Double Tap to Wake Destroys Battery

[michail71]

When I had my 920 on GDR2 I didn't notice any battery issues with doubletap on.

 

[raycpl]

Battery life has improved on my 920 since gdr2, its still not that great but I can live with it.
It could be the apps that I've been using has been constantly updated. ie less "rogue" app that drains it dry...[looking t you whatsapp!!]

 

[Giddora]

I have about 40-50% left of my battery each day when I get home from work and about 30% when I go to bed... Sometimes I don't recharge for the night and it still manages to get through the next day.

I never turn off Wifi, Location services, Background Tasks or anything and I have Double Tap and Glance screen activated with the "Look" option (swipe your head above the sensors to activate the screen). No problem whatsoever.

 

[Gleisson Gomes]

After reading almost this whole thread I decided to have DTTW turned on for a week. But talking about battery life, the only smartphone I've used whose battery life I never complained about was my old Palm Treo 650. That phone (or "brick", as we call it in Brazil) was amazingly good. I could make calls on very poor signal locations. I used to spent 2 and half hours talking in it to drain only half battery. Once, its battery lasted 9 days. How I miss it.

 

[Quinn FitzGerald]

I'm surprised that this thread is here, or is a surprise to anyone...

For the sole reason that underneath the Double Tap to Wake option is the note:
"This reduces battery life"

hence I'm surprised why people are surprised when they find it reduces battery life! :grin: :grin: :grin:

Great, except in my experience stuff works like this (experience with glance (peek) and double tap to wake on 920 and 1020):
1. 920 drains less battery when using just glance (wtf?) (both without sim cards)
2. 1020 drains noticeably more battery with double-tap to wake than 920 does. Like "If-I-have-this-on-I-cannot-use-my-phone-for-a-long-day-without-charging-it" with what I would call light usage (web browsing (wifi) and occasional calls/text.
3. 920 does not experience anything near the crazy drop the 1020 does with "double-tap to wake" turned on.

The surprise isn't that is uses more, the surprise is that it takes so much, and varies so much between devices. (note: why does glance use less for me on a 920 than 1020?!?! AMOLED should win here)

 

[mike13ftw]

Maybe Nokia should copy lg and include the double tap feature in the kernel. In LG g2 there is no effect in battery life

 

[JMBasquiat]

I agree, I disabled it and am getting much better battery life.

 

[Demonchld]

This along with glance I turn it off. I think ?t might activate in ur pocket without you knowing and killing the battery maybe.
Cool feature but I keep mine off needs much juice for that camera as I can get out of it.

 

[AndrewL920]

Disable tap to wake because it is really juices the battery a lot

 

[anon5997296]

This along with glance I turn it off. I think ?t might activate in ur pocket without you knowing and killing the battery maybe.
Cool feature but I keep mine off needs much juice for that camera as I can get out of it.

It doesn't kill my battery, but it gets activated in my pocket so I keep it off. Even though I have set touch sensitivity normal, I don't really know how the screen gets activated..

 

[CliveSinclair]

I'm surprised that this thread is here, or is a surprise to anyone...

For the sole reason that underneath the Double Tap to Wake option is the note:
"This reduces battery life"

hence I'm surprised why people are surprised when they find it reduces battery life! :grin: :grin: :grin:

Don't have the 'This reduces battery life' on my 930 under the double tap to wake option. I've always had the option on, so will try with it off - as it's not that reliable anyway.