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Not sure what's going on here. But it's the only app listed that is constantly using a sensor.

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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing it uses it to work out the orientation of the app (portrait, landscape) can you disable rotation in either the app or android system settings.

Might not be the fix you want but hopefully will reduce the battery usage.

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 7 points 10 months ago

My phone is always portrait locked. Incase it wasn't obvious the phone was mostly unused for this on the table. Only about 30-45mins was active use of voyager.

Will look in voyager settings for rotation though.

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure that the data reported by the app is accurateΒΏ?

[–] FelipeFelop@discuss.online 1 points 9 months ago

No it’s not and most people don’t know how to read the results anyway.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Report it on the Github. Also, can you disable the motion permission in the OS settings? I'm not an Android user, so I'm not familiar.

https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/issues

[–] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

can you disable the motion permission in the OS settings?

Under AOSP and most customs OSes, no. It's not a standard, exposed permission. GrapheneOS does have a toggle for it, though, and I've found most apps don't need sensors.

Sensors permission toggle: disallow access to all other sensors not covered by existing Android permissions (Camera, Microphone, Body Sensors, Activity Recognition) including an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, barometer, thermometer and any other sensors present on a given device.

https://grapheneos.org/features#sensors-permission-toggle

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't have a GitHub account. But it's this git version in using. Maybe the playstote version/fdroid build don't have the issue?

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unless you don't want to send Microsoft your personal information.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I use a Proton mail account just for this concern. All I did was offer how to get a bug documented in the right place to be fixed. Take it or leave it.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I’m guessing it uses that to sense rotation.

Accelerometers are not usually a major power drain.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 10 months ago

I would have thought that this is up to the OS.

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My phone is portrait locked though. So it shouldn't be sensing anything.

Especially if it's on the counter not moving.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The app supports rotation and is checking the sensor.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

The app shouldn’t be polling the sensor when rotation is disabled, because rotation will never be required when the setting is disabled.

I can reword this a few ways to help you comprehend it if necessary. Maybe in a different language?

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Does it have a "rage shake" bug report feature?

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol. Not sure if this is serious or not. I hope it does!

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's actual feature on some apps

[–] tcrash@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Just tested it... No.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This would explain the battery drain I experience... Which battery app is that?

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gsam. I've not really used it before, but have used others.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago
[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago

Idk. Its a pretty popular battery app. I can only assume.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Could it be related to haptics? No idea whether the sensor uses that at all.