At my workplace, I get terrible reception, as in 1-2 bars absolute max. This causes some significant battery drain (between 30-50% over 5 hours) and the phone gets very warm to the touch. I keep it in my pocket and even through the fabric, it's very warm on my thigh. Obviously this can be solved by turning the phone off or switching it to Airplane mode, but does anybody else have this issue? My first Nexus 5 that I ordered on launch day and received a week later didn't have this issue. My second Nexus 5, I RMA'd for dead pixels, and that had the same issue, as does the replacement one.
I'm running a stock rooted ROM and stock kernel.
iPWNtehNOOB said:
At my workplace, I get terrible reception, as in 1-2 bars absolute max. This causes some significant battery drain (between 30-50% over 5 hours) and the phone gets very warm to the touch. I keep it in my pocket and even through the fabric, it's very warm on my thigh. Obviously this can be solved by turning the phone off or switching it to Airplane mode, but does anybody else have this issue? My first Nexus 5 that I ordered on launch day and received a week later didn't have this issue. My second Nexus 5, I RMA'd for dead pixels, and that had the same issue, as does the replacement one.
I'm running a stock rooted ROM and stock kernel.
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You could try flashing another modem , maybe that improves reception. Modems http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095.
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You could try flashing another modem , maybe that improves reception. Modems http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095.
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I'm not so much concerned about the reception, as it was pretty craptastic on my first Nexus 5 too, but I'll give it a try in the hopes that it'll cool this thing down. Looking at that thread, I see there are no 4.4.2 modems, so I assume older modems work fine too? Any recommendation on which to use?
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I'm not so much concerned about the reception, as it was pretty craptastic on my first Nexus 5 too, but I'll give it a try in the hopes that it'll cool this thing down. Looking at that thread, I see there are no 4.4.2 modems, so I assume older modems work fine too? Any recommendation on which to use?
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Look here http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime/LG/Nexus_5/Modems, try the KRT16M radio (choose the 821 or 820 version which you have).
It's getting hot trying to find a better signal. It's going back and forth between masts, everytime doing about 5 things to register. Mine is great for reception, still I'm in the centre of town which will help
A Nexus not in Texas!
iPWNtehNOOB said:
At my workplace, I get terrible reception, as in 1-2 bars absolute max. This causes some significant battery drain (between 30-50% over 5 hours) and the phone gets very warm to the touch. I keep it in my pocket and even through the fabric, it's very warm on my thigh. Obviously this can be solved by turning the phone off or switching it to Airplane mode, but does anybody else have this issue? My first Nexus 5 that I ordered on launch day and received a week later didn't have this issue. My second Nexus 5, I RMA'd for dead pixels, and that had the same issue, as does the replacement one.
I'm running a stock rooted ROM and stock kernel.
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Not sure how hot is hot for you. But, that's the typical behavior of the cell phone technology. When signal is strong, the cell phone will use lower power (less than 1 Watts) to communicate with the cell tower. When the signal is weak, it will draw more power (up to 1-2 Watts) in order to stay connected with the cell tower. When I was in the building with weak signal, I can see the battery drain at a much faster rate. At home with stronger signal, batter will last much longer. Recommended not to talk on the phone for a long period of time during the weak signal situation. Hope this help.
It's normal
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I'm currently out at a client site, but it's super bad reception here in the conference room they stuck us in. First of all, no 4G in colorado springs, so i disabled LTE, and hit CDMA in the network settings.
3G is near impossible inside, so i usually get 1X, and voice connection is next to impossible also.
So i noticed that from unplugging in the morning at 7:30am. at around 2pm, my battery was already down to 10%!
And i didn't even use it.
I did see from my battery usage, that Android system was ABOVE screen in power usage.
Anyone have the same issue?
I've had the same problem with EVERY phone ever, even non-smartphones have this problem. The lower the signal, the more the phone will scan for a good signal. If it has no service, it scans very frequently. If you're on a smartphone, it's even worse because then when the phone does get service, all the data apps attempt to use what little bandwidth you do have all at once. If you're in an area with poor coverage, put your phone into download mode or disable the data connection. Nothing short of putting a network extender or new tower will solve this.
Yes, but this is typical of most phones really. Searching for a signal, acquiring it, losing it, etc, uses a lot of battery. You just have to disable data. If there is wifi available, then use that, if not, just have to wait until you go outside. I have no reception in my building at work, if I leave data on, my battery is dead in a couple hours, on wifi I can go all day
Yes and my phone got very hot in my pocket at the time as well.
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I'm currently out at a client site, but it's super bad reception here in the conference room they stuck us in. First of all, no 4G in colorado springs, so i disabled LTE, and hit CDMA in the network settings.
3G is near impossible inside, so i usually get 1X, and voice connection is next to impossible also.
So i noticed that from unplugging in the morning at 7:30am. at around 2pm, my battery was already down to 10%!
And i didn't even use it.
I did see from my battery usage, that Android system was ABOVE screen in power usage.
Anyone have the same issue?
