On Friday 19 October 2007 08:35:51 dave wrote: > > It should stay online for days, not hours. Something is wrong with > > your setup. I would guess that the AP is somehow broken regards to > > WLAN Power Save Mode. Can you try with some other AP to see if it > > helps? Also make sure that N800 isn't transmitting anything extra, for > > example transmitting a packet every second would kill the battery > > quite quickly. > > > > Alternatively you could use a wireless sniffer to take a dump of WLAN > > level traffic and send it to me. I could take a look and see if > > there's something strange. > > > > It's a shame that there are so many broken APs on the market. I see > > lots of them when dealing with bug reports :( I guess WLAN Power Save > > Mode was really rare earlier, but fortunately nowadays it's getting > > more popular and AP manufactures have noticed the problem. > > hmmm. My N800 recently began running the battery dry in only a half day or > so; as you mention, it used to go days between charges. This began suddenly > with no change in habits or new packages having been installed. Since I > really only use the device at home and at work, I ruled out anything to do > with the whether or not the APs support WLAN Power Save Mode. As I said, it > all worked great until recently. > > It is frustrating. Even if I charge overnight, I'm sure to hear the N800's > plaintive wail for the power adapter just after lunchtime. Could my battery > simply be dying? Is there any way to check? > > Thinking out load here. But I wonder if a phone store that sells Nokia phones would be able to test the battery? James
