# Power usage **URL:** \ **Category:** App\ **Tags:** solved\ **Created:** [March 28, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779 "2022-03-28T08:13:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/devemux86/32/6239_2.png) [@devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/devemux86)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/21 "2022-03-30T15:07:32Z")
Used apps are expected to consume battery power and appear in battery statistics. ---
**Author:** ![zaphod\_42](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/zaphod_42/32/499_2.png) [@zaphod\_42](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/zaphod_42)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/22 "2022-03-31T08:54:40Z")
Today I’ve driven just 12 km (fuel is expensive in these days 🤔) and captured the power usage. I didn’t charge the smartphone (Sony XZ2, Android 10) while driving. Here my results: ![2022-03-31 09.18.01](https://forum.kurviger.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/deb279c99bf290d6022cdf7b2c3d720e4988b8d7.png) \_\_\_ ![2022-03-31 09.16.48](https://forum.kurviger.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d24efe01c459b578c8834f9816faac2a31a5a856.png) Sure that the display takes most of the power. Unfortunately the Gsam App combines all Apps to one figure (I’ve not rooted my smartphone). It’s kurviger 2.2.9 ---
**Author:** ![Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/tom/32/168_2.png) [@Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Tom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/23 "2022-04-03T18:09:40Z")
Power usage is good again, tested today with 2.2.10. with Google location service the device loads quicker while navigating, but even with Android location service, it loads up. Except at 0 degrees, the loading and consumption is at the same level, but at least the battery level is not decreasing any more. ---
**Author:** ![devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/devemux86/32/6239_2.png) [@devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/devemux86)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/24 "2022-04-03T18:36:23Z")
> [@Tom](#): > > Except at 0 degrees Do you mean 2D or 3D map? > [@Tom](#): > > Power usage is good again It was probably some sensor leak in [GPS altitude above sea level](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-gps-hohe-auf-meeresspiegel/6615) that was fixed. > [@Power usage](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/15): > > In the next app update the [GPS altitude](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-gps-hohe-auf-meeresspiegel/6615) setting will require restart of app. Let’s see if this can help with any sensor leak, otherwise the app internally works as always. ---
**Author:** ![Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/tom/32/168_2.png) [@Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Tom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/25 "2022-04-03T18:47:19Z")
> [@devemux86](#): > > Do you mean 2D or 3D map? Ah no sorry, 0 degree outside temperature. System message told that loading is reduced. Was pretty cold today, in HunsrĂĽck 0 degrees and Mosel 8 degrees. With higher temperature the loading was then ok again. I use 3D map. ---
**Author:** ![Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/tom/32/168_2.png) [@Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Tom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/26 "2022-04-03T18:48:16Z")
> [@devemux86](#): > > It was probably some sensor leak in [GPS altitude above sea level](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-gps-hohe-auf-meeresspiegel/6615) > that was fixed. Very likely. The fix was a success đź‘Ť ---
**Author:** ![Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Hobbyfahrer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/27 "2022-04-05T20:11:50Z")
Schön zu lesen, dass ich mit meiner Feststellung nicht alleine bin. Ich werde am Wochenende mit der neuen Beta testen und hoffe, das der Akku nicht mehr entladen wird. @Tom Hast du noch etwas an deinem Gerät geändert oder nur die neuere Beta genutzt? ---
**Author:** ![Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/tom/32/168_2.png) [@Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Tom)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/28 "2022-04-06T04:11:07Z")
Nein, ich habe nichts geändert, nur zwischenzeitlich die Standort Option Google genutzt, die in der Tat weniger Energie verbraucht, aber Nachteile hat, wenn man zügig unterwegs ist. Dann ist die Bewegung der Karte deutlich langsamer und verzögert, so dass man meistens schon weiter ist als der Kurvenverlauf auf dem Display, was mich zumindest irritiert. Mit Standortoption Android hat man damit keine Probleme. Wenn man gemütlich fährt, ist der Unterschied nicht so gravierend. In der gefixten Version lädt das Smartphone aber trotz aktiver Overlay oder Hintergrund Apps weiter auf anstatt den Akku leer zu ziehen, sowohl mit der Android Standort Option (da halt etwas langsamer), als auch mit der Google Standort Option (ich nutze nur USB Adapter, die echte 3A am Ausgang liefern). ---
**Author:** ![Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Hobbyfahrer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/29 "2022-04-06T08:33:05Z")
> [@Tom](#): > > die in der Tat weniger Energie verbraucht, aber Nachteile hat, wenn man zügig unterwegs ist. Dann ist die Bewegung der Karte deutlich langsamer und verzögert, Das ist aber ein echtes No-Go ---
**Author:** ![devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/devemux86/32/6239_2.png) [@devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/devemux86)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/30 "2022-04-06T08:45:18Z")
> [@Hobbyfahrer](#): > > Das ist aber ein echtes No-Go Please first test Google location service with your device and driving style. Then report in its topic: > [@Google location service](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/google-location-service/7856): > > App has 2 location services: Android: native low-level location API Google: fused battery-efficient location API (via [Google Play services](https://developers.google.com/location-context/fused-location-provider)) Google may deprecate completely the Android location service in the future. Please test Google location service with your devices and report details. Location tests should be done without “Kalman filter” and “Animated location”. ---
