Just to clarify - I'm not interested in monitoring status of my
batteries.
I'm interested in finding a solution so that simple proximity alerts
don't destroy battery life and make my apps unusable to users.

Can you elaborate please how I can use Power Management utility to
reduce power consumption of simple proximity alerts?

On Mar 4, 11:49 am, Javier Segura <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is a utility called Power Management that fits your needs
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:33 PM, loty <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I wrote a simple app that uses proximity alerts and after installing
> > it on my G1 found that battery life have been halved at least. It's so
> > bad that phone needs to be recharged mid-day or it completely dies by
> > 9pm. There is no polling of any kind - just proximity alerts (3 of
> > them). I tried with GPS turned off (using network triangulation for
> > coarse GPS location) but battery life is still abysmal.
>
> > Is there a general solution to improve battery life with proximity
> > alerts or the whole GPS thing is a non-starter on G1s?
>
> --
> Javier
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