[PRJ] longest battery power for each rom/radio/hardspl

[chaelli]

Hi,

I read a lot about different hardspls and radios together with different roms result in faster or slower battery drain... But nobody really knows which is the best hardspl or radio combination for any rom.

that's why I set up a little website which could help with this..
http://www.smartwebdesign.ch/ppcbatt/

It's only very simple by now.. I don't want to put real work in it until I know what you think about!

If it's beeing used I will add a search interface for sure.. but for now I just want to know what you think and if people are willing to enter data...


Suggestions are highly welcome!

Greets Chaelli

[ravest]

nice intention
i think you should have a required field for the location where the phone is usedand the provider(some combinations work good in some regions/orivuders)
and the first fields should be drop down ones, to be able to select previously created entries, or create a new one(to be able to sort and filter data )

le:
it would be a good ideea , for all users to use the same tool to measure battery drain in standby, and with the screen turned on at maximum brightness
this would be an emphiric way of measuring battery drainage.

[mugglesquop]

if you want accurate data, then only certified people can enter data into the site.

as mentioned, there are many variables, network, age of phone, how warm it is even.

dont think its possible personally, but a good idea.

[dereknas]

Is there any software that can do a battery of tests on WinMo? Perhaps all chefs can cook them into their Roms so that it would launch right after the initial setup before any cabs are installed and perform the tests and at the end a summary will be displayed.

[chaelli]

thx for the feedback!

@ravest: I will add these fields but not groub by them yet (useless until there is more data) - but I will add a possibility to show the details for every device/rom/radio where you can see these things (including the comments)

@others: I also thought about measuring.. but I don't think people will take the time to measure this exactely - that's why I've chosen to use a subjective measurement - usually one has a pretty good idea how one configuration works compared to another one (with the same usage pattern - which is usally not depending on the configuration but on the person...

I know that this is not good science.. but IF we get a lot of data I think the results would be usefull...

[optimiser]

The only way to confirm battery life is in a laboratory, with the handset linked directly to certified test equipment and kept at constant transmitter/receiver levels.

Any public database of random opinions will be much less useful than individuals trying out all the different radio/ROM's for themselves.

As others have mentioned before there are too many variables on the way people use their phones, and different networks etc etc.

[chaelli]

@optimiser: of course you are right - but I never intended to get an exact value - but an average user-feeling. People can compare different configurations on their personal phones !usually with other variables (like usage pattern, location, provider) staying stable! - and this is what's important.. one can compare the different configurations against each other

[mjaxa]

@optimiser: of course you are right - but I never intended to get an exact value - but an average user-feeling.
And therefore it is useless, as us humans, can't properly judge battery drain (which is measurable in mAmps) by "user feeling".

In order to measure battery drain you would need to set up a test procedure, which must include (beside the others) the following:
the same phone
the same period of time
same usage
and WORKING measurement tool. Not a software (because they tend to swtich of on standby mode) but plugged external measurement.

THEN you could approach some kind of fair measurement. Otherwise it's "how you feel", and as long as you are happy with your feelings, it's perfectly OK.

Cheers.