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Auto-disable sync/communications at night

Hi,

To save battery, is it possible to turn off Wifi and Bluetooth at night? E.g. as a setting in the "do not disturb" function?

Also to reduce the exposure to wifi and bluetooth signals when it's not necessary. Such exposure probably doesn't have any adverse effects on the body, but it doesn't hurt to turn them off.

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0 jmto over 4 years ago

How about setting Airplane mode? But I don't think there's schedule setting it like for DND, but if you want something special, then you will need to have some trouble archiving it.

Maybe you can set some hotkey for airplane mode and use that.

0 jmto over 4 years ago in reply to jmto

Apparently 945 manual hasn't been updated to have airplane mode, but it's there.

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/fenix66s6xpro/EN-US/GUID-2CF24DA5-D342-4C5A-9D63-3D40CD1511AD.html

0 CloggyAbroad over 4 years ago

WiFi is only active if you initiate a WiFi sync or for a short while after an activity if you have auto-sync enabled. Switching WiFi off when it is not active anyway is not going to have any effect on battery life or radiation exposure.

BLE is active all the time and switching it off should in theory improve battery life, but I doubt whether you could actually observe a difference.

If you are worried about radiation exposure then switching it off when you are asleep makes no particular sense, as it would still be on 2/3rds of the day. It's very low power anyway. If you want to limit your radiation exposure it's much more effective to stay away from your mobile phone.

0 Dr Phil over 4 years ago

I do turn BT off when I remember but I also sleep with an EMF shielding cap (I’ve cut the peak off) - https://www.mobilesafety.com.au/EMF-Shielding-Cap-p209453001

I think tinfoil works just as well.

0 30strailrun over 4 years ago

Thanks for your replies! I'll use the airplane mode. I'm not worried about radiation, just thinking that it can't hurt to reduce the exposure if it's easy to do so.