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Battery Life

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MatthewP:
Do some themes consume battery life faster than others?  Are there low-consumption themes?

saratoga:
Depends on the player.  If you have a player that turns off the screen when not in use, it won't.  If your player doesn't, theres some minor difference.

JdGordon:
because of how the skins redraw there should be absolutly no difference between a big heavy theme and a light one.

I'm in the process of doing some benches on my mini2g, I've got 18h both in the menu and in the WPS, the menu has a almost nothing skin, the wps is the default cabbie.

vocrobot:
I would advise setting the backlight to about 15 seconds so the track information is on screen for a decent length and set "Sleep After Backlight Off" to Always.

I tested my battery last week using the Knightbox theme on my iPod video and had the while playing screen set to come on whenever I touched the click wheel (my sleep after backlight was set to always like I mentioned above.). I got 27.5 hours in total (from 94% battery)compared to almost 21 using Apple firmware the previous month. You guys need congratulating on how you've improved battery run time over the years.

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