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andrew.elliott69 Posts: 37

Since putting Camcoder on my p800, I have noticed if I use it for playing or taking video, and then close the app, my battery life seems to shorten to about 12 hours on standby.
I can phisically see the battery meter go down each half an hour,
Yet if I shutdown and reboot, the battery lasts longer!
does anyone else have this problem or is it a figmeant of my imagination?
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Posted: 2003-08-07 13:14:36
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masseur Posts: > 500

yeah, a few people noticed that too!
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Posted: 2003-08-07 13:18:18
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__spc__ Posts: > 500

Do you use SMan 1.1a (available from my-symbian -> UIQ devices -> downloads)? I wonder if the 'end task 'kill' option, followed by the memory 'flush' function will kill it off? (Would save a reboot)

Steven.

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Posted: 2003-08-07 13:21:44
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andrew.elliott69 Posts: 37

No dont use it, but it sounds like that may work, tell you what it was a nightmare, went out at weekend on boozy nite out with mates, were always playin games on each other, anyway cut a long story short im in the middle of no where and go to make a call, in bang battery dies. I really need to remember to reset phone.

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Posted: 2003-08-07 13:43:57
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__spc__ Posts: > 500

Gone are the days when I used to run my battery down so it could have a full recharge - I always ended up somwhere with a dead phone!

Mind you, nowadays with the new Li batteries, they can take repeated charging without degredation of performance, so my P800 gets sat in the cradle *every* night!

Get SMan 1.1a - no P800 should be without it (also get File Manager to go with it)!

Steven.

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Posted: 2003-08-07 14:02:59
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andrew.elliott69 Posts: 37

Got file manager, couldnt live without on the p800, ill need to have a look at Sman as dont even know what it is
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Posted: 2003-08-07 14:08:10
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PMG Posts: 19

The camcoders has an exit option on the program which closes it down!
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Posted: 2003-08-07 14:15:56
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__spc__ Posts: > 500

@andrew.elliott69
SMan 1.1a

@PMG
Not all programs always free up their memory space properly....
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Posted: 2003-08-07 14:49:41
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andrew.elliott69 Posts: 37

Cheers man I done a search on google and found it havent had chance to tinker around yet as at work, gona av a play now

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Posted: 2003-08-07 15:38:53
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anish Posts: > 500

@andrew elliot69
You should have done the search on esato instead. (so I did it for you)The following link will tell you everything about Sman. It is a thread by the developer himself. And just for your information Sman solves the problem of baterry drain.

http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=29609&forum=35&start=0
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[ This Message was edited by: anish on 2003-08-08 17:11 ]
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Posted: 2003-08-08 18:11:22
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