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Android Mobile ReadyCLOUD app battery drain
I just thought I'd mention something I have noticed about the new ReadyCLOUD app (ver 1.2.3) for Android. I use a Nexus 4 phone and last week loaded the app as part of my tinkering, after the upgrad...
Just another user here experiencing similar problems. I installed on my Moto X (2nd gen) and within hours the battery was getting hammered by the app - became the top consumer of battery life on the phone. Uninstalled/reinstalled, rebooted phone...no change.
Full disclosure, was absolutely using the mobile backup feature - the whole point of installing the app was to use the storage attached to my fancy new router rather than backing stuff up to Google photos. That being said, I was not using it over 4G, only WiFi -- and everything backed up pretty quickly, so my guess is that the app is polling for changes to upload perhaps too aggressively or something.
Consider me among the group who's got it uninstalled permanently until this is resolved, I use my phone constantly for business and I can't be charging it every 4 hours. Thanks to Netgear in advance for addressing this.
Thanks to you all for your input to highlight this issue.
BrianL2- now it's obvious this is not just a 'one-off' issue, can you please provide some confirmation of what is being done by Netgear to solve it? Some users appear to be joining the community just to highlight this issue, so it must warrant serious consideration for support.
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