My DSi barely gets 3.5 hours on max brightness with wifi off playing zelda: phantom hourglass before I get the dreaded red light. It's been a bit better with FFT: A2, but not so much. Is my battery just a bad apple, or is this the same for everyone else? Or has the red light time interval been increased?
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DSi Battery life bad for anyone else?
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Dead Man Typing
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cw_sasuke said:
This. Max brightness is only for when you are playing outside on a very sunny day.
Diablohead
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I managed to get about 20% more battery life out of my touch 2g just by moving the brightness bar from it's default to just under half way, the brightness difference is not much at all (seems like it at first because your eyes adjusted to the brighter screen) but i'm getting a much better battery life out of the thing because of it. Still get great colours without it looking shit.
Gamecocks625
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Valtor said:
probably in case you want to access the DSi Store on a whim
I'm pretty sure we've been through this before in another thread. People were saying the PSP and other wireless devices do it, too, I think. Yes, if wireless communications are on, it's always searching for access points. No matter what game or application you're in. And you will notice a difference in battery performance. Whether or not that's negligible is up to you. I only turn it on for the web browser or the DSi Shop.
My battery seems to run down as soon as I turn on Disgaea DS, it gets dark suddenly too...
In all seriousness use the select+volume shortcut to adjust your brightness as needed and sit on the shady side of the bus/train. You can double your battery life by being smart about what level you play on.
In general lowest level is for playing in total darkness, highest for bright light outside.
In all seriousness use the select+volume shortcut to adjust your brightness as needed and sit on the shady side of the bus/train. You can double your battery life by being smart about what level you play on.
In general lowest level is for playing in total darkness, highest for bright light outside.
DaBargainHunta
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Level 4 brightness - the second highest - is my default (and the factory default). I turned off wi-fi last night after a charge. Hopefully that'll indeed lead to longer battery life.
Valtor said:
No what would make no sense is why they would offer an off switch and a dedicated wifi light if it didn't matter.
I had terrible battery life initially. I even had my DSi lose charge while asleep, which basically never happened on my lite. I anecdotally believe it is the brightness (I was on 4, have switched to 3), and the wifi.
reggieandTFE
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mrkgoo said:
I've had the same issues. I play the DSi before I go to sleep and occasionally just shut it and fall asleep. The phat DS could stay in the sleep mode forever, the DSlite was a little less, but the DSi's sleep mode actually seems to be draining the battery.
Also, I turned the Wifi off and have the brightness set to 3 and I'm not getting more than 5 hours a charge playing Civilization Revolutions; it's been kinda bumming me out.
nubbe said:
That's not true. If your device is a PC running Windows, yes, its default action is to associate with any friendly APs it finds. But other kinds of devices? No, not necessarily.
I've got a Palm here that, even when Wi-Fi is switched on, won't do a thing until you actually run an app on it that requires Internet accessat that point it springs into life, associates, and goes. If Wi-Fi is off, it will say, "hey, I can't do that, it's off. Want to turn it on?"
The DSi, likewise, doesn't even send out probe packets unless you do something to go online. I ran a wireless sniffer for a half hour while playing the DSi, and didn't see a thing. Hopped into the browser, and it flares up... probes, associates, communicates, deassociates when done... and then complete radio silence again. Saw my Wii, saw the neighbors associating to their own AP... but the DSi was only using its radio when I was in the browser.
There's no reason to believe that the Wi-Fi light and Wi-Fi system setting are anything other than a hard switch to prevent the DS from trying to do wireless communications when it shouldn't (i.e. on airplanes.) Unless anyone's actually got some actual data to suggest otherwise, and not just some vague feeling that it's helping to turn the little yellow light off?
DeathbyVolcano
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What handheld device has need AA batteries since like, 2000?
Ironballs said:
I think so. I loved the upgrade in battery tech over the years:
GB: 4xAA
GBP: 2xAAA
GBC: 2xAA
GBA:2xAA
GBSP: Rechargeable
DS: Rechargeable
DSL: rechargeable
I think the DSi is the first handheld to offer significantly less battery life. But that's ok. It's bundles of fun.
Ecto311
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Wallach said:
Same with my 1000 series PSP. I would love to play more games on it but the bastard dies all the time. My DSi lasts for a lot longer with brighter screen and the wi-fi on.
That is my #1 gripe with the psp. I own like 12 psp games and over 80 DS games. It would be different if the fuckin psp would work outside of my house being away from the outlet.