BT PAN: Power drain normal?

[craigiecraigie4]

Hi Guys. I'm using BT PAN Internet Sharing (on 3G) a lot. However, the power has to stay on in order to maintain a connection, and I'm draining the battery very fast (probably around 1hr of use).

Is this normal? Is there a way I can reduce this?

When I hold the power button I expect the backlight to turn off, but not so on the Hermes. If I go to backlight settings, even the lowest setting is perfectly visible (ie there's still a backlight there).

Is anyone else finding this or am I being a muppet and missing something?

[walshieau]

Hi Guys. I'm using BT PAN Internet Sharing (on 3G) a lot. However, the power has to stay on in order to maintain a connection, and I'm draining the battery very fast (probably around 1hr of use).

Is this normal? Is there a way I can reduce this?

When I hold the power button I expect the backlight to turn off, but not so on the Hermes. If I go to backlight settings, even the lowest setting is perfectly visible (ie there's still a backlight there).

Is anyone else finding this or am I being a muppet and missing something?

what radio version and ROM are you using...

[unwired4]

It does have to stay on. I lock my device but expect the device to drain quickly due to the 3g data usage.

[craigiecraigie4]

what radio version and ROM are you using...

I'm on 1.18.00. It's default for South Africa, and I've no idea whether the higher versions will be better in SA, or will prove to be less tightly tuned to our exact frequency (altho GSM operators work in bands around 900 or 1800 etc, in reality each country is more specific than that).

[ucramos]

it´s not BT PAN that is draining the power from your TyTn... it´s your 3G connection. I´ve got Chi Tai Dang BatteryStatus TD Plugin installed in my device. Without 3G/HSPDA the power usage is about 90mA (BT: on WIFI: off) ... with data connection active .. it´s over 450mA !!! I don´t know if it is a hardware bug, but the power usage of this device with data tranfer is incredible!! :mad:

[unwired4]

Probably something to do with the separate 3g chip to the main processor. The newer combined chips will no doubt be better in the future.