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Widgets use battery

i would like to know if on the hero rom(or any other rom) do widgets drain battery? obviously widgets that use network do but i am wondering about the ones like the messaging, photo and mail widgets that do not need network. thanks in advance.

I think so because they refresh at automated rates correct? So when it refreshes it will use some battery

Any widgets that self update or refresh require data connections, and since using a data connection is the most battery-intensive feature of the G1, widgets will take battery.
Actually, anything that has to be constantly updated (like a clock widget) or anything running in the background also takes battery, as it has to process CPU.

[Q] Icon Packs, desk top Viz and Battery Drain?

Okay I am slightly new to the theming scene and have been tinkering around with my HTC Desire 2.2 with ADW Launcher, Go Launcher and Launcher Pro. It is safe to say I have ADD with the look of my phone.
Anyway and perhaps its just me, but I have noticed my battery draining faster since I have been using icons packs lately with desktop visualizer. Which basically make each icon a widget right? Now it is my understanding that widgets drain the battery. The stock launcher is on blank, so nothing is running on it, I also use minimal widgets to try and reduce battery drain too.
But I thought the widgets used by icons shouldn't add to power usage as they aren't "running" is that correct?
Thanks for any input!

Lock screen that show launcher

Anyone know lockscreen that can see launcher screen
Example
I have widget clock on screen when the phone get to lock screen
it can show widget clock not hide it.

The easiest way to do this is use widget locker and then put whatever widgets you want on the lockscreen. its paid app but well worth the price.

agreed, Widget Locker is the way to go. Saves me a lot of time. money well spent

If use widget locker you use double memory for one widget right?
example
I have one pure calendar on widget locker and another on screen it use 2 time memory
I think if lockscreen that not hide widget it not drain memory
Thanks

I haven't seen a double usage I use simiclock on both wl and home screen and no double
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Widget locker has a very minimal impact on battery if that's what you're worried about. Somewhere in the app the dev goes into detail on how he avoids causing excessive battery drain.

what launcher do you use?

like the title says what launch/home do you use? and what features does it have that set it apart?
im currently using adw or regina, but i think regina takes up a lot of resources to run.

ZEAM Launcher
Less than ~8 MB in memory footprint, and has a surprising set of customizations available.

LauncherPro. Can set custom dock/app icons on homescreen. Also, built-in widgets for messaging, facebook, gmail, etc. Ability to re-size widgets.

There's a thread titled "best launcher?" on the second page of this section. If you want some ideas, that's a good place to start.

I use Arc Launcher, it's really slick and light on resources.
Does anyone know how to remove screens from Arc Launcher?

SPB Shell 3D. Yes, I was impulsive and spent way too much money on it, but the interface is amazing and it is very smooth. Downside (other than cost) is that it uses about 60 megs of memory on average.

Clocks freezing?

Does anyone else notice clock widgets seem to freeze every so often so the time shows incorrectly? I've turned off battery optimisation for the widgets but it still does it

Not on mine... I use Beautiful widgets for the clock and it keeps on ticking (I don't lick my Note 9)....

Are you a 3rd party or the Smasung clock widget? I think I used Sony Xperia widget on my V20. It featured this behavior occasionally if I had not touched my phone for awhile. It would update itself after stretching out and yawning some more. My note9 with in house widget is not doing this.

Using better dashclock and another widget (that's the name lol)