Turn Bluetooth on/off automatically

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With certain programs that access the bluetooth radio you could do that but
it doesn't work with pocket ie, mail and such. You really don't gain any
extra battery life by having the bluetooth radio turned off. Unlike wifi
that transmitss and recieves all the time, bluetooth sits in recieve mode
and only transmitts when it needs to. I leave bluetooth on all the time on
my 5555 and 4350 and I still get great battery life.

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"PAC" <pac01@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
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>I am using an iPaq 4350 with the Bluetooth radio turned off most of the
>time
> to conserve battery. Is there a way to automatically turn the Bluetooth
> radio on when fetching e-mail for then to have the radio turned off when
> done? Now I need to manually turn Bluetooth on prior to connecting and
> manually off after receiving my e-mails. To automatically turn on
> Bluetooth
> when starting accessing a web page in Explorer would also be good.
>
> Thanx
>
> PAC
>
>

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I don't think you can access the bluetooth connection shortcut. I've looked
myself as it would be nice to tap once to get to it instead of having a
screen tapping marathon just to sync.

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Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)

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"PAC" <pac01@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you, I will give it a try to keep the radio on all the time. As per
> my
> usage pattern and with occasional usage of wifi and bluetooth (no media
> player) I get 1 hour per 10% of battery life, which is pretty good.
>
> I am syncing over bluettoth and have a short in the Bluetooth Manager
> called
> 'ActiveSync with T23' (T23 is the name of my laptop). Where can I find the
> actual shortcut in Explorer so I can access it directly from the Start
> Menu
> or the Today screen (I am using Spb Pocket plus)?
>
> Thanx
>
> PAC
>
> "Eric Hicks [MVP, Windows Mobile devices]" <e_dadu@nomospam.yahoo.com>
> wrote
> in message news:#n7SxEIeEHA.2812@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> With certain programs that access the bluetooth radio you could do that
> but
>> it doesn't work with pocket ie, mail and such. You really don't gain any
>> extra battery life by having the bluetooth radio turned off. Unlike wifi
>> that transmitss and recieves all the time, bluetooth sits in recieve mode
>> and only transmitts when it needs to. I leave bluetooth on all the time
> on
>> my 5555 and 4350 and I still get great battery life.
>>
>> --
>> Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)
>>
>> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights...
>>
>>
>>
>> "PAC" <pac01@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
>> newsf3mByGeEHA.2376@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >I am using an iPaq 4350 with the Bluetooth radio turned off most of the
>> >time
>> > to conserve battery. Is there a way to automatically turn the Bluetooth
>> > radio on when fetching e-mail for then to have the radio turned off
>> > when
>> > done? Now I need to manually turn Bluetooth on prior to connecting and
>> > manually off after receiving my e-mails. To automatically turn on
>> > Bluetooth
>> > when starting accessing a web page in Explorer would also be good.
>> >
>> > Thanx
>> >
>> > PAC
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc (More info?)

Thanx. That is useful. I have tried to keep the Bluetooth radio on all the
time; Eric is correct; it does not really gain any battery life having it
off. On the contrary, it looks like the battery life has improved having the
radio on all the time, it seems to drain faster having the radio turned
on/off all the time. Typically, I will do 20-25 Bluetooth connections per
day (email/SMS/browse/sync).

PAC


"Sven, MVP-Mobile Devices" <sejohannsen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u3UTEeQeEHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Closet I've gotten is to stick a shortcut to BTConnManageCE (it's in the
> Windows directory) on the today screen. It takes you straight to the BT
> manager while turning on BT.
>
> --
> Sven, MS-MVP Mobile Devices
> "Eric Hicks [MVP, Windows Mobile devices]" <e_dadu@nomospam.yahoo.com>
wrote
> in message news:u0j0KdOeEHA.2376@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > I don't think you can access the bluetooth connection shortcut. I've
> looked
> > myself as it would be nice to tap once to get to it instead of having a
> > screen tapping marathon just to sync.
> >
> > --
> > Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)
> >
> > The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights...
> >
> >
> >
> > "PAC" <pac01@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23WHUrCJeEHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Thank you, I will give it a try to keep the radio on all the time. As
> per
> > > my
> > > usage pattern and with occasional usage of wifi and bluetooth (no
media
> > > player) I get 1 hour per 10% of battery life, which is pretty good.
> > >
> > > I am syncing over bluettoth and have a short in the Bluetooth Manager
> > > called
> > > 'ActiveSync with T23' (T23 is the name of my laptop). Where can I find
> the
> > > actual shortcut in Explorer so I can access it directly from the Start
> > > Menu
> > > or the Today screen (I am using Spb Pocket plus)?
> > >
> > > Thanx
> > >
> > > PAC
> > >
> > > "Eric Hicks [MVP, Windows Mobile devices]" <e_dadu@nomospam.yahoo.com>
> > > wrote
> > > in message news:#n7SxEIeEHA.2812@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > >> With certain programs that access the bluetooth radio you could do
that
> > > but
> > >> it doesn't work with pocket ie, mail and such. You really don't gain
> any
> > >> extra battery life by having the bluetooth radio turned off. Unlike
> wifi
> > >> that transmitss and recieves all the time, bluetooth sits in recieve
> mode
> > >> and only transmitts when it needs to. I leave bluetooth on all the
> time
> > > on
> > >> my 5555 and 4350 and I still get great battery life.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)
> > >>
> > >> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> > >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > >> rights...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "PAC" <pac01@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
> > >> newsf3mByGeEHA.2376@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > >> >I am using an iPaq 4350 with the Bluetooth radio turned off most of
> the
> > >> >time
> > >> > to conserve battery. Is there a way to automatically turn the
> Bluetooth
> > >> > radio on when fetching e-mail for then to have the radio turned off
> > >> > when
> > >> > done? Now I need to manually turn Bluetooth on prior to connecting
> and
> > >> > manually off after receiving my e-mails. To automatically turn on
> > >> > Bluetooth
> > >> > when starting accessing a web page in Explorer would also be good.
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanx
> > >> >
> > >> > PAC
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>