stevovr
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Thanks.
I do use a charger - I just trialled it to see how much juice it used without. What led me to do so was that, when I last used the charger, it gave me only about +1% battery PH whilst using it and having Nav Free on. I started on 70%, and, by the time I'd reach my destination 2 hours later, it was on 72%. I know you'll never get anywhere near the charge you would from a wall charger, but I found this odd, so was interested. On the Z30, the car charger would bump my battery up 5-8% ph at least whilst mapping.
To answer your Q's, the app I was using on the Z30 was also Navfree. The usage yesterday was pretty much split - about 18% each way. That's why I used NF one way, and Google the other - to check it wasn't app. specific.
I totally get that the BB Z30 was a 720 display, 'only' 5" and how their antenna's worked, but I just think that 30-40%ph drain on the G3 seems high, regardless of Quad 5.5" HD displays. TBH, the more I post about, the more I'm beginning to think that using the G3 screen for anything more than a few messages, SMS or bits and bobs is basically gonna kill it quick. I've even started mucking around with Nomone to see if I can lower the res. but it doesn't sit right, and I'm not having an odd looking phone for the sake of it.
I wonder if it's a Blackberry thing. My z10 was fine charging on nav free but my HTC one x 32gb would actually loose charge while plugged in using Google maps. Would consistently get a warning that the phone was using more power than being provided. What amp rating does your car charger have.
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