On a conventional PC that has an under sized power supply it will run quite happily until the power required is greater than can be powered by the power supply.
On a PC you can put a meter on the cord going to the wall then run different software on the PC. Some will use noticably more power than others. OSMand happens to be one that does more computing hence draws more power which means it is more sensitive to power problems. When the operating system only is running the current demand is low. Cheerio John On 14 Aug 2017 5:16 pm, "Tom" <[email protected]> wrote: > Using a power pack is one solution yes. I have a three way switch which > switches between dyno lights only, both dyno lights and regulated power > output or just regulated power output only. The regulated output could go > into a pass through battery which would in effect act as a UPS. However the > reason that I am posting this issue on the Osmand forum is that Osmand > crashes when other applications such as Locus or Strava remain stable under > the similar circumstances. So why would only Osmand seem to be affected by > this issue? The operating system seems unaffected. > > I like to run Osmand so that the screen comes on only when an announcement > is made which is a fantastic feature for saving battery power. It's this > that has been saving my skin recently as I have been doing a lot of very > hilly rides where there isn't enough power to feed into the phone. So of > course whenever I get to an uphill I switch off the power to the phone and > Osmand crashes, sometimes it doesn't. This is really frustrating as I then > have to wait for Osmand to restart from where it left off. At which point > it then begins to start saving a new track log. > > I've managed to send one Osmand crashlog so far. Not sure where Osmand > saves it's crash logs. Would there be any way of retrieving these easily? > > Andy's suggestion on getting Android crash logs looks too complicated as > it seems I need to install another app on my laptop and the logs are > indecipherable without this app if I've read that correctly? Besides, it's > not Android that's crashing. > > However, in answer to Andy's question. No it doesn't crash when I plug or > unplug a regular charger which would suggest that it's the manner in which > it's being charged. Why then aren't the other two aforementioned > applications affected? What is making Osmand so sensitive to the power > connections? > > Thanks for all your suggestions so far. > > > On Monday, 14 August 2017 17:52:03 UTC+1, Peter B wrote: >> >> Idea for a workaround: >> Could it help, using a power pack between bike dynamo and phone ? >> It should offer input and output at the same time. >> This should buffer any peaks which could come from dynamo. >> It is not expensive and if would help... >> Regards Peter > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
