Thanks Bart. Putting the phone into aeroplane mode is also supposed to be very helpful for battery life, but you obviously then can't make calls etc.
Terry On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Bart Eisenberg <barteisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is just anecdotal, but it seems to me that using a phone GPS drains > the battery, regardless of the app I sometimes put the phone into > power-save mode. OsmAnd seems to work, but GPX recording is less > precise--fewer samples taken. That, at least, on a Nexus 5X. (Like you, I > also have an external battery. I mostly use it on long hikes and > backpacks.) > > > On Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 7:46:55 AM UTC-7, Terry Jones wrote: >> >> I'm planning to follow some ~1000km GPX tracks in August. Does anyone >> have experience using OsmAnd for tracks of that length? Are there known >> issues like consuming more battery or being slow etc? >> >> Also, are there any OsmAnd tricks for conserving battery power? Obviously >> I can turn off the screen and turn down its brightness when on (as well as >> turning off wifi, bluetooth, etc). Would disabling OsmAnd voice prompts be >> much of a saving? I'm planning to just display the GPX track on the map, >> and not use turn-by-turn guidance. I really like OsmAnd, but it feels like >> it consumes a lot of battery (maybe that's just my imagination, though). I >> have a dynamo and will also have an external battery, but would like to >> minimize what OsmAnd uses. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Terry >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to osmand+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
