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saratoga:

--- Quote from: alsaf on September 01, 2011, 04:21:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: saratoga on September 01, 2011, 04:06:41 PM ---Then you probably just have a crappy phone. 

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A matter of perception. A crappy phone or phone that is isn't designed to work properly with the software installed on it?
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Probably the former.  Power on a phone is being used to maintain radio links, keep the CPU at some minimum level of activity so that it can monitor the radio, etc.  Once you've turned off all the cell hardware, thats about as much energy as you can save.  Its not like installing different software is going to turn the hardware more off if its already off.


--- Quote from: alsaf on September 01, 2011, 04:21:59 PM --- While a phone is capable of running Android, it doesn't mean that is should be running Android. I noticed there is a replcement firmware called CyanogenMod which looks like it attempts to address the issues I raised.
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Cyanogenmod is Android 2.3.5. 

alsaf:

--- Quote from: saratoga on September 01, 2011, 04:28:21 PM ---
Probably the former.  Power on a phone is being used to maintain radio links, keep the CPU at some minimum level of activity so that it can monitor the radio, etc.  Once you've turned off all the cell hardware, thats about as much energy as you can save.  Its not like installing different software is going to turn the hardware more off if its already off.
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Probably. The phone is more than adequate for my needs and excels itself with games but is let down with reliability if away from a power source for a long time. 

Again, thanks for taking the time in answering my queries, much appreciated.

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