Comments on: Video: Apps to improve N900's battery life: Simple Brightness app and 3G/2G selection applet

By: Habib

Habib — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:25:50 +0000

tweaking your phone can really help.. beside the brightness level, autodisconnect and auto3g/3g selection applet.. it helps to stop continuous automatic search of wifi networks and overclocking/undervolting the power kernel can make a big difference.. it was dying half way thru the day now it can take thru atleast 1.5 days with bluetooth headset connected all day, average 30-40 phone calls and maybe 1 hour of wifi use with browsing youtube, openVPN connection..

http://blog.adl.pl/saving-n900-battery-power-with-simple-shell-script/495
http://wiki.maemo.org/Kernel_Power

also noticed that mozilla firefox for some reason doesnt close properly and stays running in the background bringing the phone load to 100% i think if this is kept running it can also add to the damage..
running # uptime from the shell and killing such applications helps

By: Will

Will — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:14:07 +0000

The 3G/2G selection app is in the main repository I think, so just open the app manager in the usual way and download it:

App Manager -> Download

and find the app in the list (list All if you’re not sure) and install it

HTH

By: mrsolidway

mrsolidway — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:01:40 +0000

so were do i get the app?

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