Phone sat nav advice...

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mygoldfishbowl said:

Fair enough but I drive a lot & disabled the traffic info because I found it less than useless on my garmen ( I think there is more than one service available though). If I'm not using it for directions I must admit to leaving it on just for mobile camera locations.

What I originally getting at was, you do get people who buy the, must have item, even though they don't really need one. Not suggesting the op is that way inclined but I think a lot of people are.

Yes, it works very well on Waze - basically I have a choice of 4 routes home, and choose one depending on the traffic conditions that day.

On days, where all suffer problems, Waze directs me using back roads in London to get to the M40, again, using one of typically 2-3 routes.

While I'm sure the time gains aren't that great (few minutes I guess, usually), I got used to relying on it, as when M4 goes bad, it can go REALLY bad

For the time being I replaced the battery (yet again), and found some headsets suitable:

LG G5, Samsung J7, although they're not faultless (J7 being a bit of a downgrade from S5).

I also disagree with not keeping the phone connected when fully charged, I don't think that's an issue (as an electronics graduate and software developer ;-).

Notably, 2 USB out, 2A Garmin cigarette adapter can't quite keep up with the discharge rate of the phone itself, so it never actually gets to 100% anymore. If I disconnected the dash cam it would.

I think the root of the problem is charging + discharging at the same time, plus the amount of charge cycles - I effectively triple the amount of them (night, way to work, way home). In addition the charge cycles are interrupted (arriving at the destination).

Oh well..