Pause ride + save battery?

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Malte Brieske

• August 23, 2021 09:16

Hi,

so I did some very long distance rides in the last days across Europe, had a Powerbank connected to the Karoo to have it constantly charge. It worked out although I had to recharge the powerbank more often than I would have liked to. One thing that really annoyed me was:

When I was taking a break and paused the ride, during a 1h pause the Karoo would go down about 8% charge while the display was switched off. Sensors like GPS even when manually paused are active and tracking the devices movement. To switch off the display I even had to use a workaround: It would turn on immediately because I was off route and it wanted me to navigate back to the route. Workaround was to remove the route completely and when I would start again, load the route again.

This cost me so much battery. Switching off the device was no option, because then the recording would have been lost (yes, I could have stopped the ride and then start a new one, but I wanted one complete ride and not several parts).

Am I overlooking something? To save battery it would really be helpful if I could just shut down the device and when restarting just go on with the active ride. Even better would be if the Karoo just stopped using so much battery in paused mode (i.e. disable sensors after 5mins and go into a sleep mode), but I suppose thats too much to ask...

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  Michiel

  • August 23, 2021 14:05

  I agree. The K2 should go in a low(er) power state when the screen is off and the route is paused.
  On a ferry, or when walking outside with the K2 in my back pocket, the device is beeping like crazy...

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  David Fox

  • August 23, 2021 15:51
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  I agree with the request to go into a lower power state while in a longer paused mode. I wonder if disabling the GPS sensor while on break would cut down on power usage. A hassle and you would need to remember to reactivate before riding again.

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  Miha Markic

  • August 23, 2021 18:44

  I wonder why whether is it really necessary to lost a ride if you switch the unit off during the pause? Can't the unit just pick up where it left?

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  Jamie Ward

  • August 24, 2021 09:15

  If you turn the unit off, it has to reload the route when back on.

  I would like the screen off button to basically put it in sleep mode. Can mods explain the best way for us to put to sleep mode when having a break on bikepacking trips when battery is an issue.

  I would also like battery saver to be improved as far as i can see it just turns the screen of during a ride which is rubbish when trying to navigate. Please advise.

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  Juan Francisco

  • August 24, 2021 09:55

  Indeed, the exaggerated battery consumption with the screen off and (verified) with all the sensors deactivated is excessive.
  I have written a lot of emails to support and I have not gotten a valid answer, just reboot and reset the device infinite times.
  The battery consumption is not uniform either, freshly charged in the first route you do normally has a lower consumption than in the successive ones.
  No answer or solution from hammerhead.

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  Ola Strandberg

  • September 06, 2021 13:03

  I have asked for this (i.e. standby mode) as well, several times. It's beyond ridiculous that this most basic feature is still missing, but I guess the majority of users still just take their bike out for a single consecutive ride for a few hours? 

  I've noticed that Hammerhead are sponsoring Badlands, so maybe there is hope...

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  Drew Ulricksen

  • July 19, 2022 18:59

  I'd like this too, or for the device to just detect you haven't moved in awhile and put itself into a battery conserving mode. I was on a ride where we had a long stop and when we got going again my Karoo was dead.

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  Joel Defer

  • July 19, 2022 21:48

  Drew U, you don’t know that you can switch off your Karoo without losing your ride now? Was implemented a few updates ago. 

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  Drew Ulricksen

  • July 19, 2022 22:20

  Sort of. The last time my Karoo restarted mid ride and I selected restore it corrupted the previous 30 miles of my ride.

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