1 Google Currents sync = 9% battery drain.

[SolidOrange]

i really like Google Currents, but the battery drain is absolutely insane! i have been trying to figure out which app was murdering my battery, and finally narrowed it down. check out these screenshots, taken 10 minutes apart.

baseline:

after syncing Currents:

is anyone else experiencing this??

 

[Deleted User]

Currents really isn't designed to be an actively syncing application. It's like a newspaper substitute - sync overnight and grab it in the morning, or sync once during the day.

It pulls a pretty significant amount of data because it's syncing everything - images, all the articles you aren't reading, etc. from all of the sources you have set up.

This is why the shortest sync period you can select is 6 hours... and everyone's experience will be different depending on the sources they have, both number and type (for instance, I have several photographic sources which use more data than news articles).

 

[SolidOrange]

Currents really isn't designed to be an actively syncing application. It's like a newspaper substitute - sync overnight and grab it in the morning, or sync once during the day.

It pulls a pretty significant amount of data because it's syncing everything - images, all the articles you aren't reading, etc. from all of the sources you have set up.

This is why the shortest sync period you can select is 6 hours... and everyone's experience will be different depending on the sources they have, both number and type (for instance, I have several photographic sources which use more data than news articles).

I do only sync it once a day, but i will have to remember to do it while plugged in from now on, lol.

I still think that number is high for 5 minutes of uptime. Even angry birds doesn't drain it that fast.

 

[RyanB]

OP, if you have a habit of charging your phone on a nightly basis, you could try for a daily sync at a time when your asleep

 

[Deleted User]

You don't have to remember - the sync settings allow you to sync only when charging.