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[Wayne Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have mine triggering hourly for

 * contacts
 * calendar
 * data

Using the example i sent using not much battery power :)

http://wayneward.co.uk/ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-touch-dbus-cron-jobs/

Wayne


On 08/12/15 14:30, Michael Zanetti wrote:
> Seems like cron events are skipped when the device is in deep-sleep.
>
> You could work around that by using something like "anacron" instead of
> regular cron.
>
> Another option would be to prevent your device from going to deep sleep
> (e.g. by using "powerd-cli active"). This however, will drain your
> battery a lot.
>
> The best option however, would probably be to question the reason why
> you need cron at all. What are you trying to achieve? Does it really
> need to be triggered every minute?
>
> Br,
> Michael
>
> On 08.12.2015 15:05, Rasool Ent. wrote:
> > Hello
> > I have a Nexus 4
> > stable ota8
> >
> > I'm in Ubuntu, I use cron utility.
> > But the phone when the screen is turned off, the process fail.
> > What should I do so that I can always use cron?
> >
> > This command inside my cron.
> > * * * * * /home/phablet/script2.sh
> >
> > And this is the script containing the command "ls":
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/13823643/
> >
> > And the output script log:
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/13823668/
> >
> > And the output of the syslog:
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/13823812/
> >
> > Thank You