APRS?

[W5BRM]

I just found a very big FLAW with the APRSDROID program. Whatever U do, DON'T leave it on!!
I fully charged my Phone yesterday afternoon, and ran the APRSDROID. It ran the pjhone to STONE DEAD just overnight!!!! I know the GPS is on, but the program itself must use a TREMENDOUS amount of battery power. Now, I will only turn it on briefly!!

I noticed the same thing. I found a little something that helps a bit.

Go to Preferences -> Location Source.
Select "Periodic GPS/Network Position"
Once that is set then select Locations Settings.
Select Minimum Update Time and set to how often u want to have the software update your posit.
Select Minimum Update Distance and set that to how far u want to travel before updating. Set to 0 if u want to disable it

I have mine set to 15 minutes and Distance turned off. I noticed a moderate improvement over having the "Smart Beaconing" turned on. SB keeps the GPS and your internet constantly active and thats a batt killer as well as a data drain. Can be painful if you're on metered bandwidth.

I havent played with it long enough to see HOW big a difference it makes but i did notice some change. I also pretty much run with my phone plugged in while I'm driving the truck so my experience might be a but different then yours.

Hope that helps. Let us know if it does