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Daniel Cilia1

Q: How much battery does Find Friends use

Is it true that leaving Find Friends on all the time drains the battery?

Posted on Jul 3, 2013 4:31 AM

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Q: How much battery does Find Friends use

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Jul 3, 2013 5:00 AM in response to Daniel Cilia1
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    Jul 3, 2013 5:00 AM in response to Daniel Cilia1

    Leaving any app on all the time drains the battery.

  • by fromsouth,Helpful

    fromsouth fromsouth Jul 3, 2013 5:06 AM in response to Daniel Cilia1
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    Jul 3, 2013 5:06 AM in response to Daniel Cilia1

    Yes, every application that uses location services uses battery and that app is very much about location.

    NO - while it does use battery it does not drain it much, usually something else does. If you experience drain unusually high - it is normally something that phone is trying to process, but unable. It can be anything like, for example you set up to fetch mail every 15 minutes, but you are in the area with no data connection. Or you setup to send e-mail to your exchange server, but server is not accessible. I consider turning off apps that you need counterproductive, so choice is yours.

  • by Daniel Cilia1,

    Daniel Cilia1 Daniel Cilia1 Jul 3, 2013 5:24 AM in response to fromsouth
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    Jul 3, 2013 5:24 AM in response to fromsouth

    Thanks I thought so, after all what would the point be of Find Friends if one does not leave it on all the time. I immagined that it used the battery yet not that its a main battery-draining App.