Battery app that doesn't drain battery

[rcranium]

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?

 

[OzRob]

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.

You are correct. The app would not be able to 'monitor' batter life in the background. But that's what the OP wanted - that the app only updates battery status when specifically opened.

 

[OzRob]

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?

It's the same with ALL apps. Microsoft stipulates that apps can only update the status of live tiles once every half an hour.

 

[foxbat121]

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.

 

[th0mas96]

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.

sure you can, there's even a clock app that does the same thing as the HTC one (TimeMe), look on arnoldvink.com

 

[Vaibhav Chauhan]

Try Battery info. Has all controls in one screen too. Just try it for sometime.

 

[Adam Hel]

Yeah, it is about what I was looking for, I can stop background tasks and it doesn't bother me. Thanks!

 

[anonymous934875938475938475]

No Battery app should be able to flatten your battery, the Background Agent can only run roughly every 30 minutes and even then there is strict timeouts for the agent and if it takes too long it gets killed. We are talking maximum the live tile chewing a few minutes of battery in a charge cycle in the worst case scenario......are people really that sensitive to charge times?