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Hi,

My Wifi and mobile data are always off.
Many of my flows use the condition "Phone Cell GSM" to check:
If cell ids recognized, then turn on Wifi + Autosync on
If no recognized, then turn on mobile data + Autosync off

For instance, "Phone Cell GSM" is used in different flows which triggers are:
- Screen on
- Power source connected
- Periodic time (each 45m)

I am wondering if the "Phone Cell GSM" condition causes significant impact in battery consumption, in order it would be simpler and more efective for the flows just to turn on Wifi + Mobile data together, not testing "Phone Cell GSM" all the time.

Any feedback is very welcomed! Thanks!

Hi,

The condition Phone Cell GSM should not consume a noticeable amount of battery, especially for the screen on and power source connected cases where the device uses battery anyway.
The case with the periodic timer could lead to a slight increase in battery use since the device will be woken up every 45 minutes. However, 45 minutes is not very often so I doubt that you will notice this. Using Periodic Timer Inexact: every 1h could reduce the battery use a bit since the system tries to optimize the timing by batching together the trigger invocation with other scheduled activity of the device.

Regards,
Martin

Thanks for answering!
I am facing a problem with the condition Phone Cell GSM, which happens always my phone re-starts (e.g. after power off).
All the collected cells once stored are erased and I need to start over the process to collect cells again.
Is there any workaround to keep the already collected cells stored "forever" in Automagic?

Hi,

The cells collected under section Collect cells with buttons Start/Stop are only stored temporarily and cleared when Automagic is restarted. Once you have collected the cells with Start/Stop for a few minutes or hours at the same place you can use button [...] in the field Cell ID (CID) List to select the cells that you actually want the condition to test for.

You could use a global variable with a list and a script if you really want to collect and store the cell IDs for a longer time and preserve the cells across reboots.

Regards,
Martin