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Could it be that DMD draws quite some power in Map VIEW with a GPX track displayed? I noticed a strange behavior today which I did not observe when using the standard DMD version before. Before I used DMD as Launcher and the TomTom App for navigation – in this combination my Samsung would stay at 100% charge when using the SP wireless charger (wasn’t a problem over the whole last season).
Today I sued DMD Beta Map mode navigating a GPX track and after about 6 hours the Samsung battery was empty even though the same charger was charging – I will check for other potential reasons but since I did not change anything on the hardware setup, I wonder if DMD beta just draws that much energy that the charger is not good enough…Could it be that DMD draws quite some power in Map VIEW with a GPX track displayed? I noticed a strange behavior today which I did not observe when using the standard DMD version before. Before I used DMD as Launcher and the TomTom App for navigation – in this combination my Samsung would stay at 100% charge when using the SP wireless charger (wasn’t a problem over the whole last season). Today I sued DMD Beta Map mode navigating a GPX track and after about 6 hours the Samsung battery was empty even though the same charger was charging – I will check for other potential reasons but since I did not change anything on the hardware setup, I wonder if DMD beta just draws that much energy that the charger is not good enough…
There are some real-time statistics being done in the background (for the track progress box) that will consume more power, yet, from the measures I did its not that high comparing to Google Maps for example. Unfortunately I cannot develop the app taking in consideration things like power use, its supposed to be an app for devices always powered, otherwise we will have to limit the app A LOT in regards to performance and features.
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Contribute to DMD2 Translations | Buy Me a CoffeeIt is not running on battery, it is using the SP connect Wireless Charger – it’s hard to get some data about it but it seems that it is only loading with 7.5W max (the standard goes up to 15W though) – so maybe in total in sunlight it’s just above that limit in total power consumption and therefore it is actually draining additional battery power – or maybe it is in combination with the incorrect battery charging indicator? (however I tested on another wireless charger at home and it actually did charge the battery wireless when DMD was running – have to try it again using the SP Connect charger on the bike to be sure tough…)
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