Battery Consumption

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I am on the most current version.  After installing and using it appears 
to drain my battery very quickly...within a couple of hours.  I love the 
idea but do not see the benefit worth the cost.  Any chance this could be 
fixed?  Is this happening to other users?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by davech...@gmail.com on 1 Jun 2009 at 8:02

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(Sorry it took so long to get a reply to this, I naively assumed I would get 
notified 
by default of any bug submitted. I've made sure that's the case now.)

I've seen a couple of comments related to this possible issue, however I have 
never 
seen it happen on my test device and can't see a reason why Contact Owner would 
use 
much battery. Basically all it does is get notified when the screen turns off 
and 
(re)setting the lock screen message at that time. Other than that it doesn't 
use CPU 
or any other resources. It doesn't even try to keep a wake lock at any time 
(preventing the CPU from going to sleep).

You can figure out what is draining your battery by running the "Battery Info" 
app 
that comes preinstalled on the device. It's not accessible by default, so 
you'll have 
to get AnyCut first and use it to create a link to the "Battery Info" activity. 
It 
will show you all kinds of interesting usage statistics: CPU, wireless, wake 
locks, 
sensors. Let me know if the cause is indeed Contact Owner or not.

And thanks for taking the time to submit this bug.

Original comment by paranoid...@gmail.com on 4 Jun 2009 at 5:02

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Original comment by paranoid...@gmail.com on 4 Jun 2009 at 5:07

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Thanks for the response!

I should have later followed up but it took me a while to figure this one out.  
This 
was the only application I installed since my battery drained but what I later 
found 
out is that a simultaneous update to another previously installed app is what 
was 
draining my battery.  I too was confused how this application could drain your 
battery but saw nothing else that could have drained it.  I now realize it 
wasn't 
your application.

I think you meant to suggest 'Battery History'.  WOW!  What a great suggestion. 
 I 
didn't know that existed.  I had an AnyCut shortcut to 'Status' for battery 
information but this is far more extensive.  I will be examining this closely.

Thanks again for the creativity in this application - it is a great workaround 
to 
editing the lock screen.

I am reinstalling the application now and will follow up if by chance this 
application (in conjunction with the update from the other) was draining the 
battery 
too but I doubt it.

Original comment by davech...@gmail.com on 4 Jun 2009 at 5:14

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Fingers crossed! :o)

Yes, I meant Battery History. It's just that I forgot my phone at home this 
morning so 
I had to rely on my (otherwise useless) memory.

Original comment by paranoid...@gmail.com on 4 Jun 2009 at 5:32

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