[Conext]

   
it's not OCD , just practicality
 
if you shut down ZX2 , when you turn it back on the sound gimmicks go to work again even if  the app is disabled

so if you enable the soundapp just before turning it off , when reopening it next day you just disable the app and you are back to pure non-apps ZX2 sound
 
seems like a hassle , but it's just an extra 30''/5 taps more

You may want to take this with a grain of salt but, my anecdotal evidence suggests that there's no functional need to "turn off" the ZX2 (unless you know you're not going to use it for multiple days in a row).
 
Assuming you put the device into "Airplane Mode" in order to shut off all the radios, then the amount of battery life it loses while in "Sleep" mode is roughly equivalent to completely shutting it off for the night. There's a lot of wasted energy in booting up Android. Plus, as you can see, every time you boot it up, you have to go through the hassle of turning off the sound apps again.
 
I tend to listen to my ZX2 on average, 2-3 hours per day. And by simply letting it sit in "sleep" mode when not in use, I typically go 9-10 days between charges.

 

[kms108]

 

   
it's not OCD , just practicality
 
if you shut down ZX2 , when you turn it back on the sound gimmicks go to work again even if  the app is disabled

so if you enable the soundapp just before turning it off , when reopening it next day you just disable the app and you are back to pure non-apps ZX2 sound
 
seems like a hassle , but it's just an extra 30''/5 taps more

You may want to take this with a grain of salt but, my anecdotal evidence suggests that there's no functional need to "turn off" the ZX2 (unless you know you're not going to use it for multiple days in a row).
 
Assuming you put the device into "Airplane Mode" in order to shut off all the radios, then the amount of battery life it loses while in "Sleep" mode is roughly equivalent to completely shutting it off for the night. There's a lot of wasted energy in booting up Android. Plus, as you can see, every time you boot it up, you have to go through the hassle of turning off the sound apps again.
 
I tend to listen to my ZX2 on average, 2-3 hours per day. And by simply letting it sit in "sleep" mode when not in use, I typically go 9-10 days between charges.

I always keep my unit on sleep mode, I just push the play to listen, and pause using the play button, that's it, and it last me about 10 days, I think android is not suppose to be completely turned off.

 

[vilhelm44]

Yes, it will and that is why it doesn't sound at 100% the ZX2 should sound

 
Many thanks, I disabled it earlier and can hear a difference. So glad you found that out, what a great piece of info!

 

[Kvud]

weekend again go to the Sony store to listen to ZX2

 

[proedros]

Originally Posted by Conext 
 
You may want to take this with a grain of salt but, my anecdotal evidence suggests that there's no functional need to "turn off" the ZX2 (unless you know you're not going to use it for multiple days in a row).
 
Assuming you put the device into "Airplane Mode" in order to shut off all the radios, then the amount of battery life it loses while in "Sleep" mode is roughly equivalent to completely shutting it off for the night. There's a lot of wasted energy in booting up Android. Plus, as you can see, every time you boot it up, you have to go through the hassle of turning off the sound apps again.
 
I tend to listen to my ZX2 on average, 2-3 hours per day. And by simply letting it sit in "sleep" mode when not in use, I typically go 9-10 days between charges.
 
 
 
Quote:

 
I always keep my unit on sleep mode, I just push the play to listen, and pause using the play button, that's it, and it last me about 10 days, I think android is not suppose to be completely turned off.

 
thank you both for the feedback , i have thought about leaving it on without playing (this is the sleep mode ?) but was wondering if it drains the battery - according to you the battery drain is minimal , so i wll try it out tonight
 
i already have it in airplane mode , as i use it strictly as a DAP (i even disabled all google apps)

cheers

 

[kms108]

  Originally Posted by Conext 
 
You may want to take this with a grain of salt but, my anecdotal evidence suggests that there's no functional need to "turn off" the ZX2 (unless you know you're not going to use it for multiple days in a row).
 
Assuming you put the device into "Airplane Mode" in order to shut off all the radios, then the amount of battery life it loses while in "Sleep" mode is roughly equivalent to completely shutting it off for the night. There's a lot of wasted energy in booting up Android. Plus, as you can see, every time you boot it up, you have to go through the hassle of turning off the sound apps again.
 
