On 2023-08-28 08:41, James Knott wrote:
On 2023-08-28 08:25, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I'll use USB if I'm going to be tethered for a while, so that I don't run down the phone battery.
USB charges the phone at the expense of the laptop battery 😛
Wifi on the 5Ghz band seems to drain very slowly for me, with the phone just a foot away. Still at 100% after 25 minutes. I did not check yesterday the figures.
The thing is, BT power is negligible, that's why I was tempted.
If I'm tethered long enough to worry about the battery, my computer is plugged into AC power. Years ago, I used the WiFi tether and then forgot to turn it off. I was left with a dead battery. These days, however, the WiFi hotspot will turn off after 10 minutes without a connection.
There is an activity detector and timeout that disconnects the WiFi if nobody uses it.
BTW, my own computer, an eleven year old ThinkPad E520, only supports 2.4 GHz WiFi. 😭 It also doesn't have Bluetooth.
-- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))