Battery solution

[troylytle]

If your battery sucks since 8.1, don't open battery saver! It will stay open in the background and eat on your battery. So, if you do open it, immediately close it in the multitasking menu. Solved. If you find any other tasks that eat the battery in the background, post them here.

 

[anon(7900571)]

battery saver / calendar now suspends in background task.

 

[ven07]

While looking for new wp news about a week ago I came across a post from someone saying that turning Cortana off helps safe battery life..
I checked my phone, but her battery use is moderate to say the least.. Just thought I'd share it anyways :smile:

 

[ozahran]

To me, Cortana is worth the battery drain (if any). Lol

 

[rubenwidjaja]

I have disable this and now my battery back to normal:
- Cortana disable from backround task, yes it will be disable some auto function of Cortana but if you want save more % battery better do not let Cortana run in the backround
- Battery saver disable from backround task
- Callendar disable from backround task
- Store disable from backround task

what I allow it:
whatsapp, facebook, twitter
With 3G connection on, and normal usage my 720 come back life for more than 1 and a half days

 

[ven07]

I have disable this and now my battery back to normal:
- Cortana disable from backround task, yes it will be disable some auto function of Cortana but if you want save more % battery better do not let Cortana run in the backround
- Battery saver disable from backround task
- Callendar disable from backround task
- Store disable from backround task

what I allow it:
whatsapp, facebook, twitter
With 3G connection on, and normal usage my 720 come back life for more than 1 and a half days

The Cortana battery drain problem isn't an issue for everybody.. It's weird :/

 

[troylytle]

The Cortana battery drain problem isn't an issue for everybody.. It's weird :/

I agree. I have no drain now that I fixed the battery thing.

 

[ale2999]

the top culprit on my phone according to battery saver is Internet Explorer.
Sigh

 

[herbertsnow]

Well the most use app will use up the most power.

 

[reded23]

Its not any one App, its the OS that is at fault here. Disabling this app or that won't help in the long run. The first App I found to be draining the battery was Skype, the phone was red hot until I forced quit it. Since then I have had the same issue with a number of different apps each time quitting them or soft resetting the phone cured it (till the next time). I suspect something in the OS that is used by apps is the culprit.

 

[troylytle]

But battery saver will kill it. Period.

 

[taymur]

interesting. i will try this.

 

[Will6371]

I have been using the x to kill the app and I have no battery problems. I have opened it and used the back button to close it so I will see if I see any difference over the next few hours. I am currently using 0.2% per hour when the phone is on idle.

 

[Lu520]

If we disable Cortrona from BG, can Quite hours n Cortona things(when i open cortona) work normally?

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

If we disable Cortrona from BG, can Quite hours n Cortona things(when i open cortona) work normally?

As far as I know you cannot. Since quiet hours etc are linked to Cortana.

 

[Lu520]

As far as I know you cannot. Since quiet hours etc are linked to Cortana.

My Opinion too Same, Cortona should be beyond these

 

[reded23]

But battery saver will kill it. Period.

For you maybe, but for me it has been Skype, and Nextgen Reader, for others I have seen Cortana, IE and more. I don't honestly think its these programs but an underling OS issue. Just to make sure as I have seen confusion in other threads, I am talking about the issue where the phone heats up very hot and then battery is dead in under an hour from 100%.

 

[ven07]

uninstall the app http://forums.windowscentral.com/wi...rs/280562-uninstal-oem-apps-wp-8-0-8-1-a.html

 

[DavidinCT]

The Cortana battery drain problem isn't an issue for everybody.. It's weird :/

Even if it is....Isn't that the point of having 8.1 ? If your going to disable one of the primary features of 8.1 why not just stick with 8.0 ?

I've disabled a lot of stuff (look through my past posts for a list of what I disabled), I can get through a day on my ICON with MOST stuff but, if I start playing games, all I have to say is I better be near a charger... 5 min game (Real Racing 2 for example) will drop my battery by 10%.... and if your torwards the end of the day, that could be the phone killer for the night...

I still think there is slight drain after tweaking it but, I think that is something that will be adressed in the firmware when it's released as a final/RTM from Nokia...or Verizon in my case.

 

[ven07]

Even if it is....Isn't that the point of having 8.1 ? If your going to disable one of the primary features of 8.1 why not just stick with 8.0 ?

I've disabled a lot of stuff (look through my past posts for a list of what I disabled), I can get through a day on my ICON with MOST stuff but, if I start playing games, all I have to say is I better be near a charger... 5 min game (Real Racing 2 for example) will drop my battery by 10%.... and if your torwards the end of the day, that could be the phone killer for the night...

I still think there is slight drain after tweaking it but, I think that is something that will be adressed in the firmware when it's released as a final/RTM from Nokia...or Verizon in my case.

Ehm some only wanted the notification center, updated calender and better volume control So no, not everyone was interested in Cortana