On Monday 20 February 2017 00:30:27 Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/19/2017 12:21 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Hi guys; > > > > I just got a call from my Missus, all the tests and imagery they've > > done at Ruby must be ok, so they discharged her effective now, and > > now I'm killing an hour while my cell phone charges as I'll need it > > on the approach to Ruby. She was acting normal when I was there > > yesterday. Answered prayers? > > > > I'd kill for a cell phone that didn't go dead in 18 hours in my > > pocket, her identical model can go 2+ days, and is used 4x as much. > > Go figure... > > Get an old LG TracFone, it will run for 4 days or so on a > charge. My wife got a bunch of TracFones at WalMart some > years ago. My kids stopped using them, and I generally > don't carry one except on trips. I keep adding minutes when > I go on trips and then letting the phone expire when I'm not > traveling. > > Oh, one thing I learned from my boss. If he took his cell > phone down into our lab, it would kill the battery in ONE > HOUR. Our lab is mostly below ground, and full of computers > and electrical equipment that may interfere with the cell > reception. So, the phone turned up the transmit power > trying to stay in contact with the cell tower. > > Jon
This house has alu siding, so that might explain the short battery life IF it was both phones, but its not, she uses hers 10x what I use mine, and it still runs a couple days between charges. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
