Widgets and battery life

[sierra]

My understanding, (subject to correction of course) is that widgets use battery power just by being on your home screen based on the fact that they are being updated. Whereas apps dont use power until you open them.

But I have some 'widgets' that dont do anything but sit there. ie:S2 calendar, sticky notes, mixzing, App Protector Pro, Appbrain sync, CardioTrainer, Catch Notes, Contact Widget, Voice Recorder Widget etc. These are all icons that come from the 'Widget' menu, so I am assume that somehow they use the battery? Or, if its not something that gets updated on a regular basis, or you set it to not update, then it wont use battery? So, are they using power and using up my battery?

Ohh, and how many widgets do you have on your screens that update? And how does it impact your battery life?

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[DebianDog]

Widgets are the least of your concerns. YOUR SCREEN is what burns your battery.

I have a FB and a few other ones and still get 24-36 hours with an extended battery.

Beamed from my DroidX

[sierra]

My screen is set to 10% most of the time, and even when its off most of the day while I am at work, the battery is still at 10% or less after 9 hours, wtih no more then 1 hour of screen on.... at most. And yes, I am using an extended battery.

So, I am just looking for other options to tweak to try and help.

[DebianDog]

Mine does that when signal hunting

Root it lower the voltage Try another rom. Would be my suggestions

Beamed from my DroidX