http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3708
On Apr 13, 6:32 am, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > As I understand it, there seems to have been a change in the OS that > prevents the accelerometer from running when the screen turns off and > the phone CPU goes into its power saving state. Can this be > confirmed? I have gotten around this by using a wake lock, but this > is a much less than ideal solution as it drains a lot of battery. > > If the accelerometer was disabled in low power mode to save the > battery, it may very well have the opposite effect in many cases, such > as mine. A partial wake lock seems to be required to keep it running, > which is obviously much worse than if just the accelerometer were > running without the need for the wake lock. > > Are there any other workarounds anyone knows of to getting > accelerometer values while the phone is in low power mode? Also, are > there any plans to change this in future versions of the OS? If there > are no plans to change this, I would definitely like to petition for > this to be changed. > > Thoughts? Ideas? Workarounds? Thank you!! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
