rcranium
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I didn't realize that all the battery apps update every 30 minutes. None of them have custom settings? Is this the same with weather apps?
But how then would it be possible for the app to monitor battery status when monitoring should be made in background? When the app isn't in background, it is dehydrated by the OS and thus process' main working thread is frozen. Please correct me if I am speaking absurd.
I didn't realize that all the battery apps update every 30 minutes. None of them have custom settings? Is this the same with weather apps?
yep, it's a requirement in the store - they update every 30 minutes. With a developer unlocked device, you theoretically could deploy a custtom app that updates every minute and updates even in battery saver mode (completely like the HTC clock).
No, you can't do that. Dev unlock merely allow you to side load xap files (for up to certain number of apps). To update more frequently than 30-minute, you need special privilege that is only available to device makers. Like HTC clock (and Nokia Storage check which can enumerate storage usages that normal app can never allow to).
As for OP, a battery app only runs in the background once every 30 minutes and runs a few short line of code to read the battery percentage from OS and update live tile. If that little amount of work can cause a lot of battery drain, your phone needs to get serviced.