N96 gps "power saving"

Ok, after updating my n96 to 12.043, I've noticed that the gps seems to go inactive, whenever the application that uses the gps loses focus - very annoying when trying to use applications like sports tracker!
Does anyone know if this is an intended feature, a setting that can be changed (I've looked, but found nothing) or a bug?
I've tried it in both power saving and none power saving mode and it seems to have the same effect! Makes the sports tracker pretty much useless as it is then unable to recover and regain the gps position

The main issue I have when using Sports Tracker is where to place the phone without it losing signal from the satellites. The GPS receiver in the phone is low powered and so does not need much of an excuse to lose the signal from the satellites.
For optimum reception, the phone should preferable be uncovered. It normally works from an external pocket but internal pockets are difficult. In wet conditions I would normally use it with my external bluetooth GPS receiver to allow me to keep my phone dry and snug in an internal pocket. A waterproof pouch is also a good idea.

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Nokia N96 Power Saving

I was just curious, what this do to the cellphone if I activate it or keep it on deactivate mode? what will be the changes to the phone.
uhmm i tried searching some information of this power saving to the introduction and user guide manual but i have no luck.
please help me.
thank you.
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14-Nov-2008 08:22 AM
marvin11 wrote:
so is this preferable like to just activate the power saving all the time?
If you don't mind a very dim screen and the lights going out quickly then you can use it all the time.
It only really makes a difference whilst using your phone. It doesn't save any power if your phone is sat there unused on standby.
It doesn't reduce the performance of the phone or effect programs.
Message Edited by psychomania on 14-Nov-2008 08:38 AM

E72 "Activate power saving". Consequences????

I want to know DETAILS what happens when I push ON/OFF button and select "Activate power saving".
What are the negative effects of this?
Noise cancellation still works or NOT?
Does GPS work?
What else???
"The Nokia E72 features active noise cancellation and navigation as well as a digital compass."
The latest USER GUIDE says NOTHING ABOUT THIS! I used Ctrl-F to find "power saving". Basically nothing is said what happens in power saving mode!!!!
Languages: English, Finnish

it disables all UI effects (Theme transitions, etc.),
lowers display brightness to minimum. Brightness option in display settings is disabled.
switches the processor to a more power efficient mode (performance is noticeably lower)
instantly turns off connections when they aren't needed (e.g. WLAN connection gets disabled instantly after you open a web page, if you want to open another one then the device connects and then quickly disconnects again). As a result, push mail gets disabled. You will have to manually sync mails as long as power save mode is enabled.
Noise cancellation still works. GPS still works - in the same way as with the WLAN connection described above

Nokia C7 - POWER saving SCHEDULE for night period

Hello NOKIA!
I have a suggestion for "the biggest (and most awaited!) update ".... PR 2.0 for C7 & N8.
We know that all phones with touch screen are big consumers of power and the battery life greatly decreases.
I do not use the phone at night.
It can be very useful to set Power Saving to start automatically at night, for example at 23.00 and was to expire at 7.00 (between 23.00 - 7.00).
Thanks!
PS: please Nokia, expected answers even if we do not receive major updates do not understand why we C7 clients, we have to wait nearly nine months for PR 2.0 which is already on Astound ... in nine months a child is born ....
... it would be nice to meet someone in this topic .... /t5/Cseries/How-can-I-manage-add-a-new-folder-in-my-email-client-Nokia-C7/m-p/941655#M14031
My phone: Nokia C7*******
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Thanks, but i dont need a big program... with gps suport and others... just a little/thiny program, very easy and helpfully.
I found solution here... http://store.ovi.com/content/128280?clickSource=search with money... I spent a lot of money on programs that must hold manufacturers to provide ...
Lucky me with another developers... NOKIA SLEEP ON... SWEET DREAMS!
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N79 and other s60 phones-what does power saving mo...

Would like to to know whether, aside from the quicker screen dimming, there are any substantial differences in how the phone operates when set to Power Saving mode?
I generally keep other specific settings in such as way as to minimize power usage (WLAN scanning, Bluetooth, GPS off, etc.).
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Also bear in mind upon S60 3rd Ed. devices that all energy saving measures such as reducing WLAN Tx power level from default value of 100mW to 10 or 4 are not immediately obvious:
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Power saving mode on then96 is driving me crazy

please can any help me i've had my n96 for 4 months and it seems to be playing up i can not change the brightness and the light time out as i go to change it it keeps saing that the power saving mode is enable and its driving me grazy

Every once in a while, my n96 would go into power saver mode when it wasn't supposed to and a screen would even come on and say " Power saving mode can not be disconnected ". Try charging the phone fully, and before removing the charger go into menu and try to set the light time out and brightness. If that fails, do a soft reset first, and if that doesn't work, do a hard reset. Make sure you back up all your contacts and photos. I had a couple of annoying problems with mine that wouldn't go away and I took this dudes advice on this forum to do the resets and now my phone is like brand new again. cheers, Rick *#7780# (restore) and *#7370#(reformat)

