Yes, this is also what Apple officially states about the screen curtain. It has no effect on battery drain.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 8 Nov 2013, at 3:29, Ron Pelletier <ron.pellet...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Hi, > > The way I understand it, this statement would be wrong. The screen curtain > does not turn the screen off, it merely hide's it and, after many, many > tests, does not make any difference on battery drain. Brightness levels > make a difference on battery drain but not the curtain. > > Ron & Danvers > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Alex Hall > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 11:24 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Screen curtain. > > The screen curtain turns the screen off. You can leave your brightness > werever you want and when the curtain is disabled, it will return to that > setting. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:06, Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> First of all it's screen curtain not screen courtain. Just so we all know > what you're talking about. >> It's best to only use screen curtain in situations where you would rather > have some privacy by nobody being able to look over your shoulder. Otherwise > leave it off. It doesn't seem to make a difference on the battery at least > at my end. The brightness however does consume power. The higher the > percentage the more power the device consumes. >> >> E-mail Facebook and iMessage >> christopher...@gmail.com >> >>> On 06/11/2013 15:36, Dan Rossi wrote: >>> My apologies for such a newbee question, but I just want to make sure >>> that I fully understand the functionality of screen courtain. I only >>> just realized what might be happening with this feature. I had >>> turned the brightness way down on my screen, and had probably engaged >>> screen courtain at some point. When I was attempting to show my wife >>> some pictures, she said she couldn't see anything, so I turned up the >>> brightness. She still couldn't see anything. She said the screen >>> was black, so I did the three finger triple tap to turn off the >>> screen courtain, and all was happy. >>> >>> So, my question is, should I just leave brightness at a high setting >>> so the screen is easily read by a sighted person when screen courtain >>> is off, and just keep the screen courtain on whenever I am using the >>> phone? >>> >>> I had always assumed that the courtain was dynamic and was only on >>> when the phone was locked. Since it seems to be a persistent thing, >>> then there doesn't seem to be a need for me to keep brightness turned >>> down. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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