T|X newbie with Q's: Please help!!

[PDA Bach]

Ahem!

Whoops! Uhh, I meant to say "...that Nine copied from Streaky's encyclopedic post in an obvious example of plagarism from the post mentioned earlier..."


(Sorry, Streaky.)

[Nine]

I think we were replying at the same time.

[jewelsg627]

Are there any other questions you'd like to throw in before this thread sinks into silliness, Jewelsg627?

Ouch. Am I that bad?

[jewelsg627]

Yes you can assume that. However, before you get all airated I, in turn, assume that you did not give your Palm sufficient charge time before you started playing with it so follow the various directions given to you for doing the in-cradle reset and charge up your baby properly.

No, I did give it a little over 3 hours, as the directions suggested. I have been using it straight for a few hours, so I hope that it's normal. I also just realized I had Bluetooth on, which some people on these threads suggest can drain the battery too.

[Nine]

Yes, pointless Bluetooth can drain the battery. Having it off can make quite a difference.

[PDA Bach]

Likewise with the WiFi and even (to some extent) the IR receiver.

[dogbarber]

Likewise with the WiFi and even (to some extent) the IR receiver.

Everyone else seems to be thinking otherwise....

[PDA Bach]

I maintain my position. Having these things turned on will require battery power. It's simple physics.

[Nine]

Everyone else seems to be thinking otherwise....

I can only speak from experience with Bluetooth on my T5 - maybe the power handling is better on the TX.

[Gregte]

I have measured the power being consumed with WiFi on and off, with bluetooth on and off and with IR receive on and off.

I made these measurements with an ammeter in series with the TX's battery. I also made the measurements with the forementioned devices in the standby mode, i.e. not actively connected but rather just ON or OFF.

WiFi uses a very significant amount of power. It adds an additional 135 mA of current draw just being turned ON. That is almost as much power as the TX alone uses just being ON and at a low screen brightness. In other words, the TX (low brightness) uses a total of 285 mA with WiFi on but only 150 mA with WiFi off.

I measured the current draw of the TX with both IR recieve on and off and the difference is negligible, i.e. not worth considering. I found the same thing to be true of bluetooth. Mind you, I am not talking about bluetooth being on and connected to something, but rather it just being on and not connected. Hence, I leave bluetooth on all the time just for the convenience.

I know this differs from staements made by others but this is what I measured.

Oh, another interesting note: with WiFi On but not connected it uses an additional 135 mA as mentioned, But if it is connected and I am surfing with Blazer it only uses 25 mA if (and this is a big 'if') if I have the "Conserve Power" box checked. If it is not checked the power consumption of WiFi is 135 mA whether surfing with Blazer or not.