[nishantgandhi]

Originally Posted by clevermax

Yes this is Sygic Aura.
And as you said, it drains battery way too much. Compared to this, Google Maps navigation is very kind on battery. Anyway, battery drain is not an issue since I got a car charger. I still need to check it, but I think battery will still be draining a little even when the car charger is connected. The charger can only supply 500 milli amps.

It's not to do with the 500 ma. Even if you keep the phone connected to the car charger all throughout, it WON'T charge the phone. It'll at best just AVOID the battery from draining out completely. So once you disable GPS and disconnect phone from the charger, you'll notice hardly any increase in juice.

P.S. Official or cracked version?

[clevermax]

Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

It's not to do with the 500 ma. Even if you keep the phone connected to the car charger all throughout, it WON'T charge the phone. It'll at best just AVOID the battery from draining out completely. So once you disable GPS and disconnect phone from the charger, you'll notice hardly any increase in juice.
P.S. Official or cracked version?

When I connect to car charger and keep the phone without running any heavy stuff like navigation, it does get charged, but at a slower rate than wall charger. The rate of charging is exactly same as the rate I get when it is connected to PC's USB port. But if I run navigation, the battery % stays right there even for hours.

My phone draws only 500mA if it knows that it is connected to a USB port. Otherwise if it is connected to a wall charger, it draws much more than that. The phone can distinguish whether its a USB port or wall socket by checking if the data lines are shorted. in a wall charger, the data lines are shorted. In my car charger, they are not. So the phone assumes that it is connected to a USB port of a PC.

I can short circuit the data pins in my car charger but its a risky thing to do because it can only supply maximum of 700mA, but the phone will start drawing more thinking that it is on a wall charger, eventually overheating and blowing my charger.

Not sure if I will be crossing the lines in a forum like this if I answer your last question. I think you got the hint

[Fordmanchau]

Originally Posted by clevermax

When I connect to car charger and keep the phone without running any heavy stuff like navigation, it does get charged, but at a slower rate than wall charger. The rate of charging is exactly same as the rate I get when it is connected to PC's USB port. But if I run navigation, the battery % stays right there even for hours.

+1
Same thing with my Wildfire.
When connected through car charger it does get charged, though slowly. Even when connected through USB cable to my laptop it charges very slowly.
When connected to wall charger it takes just 1:30 hours for my phone to get completely charged.

Originally Posted by nishantgandhi

So once you disable GPS and disconnect phone from the charger, you'll notice hardly any increase in juice.

It might be a factor of two things .
1. GPS and navigation eats up a lot of battery even if for shorter duration.
2. Through car charger, the phone gets slowly charged, hence you will not see much increase in the battery level.

I have used the GPS/navigation continuously for 8 hrs max and the car charger kept the phone sufficiently charged. Try charging your phone through the car charger once without running any GPS/navigation application and then check the difference.

[clevermax]

Originally Posted by Fordmanchau

+1
Same thing with my Wildfire.
When connected through car charger it does get charged, though slowly. Even when connected through USB cable to my laptop it charges very slowly.
When connected to wall charger it takes just 1:30 hours for my phone to get completely charged.

If your car charger can supply a max current which is more than your phone draws while plugged into an AC socket charger, then you can safely short circuit the data pins inside your car charger and you will get a charging rate equal to the AC socket charging.

Its an easy thing to do if you have a soldering iron.

[nishantgandhi]

Originally Posted by clevermax

When I connect to car charger and keep the phone without running any heavy stuff like navigation, it does get charged, but at a slower rate than wall charger. The rate of charging is exactly same as the rate I get when it is connected to PC's USB port. But if I run navigation, the battery % stays right there even for hours.

Like I said earlier - GPS drains battery and charger just prevents the battery from draining out completely.

Originally Posted by clevermax

Not sure if I will be crossing the lines in a forum like this if I answer your last question. I think you got the hint

Can you PM me the link?

[phamilyman]

Nishant - both look fantastic. Why not see what's available at Lamington road?

Maybe i'm the only one whose phone charges while navigating!

[nishantgandhi]

Originally Posted by phamilyman

Nishant - both look fantastic. Why not see what's available at Lamington road?

Maybe i'm the only one whose phone charges while navigating!

Lamington Road is the other end of the city for me Isn't that why we all prefer online shopping?

[_chikku]

Originally Posted by phamilyman

Maybe i'm the only one whose phone charges while navigating!

Hey nexus s charges through mmi charger. Im using a mini usb to micro usb pin converter .

[Jebs]

just ordered Motto defy in letsbuy @ 14.3K. eagerly waiting for delivery, got bored with HTC Touch HD and waiting to take my first android phone. Any idea, what is the delivery period in chennai?

[ishaanranderia]

Hey does anyone know of an app developer for android (hope this is not the wrong place for this post) can anyone send me a contact / message me. Thanks

[clevermax]

Originally Posted by ishaanranderia

Hey does anyone know of an app developer for android (hope this is not the wrong place for this post) can anyone send me a contact / message me. Thanks

Looking for a freelancer to develop something? I can be one

[ishaanranderia]

Originally Posted by clevermax

Looking for a freelancer to develop something? I can be one

Ive sent you a message, kindly check it

[S_U_N]

Originally Posted by clevermax

Yes this is Sygic Aura.
And as you said, it drains battery way too much. Compared to this, Google Maps navigation is very kind on battery. Anyway, battery drain is not an issue since I got a car charger. I still need to check it, but I think battery will still be draining a little even when the car charger is connected. The charger can only supply 500 milli amps.

I have been playing with Sygic for the last couple of days or so. The map download was a whopping 450 MB!

The performance on my Defy was sluggish when I used it first. Then I went into Sygic settings and set the performance parameter to high (or something similar). This eats up battery before you can spell b.a.t.t.e.r.y (just exaggerating, but you get the point). Now the performance of the application on my phone is good after this change.

Overall the maps are very good. One major advantage of this over Google maps is that this is completely offline - hence no data charges once the maps are downloaded. The cost (if you are interested) is around Rs. 2000 for the maps. However, when I checked with the MapMyIndia chat line, they said you cannot transfer the license to another instrument in case you decide to change instrument later. As a result, I have postponed plans to purchase the software till I do more research.

As far as charging is concerned, there is a Belkin product that I am looking to purchase (price at Lamington Road was around Rs. 1400 a few months ago).
Belkin : AC Anywhere + USB port + 200W

This can be used to supply power to my mobile and my video player at the same time.
Any reviews?

Edit: Still no comments on mobile data security? What solutions are available to put a boot password or encrypt data on phone in the Android world?

[dkaile]

Originally Posted by S_U_N

As far as charging is concerned, there is a Belkin product that I am looking to purchase (price at Lamington Road was around Rs. 1400 a few months ago).
Belkin : AC Anywhere + USB port + 200W

This can be used to supply power to my mobile and my video player at the same time.
Any reviews?

I have purchased this item and you can have a look at the detailed photos and price here - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/test-d...ml#post2481347 I have also purchased a Belkin FM transmitter @750/-; Details and photos here - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ml#post2478181

[deepakchiniwal]

Any news on 2.3.4 update on Galaxy S2.
Exceptions are real high after Steve Kondik has joined Samsung.