ambchang
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No, I'm saying that perhaps it was reset in the update. For example, if you previously had brightness on 8 before the update, and the update set it to 6 (which you may not even notice). Because every update comes with a config.cfg file (which stores just about every setting in Rockbox). I have experienced this myself - my theme/WPS has magically changed in the past from doing an update.
I'm sure the new RB base code accounts for (some of) the changes, but a 40% improvement in battery life is almost too large to believe. It's possible that some portion of that battery life improvement indirectly came from somewhere else (hence my idea with the brightness change).
It really doesn't matter in the long run - I'm just curious (can't help it I've been in IT my whole life and am used to being required to get to the bottom of and explain anomalies/drastic changes like this).
So I just checked the brightness setting in the Rockbox, and it's set at 16 (brightest) so I am doubtful the battery life is due to the brightness of the screen. Besides, my screen is only on and off for a few seconds when I turn it on and off. I usually listen for about 45 minutes at a time, and the patterns are pretty consistent before and after the upgrade.
There are few options that I haven't customized yet, such as the shortcut keys and volume fading on pause, there was also the one option I had turned on in the old rockbox because the xDuoo kept freezing (can't recall what it was), but freezing is no longer an issue on the new version.