Wouldn't a wakelock be bad for battery life? It's my understanding that a wake lock keeps the phone from entering into deep sleep power saving state. I know there are other apps with services that had to overcome this exact issue of stopping after 10min of screen off time. I just don't recall what the solution was.
On Mar 22, 3:39 am, lbendlin <l...@bendlin.us> wrote: > WakeLocks are evil. Are you sure the service is actually stopping or > maybe (based on your criteria) it just doesn't have a new position to > tell about? > > On Mar 21, 11:30 pm, Chris Stewart <cstewart...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > As Nick mentioned, you'll want to look into a wake lock. I would highly > > recommend Mark's implementation with WakefulIntentService > > (https://github.com/commonsguy/cwac-wakeful). I'm using it in my app with > > no > > issues at all. > > > -- > > Chris Stewarthttp://chriswstewart.com > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Roger Podacter > > <rogerpodac...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > I think there is something extra that needs to be added to keep your > > > service running in deep sleep standby. Cause my service also stops > > > running on my nexus one once the phone goes into deep sleep. My > > > service actually takes 2 second sample readings of battery current so > > > it would be nice to see standby readings. > > > > On Mar 21, 8:05 pm, Nick Kulikaev <nkulik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > You probably need to obtain a wake lock to keep your service running > > > > if you want to stick to the design you've already made, but i guess > > > > what you are trying to do could be also done with alarm manager which > > > > can wake you up whenever you want. This can save you some battery. > > > > > Nick > > > > > On Mar 21, 1:56 am, stefan jakober <stefan.jako...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hey there, > > > > > > I've got a wired problem. I've got a tracking service which sends geo- > > > > > data to a server every 5 seconds. > > > > > When I run this service on the HTC Wildfire, there are no problems at > > > > > all (even when the phone goes standby), but when I use the HTC Desire, > > > > > the service seems to stop after 10 minutes standby though there is no > > > > > problem with the service when the phone's active. > > > > > > I will try to figure out the problem with testing some other phones, > > > > > but you guys might have an idea where the problem is and I would be so > > > > > thankful for every kind of help. I'm stuck on this problem for weeks. > > > > > > thank you > > > > > stefan > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
