[TG01 General] fxdjacentyfxd:
Hi.

If You do not like electricty, all this ampers and volts just do not read it and do not write like some people used to do writing "I do not understand, I am not interested in.".

Having enough all this disputes "this rom eats more, this eats less, it does not depend on rom" and so on, I decided simply to measure it. Maybe it makes us to be closer to answer.

Base of my test is original Malezya rom. Normally it has old version of SPB Shell ( 3.01 as I remember ). Currently I applied to it mirolg "WM start disable xxxx" cab to have more ram and disabled new fashion lock screen ( now I have old fashion WM6.1 lock ). Some additional software I installed on it like Palringo, Total Commander, GoogleMaps and some others ).

Initial voltage of my battery was 3,75V ( 50% as tg01 says ).

I was not able to measure absolute peak current but "average peak" current in different situations and I can share it with You.

My backlight is set relatively low. Tg01 has very brigt screen so backlight does not have to be very high. In my measurements backlight current was about 50mA.

And now some result from starting boot to SPB shell screen.

If I say x - y mA it means average current fluctuates.

1) Tg01 on. Toshiba logo on screen - 300-350mA

2) Windows welcome screen - 300-350mA

3) Phone keyboard to put PIN ( I have set it ) - 220-250mA

4) Now SPH shell appears and current is still as previous going down after about 30 seconds to 100-120mA

5) This 100-120mA it is normal current when SPB shell is displayed and we do nothing on the screen

6) When backlight is off current goes to 50mA

7) When tg01 go to sleep , sleep current strongly changes . It is not very small and stable as maybe many people think. I was still watching enough frequent average peaks to about 13mA. No wonder thet even after few days of doing nothing and only sleeping out battery will be "dead". There is one "but". If one switch off radio then one can get stable, much less current in sleep mode. Typically 2.1mA. There are some peaks but very rare and not so big when radio was ON ( 13mA ) - here 4mA.

Conclusion - I You want to have sleep mode and do not want recieve any calls and smss , simply switch off the radio. Worthy.

8) Let's come back to operational mode. When we do any simple operation on SPB shell , for example we click on clock, current goes even to 300-350mA for short while. Generally, ony graphic operation takes a lot of current.

9) Work with internet.

Connection to internet via GPRS ( HDSPA ) takes even 500mA. Typically 300-350mA. After connection is established there is still enough big current ( 300mA ) for about 20-30 seconds. Why, I do not know. After this time current goes to about 200mA and is stable ( Palringo ) and sometimes is able to go to "operational" current ( 100-120mA ) for Internet Explorer. After www page loading there are current peaks to 300-350mA maybe concerned with GPRS connection itself ? Who knows.

And at last my favourite software Garmin Mobile XT. After execution current is about 200mA. When routing , little bit more 220mA with peak current from time to time to 260mA.

I did not test current during talk :)

Summing up. If some people say that they were able to do many hours of different operations with tg01 then either they are kidding or maybe there are some ROMs or rather maybe some combination of ROM setting which allows to do it.

Above measurements says " it is impossible" in my coditions.

Maybe I will try to revert some setup on this Malezya rom including WM menu enabling and removing SPB shell so that to have original ROM and check it again.

If someone wants me to test on my rom any situation not described above ( but without wasting my money for calling :) ) I will do it. My tg01 is still opened and with a lot of cables :) until monday I suppose but I do not promise.

Regards

fxdjacentyfxd