Subj : Re: Bluetooth
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Wed Mar 27 2024 14:44:00

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Ky!
> 

> Seems a timeout would make more sense: save battery power comes to mind
> (transmitting the "hello out there!" signal takes energy).

Yeah, it takes quite a lot. You can vastly improve battery life by 
turning off BT and wifi.

> 
>   KM> And sometimes the BT keyboard disconnects from the phone after
>   KM> not being used for a few days, but yesterday I found it was still
>   KM> paired even tho it hadn't been used in a couple months.
>   
> Wonder if it does a periodic check to see if the paired device is still
> lin range?  ...As soon as I typed that thought that wouldn't make sense
> as the phone travels and might be out of range for several hours.   Of
> course could allowed to miss a few 'you out there?' checks...  Probably
> more once paired always paired.

Nope, that phone never leaves the desk (no battery to speak of).

Just another computing weirdness. <g>
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