thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Optimize power consumption in situations with intermittent/bad connectivity
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Description
Hi,
many people, also me, are struggeling with a high battery usage of K-9 (in my case at the end of the day 36% left, and in total 20% battery usage claimed by K-9). But there was no real solution.
During time I think it's a problem with syncing with a bad or no internet connection. If my phone has a good cell connection or often WLAN, the consumption by K-9 is really low. And if the connection is bad (only EDGE, or sometimes nothing) it increases dramatically (dum-dum-dum).
So I would suggest lower timeouts for syncing and detection of a bad connection. An option I would love (maybe as workaround) would be to disable syncing with a bad connection (EDGE or GPRS).
Greetings & keep up the good work,
Flip
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Begin by reproducing battery usage during synchronization on EDGE, GPRS, and unavailable connections, then trace how connectivity detection and sync timeouts behave. Done would require an agreed scope and evidence that the selected behavior reduces battery consumption without breaking synchronization.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile, networking, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100