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now that I have a Tesla, my phone battery lasts only 24 hours
- Thread starter garth_angst
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sounds like a good problem to have. 1st world problem for sure ... anything else an issue in your ivory tower we can assist with? 
Didn't help. Already said it showed Tesla app using 3%, but running entire time since last charge. Showed about 5 apps totaling less than 20%.
Few things to consider here;
- do you see a difference in consumption when Tesla App is installed but not set as a key?
- it battery consumption by apps is taking only 20% what is the break down for screen time, OS overhead, etc? We still need to get to 100.
- How is battery affected if you completely uninstall the App and use your physical key card?
- what is your proximity to your car generally when carrying the phone?
- when you open the Tesla App, do you also terminate the App when exiting?
GolanB, I will get back to you after my next charge.
I did not run the Tesla app at all after my last charge and as expected, after 36 hours, I still have 25% charge left, which equates to what I originally described; 48 hours of battery time.
After I charge tomorrow, I will open the Tesla app. I don't recall if I kept it running in the background or not, but 10.5 hours after finishing the charge, my phone said it used 3% battery, but was running 10.5 hours. I am pretty sure I closed it with a swipe. I finally force stopped it after that.
Generally I am not within range of my car when not driving. The front screen notification says Tesla disconnected.
I normally terminate the app, but I don't go in that often.
I can safely say uninstalling the app won't have an effect since not using the app at all gave me the same length of battery as before I got the car.
So...it may have been my excitement on the first day with my car that I may have been using the app too often or using other apps more often, because I am back to 48 hour battery life. I tried with force stopping the Tesla app, keeping it running in the background, bluetooth on the entire time (it's too much of a pain to stop it), etc. Ever since the first two days, I have not seen any noticeable battery drain. I'm just a dolt.
