aerodyne - Yes, I agree about the Service Center and I do understand that SMT just reads when the car is awake. I just got carried away with my rant about the Service Center. As for pulling data off the CANBus, I can definitely see how useful it can be, but I'm not quite there yet. You have gotten me to start considering it though!
brkaus - Yes. In fact, at one point I had about 3-4 connected apps, and it turned out one was pinging the car every 4 minutes according to Tesla the first time I contacted them about this issue back in March 2021. I reset my password and tracked my battery drain on a spreadsheet for months. Since I had a baseline, I was able to add back two apps that don't interfere with my car's sleep.
As for the latest developments, I noticed (on my 3rd party app) that while my car was at the Service Center last week, it spent a good amount of time asleep, but when I brought it back to my garage, it doesn't sleep at all. (In fact, I had to email the developer because I didn't realize the app tracked sleep until now!) The only difference I can think of between Tesla's parking lot and my garage is the proximity of a wifi network and my cell phone when in my garage. (My home office and router are above my garage.) My fob is kept the bedroom and is probably(?) out of range. (I'm in a townhouse—my office and bedroom are on the second floor. The office is in the front, the bedroom is in the back.)
On a hunch, I deleted the home wifi network from the car. When I've gone to the garage since then, it's been quiet—no hum from the front of the car almost every time. I'll post an update when I've gathered more data.
brkaus - Yes. In fact, at one point I had about 3-4 connected apps, and it turned out one was pinging the car every 4 minutes according to Tesla the first time I contacted them about this issue back in March 2021. I reset my password and tracked my battery drain on a spreadsheet for months. Since I had a baseline, I was able to add back two apps that don't interfere with my car's sleep.
As for the latest developments, I noticed (on my 3rd party app) that while my car was at the Service Center last week, it spent a good amount of time asleep, but when I brought it back to my garage, it doesn't sleep at all. (In fact, I had to email the developer because I didn't realize the app tracked sleep until now!) The only difference I can think of between Tesla's parking lot and my garage is the proximity of a wifi network and my cell phone when in my garage. (My home office and router are above my garage.) My fob is kept the bedroom and is probably(?) out of range. (I'm in a townhouse—my office and bedroom are on the second floor. The office is in the front, the bedroom is in the back.)
On a hunch, I deleted the home wifi network from the car. When I've gone to the garage since then, it's been quiet—no hum from the front of the car almost every time. I'll post an update when I've gathered more data.
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