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STEVESKI07
Sep 3, 2009, 09:09 AM
So I've had Lockdown on my phone for a couple weeks now and I noticed my battery was draining a bit faster then usual, but I figured I was just using the phone more or something else. I decided to uninstall it yesterday and I am now getting MUCH better battery life. This really sucks because I like to use Lockdown with categories so I can lock a whole folder that contains all my sensitive information, but I don't think I can go back to Lockdown. On top of the battery drain, it would also crash springboard the first time I ran an app that was locked from a reboot.

Has anybody else had this same experience with battery life? If so, have you tried mAdvLock and had a better experience? I don't mind paying money for an app if it works well. Any other alternatives?


Gix1k
Sep 3, 2009, 09:26 AM
Why would Lockdown drain your battery? Makes no sense. I've been using this app for ages on 3G now 3GS and never had an issue.
STEVESKI07
Sep 3, 2009, 09:31 AM
Why would Lockdown drain your battery? Makes no sense. I've been using this app for ages on 3G now 3GS and never had an issue.

I don't know why it would drain the battery but it did for me. I kept it for so long because I didn't think it was possible for it to be the cause of my battery drain.
Gix1k
Sep 3, 2009, 10:47 AM
Seems unlikely. I'm sticking with there's no way.
kAoTiX
Sep 4, 2009, 05:31 AM
Try re-installing it now and see if there is any impact on battery life.
I think it could be draining your battery but not because of how it works or its usage, probably a bug when it was installed. I've had similar things happen before when something installed and after a re-install it worked fine.