[HowTo] Alternate way of saving battery when using 4G/LTE

AmauryDBZ

@lduboeuf I would have say if enable stay on 4G even if the screen shutsdown, but that's the idea.

lduboeuf

@AmauryDBZ said in [HowTo] Alternate way of saving battery when using 4G/LTE:

@lduboeuf I would have say if enable stay on 4G even if the screen shutsdown, but that's the idea.

ah ok but might not be related to my work around. It only toggles on 4G when request data and toggle 2G when data off.

AmauryDBZ

@lduboeuf sorry I didn't understand that the behavior of your hack was different from @lkroll's.

AmauryDBZ

@lkroll Thanks a lot for your script, works like a charm !
As I said to @lduboeuf , I was wondering if it could be possible to add some exceptions ?
For instance, 4G could be maintained when the device is charging, or when hotspot activated, or even when an specific app is running (Futify for me).

lduboeuf

@AmauryDBZ said in [HowTo] Alternate way of saving battery when using 4G/LTE:

@lkroll Thanks a lot for your script, works like a charm !
As I said to @lduboeuf , I was wondering if it could be possible to add some exceptions ?
For instance, 4G could be maintained when the device is charging, or when hotspot activated, or even when an specific app is running (Futify for me).

Of course it should be possible but takes time. But would be better to look at the root cause, why LTE need so much battery. There are room for improvement, e.g we still don't manage the FastDormancy.

AmauryDBZ

@lduboeuf I didn't knew about FastDormancy, make sense to priorise it.
Thank you for your answers and patience

lduboeuf

Hi all,
[20.04 only]
I've made an app to allow to auto toggle LTE (4G) when cellular data is requested, and back to GSM (2G) when no data.

If anyone interested:
https://gitlab.com/lduboeuf/battery-saver/-/artifacts

source code:
https://gitlab.com/lduboeuf/battery-saver

the app can be closed after clicking "start" and if you see "Running...", it will create a background service

Edit: don't know if it is related but connectivity tends to have issue on upgrading to 4G. Or maybe only an indicator issue.

Keneda

@lduboeuf

Would you release it on openstore ?
Is this for Xenial or Focal, or both ?

lduboeuf

@Keneda said in [HowTo] Alternate way of saving battery when using 4G/LTE:

@lduboeuf

Would you release it on openstore ?

Maybe in the future, the ideal would be to have it integrated, but much much work involved + the fact that upcoming volTE will probably conflict with.

Is this for Xenial or Focal, or both ?

Focal only, only 24h a day

domubpkm

Hello @lduboeuf . When i saw https://open-store.io/app/batterysaver.lduboeuf , i thought first it was a GUI of this topic. Or could your app evolve towards this?

lduboeuf

@domubpkm said in [HowTo] Alternate way of saving battery when using 4G/LTE:

Hello @lduboeuf . When i saw https://open-store.io/app/batterysaver.lduboeuf , i thought first it was a GUI of this topic. Or could your app evolve towards this?

A bit different yes than always switching 2g/4g according tp screen state. But if i have 100 notif a day, it means 100 times the screen will turn on, i doubt it would be efficient...
But could be improved for sure

domubpkm

@lduboeuf Thanks for your new project. Well personally, in normal use, I generally completely turn off cellular data and activate it when necessary. I don't know how difficult it can be to develop, but I imagine an option that automatically turns on cellular data in case of one or more open apps or web-apps using it, and automatically turns off cellular data when apps or web-apps that used cellular data are all closed...