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I have this issue at work. I get anwhere from 10-15% battery drain an hour. I have determined that it is NOT because of the data signal though becuase I can turn that off and still get about the same excessive drain. It appears to be because of the voice signal. It varies anywhere from -85dm to -115dbm and is constantly changing. When I get outside of work environment, everthing is fine again and battery usage returns to normal. My Droid X did not have this issue.
-115db? How do you have signal at that rating? lol. Phone gets to about 1 bar when it reaches 101 for me.
I have the same issue in my office. I just barely get voice/text service. My solution is to turn off mobile data and plug my phone in to balance out the battery drain from the weak signal. I know it is bad to have my phone plugged in all of the time but it is better to be able to have sms and not have a dead phone when I am done at work.
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-115db? How do you have signal at that rating? lol. Phone gets to about 1 bar when it reaches 101 for me.
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Yeah. Tell me about it. I am using Mobile Signal Widget to measure this. When It gets that bad, a little android face appears in the widget and it is crying.
YES! easily drains 10-15% an hour at a local pub that has 1 bar of signal.
It makes perfect sense... Your phone is fighting hard for that signal.
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I drive 50+ miles to get to work and I always notice it drains a lot during my commute even when not used. I figured it was because of all the cell site swaps and searches bc I'm sure there's some spotty areas.
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Same experience. Dropped to 5% in 9 hours yesterday when I forgot to turn off data while at work. Today, I'm still at 75% after 9 hours with data off.
Juice defender solved this on my fascinate. It turned data on only once every 30 minutes. But, I can't get it to turn my data back on with this phone.
I really wish data signal aggressiveness was managed better by the operating system. It could be a real boon to the average battery life. Perhaps a smart developer could come up with some sort of "conservative" governor for 3g/4g connections. Rather than increasing power draw, it could just "sleep" until a stronger signal is detected... Imnuts? Is this even possible or just a pipedream?
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I can't reach my dad on his cell phone while at the pentagon for obvious reasons. He has to turn his phone off during the day or it'll die in a few short hours, as a previous poster mentioned searching for a signal is a huge battery drain.
Strange. I did not have this problem with my OG Doid or Droid X in the same environment. Maybe the Moto phones simply have a better radio than the Charge.
Yeah for some reason, the samsung radio are junk. I have my Droid Charge (personal) and an Lg phone (business) and the lg blows the sammy out of the water. Now i am in 3g fringe (forget about 4g), and the sammy loses data all together while my lg still has the signal. I hate when i am trying to search for something on the charge and it says connection failed or network unavailable retry. Even when i call verizon, they all have me do a reset and stuff, and nothing works. The best answer i get is that iam in a 3g fringe area. When i tell them that my lg works and still has signal, all i get is silence or hmmmmmm. Gota love it. Yes they exchanged the phone with a new one and it still does the same thing. Forget about battery life. I actually carry 3 batteries with me and on a good day i only use 2 but usually it is 3. Before anyone says use wifi, unfortunatly we do not have free wifi where i work. anyway that should not be the answer to this problem. We are paying for a service that i can barely use.
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Strange. I did not have this problem with my OG Doid or Droid X in the same environment. Maybe the Moto phones simply have a better radio than the Charge.
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Yeah for some reason, the samsung radio are junk. I have my Droid Charge (personal) and an Lg phone (business) and the lg blows the sammy out of the water. Now i am in 3g fringe (forget about 4g), and the sammy loses data all together while my lg still has the signal. I hate when i am trying to search for something on the charge and it says connection failed or network unavailable retry. Even when i call verizon, they all have me do a reset and stuff, and nothing works. The best answer i get is that iam in a 3g fringe area. When i tell them that my lg works and still has signal, all i get is silence or hmmmmmm. Gota love it. Yes they exchanged the phone with a new one and it still does the same thing. Forget about battery life. I actually carry 3 batteries with me and on a good day i only use 2 but usually it is 3. Before anyone says use wifi, unfortunatly we do not have free wifi where i work. anyway that should not be the answer to this problem. We are paying for a service that i can barely use.
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I went through the whole VZW customer service thing both on the phone and in person. They weren't much help but they gave me a brand new phone and it does the same thing. Then there were a lot of suggstions on different forums suggesting apps killers, turning data off, turing on 3g only data, rooting, trying different ROMs, battery clalibration, etc. None of this helps. The kind of drain I am seeing goes way beyond any benefits I would see out of any of these things. For example, I am at work now. When I left the house, it takes about 15 minutes for me to get to work. The rest of the time I have been inside my work building. I have been on battery for 2 hours & 24 minutes and I am at 76% already. Thats >10% drain per hour. When I am outside the building it is more like 3-5%. VZW customer service never suggested this as a problem. They DID suggest that 4g uses more battery but that is not the problem. I have proved that time and again by simply turning data off.
Hmm..sounds like a bad phone..I am in a fringe area at work and it definitely kills by battery faster but..it's only like 8% and hour so I still get 10 hrs a day or so...in a bad area. In a good 4 G area..I will get 24 hrs or so out of the phone.
