On 05/04/2014 00:52, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
Hi there. I wonder what would happen if instead you disable the
> location services of the dropbox app and leave the auto refresh in
> the background on. I suspect it is a location service which would be
> causing the battery drain. Dropbox has a feature where depending on
> what your location is, it will do certain things or synchronize
> certain files.
>
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> On Apr 4, 2014, at 6:37 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> In my particular case, drop box was causing background refresh to
>> keep the GPS receiver in the active state. Once I removed drop
>> box's ability of background refresh, the problem cleared up.
>>
>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected]
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>> On 5 Apr 2014, at 12:31, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there. Background refresh isn't just for apps with location
>>> services. Other apps that don't have their own push services can
>>> also utilize this. It is my understanding that this will not
>>> highly affect your battery. So in theory you shouldn't have to
>>> turn it off.
>>>
>>> I suspect the problems with the battery usage that some people
>>> are having is more to do with some other issue not background
>>> refresh.
>>>
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>>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Alex Stone <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Agreed, but I don't see why I should be forced to turn
>>>> background app refresh off, what's the point in having it if it
>>>> doesn't work properly? On 04/04/2014 16:18, Chris Apple boy
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> It's horrible only if background app refresh is turned on as
>>>>> for some reason location services are used when they
>>>>> shouldn't be. It's this location services feature that uses
>>>>> the most power. Turning this off solves the problem. You only
>>>>> need background app refresh if you're using location-based
>>>>> apps such as Blind Square anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof!
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/04/2014 15:54, Jed Barton wrote:
>>>>>> Hey guys, OK, I need some input here. I'm having a serious
>>>>>> debate about whether or not to upgrade to 7.1 because of
>>>>>> the reports I hear that the battery life is horrible. Any
>>>>>> input?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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Raul, I agree, but that's probably a bit advanced for most people.
Cheers
Alex
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