We’ve found that BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android has some stability issues on some devices with low memory. We’ve investigated the problem and found that the problem is that the low RAM reduces the per-application heap quota so much that BatteryXPRT may not run correctly.
To address this problem, we’ve restructured BatteryXPRT so that it stays within the heap limits on devices with 1 GB of RAM. We are currently testing the restructured version of BatteryXPRT and it looks good so far. It takes a while to thoroughly test BatteryXPRT, but we will release the new build as soon as we complete testing it.
We haven’t seen any change in the performance or battery life results in the testing so far. You’ll be able to safely compare your existing results with the results from the rebuilt version.
Remember that we are looking for ideas, and a really great name, for a Chrome OS benchmark. If you have any ideas, or are curious about the changes to BatteryXPRT , let us know!
Eric
