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Anyone using Juice Defender?

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ifb-online

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I'm currently using the free version of Juice Defender. I'm not sure if your phone should be set with mobile data switched on or off while using Juice Defender. Does JD turn data on and then off with the phone set to off to start with, or should the phone be set to data on, so that JD can manage data access according to the chosen schedule?

Ian
 
I decided to do a full to empty test and yesterday morning at 6:30AM the battery was 100% after an overnight charge. 26 hours later, and what I'd call average use, it's down to 2%. Very roughly, battery run down is 4% an hour. I'm use Juice Defender (free version) to maintain internet contact (2 minutes up time per half an hour). I was just wondering if this is what others are getting or whether there are som further optimisations I should be aiming for?

Ian
 
In my experience turning on/off data connection with juice defender used more power than leaving on.
 
Can anybody tell me, what the number that show up in desktop/screens mean. Example

Battery life
x2.16

Sent from my HTC Desire
 
Technically yes, but I've found that this isn't very accurate.

I used JD quite a bit but never really got more battery life out of it. If you really want to extend battery life, just turn off mobile data when you don't need it - I can easily get 50+ hours doing this.
 
I installed Juice Defender at the weekend, paid for the full version & was amazed how much longer the battery lasted. It finally ran out after 36 hours of moderate to heavy use, before this i was lucky to get 15-18 hours use. Also altered the screen brightness the same day so might of helped
 
I installed JD and I fell foul of the APN reactivation thing, by which I mean when JD turns off the mobile network, I can't get it to turn back on without a reboot. Anyone suffer from this and/or know a workaround?
 
Hey Nodders. Suffered from exactly the same thing so have now un-installed. Shame as it really did extend my battery life!
 
I've been using this for the last month now, and it really is a genius application.
I did notice that the apn didn't go back on unless I did a reboot... I emailed the developer and he sorted it within a day!
I'm a very heavy user, and now am getting a good day and a half out of it.
Really, delete your task killer and use this; it works a treat!
 
I too have the same problem (on UK o2)! Interesting point in emailing the developer, did they do a special custom version of the software for you or a patch?
 
mirrorimage said:
I've been using this for the last month now, and it really is a genius application.
I did notice that the apn didn't go back on unless I did a reboot... I emailed the developer and he sorted it within a day!
I'm a very heavy user, and now am getting a good day and a half out of it.
Really, delete your task killer and use this; it works a treat!
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Can you tell me what's developed said to fix your problem? Because I got the problem too
 
kopite72 said:
I installed Juice Defender at the weekend, paid for the full version & was amazed how much longer the battery lasted. It finally ran out after 36 hours of moderate to heavy use, before this i was lucky to get 15-18 hours use. Also altered the screen brightness the same day so might of helped
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What's heavy usage that you mean? Sent/Receive SMS? Browsing the net? YouTube video?

Or use HTC for CALL and SMS only?
 
I have monitored battery usage with just the phone enabled (no wifi or mobile data) and it's working out at 2% per hour. That's half the consumption compared to with Juice Defender on, but of course the phone isn't doing anything apart from waiting for a phone call or SMS message. 2% per hour means 2 days at a stretch but only with minimal use...
 
jauhari said:
What's heavy usage that you mean? Sent/Receive SMS? Browsing the net? YouTube video?

Or use HTC for CALL and SMS only?
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Sending lots of text. Surfing the net and about 3 or 4 hours listening to music. Also tested it when I went to sleep it only used 5% battery over 8 hours. Thought that was good.

Been using msn lots tonight and the battery isnt as good so looks like MSN is a heavy battery user. Still on 60% after 5 hours very heavy use
 
I tried it today to see if I could set nighttime silent mode but you need the pay app. I uninstalled it. Took me about 5 minutes after areboot to work out why I couldn't connect to mobile data network. It had changed my APn settings. I'm sure it probably states in the documentation that it does this, but I didn't read anything,

D'oh
 
danfrance said:
I tried it today to see if I could set nighttime silent mode but you need the pay app. I uninstalled it. Took me about 5 minutes after areboot to work out why I couldn't connect to mobile data network. It had changed my APn settings. I'm sure it probably states in the documentation that it does this, but I didn't read anything,

D'oh
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It needs to do that I think... it runs in the background; so it reads the time the APN is on and the amount of data it uses.
 
mirrorimage said:
It needs to do that I think... it runs in the background; so it reads the time the APN is on and the amount of data it uses.
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It makes sense. But installed, played and uninstalled without knowing it had done it. I was worried for a moment.
 
ifb-online said:
I have monitored battery usage with just the phone enabled (no wifi or mobile data) and it's working out at 2% per hour. That's half the consumption compared to with Juice Defender on, but of course the phone isn't doing anything apart from waiting for a phone call or SMS message. 2% per hour means 2 days at a stretch but only with minimal use...
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hmm so if u r not connecting to the internet u r better off without juice defender.

but what about if u are planning to connect, would be keen to test that.

1-phone with wifi battery % per hour
2-phone with wifi and juice defender % per hour
3-phone with 3g battery % per hour
4-phone with 3g and juice defender % per hour
(I guess the results would vary according to how many/which apps u r running)

might have a go at that some time.
 
lifeonmtv said:
hmm so if u r not connecting to the internet u r better off without juice defender.
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Yup. The big thing JD does is to manage APN (and WiFi on the paid version) depending on usage (i.e time of day, whether the screen is on/traffic is in flow, proportion of each hour to switch on etc). If you don't use APN in particular then you wont see much benefit from JD even theoretically.
 
Hi there, ive just uninstalled JD myself and lost my 3g connection....can you guide me briefly how to get it back im lost.

Cheers
 
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