What, exactly does "power saving mode" do in CoMaps (iphone)? (pawb.social)

submitted 4 months ago by OwOarchist@pawb.social to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Power saving mode sounds good. Of course I want to conserve battery.

But what does power saving mode actually do? What features is it slowing or disabling in order to save power?

top 4 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] orionsbelt@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago

in ios it’ll most likely limit background app refresh & din the display

in android it’ll most likely limit features like battery saver does

for a better answer, send a note to comaps support

[-] thomas@friendica.tomforge.de 3 points 4 months ago

@OwOarchist
No more 3D buildings (Buildings3d off), no oblique perspective, no GPS tracking, no traffic jam information, no more OSM edit uploads. However, map downloads will continue!
codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/src…

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago

Oh wow, thanks! I'd given up on getting a real answer, but now here you are!

no GPS tracking

So it won't be able to tell my current position in low power mode?

[-] wasabi@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 4 months ago

GPS will still work. I believe it's referring to recording of GPX tracks.

this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2026

11 points (100.0% liked)

CoMaps

1167 readers

43 users here now

Cooperative community open-source fork of Organic Maps, an offline privacy-respecting not-for-profit OpenStreetMap GPS app for your phone.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

zyphlar@sopuli.xyz

oleg_rswll@sopuli.xyz