> ian douglas wrote:
>> With the ASU software, with no power saving at all, I placed a phone
>> call to my Freerunner with a T-Mobile SIM from an AT&T phone. There
>> was no audio, just two phones sitting side by side. The next morning,
>> of course, the Freerunner was completely drained (my AT&T phone was
>> plugged into its charger). The phone call lasted 3 hours and 52
>> minutes -- just shy of 4 full hours.
>>
>> I'm running another test right now with power saving turned on
>> (dimming, no locking), to see if that has any additional impact on
>> call life.
>
> To follow up, the second phone call hung up after 3 hours and 54
> minutes -- only a two minute saving, but the Freerunner's battry icon
> still showed lots of power available, instead of being completely
> drained like my test with power saving turned off.
>
> Since the call ended about the same amount of time as my test last
> night (236 minutes vs 234 minutes), I'm curious if either AT&T or
> TMobile simply kill a phone call just shy of 4 hours of talk time to
> free up their network.
>
> To solve that riddle, I'll try both my AT&T SIM card and TMobile SIM
> card in the Freerunner and call it from my Vonage VoIP line, see if I
> can narrow down what killed the call.
>
> My speculation at this point is that the 3 hour 52 minute call last
> night that drained my battery might not have drained the Freerunner's
> battery completely, but that the phone just ran out of power at some
> point after the phone call because power saving was turned off.
>
> Stay tuned,
> Ian Douglas
>
>
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