is off but I didn't enable that.

The droid X currently has a bug (does droid 2 have it?) Where you should turn off using cell networks to determine location...under phone settings > locations & sync

Thanks a lot:icon_ banana:
 

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Try it both ways. I leave mine on and am very happy. There is a hidden setting to keep wifi on even when the screen is off but I didn't enable that.

The droid X currently has a bug (does droid 2 have it?) Where you should turn off using cell networks to determine location...under phone settings > locations & sync

Thanks a lot:icon_ banana:
That little dancing banana is why I try to help people. Thank you.

ps: apparently droid 2 does NOT have the same bug
 

freeangle

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Try it both ways. I leave mine on and am very happy. There is a hidden setting to keep wifi on even when the screen is off but I didn't enable that.

The droid X currently has a bug (does droid 2 have it?) Where you should turn off using cell networks to determine location...under phone settings > locations & sync

Thanks a lot:icon_ banana:
That little dancing banana is why I try to help people. Thank you.

ps: apparently droid 2 does NOT have the same bug


Very good man of you,haha
 
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