One in four Android apps has battery draining bugs, study shows
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1. Fallout09 posted on 18 Jun 2012, 08:12 7 3
Lets see all the IOS sheep now say Android is to blame and not the poorly written application code.
30. sprockkets posted on 18 Jun 2012, 19:25 1 0
Weird. An article just like this came out months ago about how the vast percentage of a games use is the adverts and how it doesn't turn the radio back to sleep.
It affects ios as well btw.
3. Sniggly posted on 18 Jun 2012, 08:24 3 1
Don't you worry your pretty little head. They'll still claim it's somehow Android's fault.
5. good2great posted on 18 Jun 2012, 08:36 2 7
i doubt anybody from the apple camp will come here to say anything...
its usually android trolls and trolls in denial that kick off the wars in here...
now if you check the apple articles then yes you will see the i$.he..P talking trash about android.
but yes i agree with you it is primarily poorly written code.
19. taco50 (banned) posted on 18 Jun 2012, 11:22 4 6
Exactly android articles are very rarely trolled. Android users are free to have discussions in peace. Apple users don't get the same respect. Every Apple article has over half the comments by android trolls.
Wish PA would do something about it.
20. remixfa posted on 18 Jun 2012, 11:53 6 2
says the sites biggest troll... hmm.. your words are a little hollow..
wait.. arent you on an android article.. right now.. whining about cross trolling? lolol.
26. taco50 (banned) posted on 18 Jun 2012, 14:33 4 1
Am I trolling? No.
22. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) posted on 18 Jun 2012, 12:24 0 3
Cause iFans can't argue nor dispute cause they all no Android is much better than Heavy restrictions....
Ooooo look taco is asking and requiring help... how funny hahaha... There's nothing to Troll on Android
cause its an Linux free full OS operating system ....
There not Trolls... there just pointing out inferences...
25. metalpoet (unregistered) posted on 18 Jun 2012, 14:09 2 1
Troll?
28. TROLL posted on 18 Jun 2012, 15:28 3 1
Taco I kinda agree on this one! Green from me.
4. xtian1103 posted on 18 Jun 2012, 08:31 4 0
android is not to be blamed. the battery drain is because of the poorly written application code. happy now? this article isn't an ios vs android topic so don't start any flame war ok?
18. jaytai0106 posted on 18 Jun 2012, 11:17 1 0
Agree. All I care about right now is "FIX IT!!!"
6. shadowcell posted on 18 Jun 2012, 08:41 2 0
I think some of the battery drains are existent due to the fact that most apps are not written to utilize the multithreading on dual core phones. Just a thought....
10. BigRed83 posted on 18 Jun 2012, 09:07 2 0
If I ever want a device that so "smart" that I don't need to be (or am allowed to be), I'll consider an iPhone. In the meantime, have fun at the mall.
24. jmoita2 posted on 18 Jun 2012, 13:17 0 0
In your dreams... but who is the babe in the tight pink top??? She's hot...
29. rasinhussy posted on 18 Jun 2012, 16:35 0 0
He must have an Android phone.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-users-more-likely-to-get-lucky-on-the-first-date_id26485
8. tumchaaditya posted on 18 Jun 2012, 08:54 3 0
Nice article...
Though poorly writtern on ad-supported apps are to blame for lesser battery life on droids, in my opinion
(I REPEAT, in my opinion because I don't intend to start a comment war here),
Android is not as efficient OS as some other mobile OSs(I'm not naming any) in terms of resource usage(battery and processing power)
From a noob's perspective, why does android need minimum 1 GHz processor and 512MB of RAM to run as smooth as butter when some of the desktop OSs still in use can run off lesser resources.
One more point here is other mobile platforms also have ad-supported apps. But, still, they fare better than android when it comes battery life.
33. joey_sfb posted on 22 Jun 2012, 01:51 0 0
"From a noob's perspective, why does android need minimum 1 GHz processor and 512MB of RAM to run as smooth as butter when some of the desktop OSs still in use can run off lesser resources"
Ans: iOS, I have an iPad 2 its similar spec. The new iPad has better spec so things keep improving.
The point is there an open discussion about it so things to change for the better.
iOS fan are living in denied and therefore does not see it. They even think that notification bar is invented by Apple, latest joke is the ML safari with search function on the URL bar... great invention indeed.
Actually, to each their own. Some are born to serve, Apple Inc. so be it.
9. xtian1103 posted on 18 Jun 2012, 09:04 0 0
isn't it nice when you learned something new while reading comments from tech enthusiast here in PA and not the word wars by keyboard warriors?
12. shadowcell posted on 18 Jun 2012, 09:23 0 0
We don't. I'm guessing the developers have to take charge and update their apps to prevent this "no-sleep bug" issue.
If you're an Android user you'll notice some of these apps are still being run in the background even when you set your battery mode to "night time mode".
I've noticed this when I switched to a new alarm clock app (doubletwist). It drained my phone to about 20% loss at night.
13. thelegend6657 posted on 18 Jun 2012, 09:25 1 2
Yeap thats the price you pay for not staying inside apple's walled garden
So if you are on android always buy paid apps ?
14. medicci37 posted on 18 Jun 2012, 09:37 0 0
Would like 2 see Android be more strict with devs about these kind of issues. When you have alot of apps installed, troubleshooting them can be very time consuming. I prefer Android. But like any other os, it does have its drawbacks.
15. jbitounis posted on 18 Jun 2012, 09:46 1 0
It would be interesting to check the percentage of similar battery-drain apps for other platforms (iOS, Symbian, BB7) and, if there is a significant difference, find the reason why.
These surveys are conducted to imporve the user experience and not to declare a winner among mobile platforms.
16. Luuthian posted on 18 Jun 2012, 11:06 0 0
Some people just code their games in a sloppy manner. Just ask Kairosoft. While they develop amazingly good, time waster strategy titles, those games are completely unoptimized for dual-core processors. They drain battery faster than most 3D intensive games if you're using the wrong kind of phone.
It's a shame, but it's true. The blame lies entirely on the developers though.
17. iamcc posted on 18 Jun 2012, 11:08 0 0
For anyone interested there is a free app called "badass battery" (I believe) that lets you track what % of your battery life (that has been consumed already) was used by each app.
It's very helpful for identifying if there is an app such as the ones the article describes eating your battery life. It's also worth noting I have almost 200 apps and the only one that seems to cause any issues is actually Facebook.
21. remixfa posted on 18 Jun 2012, 11:53 0 0
facebook can be a battery killing little bastard if it gets hung up on something. u think they would have fixed that by now.
27. networkdood posted on 18 Jun 2012, 15:09 0 0
End all apps...ICS has an option that let's you have an aggressive task killer...adaway gets rid of the ads