I tend to listen to my ZX2 on average, 2-3 hours per day. And by simply letting it sit in "sleep" mode when not in use, I typically go 9-10 days between charges.
 
 
 
Quote:

 
I always keep my unit on sleep mode, I just push the play to listen, and pause using the play button, that's it, and it last me about 10 days, I think android is not suppose to be completely turned off.

 
thank you both for the feedback , i have thought about leaving it on without playing (this is the sleep mode ?) but was wondering if it drains the battery - according to you the battery drain is minimal , so i wll try it out tonight
 
i already have it in airplane mode , as i use it strictly as a DAP (i even disabled all google apps)

cheers

I have disabled or delete all I can apart from play store, and I only turn on wifi or BT if I need it, but it's off if i'm not using it, the airplane mode is just the same as sleep mode, if you have the wifi, BT and NFC off.
 
Yes just pause the player using the play button and push again to play, that's all I do.
 
Over 10 days of use and most of the time I get about 20% power left, I never let the player drain the battery to dead, I recharge when I have about 15% to 20% left, and charge to about 90%, never to 100% unless I forget to remove the cable

.  it prolong the battery life.

 

[proedros]

 
 
Yes just pause the player using the play button and push again to play, that's all I do.
 
Over 10 days of use and most of the time I get about 20% power left, I never let the player drain the battery to dead, I recharge when I have about 15% to 20% left, and charge to about 90%, never to 100% unless I forget to remove the cable

.  it prolong the battery life.

 
 
i follow the same recharge cycle , charge it when it approaches 20% and stop chrging it around 90%

i read an article that said this is the best charging policy for prolonged battery life
 
will try the ''push pause to sleep'' mode for 2-3 days and will report how much the battery drains when in idle mode

 

[Kvud]

who measured how many hours is really enough batteries?

 

[gerelmx1986]

  who measured how many hours is really enough batteries?

every device is different so this is a bit unpredictable, a fiio x7 battery will not last the same as a zx100 battery different mAh's, diferent power reqs by the host

 

[Conext]

   
 
i follow the same recharge cycle , charge it when it approaches 20% and stop chrging it around 90%

i read an article that said this is the best charging policy for prolonged battery life
 
will try the ''push pause to sleep'' mode for 2-3 days and will report how much the battery drains when in idle mode

I knew I had an old post around here which specified just how much battery drain I observed while in sleep mode for 24 hours:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/742609/sony-nw-zx2-hi-end-dap/2685#post_11397972
 
In short: less than 3% drain per 24 hours. Not perfect. But for an Android-based device? Pretty good.

 

[krayzie]

  I knew I had an old post around here which specified just how much battery drain I observed while in sleep mode for 24 hours:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/742609/sony-nw-zx2-hi-end-dap/2685#post_11397972
 
In short: less than 3% drain per 24 hours. Not perfect. But for an Android-based device? Pretty good.

Maybe that's why they went with Jelly Bean. Lollipop battery life isn't that great for a lot of devices from what I've read on XDA (WiFi battery drain was insane on my Nexus 5 but now fixed on Marshmallow).

 

[Kvud]

I was just wondering how many hours he keeps!

 

[Whitigir]

It is true that if I forgot to leave my ZX2 on wifi...it battery drains in a day from 90% to 7%...... But without anything and only idling sleep, I got about a week without charging and casually listening here and there

 

[Kvud]

It is true that if I forgot to leave my ZX2 on wifi...it battery drains in a day from 90% to 7%...... But without anything and only idling sleep, I got about a week without charging and casually listening here and there

it's not enough!

 

[Sonic Defender]

  Maybe that's why they went with Jelly Bean. Lollipop battery life isn't that great for a lot of devices from what I've read on XDA (WiFi battery drain was insane on my Nexus 5 but now fixed on Marshmallow).

I wonder if the Onkyo DP-X1 DAP which is Android 5 is Marshmallow? I'm not an Android user, love my Blackberry OS, but seeing as how I'm getting the Onkyo I will need to get some Android literacy.