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iAudio x5: battery life very short.
Fezzant:
I've been using rockbox for a while now (great stuff) and have noticed that the battery life is very short. If I charge it fully, and then begin using it (backlight is usually always on, but at a brightness of 1, and volume is anywhere from -50 to -30) it starts out normally, but when it gets to what looks like about 75% battery life left (according to the little battery icon), it starts dropping a lot faster, and I usually end up with somewhere from 5-8 hours of battery life before rockbox tells me to recharge and shuts down. when I boot it up after it tells me that, it says the battery has around 3.2V left. I did some searching and saw that this may be bad.
so my question(s): Is this short battery life normal, or is there something wrong (that maybe I did?) that severely shortened its life? (also, I am using a build from January 26th). thanks for any help
Llorean:
What are you comparing your battery life too? Can you reproduce the exact same settings in the retail firmware, with the same playlist, and see how the battery life is?
Or, run a test in the original firmware, then reproduce the exact same situation in Rockbox?
Fezzant:
well I'm not really comparing it to anything yet, just wondering if this is normal or not, since it seems like an awfully small amount of time for an mp3 player to work before it needs to be recharged
I might try running a test on the original firmware and then rockbox, though
Llorean:
Yes but it may just be your battery getting old. The only basis for comparison is the same player in the original firmware. Of course having the LCD backlight on at any level hurts battery life a good bit.
bk:
From what I've heard, 5-8 hrs for a regular X5 is actually pretty good depending on how much wear the battery has experienced.
Keeping the backlight on will significantly decrease battery life. I suggest changing that setting if you're concerned about battery life.
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