**Author:** ![Patrick](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/patrick/32/7292_2.png) [@Patrick](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Patrick)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/31 "2022-04-07T07:37:27Z")
Big “thank you” to everyone in this thread for the constructive feedback and detailed information, keep it up everyone 🙂 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Hobbyfahrer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/32 "2022-04-24T13:54:03Z")
Hallo, ich habe heute wieder ausgiebige Versuche gemacht und bin echt gefrustet. Es ist immer noch das Stromproblem. Der Akku wird entleert und der 10 Watt QI Lader schafft es nicht nachzuladen. Ich hatte alle Funktionen an. Animierter Standort Kalman-Filter Google Standortservice Der Akku hat alle 5 Minuten 1% verloren. Dann fing ich an alles abzuschalten, um zu sehen was das Problem ist. Letztendlich ist nun der Animierter Standort abgeschaltet und damit wird der Akku nicht mehr entladen. Allerdings ist diese Funktion auch nicht zu gebrauchen, da die Karte ein großes Delay in der Darstellung hat. Wenn man schon abgebogen ist, dauert es einige Sekunden bis die Karte dann wieder folgt. Schreibe später noch etwas mehr dazu. Ich habe auch zum Vergleich die BMW Connected App genutzt und da gibt es dieses Verhalten nicht. Die Karte wird sauber ohne Ruckeln und Versatz dargestellt alles läuft super geschmeidig und der Akku wird auch problemlos geladen. ---
**Author:** ![devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/devemux86/32/6239_2.png) [@devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/devemux86)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/33 "2022-04-24T14:18:42Z")
This is why some features are optional (by default disabled). You can try them on your device, as other users / devices have no problems. Just do not activate everything at once. Test each feature separately to see what works best on your device. Also when we drive, we usually look at the road, not the navigator screen to see how smoothly the map moves. 🙂 If you find the “Kalman filter” better for smooth movement, just enable only that. * * * About GPS, it can not be updated more often than what the sensor updates: > [@App: Animated location](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-animated-location/7601/13): > > GPS location updates are at their best every second. You can use the “Kalman filter” to estimate intermediate locations. ---
**Author:** ![devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/devemux86/32/6239_2.png) [@devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/devemux86)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/34 "2022-05-06T15:18:10Z")
[https://groups.google.com/g/osmand/c/4CnuvihHEYU/m/kfEDV-naBAAJ](https://groups.google.com/g/osmand/c/4CnuvihHEYU/m/kfEDV-naBAAJ) ---
**Author:** ![Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Hobbyfahrer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/35 "2022-05-06T15:42:10Z")
Thank you and these setting options are known and have no effect on the problem described here ---
**Author:** ![devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/devemux86/32/6239_2.png) [@devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/devemux86)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/36 "2022-05-06T20:30:06Z")
> [@App: Animated location](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-animated-location/7601/16): > > Today I did a (very short) test of _animated location_. By the way, anything to report about the battery? ---
**Author:** ![Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/tom/32/168_2.png) [@Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Tom)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/37 "2022-05-07T04:14:59Z")
> [@devemux86](#): > > By the way, anything to report about the battery? Yes, I had the impression Yesterday that consumption was again too high with 2.2.16 but it was on a short after work trip. This morning I got 2.2.17, so I have to verify on sunday - Location service _Android_ - [Location: orientation threshold](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-location-orientation-threshold/7593) was set to _10km/h_ - Kalman filter was _off_ - Map set to _performance_ - Samsung S9+ 1480x720 Android 10 I have no judder even without animated location, the S9+ is fast enough. Google location is too imprecise for me. But I am currently testing animated location. Sure it looks better, but without it doesn’t bother me either. ---
**Author:** ![devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/devemux86/32/6239_2.png) [@devemux86](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/devemux86)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/38 "2022-05-07T05:46:58Z")
> [@Tom](#): > > Samsung S9+ [Samsung S9+](https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s9+-8967.php) was released on March 2018 → old battery → drains quickly. > [@Tom](#): > > I had the impression Yesterday that consumption was again too high with 2.2.16 but it was on a short after work trip. This morning I got 2.2.17, so I have to verify on sunday Difficult to believe that, as the _app works the same internally_. Let’s be realistic here, as new (optional) features are added. > [@Power usage](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/15): > > In the next app update the [GPS altitude](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/app-gps-hohe-auf-meeresspiegel/6615) setting will require restart of app. Let’s see if this can help with any sensor leak, otherwise the app internally works as always. If a feature does not work, as you would like, on your devices, you can always _not enable it_, there are settings for everything. ---
**Author:** ![Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/tom/32/168_2.png) [@Tom](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Tom)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779/39 "2022-05-07T06:02:29Z")
Therefore I said it was an Impression, could have been also a temporary problem. This morning I had to use the car by exception and all was good 2.2.17. [Previous page](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/power-usage/7779.md?page=1)