Battery drain and HOT after Tetherme install

[Blarneystone]

Hi,

I bought Tetherme so I could use Bluetooth on my iPad to connect to my iPhone 4 (4.3.2) for surfing.

While it works remarkably well, I've noticed my iPhone gets very hot and tends to drain the battery much faster. I'd say around 1% every 3 minutes. How does this compare to native tethering?

Is there anything I can do to improve it? I've turned off location services and other obvious things, but the heat has me concerned.

Thx.

 

[Stealthipad]

If you are moving a lot of data back and forth your phone WILL get hot and the battery will drain much more quickly. It is ashame that a lot of the energy goes into making heat but that is where we are with technology today.

 

[bripab007]

How does this compare to native tethering?

TetherMe is native tethering, so there's no difference. If you think Bluetooth tethering drains the battery, you should try wi-fi tethering.