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The downside of auto-downloading is that your tablet/phone will run out of battery much faster than on iOS. iOS has stand by times of weeks (31 days?), which is
by ricw 14y ago
The downside of auto-downloading is that your tablet/phone will run out of battery much faster than on iOS. iOS has stand by times of weeks (31 days?), which is wonderful. My nexus 7 runs dry after days, arguably because of the apps I use, or because the OS allows them. I'm unsure which I prefer, though I'd like to be able to configure a trade-off between the two myself..
- wvenable 14y agoThere is a setting to turn off background wifi when not plugged in; that should solve your problem on the nexus 7.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoSimple fix: permissions. > [Podcast App] would like to run in the background. You can change this at any time. Allow/Deny? Or perhaps being a bit more specific: > [Podcast App] would like to sync nightly. Allow/Deny/Charging Only?
- OriginalSyn 14y agoOr only allow downloading in background when connected to a charger.
- bhaile 14y ago+1 I use BeyondPod as my Podcast manager and its set to only download when charging, on WiFi and at 7am. No background processing otherwise. I've used BeyondPod for so long that I don't even realize effective it is until reading all these comments. I have over 40 podcasts that are updated. I listen to them on flights, walking, downtime..etc.
- marshray 14y agoI don't have a problem with plugging my device in every few days. Perhaps I'm just trained from the bad old NiCd days to keep unused stuff on the charger.