Changing to power-saving results in losing picture on the screeen

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Product name: HP Pavilion dv6-6093ex Entertainment Notebook PC support.
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When changing to power-saving GPU, then Radeon got disabled and no picture on the screeen is shown.
I really had been facing a problem with my Windows 7 Home premium 64Bit, then I have only done a repair install, which
didn't delete all the drivers and programs. However, before doing the repair install, I was recommended to uninstall AMD
Readon and Intel(R) Management Engine Interface.(AS shown below). Thus, I have uninstalled the AMD Readon, and Intel(R)Management Engine Interface.
Upgrading Windows will affect the following devices and/or programs:
These devices might not work properly after the upgrade. Before upgrading, we recommend updating the drivers for these
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System devices: Intel(R) Management Engine Interface
These programs might not work properly after the upgrade. We recommend uninstalling these programs before upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, open Control Panel, and search for "uninstall a program". (Note: Programs marked as * can be safely reinstalled after the upgrade.)
ATI Catalyst Control Center *
When the repair install got completed, then I found that Grphics adapter is still functining well since there are no ! mark in front of the adapters: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family and Radeon(TM) HD 6770M in the device manager.
Once I changed the GUP from High-performance GPU to Power-saving GPU, then I lost the pircuter on the Screen.
When I lost the picuter on the screen while on Windows in normal mode, I booted to the safe mode, then opened the device manager, and I saw that Radeon(TM) HD 6770M was disabled
To get picture again, I enabled Radeon(TM) HD 6770M (screen shot below) while in Safe mode:
When restarting my PC and started Windows in the noraml mode, the picture returned on the screeen.
Whenever changing to power-saving GPU, then the same problem happens.
Will I need to reinstall the AMD High-Definition Graphics Driver, although there are no ! mark in front of the Intel(R) HD Graphics Family and Radeon(TM) HD 6770M in the device manager?

Thank you so much indeed,
Could you please take some of your precious time out to really answer these questions below of mine?
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Then, the graphics adapters in the device manager became as follows:
Secondly: I think that it is now the point to reinstall AMD High-Definition Graphics Driver_Software Packaging Numbr(SP55092)_Driver Version 8.882.2.3000.
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Must I need to reinstall IDT High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver_Sp55094_Version6.10.6345.0????
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Power saving tipps for desktop PCs

Hi, lately I've been trying to make my boxes at home (router, desktop, fileserver) more power efficient. My energy bill was always kinda high and I think that I waste too much energy.
Most of my experience with computer related power saving comes from my laptop (maximize batterie time ). I've already taken some steps to minimize power consumption but I'm not sure what else could be done. If you have some ideas please let me know!
Some details about the steps I've taken so far:
router (24/7)
Its an really old stripped down mashine (P2) that is underclocked (hard).
It's currently running pfsense (FreeBSD based) that is installed on an old hdd. I was thinking about getting a small usb-stick and running the system on that one... would that be a good idea? (lifetime etc)
fileserver
Runs only when needed. In addition the cpu is undervolted (ondemand). Should be ok I guess.
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This one is a bit more tricky. It has pretty much up to date (-> power hungry) hardware but needs to run 24/7 most of the time (ssh, ftp, p2p). Downgrading can only be temporary because sometimes I need the performance (casual gaming, video encoding, photoshop etc...).
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Last edited by sen (2008-08-08 01:04:44)

Raccoon1400 wrote:Using a flash drive instead of a HD may save a bit. It may be significant, it may not, but every little bit would help. Flash drive would take much less power. Maybe several times less.
You could also check out solid state drives for the desktop. I know very little about them, so it may be a good or bad idea.
Yeah flash drives uses less power but I wouldn't use them for a desktop pc. The price per GB is far worse compared to normal HDDs and the blocks can only be written around 100000 times... for a system disk this is not really acceptable (caching, temporary files etc). These SDDs are more designed for small (sub)notebooks imo because they have no mechanical parts what makes them more reliable.
For the router this would not a problem though.
omgwtfbyobbq wrote:A stick would definitely be cheaper! The HD power draw isn't as low as I thought it was but it's close. The power supply can be a huge draw like I mentioned before. There's a 20W and 40W difference at idle between a earthwatts 380 power supply and a couple generic power supplies I had lying around. I originally though my PIII used way more than my C7-D system, but after swapping power supplies I found out the PIII used less at idle than the C7-D even w/ two sound cards, a network card, and a video card.
Yeah a quality PSU will probably save allot. Currently the router uses an old generic power supply, so this is really sth i should look into. I have an enermax noisetaker that is not used atm so I'll see what difference it makes compared to the currently used PSU.
The power consumption of HDDs is really not that low (thx for the link). Around eight watts (Idle) for the tested HDDs. So putting the disks to sleep when they're not used is probably a good idea for the most people that leave the PC running for longer times. My desktop has 5 HDDs, so even when they are not really used they need around 40 watts for nothing. Old HDDs (like the one in my router) will probably need more power.
I've asked a friend of mine to lent me his digital wattage meter. With this I can make some detailed tests to see what tweaks are really useful to save power.
I'll post the results when I'm done (probably on the weekend). What I can say now is that the few tweaks I made on my desktop PC (first post) will probably save a bit. The temperature of the CPU and GPU drops around 10-15 °C, the ambient temperature drops allot as well. This pretty heavy considering that the case has a good airflow (2 80er fans in front of the hdds and one 120er fan at the back).
Last edited by sen (2008-09-01 18:33:40)

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Nokia N8: Possible Power Saving Mode Bug

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