Battery drain when navigating

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Rolf-Aalders Not really! See the changelog for the new update: https://forum.myrouteapp.com/topic/3392/new-beta-v3-2-9

This is the last known real critical issue

[Flat Twin Therapy]

@Corjan-Meijerink Thanks for pointing me to that post!

[Maarten v]

@Rolf-Aalders Today riding with the MyRoute-app,battery was 88% and my iPhone 13 mini in the usb socket for voltage…….2 hours later the battery was 35% procent and still dropping…. So with the Navigation on the battery is draining verg fast even in usb socket . Than i turned Navigation off and close the app and battery was in 1,5 hour back at 80 % …..my conclusion that i can,t use the app because of battery drainage…..

[Maarten v]

@Maarten-v . I use the version 3.2.9-154

[Flat Twin Therapy]

@Maarten-v
I have indeed the same. I cannot use navigation because of the battery drain...

To be honest... Battery drain.. + the Android app just crashes very, very (very!) often, of which I cannot recover safely due to gloves on, while riding motorcycle...

This makes the app actually useless... ;( ;(
I'm only using it for trips I already know, to test if these 2 issues are solved yet, so that I can actually start using it.

@Corjan-Meijerink any updates on the battery drain and the crashes (android)? Is there perhaps anything that I can help? Perhaps sharing logsfiles, if that is possible?

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Rolf-Aalders both will be more intensively investigated after the CarPlay update

[Jure Sirena 0]

We are all reporting same issue to guys they know it. We have to stop using app to save battery even if charged. What is interesting (at least what I’ve noticed) that almost all reported issues are on iphone 13….mine is iphone 13 pro, ios 16.3.1

Just an observation

[Jörgen]

No, also noticed with iPhone X.
The little 12-5Volt converter plug does not supply enough power to compensate for the consumption, the iPhone was empty after 1 hour (start at 45% battery charge).
But because this is known, I'm sure it will be solved soon.

[Nick Carthew]

I will add my findings to this debate. Yesterday I used the app to navigate and track a route of about 120 miles. I stopped several times and paused the tracking. The original route was 66 miles and when I reached the destination I chose to edit the route and I added several route points to take me back home. The first of these new route points was RP7 so when I opened the newly edited route I gave a long press on RP7 to set as the start point. Everything worked perfectly as it should have.
My phone is an iPhone 11 and it's mounted on a Quadlock handlebar mount. I had it plugged into a 12v supply via a usb cable. My phone had about 80% battery when I started and when I got home the battery was at 100%. I also noticed that there was no significant heat despite the phone being within the Quadlock case. I had no other apps open while navigating.

[RetiredWingMan]

I also find battery usage to be excessive - Older Samsung Galaxy S7 - MRA Mobile Next app 3.2.9. Battery usage was so bad during one hour of navigating I had to stop it. The phone was connected for fast charging. The phone was hot. I'm hoping that once I can download maps to my SD Card and run offline that battery usage will be significantly reduced. That is how I currently run with MRA Navigation - GPS and WIFI only. No cellular service.

[Ad Koppenol]

@Mopetenpit said in Battery drain when navigating:

My contribution to the topic "battery charging". I drove a short distance today with the bike and Navigation Next. At the start I had a battery charge of 73%, at the finish was 64%. The route is 3.4 km long and of course only takes a few minutes. Equipment: iPhone 13 pro, iOS version 16.3.

Ook de batterij op mijn iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16.3.1 loopt snel leeg. Tijdens een rit van een uur verloor de accu 2% aan volume, terwijl hij aan de USB-oplader 12V van de auto was aangesloten. De iPhone werd ook erg warm. Zo durf ik geen gebruik te maken van de app tijdens de lange ritten in de vakantie.

[Flat Twin Therapy]

@Corjan-Meijerink
Can you give a status update on the battery performance while navigating on Android? Has that been fixed?
Thanks!

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Rolf-Aalders actively in progress. We are working closely with HERE to improve the performance.

[CD130]

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[Flat Twin Therapy]

@Corjan-Meijerink
Oh that is really good to hear. Thanks!
This is the only issue preventing me from actively using it.

[Rob Verhoeff]

Today I took a drive with connected iPhone 13 to the USB port via cable. I have no idea if the phone became too hot (you can't feel it with gloves on ), but the battery logging indicates that charging stopped at 85%. The iPhone has an internal safeguard to protect the battery. I have complete confidence that everything will be fine.

[Karl Mumford]

I have just returned from a trip to Ireland where I tried to use the new MyRoute app to navigate with my Android 10 Ulefone Armour X7 Pro. I found that even with the phone on charge with a 1.5A charger it was draining the battery enough to not be able to last the day.
I switched back to using the MRA Navigator stand-alone app because that is able to allow the phone to charge up even when in use.
MyRoute app version 4.0.1 - 194
MRA Navigation version v1.6.12

[CD130]

@Karl-Mumford are you able to try a 2.4A or 3.0A charger? The 3.0A charger works fine with my iPhone 12.

[Karl Mumford]

@Karl-Mumford I have just see that MyRoute-app on my phone updated itself automatically yesterday so I would have been using the previous version while in Ireland

[Karl Mumford]

@CD130 my charger is hard wired into my bike but I could replace it, yes. However the face that the MRA navigation app uses much less power hints that MyRoute-app could probably do so too.