Android battery life tip

[smilodon]

Done a blog post thing about a couple of battery saving ideas for your Android phone. Nothing revolutionary but maybe worth a look.

Linky thing

[delanvital]

TBH swapping to FroydVillain 1.5 did a lot for me. It is the only ROM with JIT-optimisations made specifically for the Hero. This helps a lot. It also has a much more efficient frequency manager than SetCPU etc.

I also supplement with Locale which powers down all unnecessary stuff during nights, turns off wifi when outside home area, reduces brightness way down after 11 pm etc. I get around 2-2,5 days now on regular battery, sometimes close to three, sometimes a little more than 1, when gaming on it.

I now get 7 full days on the extended battery