Battery observations

James13
James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
in MtGPQ General Discussion
Not quite sure where to post this.

I notice that MTGPQ seems to eat battery much faster and that my phone is also running a lot hotter after playing.

Anyone else?

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  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    James13 said:
    Not quite sure where to post this.

    I notice that MTGPQ seems to eat battery much faster and that my phone is also running a lot hotter after playing.

    Anyone else?
    Yup.  I love the smoother graphics, but I'm losing about 1% per minute.  Its nuts
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    my phone with this game right now

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  • DumasAG
    DumasAG Posts: 719 Critical Contributor
    FindingHeart8 said:
    my phone with this game right now

    httpsipinimgcom736x254217254217d14410a9f2b58bde85489897a6--cosmic-comics-calvin-and-hobbesjpg

    Your phone runs on steam? Goodness, time to trade that Nokia in
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited August 2018
    DumasAG said:
    FindingHeart8 said:
    my phone with this game right now

    httpsipinimgcom736x254217254217d14410a9f2b58bde85489897a6--cosmic-comics-calvin-and-hobbesjpg

    Your phone runs on steam? Goodness, time to trade that Nokia in
    More like Cocoa Puffs and stuffed striped animals.

    A Nokia would probably be an upgrade
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Just Dropped In
    edited August 2018
    Yup +1

    I have to now pace out my games for fear of super overheating leading to a new form of SWW

    Also found here:

  • Dologan
    Dologan Posts: 145 Tile Toppler
    I can corroborate that even plugged in, the phone can barely keep up with the battery drain. I'd rather have a longer lasting battery than fancy animations... Can we please have a toggle for a battery saving mode?
  • boopers
    boopers Posts: 175 Tile Toppler
    Folks on this thread: I think there is plenty of evidence at this point to confirm that there is something new going on with battery drainage.  To help, can you all answer the following:

    When you experienced this excessive battery use, overheating, etc... were you playing on wifi or on your carrier 4G network?

    If you are willing to go a step further and help get some data:
    1) charge to 100%, unplug from power, then play 20 min worth of TG matches while on wifi
    2) charge to 100%, unplug from power, then play 20 min worth of TG matches on your carrier network
  • ArielSira
    ArielSira Posts: 520 Critical Contributor
    I sent an e-mail to support regarding this issue as it only started after 2.8 update. After asking if it occured on wifi or data (I replied both) they responded by saying it's my device.

    Alrighty then.
  • joerginger
    joerginger Posts: 198 Tile Toppler
    Support doesn't know anything about the technical details of either the game or any device, they only exist to filter feedback. Most likely the support worker you dealt with wanted to be helpful. ;)
  • ArielSira
    ArielSira Posts: 520 Critical Contributor
    Didn't think they would have a solution 😛 but I now just send tickets, that's the only way to get it to the right people. Two weeks ago when the server went crazy and we couldn't play they weren't aware because no one sent a ticket. When we did, it was fixed very quickly.
  • joerginger
    joerginger Posts: 198 Tile Toppler
    Yes, you're right, I've been using tickets more frequently myself and I noticed a change in the tone and quality of their replies. There is standard text, but it's not always just your canned response of the past (typically asking for the very information you provided in your original message). This weekend I sent several tickets and all exchanges ended with them asking me for confirmation if this is what they should pass on as feedback, either quoting something I wrote or summarizing it.
    One exchange was nice. In the end they asked if they could do something for me and I confirmed and asked them to have a look at the bug forum. Then I was asked if the following is the feedback I wanted "to share with the team:

    1. The amount of bugs introduced in the latest update is unacceptable. The existing bugs should at least be acknowledged."

    I couldn't have said it better. ;)
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  • ZW2007-
    ZW2007- Posts: 812 Critical Contributor
    MarvinFine said:
    An option to turn off a bunch of animations would probably help with battery time, in addition to it helping with many of the animations being too slow, and a bunch of them juddering noticeably in the late game, too.
    Seems like an option like this could kill two birds with one stone. Some players want faster/no animations, others want to keep it the way it is. A toggle switch would please both parties and would have the added benefit of improving game performance and battery life.
  • andrewvanmarle
    andrewvanmarle Posts: 978 Critical Contributor
    I noticed that my phone is heating up alarmingly after playing for a bit

  • Kinesia
    Kinesia Posts: 1,621 Chairperson of the Boards
    The bit where the phone has always heated up with tons of energy and supports on board was revealed that it wasn't about the animations but about the extra information being sent and that makes sense... The phones are designed to animate now and there's nothing really to warm up from that. The network usage _does_ tie in with how the technology works so that makes far more sense.
  • HarryMason
    HarryMason Posts: 136 Tile Toppler
    This game is murder on the battery . Playing through tg and ai usually drains about 80-90% of my battery. I'll rarely play any coalition matches without my charger in hand. I can't really say I've noticed a huge difference. For me , it's always been pretty bad .
  • Kinesia
    Kinesia Posts: 1,621 Chairperson of the Boards
    My english in that post is terrible... Anyway, in these devices antennas warm up and batteries with problems can warm up but the chips doing the screen don't, not like graphics cards in PCs.

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