Comments on: Solar Power Live Wallpaper Brings Colorful Beauty to the Sun

By: lachoneus

lachoneus — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:32:00 +0000

So what do you think is difference, technically? You mention that it will have less impact on battery life, if it is written better. But I have had this running on my LG Optimus S for 2 days, without charging it, I’m to 25% right now (Might start charging again at the end of the day if I need to). It is also really low on the list in my battery usage statistics.

There is definitely a difference depending on how it is written, but it seems like in this case, it has more to do with the phone, or the ROM. Maybe it is how a specific kernel and version of Android is handling LWP service in the background. I know different versions of kernels and OS’s handle some things better than others. It is almost impossible for a developer to cover that much diversity in ROMS and OS versions.

Might be the engine the developer is using as well?

By: Thor Media

Thor Media — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:01:00 +0000

Funny you mention the super nova thing, this was in the original plan for this LWP, but won’t be implemented until later.

By: Thor Media

Thor Media — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:56:00 +0000

This LWP doe shut down when the screen is off and when you’re not on the home screen.

By: JolleyMan

JolleyMan — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:36:00 +0000

Rigg’s grammar is correct. Your correction is incorrect.

By: Dan Balliro

Dan Balliro — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:11:00 +0000

If you was the man
From Krypton, then you would fight
Those Grammar Nazis.

note: Incorrect English is allowed for poetic license, as I replied in a haiku.

By: munkyboythethird

munkyboythethird — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:35:00 +0000

Most developers are lazy and forget to shut it down when not visible a LWP should only burn power while you’re looking at it.

By: munkyboythethird

munkyboythethird — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:33:00 +0000

Try Mystic Halo. Zero battery impact (almost)

By: munkyboythethird

munkyboythethird — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:32:00 +0000

Mystic Halo used like no power

By: Lactose_the_Intolerant

Lactose_the_Intolerant — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:12:00 +0000

No, not always… if written correctly, there is minimal impact to battery life. Problem is, you don’t know what is good and what is crap until you install.

By: Lactose_the_Intolerant

Lactose_the_Intolerant — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:11:00 +0000

Not necessarily… correctly written LWPs do not have much much impact on battery life. Crap-ware LWPs, on the hand, will slaughter a battery.

The stuff put out by developer Kittehface rocks! (note: not associated with him/her at all, i’m just a fan of the work).. looks great, doesn’t smash my battery.

Video of fav – Blue Sky LWP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4__PBVc6Zg

By: PyroHoltz

PyroHoltz — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:48:00 +0000

Just played with the pro version and I must say, it’s surprisingly laggy on my Gnex. Uninstalled.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:33:00 +0000

Yeah… It takes a large amount of the CPU/GPU to render this live wallpaper. It definitely makes my Bionic sorta sluggish.

By: Qqq

Qqq — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:13:00 +0000

LG phones do this.

By: Raven

Raven — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:05:00 +0000

A lot of people complain about battery life when Live Wallpapers are mentioned, but as I leave my tablet plugged in on my desk next to me I rather enjoy them.

Here is an idea for an Android programmer. Create a program that can automatically switch between running any selected Live Wallpaper when plugged in and displaying any static picture when on battery.

I am just learning Android development, otherwise I would make it myself.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:54:00 +0000

holy cpu hog