What settings on the phone and device are recommended for maximal battery life? With the phone on a LoRa device off, the phone drained to shutdown in <12hr with BT/WiFi on and display off.
Also, must the LoRa device be on to charge like the other S5 products?
Happy to see a beta manual when available!
Hi Charles,
We are working on the manual. Yes the switch on the LORA radio needs to be in the UP/ON position for the battery to charge.
Disconnecting or turning off wifi when not in use should increase the battery life of the mini phone.
Love my Spectre Pro but Lora battery seems to deplete quickly. Is there something I am not doing that will keep it connected longer. The phone battery is fine just the LoRa battery depletes rather quickly.
@Don Glad to hear you’re enjoying the Spectre Pro! A few things can cause the LoRa side to drain faster than expected, especially high transmit power, aggressive telemetry intervals, or heavy mesh traffic nearby. Lowering the update intervals a bit in Meshtastic settings can make a noticeable difference. If you’d like, send us your current settings at general@specfive.com and we can help optimize it for better runtime while keeping solid connectivity.
