Most of the times JuiceDefender will work just fine out of the box with “regular” radio streaming apps like WinAmp. This is because JuiceDefender never cuts connectivity while there’s an ongoing data transfer – it always waits for network activity to finish before disabling your phone radios.

However some music streaming apps – notably Pandora – don’t always play nice with this safeguard (if you’re curious about the technical reason: they cache an entire song as quickly as possible, subsequently halting network traffic until the next song).

But don’t worry, the Apps trigger is there to save the day: this

The “Minimal” profile is not a preset profile per se – it is rather a customized configuration that allows you to get email/Facebook/IM/whathaveyou notifications instantly, by leaving connectivity always on while still keeping some of JuiceDefender’s positive effect on battery life.

Just remember that always-on connectivity is tough on your battery. Most people are happy of the substantial improvement in battery life that comes with letting JuiceDefender judiciously manage connectivity; but if you need instant notifications for work or dependency issues… well JuiceDefender can be a good companion for you as well, still optimizing power consumption when possible.

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Another, more flexible way to get instant notifications when necessary while keeping as much of JuiceDefender’s power saving as possible is by using the Peak schedule.

Need to reply to your boss’ emails at a moment notice? Go to the Schedules tab, enable Peak, set the start/end times to your work hours via the sliders, and select on for the frequency. As you can guess, on will keep connectivity always on during the programmed period.

Or maybe a 5 minutes sync frequency is enough during work hours, but decidedly overkill otherwise? Well, you can set a regular Schedule

You may want to have your phone always connected via WiFi when at home, while taking advantage of JuiceDefender’s automatic connectivity management when out and about.

A slight variation of the “minimal” profile will achieve this:

• if you haven’t already, activate the Advanced profile (Status tab) and confirm your selection
• go to the Controls tab and scroll down to the Keep enabled section
• in the Keep enabled section, set only WiFi to enabled; disable everything else
• go to the Triggers tab and scroll down to Location
• enable Location and, when necessary, configure your WiFi networks.

JuiceDefender will automatically enable

When you buy a new phone you can easily migrate all your settings and your trained WiFi locations by taking advantage of the Backup/Restore feature.

If both the old and the new phone have Android 2.2 or above:

• on the old phone, open JuiceDefender
• swipe to the About tab and scroll down to the Backup/Restore section
• tap on Backup then Confirm
• wait 10 minutes or so to make sure the backup file is stored in the cloud
• on the new phone, after you’ve set up your Google account, install JuiceDefender and Plus or Ultimate if you purchased them
• open JuiceDefender,

The time it takes to establish a connection via mobile data (usually one or two seconds) depends on a ton of factors, such as the radio firmware in your phone and the particular configuration and signal reception of the cell tower you’re connecting to. These obviously can’t be controlled by JuiceDefender; however, if you’re experiencing long delays, there’s a couple of configuration tricks that might help:

• Go to the WiFi control section and make sure WiFi preferred is disabled

• Tablet mode, while saving a ton of juice, might increase connection time significantly, try disabling it if it’s enabled.

• Finally,