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Bluetooth and battery consumption |
Mimzo
Joined: May 24, 2002
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From: Dubai
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I have a real need to have Bluetooth enabled on my T68i - between synchronizing my contacts and SMSs to sending and receiving things between the phone and laptop. Since I got my T68i about 10 days ago until now, I have had Bluetooth off all the time and only enable it when I need to use it. As you can imagine this can be quite a pain. My question is this: will leaving Bluetooth enabled on the phone all the time (for reasons of practicality) significantly lessen the phone's efficiency with battery consumption? Will it totally kill the battery? Any help would be very much appreciated.
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Dessybaby
Joined: Jan 03, 2002
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Leaving bluetooth on all the time drains the battery like there is no tommorow, if you have a spare battery handy then leave the bluetooth on all the time then. |
shawnmccall9
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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I disagree, I notice not much differnece in battery time with  its alot better than IrDa
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orang3
Joined: Mar 28, 2002
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i agree tht leaving the function on will drain the batt as the flickering LED ... therefore i choose auto to pair the device ... i am using the HBH 15 ..
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Epedemic
Joined: Dec 28, 2001
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From: Denmark, Copenhagen
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always on only drains 15% or so...
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hyperken
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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hyperken
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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it sucks all my batteries live time
form 4 days to 2 days only !!!!!!! |
addy
Joined: Sep 12, 2002
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i think is better switch bluetooth operation mode to automatic,so it won't sucks our battery 
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Cophia
Joined: Jul 22, 2002
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From: Sydney
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You can leave it on if you have a Bluetooth handsfree, Bluetooth is still pretty low power consumption - supposedly less power than infrared (but there's little point having infrared on all the time).
Unless you don't go home (to recharge) every other day, it's not too bad.
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riflogic
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
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From: London,UK
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Once I left Bluetooth on continously for a whole day without realising it. When I switched it off, I noticed no difference at all on the remaining battery life. Therefore, as far as I am concerned its alright to leave the bluetooth on all the time as power consumption is pretty low. |
Mimzo
Joined: May 24, 2002
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Ive been leaving Bluetooth on continuously for the past couple of days as a test. I use it with my laptop. I have to say I haven't noticed much of a change in battery consumption... nothing out of the ordinary at least.
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ppcrockar
Joined: Mar 04, 2002
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From: Sweden
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Well, just leaving Bluetooth on all the time doesn't use much battery. My phone when fully charged with bluetooth off has a standbytime (in the status menu) 270-280h. With bluetooth on all the time I get about 210-230h standbytime.
But when you use bluetooth it eats alot more power. For example if you connect to internet through bluetooth and GPRS that eats quite alot of battery. But even then it's better than IR, and I think the power consumption with bluetooth internet connection and with a cable internet connection is about the same.
I have bluetooth always enabled. |
uleet
Joined: Sep 16, 2002
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f13dfx
Joined: Nov 21, 2002
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Is Automatic setting only available when using Bluetooth SE Headsets along with SE T68i?
My Automatic setting does not work for my 3Com Bluetooth PC Card. |
Bug One
Joined: Oct 31, 2002
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From: Kent, UK
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I've never noticed much difference having bluetooth turned on all the time.
There is a chart showing the power consumption going about. |
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Posted: 2002-06-19 21:35
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