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Bluetooth/Infrared & Battery Life |
mcmsat
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 20
From: Lagos Nigeria
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Please I want to know if battery life is affected by turning the bluetooth and ifrared on at all time? I like keeping mine on...is it wrong to do so?
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KLG2992
Joined: Sep 01, 2005
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Do you connect your phone with other devices with bluetooth or infrared?
--- these settings might affect your battery life ---
Do you hide your phone or make it visible? (Visibility- On or Off?)
Do you use power save? (On or Off?)
I think it does affect your battery life. Because it is on (Bluetooth/Infrared). I use my Bluetooth with my headset (*Settings*- hide my phone and power save on). I think my battery last longer because I'm using a bluetooth headset and not using the phone's speaker.
Try using your phone with the Bluetooth/Infrared, Off. Does it make a difference?
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aragorn666
Joined: Mar 18, 2006
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yep it wil considerably decrease ur battery life
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@mc - Certainly it will mate ! Welcome to Esato
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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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and the IR drains the batt faster than the BT.
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@tranced - I thought it's just the same with the Bluetooth pal 
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Scorchio
Joined: Apr 27, 2004
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From: Co. Meath, Ireland
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Having Bluetooth switched on all the time on an SE makes very little difference. Infrared on the other hand will effect battery life quite conciderably.
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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Sorry to sound like a parrot but Scorchio is correct.
Keeping Bluetooth on does decrease battery life, but not enough that you would notice it unless you've got a Bluetooth connection open constantly (such as a BT GPS receiver, or a BT headset).
IR on the other hand drains battery life even if it is not being used. Just by being switched on it drains the battery quicker, and if being used such as when using the phone as an IR modem, the battery drains noticably quicker.
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max_wedge
Joined: Aug 29, 2004
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From: Australia
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what etaab said....
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mcmsat
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 20
From: Lagos Nigeria
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Well, I have got the message. In conclusion, I now understand that they drain battery andinfrared gulps more than BT. Thanks everybody!
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*Jojo*
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@etaab - That's a very well-explained post dude !
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