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iAudio x5: battery life very short.

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soap:
Looks like someone needs to take it upon themselves to create an IaudioRuntime wiki page.
I may be a little biased, but I think the IpodRuntime page has the best table to emulate.

Fezzant:
also, it shouldn't be that the battery is "getting old", I only got the player a couple weeks ago brand new.

but yeah I'll change the backlight setting, I was just used to always being able to look at it from gray lcd screens ( rip Rio karma :[ )

Llorean:
Lithium Ion batteries start aging the instant they're made.

How long was your X5 on the shelf? How long was it in a warehouse somewhere? How long was the battery on a shelf before it was put into your X5? What temperatures have the X5 been exposed to?

The only valid test is comparing your battery life in Rockbox to it in the original firmware under the most similar conditions you can come up with.

Arioch:
> 5-8 hrs for a regular X5 is actually pretty good
where ??? isn't it made for 16 hours in original fw ?

I purchased X5/60 end of spring, so i is not even a one year old now.
I don't think it is time to the battery to age off???

However i would have to reflash it with original firmware....
I wish to see dual-boot someday :-(

Ok, from Your point - what do You expect about power usage effectiveness in stock FW comparing to RockBox ? I feel like original FW does more about caching and, especially with features like Last.fm without caching it may end in spinning up HDD each 3-5 minutes, which might drain power rather quick.

bk:

--- Quote ---where Huh isn't it made for 16 hours in original fw ?

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I have an X5L, so I'm only saying that based on anecdotal reports from other people in various forums. It'd be nice if we could get some hard data on the wiki as suggested above.


--- Quote ---I wish to see dual-boot someday :-(

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An unofficial dual-boot bootloader exists that works very well for most people. Search the patch tracker or iaudiophile.net for details.


--- Quote ---Ok, from Your point - what do You expect about power usage effectiveness in stock FW comparing to RockBox ?
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It's impossible to know for sure. Presumably manufacturer firmware benefits from the fact that they have all chipset documentation available, support from OEM vendors and the fact that they are coding for a single device (whereas Rockbox developers must support many different devices/arches).

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