Greetings,
I have the CR-200 charger in my car. It generally charges at the rate of 15% per hour.
On full day of driving yesterday, I started with a full charge. After 4 hours, I was down to 42% while the phone was on the charger.
I was using the Here Drive+ app and streaming music via bluetooth. But I was really surprised that 2 apps could drain the battery while charging. Figure a 60% battery loss in 4 hours while adding 15% hour and you get a battery drain of 30% per hour for those 2 apps. or a lifespan of about 3 hours without the charger.
The other issue that surprised me was how hot the phone was. When I stopped at a gas station, I took the phone off the charger for the first time in 4 hours. It was so hot that I put it in the cooler at the gas station while I filled the car. It was crazy hot and made me wonder if that amount of heat would deteriorate the battery. It can't be good for it. It was overcast with no sun on the phone while mounted so the heat was coming from inside the phone, not externally.
I know that GPS is CPU and battery intensive, but it seems like this is a really excessive drain.
Just curious to see if anyone else is having the same battery drain and/or heat issues with similar app loads.
Thanks for any advice.
Doug M.
I have the CR-200 charger in my car. It generally charges at the rate of 15% per hour.
On full day of driving yesterday, I started with a full charge. After 4 hours, I was down to 42% while the phone was on the charger.
I was using the Here Drive+ app and streaming music via bluetooth. But I was really surprised that 2 apps could drain the battery while charging. Figure a 60% battery loss in 4 hours while adding 15% hour and you get a battery drain of 30% per hour for those 2 apps. or a lifespan of about 3 hours without the charger.
The other issue that surprised me was how hot the phone was. When I stopped at a gas station, I took the phone off the charger for the first time in 4 hours. It was so hot that I put it in the cooler at the gas station while I filled the car. It was crazy hot and made me wonder if that amount of heat would deteriorate the battery. It can't be good for it. It was overcast with no sun on the phone while mounted so the heat was coming from inside the phone, not externally.
I know that GPS is CPU and battery intensive, but it seems like this is a really excessive drain.
Just curious to see if anyone else is having the same battery drain and/or heat issues with similar app loads.
Thanks for any advice.
Doug M.