Here Drive+ : Navigation App or Battery drainer ?

[Pushynachan]

Here Drive+ is am awesome application for navigation . But when I use that app I notice a serious battery drain. It uses to much of battery . For an instance it would drain 100% of battery in an hour our less. Microsoft needs to optimise the app to use less battery.

 

[Chris_Germany]

Well, GPS, mobile, screen on, many calculations, 3d graphic...that uses battery. you cant change that! Get a charger for the car and done.

 

[Pushynachan]

Google Navigation doesn't drain that much of charge on my android.

 

[msirapian]

I thought it was a battery drainer (as compared to my Nokia 808 Pureview running Nokia Maps) on my 1020 but I then realised it was a problem of charger and cable.

Basically:
a) if you use a data cable (or charge and data one), intensity will be limited to 0.5A
b) if you use a charge only cable, then no limitation; if your charger is 1.0A, then you get the 1.0A on the phone

Now when you look at your Nokia wall charger, it uses a data cable but the charger has its own data pins shortcircuited. In other words, whichever cable you use, it will behave as a charge only USB cable.

So the alternative is: you look for a charge only USB cable, or you look for a charger which "blocks" the data pins.

I didn't want an extra cable so I went for the Nokia DC-20. I use it with the USB cable shipped with the 1020 and it works great: on a 4h trip, 4G on, BT on, WLAN on, MixRadio on, Drive+ all the time = 100% battery during the whole trip.

Another solution is to lock the screen when you drive on straight road (like the next turn is in 70km). It will save a lot of battery and the vocal guidance on Drive+ is a lot more precise than the one we had on Symbian: you don't necessarily need to see the map to understand where to turn right or left. Drive+ resumes very fast when unlocked, anyway.

 

[jasnils]

Here Drive+ consumes more battery than I can put into it while driving. Could be the charger, but it does charge the phone if I don't run the Here Drive+. I don't have this problem with neither iPhone 4S or HTC One S. Microsoft should shape up. Where I go from Nokia Lumia 930 is totally up to them. Wouldn't be the first time I change carrier or operating system.

 

[prasath1234]

Do you use data with here drive plus then it will drain battery use offline navigation then battery drain would be minimal again not less compared to google maps.

 

[Waylon Payne]

I have noticed that it causes massive battery drain after I have used it and that my phone will remain extremely hot after I have stopped using it. Don't have the same issue with waze, I'm sure that there is a bug.