FYI "Weather Bug" is a battery killer

Just a heads up
I have a HTC Eris and I loaded the "weather bug" app and I set it to update the logest setting it let you "60 min" and my battery was gone in a day all the time.
It didn't matter if I had it set up as a widge on the home screen or just had it set up as a short cut and didn't open it unless I need info, every hour it would show up on my "app killer" screen running,
So I removed it and for three days in a row know I'm getting pretty much 2 days run time on a charge.

Just a heads up

 

Hmmmm thats a god thought...
I didn't think of that and I did have it setuse your location.
Is there a setting to NOT be tracking your loc all the time?
I didn't see it.

 

Really 6 hours??
I moght have to go back and take a look at that.

thx

 

well I just down loaded it again and set it to update every 4 hours and shut OFF my location and just set up a couple location by zip code.
Going to see how it does.

thanks

 

OK well the battery is doing waaaay better know that "my location" in the WB app is off. I think that the "my location" was the problem, setting it for 4 hour up dates is going to help big time. I think the " my location" setting was killing the battery because I was in my car on the highway and it just keeps trying to find the location, but you are flying by the cell towers so it never really locks on.

Its better than the weather app that comes on the phone, I think that one is every hour at most??
I'm much happier with it now.
I really think people are setting there phones up to get info way to often and thats whats is killing the battery's so fast. Like with the mail I have mine set for 4 hours, its not a work e-mail so do I really need it every 15 min.??

Just my thoughts...

 

BIG help killing it.....

 

So kind of an update.
I set the "my location" off (much better battery life), Updates set to every 6 hours
BUT I have noticed 60-70% of the time I wake my phone to do something (inside those 6 hours) and then check my advanced task killer app before putting the phone back to sleep, weather bug shows running......Why would it show running if it's not time for an update???

I think I might remove weather bug for a week and see if my battery gets even better, that would tell me if WB is really draining the battery

 

no I don't
thats whats weired

I have been using the weather widget that comes with the phone and using it as a short cut on my home screen NOT a widget on my home screen, that way it won't update til I open it.

Tried that with WB and it was still showing running like when I had it installed as a widget on the home screen. I also installed a rader widget, that only getting data when you open it.

 

No not yet, might have to try it.
Will post what I find

 

My phone was NOT awake 100% of the time with WB installed it just showed up in my task killer all the time, when I had it set for updates every 6 hours. I don't need it to follow my locating or have the temp in my task bar, thats just asking for battery draining, Being able to get weather off the phone with one click on a short cut is good enough for me.
We have to remember this is still just a phone with a small battery, not a laptop, granted it does almost as much.....lol

 

Update, this set up is working as I like, the weather never showd up in my task killer unless i open the short cut on my home screen for weeahter info.
Perfect.....granted not as cool as waking the phone and having the temp and condition right there, but the loooonger battery life this way is better for me.

 

Who me???...LOL
No prob, justing trying to optimize our phone...