Qualcomm surprised all Snapdragon processor users with a battery saver app of their own, the Snapdragon BatteryGuru. It has a lofty of promises and with the processor manufacturer backing the app up, this app should save battery life in a significant amount. Will it live to user expectations?
First and foremost, as what its app name said, it can only be installed on Snapdragon devices (e.g. Galaxy S3). With the upcoming release of the S4 Pro, that would be a lot of devices running on Snapdragon. Opening the app first time gives you the basic idea of how the app runs. It lets you know that there are a bunch of background processes that constantly syncs to the internet, sometimes unnecessarily, which chugs your battery life.
After you exit the ‘setup’ part, you will be notified that the app is undergoing ‘learning mode’. It will take like 2-4 days before it learns your routinely activities to your phone or tablet. Within that 2-4 days, it will watch you how you use your phone – when you use Wi-fi, which apps are often used and which are not. Within that period, it automatically adjusts the syncing period of those apps it watched. Once finished, a notification will popup saying that is ready to start battery saving.
The good thing here is that the app will run on its own way. It will save battery life without any user intervention. Upon using it for like 2 days, the only thing this app does is changing the sync intervals of specific apps. Remember that changing sync intervals is a fail-success process.
With 2 days of testing, it really improved my battery life. The bad thing here is that I am not having Gmail notifications anymore ---that’s a very bad thing. I always check my Gmail but the question here is that why doesn’t Snapdragon BatteryGuru detect how often I check it? It did well with lowering sync intervals from my unnecessary apps like ‘Subway Surfers’. With necessary apps sync intervals being lowered, that isn’t a good thing.
Fortunately, BatteryGuru has an option to override those automatically designated intervals for each app. It remains questionable whether it will not revert to its old setting anymore.
If you don’t check your Gmail, Skype and Viber that often and want to chunk up your battery life, this app is good for you. To those who always want to have their apps synced, you might want to be wary about this app to whether trust it a hundred percent. Try it out now in Play Store.
First and foremost, as what its app name said, it can only be installed on Snapdragon devices (e.g. Galaxy S3). With the upcoming release of the S4 Pro, that would be a lot of devices running on Snapdragon. Opening the app first time gives you the basic idea of how the app runs. It lets you know that there are a bunch of background processes that constantly syncs to the internet, sometimes unnecessarily, which chugs your battery life.
After you exit the ‘setup’ part, you will be notified that the app is undergoing ‘learning mode’. It will take like 2-4 days before it learns your routinely activities to your phone or tablet. Within that 2-4 days, it will watch you how you use your phone – when you use Wi-fi, which apps are often used and which are not. Within that period, it automatically adjusts the syncing period of those apps it watched. Once finished, a notification will popup saying that is ready to start battery saving.
The good thing here is that the app will run on its own way. It will save battery life without any user intervention. Upon using it for like 2 days, the only thing this app does is changing the sync intervals of specific apps. Remember that changing sync intervals is a fail-success process.
With 2 days of testing, it really improved my battery life. The bad thing here is that I am not having Gmail notifications anymore ---that’s a very bad thing. I always check my Gmail but the question here is that why doesn’t Snapdragon BatteryGuru detect how often I check it? It did well with lowering sync intervals from my unnecessary apps like ‘Subway Surfers’. With necessary apps sync intervals being lowered, that isn’t a good thing.
Fortunately, BatteryGuru has an option to override those automatically designated intervals for each app. It remains questionable whether it will not revert to its old setting anymore.
If you don’t check your Gmail, Skype and Viber that often and want to chunk up your battery life, this app is good for you. To those who always want to have their apps synced, you might want to be wary about this app to whether trust it a hundred percent. Try it out now in Play Store.
