Does it make a difference which one I use? I am using an old phone (~5 years old). Currently using liftoff! and connect. Feel like my phone is dying a lot quicker since I switched from using infinity for reddit a month or so ago
Jerboa is probably the most efficient.
Since it seems to keep alive in the RAM longer than other clients I agree with you.
Voyager is also a good option because no tracking or added waste from apps because it is a PWA.
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Not according to my battery stats when I use Voyager ofc Chrome comes on top, but I get so much more SOT than using the Android apps.
Proof of my usage with Voyager:
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Fair enough, my phone is from 2019 but I often forget how painful navigation is in older hardware.
Interesting, hadn’t heard of voyager. Will give it a go in addition to jerboa!
Both are great options, but I am more inclined to Voyager, especially on your specific case scenario.
You should use one with an AMOLED dark mode. Usually the screen uses the most battery and if your phone supports AMOLED it actually turns the pixels off to make blacks, which is more energy efficient. I have Connect, Liftoff, and Jerboa and they all offer it as a theme option although Jerboa calls it System Black (I think that’s the same thing anyway).
But only if you actually have an (AM)OLED phone. On OLED only bright pixels consume power. On LCD the backlight is equally as bright, no matter of the pixel colors, and actually, dark pixels consume very slightly more power than bright pixels.
Interesting point! I do have an amoled phone (had to look it up - it’s a oneplus 6T). Will make sure dark mode is on
voyager is using your phone browser it might be more efficient
I feel like that should have the opposite implication 🫠
I suppose I could do some controlled tests to figure this out… hmm
No clue, but !thunder_app@lemmy.world is my favourite :D
I think you may need to start looking for a new phone.
I am too poor :-(
It’s good that you wear out the phone til the end.
There are a few things that could help you speed up your phone by a lot. I am assuming you are on Android. If you are on Apple I can’t help you.
- Older Android version there is a cache partition. Clearing that will boost the phone’s speed by a lot. For that, google how to get into recovery on your phone and select “Clear cache” if that option is available. This is a safe operation where you lose nothing. DO NOT DO “Clear data” unless you want to lose all your data.
- Uninstall unnecessary browsers. Many browsers keep running in the background and consume resources. Most apps do that, but browsers consume lots of resources. Maybe only keep the ones you can’t delete plus maybe one you like.
- Clear cache of the browser apps frequently. Especially Firefox seems to get slower the fuller the cache is. Also, cache consumes storage space.
- Disable preinstalled apps that you don’t use.
- Force close apps that you do use but that don’t need to be running in the background.
- On older Android versions install Greenify and let it kill all apps that have no business running in the background.
Thanks for the detailed response! I am using lineageOS on an old oneplus 6T. I only have the mull browser installed, but will make sure to clear the cache on it! Will see if there are any apps running in the background I am unaware of and kill them.
Oh, you are rooted. Then definitely check out Greenify and also don’t forget to clear the system cache from recovery, if your phone has one.
This is separate from the per-app caches.
Your best bet is to use the Voyager app
i’m using mlmym using the browser… I have a very low end (in today’s world) MSM8974-based 2013 phone with an Android 11 custom rom and wefwef or jerboa is too much for it.
Never heard of this one! Will try to find it - sounds very promising since it seems lighter than wefwef/jerboa
I like Memmy, it’s been great on my battery tbh. Not sure if it’s the most efficient though, but you might wanna give it a try.
