Advice on extending battery life on phone...

[Mazz]

At the moment, my only means of navigation when cycling is Komoot app. I went on a 40 mile ride. Started off with battery 100%. By halfway, battery was down to 17%, so I switched it off and let others do the navigating (I think they had Garmin equipment). I had the screen on low brightness to save on battery consumption, but I was still surprised how quickly the battery drained. Maybe a Garmin or similar is the answer (or a phone upgrade)! Does anyone use their phone for navigation? Also, I downloaded the gpx file for offline use, if that makes any difference. Thanks

 

[Tenkaykev]

At the moment, my only means of navigation when cycling is Komoot app. I went on a 40 mile ride. Started off with battery 100%. By halfway, battery was down to 17%, so I switched it off and let others do the navigating (I think they had Garmin equipment). I had the screen on low brightness to save on battery consumption, but I was still surprised how quickly the battery drained. Maybe a Garmin or similar is the answer (or a phone upgrade)! Does anyone use their phone for navigation? Also, I downloaded the gpx file for offline use, if that makes any difference. Thanks

If you put your phone in Airplane mode that will reduce battery consumption. Airplane mode doesn't affect GPS so the mapping should still work

 

[Mazz]

If you put your phone in Airplane mode that will reduce battery consumption. Airplane mode doesn't affect GPS so the mapping should still work

Ah I didn't know that, cheers.

 

[cougie uk]

If you have a top tube bag you could get a battery bank to charge up the phone ? Cheaper than a bike computer and always handy to have.

 

[Mazz]

If you have a top tube bag you could get a battery bank to charge up the phone ? Cheaper than a bike computer and always handy to have.

Yes mate, I've got a top tube bag made by Restrap®. Good shout 👍

 

[albion]

Just google '10,000mah battery'. For a tenner it will triple the phone run time. Komoot will be inefficient but screen power usage is the main problem.

Setting the screen to 'adaptive brightness' can help too.

 

[midlife]

Anker stuff is pretty good if looking for a power pack.

 

[lazybloke]

Screen backlight might be the issue.

If it's only for navigation and not for speed and other info, there's likely an option that defaults to screen off, and only illuminates as you approach junctions.

 

[Mazz]

Screen backlight might be the issue.

If it's only for navigation and not for speed and other info, there's likely an option that defaults to screen off, and only illuminates as you approach junctions.

Good shout. My screen was displayed all the time. I'll have a look at the settings and see if there's an option to "power down the screen until junctions approach ".

 

[albion]

There are a few rogues around though less than the early days.
10,000 will in fact be about 6,000+mah. But all of them declare mah for the battery cell/s, not mah capacity at a converted 5 volts.

Screen off is why I use google maps. And in the olden days I used to tweak the motion sensor to wake my device up for 10 seconds at the wave of a hand

 

[Mazz]

Screen off is why I use google maps.

Does Google maps go into screen 'sleep mode' and only jump into life when there is a junction coming up? When I use it for driving navigation it stays on all the time.

 

[albion]

I just use the voice prompt, the phone staying in my pocket.

 

[Mazz]

I just use the voice prompt, the phone staying in my pocket.

Voice prompt? I'm clearly too old to understand what this means ☹️. I'll ask my kids 👍

 

[ColinJ]

Voice prompt? I'm clearly too old to understand what this means ☹️. I'll ask my kids 👍

A robotic voice comes from the phone speaker, saying "In 100 metres, turn left" - that kind of thing.

A cyclist friend of mine uses 'bra nav'! I asked how she navigates without a GPS and she told me that she uses Google Maps to give her directions from her phone kept deep within her cleavage. It gets her some funny looks on shared use paths...

 

[Mazz]

A robotic voice comes from the phone speaker, saying "In 100 metres, turn left" - that kind of thing.

Ah! I'm being thick...i thought that @albion meant that he says something to his phone to wake it up, a bit like that "Hey Siri" or that Alexa thing.