Moderators hazelnut Posted March 20, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 20, 2012 People may be surprised at the scale of this.. http://www.neowin.net/news/ads-in-free-smartphone-apps-are-draining-your-battery In Angry Birds, only 20 percent of the total energy cost was used to render and run the game. Forty-five percent of the energy was spent tracking the user's location with the GPS and uploading that information, then downloading location-specific ads over a 3G connection. The app kept the 3G connection open for around 10 seconds, even if the data transmission completed in less than that amount of time. This "tail energy" cost another 28 percent of the app's energy usage. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3bg0D Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 i wonder if newer phones have the ability to turn off some phone features automatically while playing games??? I have a blackberry and really not into playing games and can't do it on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Maybe if you played in airplane mode, or shut off location services. I have an ad blocker, so I don't see the banner contents, but I'm sure it still gets downloaded... hm.. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3bg0D Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 ahhhh...u got an Android OS. I definitely have to switch to Android OS. I even have an HP Tablet with WebOS that I will convert to Android. Wonder if there is an App to turn on/off GPS. That way you just have to remember to turn off GPS....but will the game still go out after GPS gets turned on? Sounds like the phones will be needing a firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Glad I don't have/need one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted March 22, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 22, 2012 I block all ad-providers at the host level (just like the phone's big sibling the computer) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I block all ad-providers at the host level (just like the phone's big sibling the computer) Me too, but I wonder if they still try to seek data (as in, the application is programmed to send out checks that never get responded too because of the HOSTS file) winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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