[POLL] How Often Do You Reboot Your Device?

[DonSchaeffer]

I power down between uses. The battery goes down if I don't. I keep it fully charged too.

 

[edap]

I do the exact same thing and for the same reason. And, not because, as stated above in a previous post, "a device that requires regular rebooting is simply a poorly designed device."

 

[Spider]

Is that a record? Maybe a screenshot would be in order

Unless someone can beat it, I guess it is the record. (Now 1,667 hours and it's not over yet)

 

[Astrix]

Unless someone can beat it, I guess it is the record. (Now 1,667 hours and it's not over yet)

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You never use your device often!
Give it me...lol

Great battery life :thumbup:

TapaTalking from Republic™Of Android

 

[Spider]

You never use your device often!

I use it quite a bit, but I never turn it off. I just let it sleep with the WiFi turned off.

 

[Natey2]

I use it quite a bit, but I never turn it off. I just let it sleep with the WiFi turned off.

That seems to be the key to extending battery life between charges.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

 

[edap]

I haven't turned my WiFi off since I purchased my tablet, almost a year ago. Is that also some kind of record, maybe?

 

[Natey2]

If you charge your tablet daily, you probably don't need to turn wifi off.
I charge my tablet once every couple of days; I have my tablet set to turn wifi off while sleeping. This almost doubled battery life for me.
See http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/showthread.php?p=259966

 

[edap]

I have my tablet set to turn wifi off while sleeping. This almost doubled battery life for me.

I just turn my tablet off. What's the difference?

 

[jbenham]

That's what I have been wondering. I have just been powering it off at night, charging it and then powering it back on in the morning. I am sure there are benefits to not shutting down and I also wonder if the same thing applies to laptops.

 

[Spider]

I just turn my tablet off. What's the difference?

If you hold the power switch in and power off the tablet, there is no difference. If you just tap the switch and put the tablet in sleep mode the WiFi radio will continue to put an additional drain on your battery and you'll have to charge the tablet more often.

 

[Spider]

I am sure there are benefits to not shutting down and I also wonder if the same thing applies to laptops.

The benefit is that you don't have to go through the entire boot process every time you want to use the tablet/laptop/desktop. On my devices that's 30 seconds for a tablet and a minute or so for a laptop/desktop. Just to check the TV Guide, the weather, or the local gas prices etc. no thanks. I never shut down my tablet and I only restart my laptop/desktop if the update Tuesday updates require it in order to record the updates in the registry on disk.

 

[edap]

I use it quite a bit, but I never turn it off. I just let it sleep with the WiFi turned off.

Do you turn WiFi off each time you tap the power button to put the tablet in sleep mode?

 

[Spider]

Do you turn WiFi off each time you tap the power button to put the tablet in sleep mode?

Yes, I have Generic Toggle Widget (Amazon.com: Generic Toggle Widget: Appstore for Android) configured as a WiFi on/off switch on my home screen. Tap it to turn WiFi off, tap power to sleep the tablet, done.

 

[tpaine]

I like that, sleep without the hard key. I use quick boot from the playstore for reboot and shutdown with no hard keys.

The longest my 7042 has gone without reboot is about a month, 32+ days. Didn't plan it, it just happened. The only time I shut down is when the battery is under 50% and not near a charge.

I never used to sleep my desktop, but over time, evolved into using it frequently. Now its set to sleep after an hour. Like you mentioned, I only reboot when installing.