* 2G connection 24/7, but never used for internet access. Only very rare and short phone calls.
* WiFi connection at least 12h / day, with Jabber and Skype accounts active.
* Occasional SMS / instant messaging.
* Checking for and installing package updates every day.
From what I've read, the worst power wasters seem to be:
* Anything that keeps the CPU out of sleep / low power states for significant fractions of the time, e.g.
- badly programmed desktop widgets (I only have the calendar, conversations and OMWeather widgets on my home desktop) or generally apps
- playing videos or music, in particular with not yet well-optimized codecs such as Vorbis
- certain bugs, e.g. https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6868
* 3G radio, in particular for internet access and in particular with some things like Mail for Exchange.
Posted Jul 4, 2010 20:54 UTC (Sun) by oak (guest, #2786)
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My guess would be that the issue is mainly Skype. Track your network usage with and without it. Network powersave timeouts are much longer with phone than with WLAN so even occasional network activity can keep the related radio HW constantly active.