How to manage trailforks sucking up phone battery ?

[rowdyflat]

I gather its keeping the gps on but how to switch it on
n and off when using a map?
Today we were riding Narooma for the first time was quite impressed by the variety.

 

[bear the bear]

Buy a Garmin?

 

[oldcorollas]

I gather its keeping the gps on but how to switch it on
n and off when using a map?
Today we were riding Narooma for the first time was quite impressed by the variety.

Turn off "location" on ya phone

 

[rowdyflat]

Yes use that when i know where i am but new tracks r not visible ?

Buy a Garmin?

 

[rowdyflat]

Turn off "location" on ya phone

Yes but where specifically google maps the settings or trailforks ?

 

[bear the bear]

Yes use that when i know where i am but new tracks r not visible ?

Garmins have trailsight https://support.garmin.com/en-AU/?faq=P01Lqy8vUY84LonexcjNE9 and trailforks baked in

 

[oldcorollas]

Yes but where specifically google maps the settings or trailforks ?

well, GPS on always sucks more juice, but Trailforks polls often so will use more.
Also depends how hungry your particular phone is.. and what other apps will also use the GPS when turned on

can change to "manually update location" in the app, or 20s intervals?

https://www.trailforks.com/help/view/109/

 

[rowdyflat]

Thanks

 

[Flow-Rider]

Yes use that when i know where i am but new tracks r not visible ?

You change the main map on the Garmin to Open MTB maps (https://openmtbmap.org/) which has more park trails on it and you can also copy ride logs from Strava of certain parks to your GPS.

Note. you need a specific Garmin where you can change the main maps and add routes.

 

[Dozer]

Something handy to note with using Trailforks; if you have downloaded the zones you're riding then you can put your phone on flight mode and it still loads the maps and shows your location. I've done this tons of times and found it didn't hammer my battery much at all. Two weeks riding all day in Canada as well as taking photos and never got anywhere near using my battery. Flight mode might help?

 

[Mattyp]

I'd say your phone has other issues .. I've been using trail forks and Strava with GPS while riding everyday here in NZ and battery lasts all day no problems, photos, phonecalls, streaming music etc....

 

[rockmoose]

I'd say your phone has other issues .. I've been using trail forks and Strava with GPS while riding everyday here in NZ and battery lasts all day no problems, photos, phonecalls, streaming music etc....

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[ozzybmx]

I'd say your phone has other issues .. I've been using trail forks and Strava with GPS while riding everyday here in NZ and battery lasts all day no problems, photos, phonecalls, streaming music etc....

Yeah, modern phones have a good management of battery life, can't think Trailforks is Killing it, even Strava only uses a few % while recording full time. Whats your phone ?

 

[rowdyflat]

Samsung S8

 

[ozzybmx]

Samsung S8

2017, its a 7yr old phone. May be the issue with the battery life.

 

[Asininedrivel]

2017, its a 7yr old phone. May be the issue with the battery life.

Yeah, likely. Older Samsung phone batteries just die after a while, was why I replaced my S6. Newer ones seem far better, my S9 just celebrated its fifth birthday and battery life is still good (although Strava can give it a good kicking sometimes).

 

[Mr Crudley]

Yeah, likely. Older Samsung phone batteries just die after a while, was why I replaced my S6. Newer ones seem far better, my S9 just celebrated its fifth birthday and battery life is still good (although Strava can give it a good kicking sometimes).

I have an Samsung A71 with 'Droid 13 which is about 5 years old now. It gives a breakdown of power usage per app. This might be helpful.

I have also started to use the 'Protect battery' feature that charges to 85% only. So far, so good and I haven't had to top up the battery charge too frequently *yet*