Battery Drained?
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My other Pandora is like that.
The batter only lasts for 5 hours at best.
The batter only lasts for 5 hours at best.
MarioPandio
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Theres a remote possibility that the batteries in storage for a long time due to the nub re-design delay, may have the odd duff one among them.
After more testing and ensuring it isn't an issue of how the battery is seating (i.e poor contacts giving incorrect charging/readings) perhaps you should contact OPT via whichever shop you bought it from and ask if they can help.
After more testing and ensuring it isn't an issue of how the battery is seating (i.e poor contacts giving incorrect charging/readings) perhaps you should contact OPT via whichever shop you bought it from and ask if they can help.
It depends, you should get about 12 hours with WiFi / BT Off, default brightness (about 75%) and no overclocking.
WiFi and brightness EAT the battery and can easily change the time to 8 hours.
WiFi and brightness EAT the battery and can easily change the time to 8 hours.
Well thats just it I only had the brightness set to 40/54 and as for Wifi I was turning it on and off not leaving it on for hours just a few searches and than turn off and go play a game.
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Same here. Brightness to the second lowest setting, WiFi and Bluetooth off. Sound off. 
mulchardude
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For awhile I was worried I'd done something to shorten the life of my battery. Several times it ran until it auto-shutoff at 5%, I was running it overclocked a lot, and though wifi was off in low-power mode, it was on whenever I was using the device, I wasn't setting it manually.
I tried not using wifi, lowering the brightness and not overclocking, and at first didn't notice an improvement.
Then I switched up my charging schedule. I'm using that improved-charging script, so when it gets to 100% it stops charging until it gets back down to 70%, which takes awhile in low-power.
I just had bad timing. When I stayed up late one night, I checked it in the morning after charging and it was at exactly 100% - it lasted as long as it had been originally, with wifi on and lots of use.
I dunno if your situation is the same. But did you install that script? What's the charge at when you *start* using it after charging?
Apologies if this isn't your issue. Since it was mine and I resolved it, I figured I'd throw in my two cents.
I tried not using wifi, lowering the brightness and not overclocking, and at first didn't notice an improvement.
Then I switched up my charging schedule. I'm using that improved-charging script, so when it gets to 100% it stops charging until it gets back down to 70%, which takes awhile in low-power.
I just had bad timing. When I stayed up late one night, I checked it in the morning after charging and it was at exactly 100% - it lasted as long as it had been originally, with wifi on and lots of use.
I dunno if your situation is the same. But did you install that script? What's the charge at when you *start* using it after charging?
Apologies if this isn't your issue. Since it was mine and I resolved it, I figured I'd throw in my two cents.
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You might want to provide Tyler with the link to the script.
This is the first time I'm hearing about this script. Care to share lol?
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I think it's WizStan's script?
cosurgi
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I want that script too.
I am starting to think that my battery can last 8h max also, when snoozed. I promised to post my crontab + script for tracking battery life, but again I'm too tired, so sorry. I'll try to do that at first opportunity. Those plots are quite interesting.
I almost never overclocked. I stopped charging at night now I only charge when I'm back home, and disconnect before going to sleep.
I don't know how long it runs unsnoozed, because I wasn't using pandora that long in a single session. I think I will leave it tonight with wifi/BT off, with something running... a game or something. Then it will shutdown and tomorrow we will know how long it can run _really_ doing something.
EDIT: ok, I started freedroid, turned down screen brightness a bit (I don't know if that's 75% because it's nowhere displayed) and now I leave it running.
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Where is this script lol? :lol: :blink:
WizardStan
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It's not a script though, it's a binary that sets a few things in the charge circuit to help prevent the battery from overcharging by stopping the charge when it hits 100% and then restarting it when it falls to about 90-95%. Cycling the battery between 90 and 100% is a lot better than continuously pumping energy into it after it's full.
Note that 100% is not the same as full, in case you use this and wonder why it reaches 100% and doesn't stop charging: it's because the battery can absorb a little more energy safely beyond the 4.3 volts it is rated at.
Note that 100% is not the same as full, in case you use this and wonder why it reaches 100% and doesn't stop charging: it's because the battery can absorb a little more energy safely beyond the 4.3 volts it is rated at.
I will just wait for Kernal Updates like we all are
