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over 4 years ago

app that do almost nothing (draw some text every minutes) consumes a lot of battery

according to:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/255692/wf-limitation-app-battery-consuming

when simple app is running it consumes 5 times more energy than complicated watch face

_psx_
  • over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

    Yesterday I put one comment about another apps which has the same problems but it has disappeared Disappointed

    Nobody want to see bad news... so to time resolving I give up, I don't want to see comment like "my buttery is empty after the night" even I have good algorithm.

    But I think, Garmin should think what to do with it to to develop it's platform.

  • over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

    So:

    - is it mean that is impossible to write app saving battery due to it's run always in high power?

    - when I go to activity but not start it, there is info "going into saving battery" - it means it is impossible to change power mode - but not for ciq app unfortunately, it will be useful to add this for developers maybe only to go into low power

    I've read  some developers description of their app and they the same problem like me:

    https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/4c8224d3-1442-4c26-b253-22f624f38e33

    It works but the battery drain makes it pretty unusable. With 8 hours sleep I used 25% of the battery (on my 735XT) and 17% on another night. The other similar app I've used is around 10% per evening. Not been updated in many months so won't assume this will be improved.

  • over 4 years ago in reply to _psx_

    In addition to the low/high power modes as seen in a watch face, the processors generally have a low and high power mode of their own.  A watch face always runs in the processor's low power mode, while device apps, in the processor's high power mode.

  • over 4 years ago

    is chance to do something with this  issue?

    Has somebody tested app? Is normal behaviour?

    Today I've made test trying use WatchFace instead of  View on sim app starts bu on device didn't show but after back system  showed factory wf - it means app starts - ciq run (like ciq df)

  • over 4 years ago

    I've done 2 test

    1. remove timer and app only draw 7 times (system called becase of disconnected message) during about 1:20 hour times screen like below

    result battery from 56 to 52% -> 4% -> 0,05%/minute (with timer 0,07%/m, watch face 0.014%/m)

    2. jogging with gps, df, bt etc -> 0:45 4% -> 0.089%/minute