Facebook sync, battery hog?

[dachloo]

*** NOTE ***
I just realized i posted to the Nexus One forum, not Galaxy Nexus as i had intended..



Hello everyone

I thought i should share what i just discovered. I disabled the syncing of facebook contacts, and my battery usage seems to have dropped significantly.

I have deactivated the autosync and notifications in the facebook app ages ago. The only change now was that in "Accounts and sync".

The first ~8h of my battery history is during the night (see attached screenshots)

 

[Closed Source Project]

Although our devices are different, I have to agree with you on the sync and battery issues. I use Facebook a lot and would love auto syncing, but it hits the battery too hard. What I did was disable syncing in settings>accounts and in the Facebook app it's self. I noticed that my battery drained at a much lower rate after doing this. Another think you can do is lower the frequency at which the app updates; but still there will be the update service running and your battery will continue to drain.

Welcome to the N1 section

 

[dachloo]

Thanks

Still waiting for the day battery issues are a distant memory..

 

[Closed Source Project]

Yea, smartphones are great and all, but battery always sucks. We need a company to create a new technology to make them smaller and more efficient. What mAh size is the G Nexus's battery?

 

[altruistic666]

Big screens, multiple accounts and some application polling to get notification drains battery significantly. Day will come when there ll be batteries which will last more..

 

[Closed Source Project]

Big screens, multiple accounts and some application polling to get notification drains battery significantly. Day will come when there ll be batteries which will last more..

Is Mumbai anywhere near the Western Ghats in India?

 

[Y2Ne1]

Is Mumbai anywhere near the Western Ghats in India?

the Western Ghats. It's around 100 km far from Mumbai by road just googled it ^_^ hope i helped yaar

 

[phirenz]

Yea, smartphones are great and all, but battery always sucks. We need a company to create a new technology to make them smaller and more efficient. What mAh size is the G Nexus's battery?

It has a 1750 mAh battery.

I think a methanol fuel cell would be nice. Methanol is 15 times more energy dense than a Lithium Ion battery. The only problem is making a small and safe enough fuel cell.

 

[beanboy89]

I think I am having the same issue with my Nexus One running stock 2.3.6. The past few days, I've noticed that my battery has been draining very fast. Normally, I had gotten a solid two days on a charge, but now I'm lucky if I'm getting an entire day on one charge. I haven't changed my usage habits at all. I had noticed that the Facebook app had notifications enabled and was checking for notifications once an hour. I disabled notifications, but the battery drain seems to be continuing. I've checked for other apps that may have gotten updated which are looking for notifications, but nothing else seems to have been changed.

 

[Sergill007]

Thanks

Still waiting for the day battery issues are a distant memory..

thanks