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02-24-12 | 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by d.vader123

I'm considering cyclemeter, but was wary about the short battery life that is inherent in phone apps. However, I heard that if you turn off wifi, turn off automatic updates to social media sites, dim the brightness, and switch the screen off during the ride, you can increase battery life significantly. Unfortunately, I do not have any personal experience to validate these claims.

I haven’t seen the poor battery life that so many talkabout. But yes all the things you mentioned will make battery last longer. Whenyou first get an app like cyclemeter it is very nice to ride and watch it drawyour path and mark off the miles. After a few rides like most things you forgetabout it till you want to see something. I have mine to blank out after 1minute and if I need to see something I just touch the screen. The fun part isafter you are done it sends an email report and links to a google map that has embeddedyour route. You can take the information and look at your split times etc. I havemine set to each mile. For most people a good charge on the phone will take youthru any ride you will do. I built the battery pack for extended time away frompower. There are many USB recharge battery packs on line if you do need moreride time. The screen being on uses the most power is my guess.

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