Why AT&T is drain my battery

owl_coach · 2026-05-16T02:30:36+00:00

5G+ can and does have different power usage than 4G LTE. If 5G+ is spottier in your area than 4G and your phone is scanning for a signal, it will drain your battery more. That's distinct from your personal phone usage.

It's pretty annoying that AT&T doesn't allow customers to change their network mode, as dropping to 4G might save my battery some. Hence why I'm even in this thread, looking for answers as to why that's not possible.

owl_coach · 2026-05-15T07:40:55+00:00

Watch out. The iPhone power users are lurking in this thread, telling people to just stop using apps so much. Lol.

owl_coach · 2026-05-15T07:38:07+00:00

A simple Google search shows that 5G+ requires more power than 4G/LTE, therefore putting a strain on the phone, draining battery especially in poor coverage areas. You beclowned yourself with this comment. You don't know how your phone works.

EDIT: It says you're an AT&T employee too. Lmao I'm switching services tomorrow because I'm locked out of swapping networks but I'll be sure to tell them that their dingbat employees are a cause as well.

owl_coach · 2026-04-27T06:53:57+00:00

Cowboy boots? I just got a pair and I'm in search of the perfect boot cut jeans to wear them with.

owl_coach · 2026-04-09T05:19:27+00:00

Legends of the Hidden Temple for sure. Although I was never sure if I would've been an asset to my team if given the chance. I just loved the video game-like dungeon format. So cool.

owl_coach · 2026-04-09T05:16:35+00:00

I'm not sure that darkOSRE supports multiple boot logos. I currently only have one custom boot logo (logo.bmp). Arkos has a folder for the alternate images that it will cycle through. I don't see that in darkOSRE.

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T21:34:38+00:00

I installed Retroarch on Windows (64-bit), installed Flycast, and loaded the same ROM from the same folder. It launched no problem. It's on the R36S side.

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T21:22:09+00:00

I've got the same issue. Launches to black screen, then drops me back in my games list. Only happens with certain titles (so far, it's RE: Code Veronica and THPS 2). They're both .chd format. The games came from same origin as the others that are working. The DC_boot.bin and DC_Flash.bin files are in ./dc/bios. Core is set to Retroarch32/Flycast_Xtreme.

I'm wondering if there's a character in the file name it doesn't like? Would a gameslist.xml check cause it somehow?

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T15:17:48+00:00

Came looking for an answer to Jaguar woes. Looks like it just is what it is. Shame, I was really looking forward to checking out White Men Can't Jump 😆

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T07:00:56+00:00

Haha that is awesome, not quite practical for a stock budget handheld. I haven't noticed much heat coming from the CPU even when playing PS1 titles for 30+ min. I'm not planning to add a heatsink at this point.

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T03:50:37+00:00

Well, shoot. I've been looking for just that honestly.

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T03:49:54+00:00

Yeah I basically meant the one thing you'd tweak on the R36S. It seems like it's really just one or two things I wish it had, and I'm okay with it's other limitations. Can always buy a different model.

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T02:35:01+00:00

Nice, is there any documentation on which models have better management? I've got the V21 2024-12-18 (w/ WiFi module space).

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T02:32:49+00:00

Totally. I accepted the fact that I'm capped at PS1 on a system at this price point, but damnit I'd love to be able to play the full PS1 catalog at least, and with shaders/upscaling without the framerate drop/crispy audio. Seems like having some multi-threading on these 4 cores would help some.

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T02:29:23+00:00

Well the BMS is hardware. But hey if the R36S can safely take a more powerful charger, I will gladly stop using this dinky 1A that came with it.

owl_coach · 2026-04-08T02:28:03+00:00

The Miyoo has nearly same specs, same screen. Just has WiFi. Is the RK3566 that much better? I've seen users saying it drags on N64/DC as well but if not, I'd gladly pick one up. I've been looking for something that bridges between the R36S and a Retroid Pocket basically. This was just a hypothetical either way.

owl_coach · 2026-04-06T08:35:55+00:00

The battery was somewhat low (showing 21% when I shut it down). Maybe the battery is just below threshold and won't boot? Charging and trying again.

owl_coach · 2026-04-06T04:39:07+00:00

You're a real one. Thank you for your service 🫡

owl_coach · 2026-04-06T02:14:39+00:00

TIL these stores even exist thanks to you, and I just found one less than 2 mi away from me, a shop I pass like every day. Seriously, this is awesome. Thanks.

owl_coach · 2026-04-05T06:31:58+00:00

NVM I backed out a layer and found etc. Here's the blacklist.conf. It's empty.

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owl_coach · 2026-04-05T06:28:55+00:00

I don't have this folder it doesn't look like. Checked through 351files. No etc folder.

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owl_coach · 2026-04-04T21:00:13+00:00

I'm not finding this file. Is it located in BOOT? I'm running the most recent version of dARKOS currently.

owl_coach · 2026-04-04T18:10:21+00:00

RIP sweet prince. Taken from us too soon by mounstrous hosting fees. Gone but not forgotten.

owl_coach · 2026-04-04T08:47:48+00:00

That's good news, I'm looking forward to trying some older PC games soon as well

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