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Yeah for some reason, the samsung radio are junk. I have my Droid Charge (personal) and an Lg phone (business) and the lg blows the sammy out of the water. Now i am in 3g fringe (forget about 4g), and the sammy loses data all together while my lg still has the signal. I hate when i am trying to search for something on the charge and it says connection failed or network unavailable retry. Even when i call verizon, they all have me do a reset and stuff, and nothing works. The best answer i get is that iam in a 3g fringe area. When i tell them that my lg works and still has signal, all i get is silence or hmmmmmm. Gota love it. Yes they exchanged the phone with a new one and it still does the same thing. Forget about battery life. I actually carry 3 batteries with me and on a good day i only use 2 but usually it is 3. Before anyone says use wifi, unfortunatly we do not have free wifi where i work. anyway that should not be the answer to this problem. We are paying for a service that i can barely use.
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Wow, that is the complete opposite of my experience. I've never had good signal with any LG phone - from flip phones to smartphones. Samsungs in my experience are middle of the road - not great, but not bad either. Motorolas usually do well, but there are certainly exceptions. HTC seems to be fairly good, but again, there are exceptions. Oh, and I did have one Audiovox phone on VZW, and it was garbage.
Haha you can whine about it in my rage thread
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Anyone have any good ideas on how to improve battery life in an area with crap Verizon data and voice? I am running CleanRom 2.5, and have used CPU master to lower the clock speed, but my phone is dying in less than a day probably due to it using 1X voice and data. Short of turning off my phone most of the time, is there any way to extend the battery? (At home with good reception I go a day and a half usually.). Thanks for any help.
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Anyone have any good ideas on how to improve battery life in an area with crap Verizon data and voice? I am running CleanRom 2.5, and have used CPU master to lower the clock speed, but my phone is dying in less than a day probably due to it using 1X voice and data. Short of turning off my phone most of the time, is there any way to extend the battery? (At home with good reception I go a day and a half usually.). Thanks for any help.
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If you have wi-fi that's the best way. Turn off mobile data when you don't need it and just connect to wifi.
I'd like to know this too. When I have fewer than 2 bars, my battery life is horrible and my phone runs hot. 3+ bars = no problems.
It seems like any Samsung I have had has poor signal. Returned 3 before I realized because of this it was partially Verizon. Turn off 4g.
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I'd like to know this too. When I have fewer than 2 bars, my battery life is horrible and my phone runs hot. 3+ bars = no problems.
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Would flashing a different modem help?
as already mentioned, turn off data and turn on wifi is your best option. flashing a different radio/modem may help aswell.
Grr
I got so tired of the poor radio that I bought a Motorola Razr MAXX that I use at home and the weekends. I swap to my S3 when at work. Hate the locked bootloader but love the radio.
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I got so tired of the poor radio that I bought a Motorola Razr MAXX that I use at home and the weekends. I swap to my S3 when at work. Hate the locked bootloader but love the radio.
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I think there is a huge variance between hardware on the gs3's...reason being, I have compared my signal against 3 different razrs. Two of them had -4 db better signal, the other one was exactly the same. My device gets great signal, anyplace that it drops data other devices do the same. The inconsitent issues with radios has been a ongoing issue with Samsung for some time. Problem is the only thing you can get is a certified replacement... and most likely it will have the same issue lol.
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Would flashing a different modem help?
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It could help. It seems like a lot of the updates have been to help get better signal, but YMMV. You'll probably also wnat to be mindful of the rom you're running and if it relies or is made for a certain RIL. In any case, here's the modem list: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-of...zon-sgs3-sch-i535-odin-or-recovery-flashable/
Alright, so I have my SCH-I535 rocking ParanoidKangDroid 2.2.1, although this isn't exactly the primary contributer to this problem as its happend across all roms. If I use 3g for any extended (see 10 minutes) amount of time, the thing goes up to about 38 degrees C, which is enough to be noticeable and slightly uncomfortable. It also drains battery like a mother on 3g. This is ONLY on 3g though. On 4g and wifi I get great battery life and it stays at a normal temperature. it is only on 3g that I see this unusually high drain. I am running paranoidkangdroid 2.2.1 with the CPU at ~1100 max and 96 min running the smartassv2 governor if that's any help. Also, for some reason after a full shutdown and turn on it started to get incredibly hot. it went from 30 C to 50 C in 5 minutes then shutdown. I have since turned it back on and now see that this ordeal drained the battery by half. It has not however become hot again. Is this a ROM issue? Is there anything I can do to fix it without switching roms? Also, does anyone get terrible reception indoors? I get 4g everywhere where I live, unless I happen to be indoors. At which point it becomes rather selective and spotty.
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Alright, so I have my SCH-I535 rocking ParanoidKangDroid 2.2.1, although this isn't exactly the primary contributer to this problem as its happend across all roms. If I use 3g for any extended (see 10 minutes) amount of time, the thing goes up to about 38 degrees C, which is enough to be noticeable and slightly uncomfortable. It also drains battery like a mother on 3g. This is ONLY on 3g though. On 4g and wifi I get great battery life and it stays at a normal temperature. it is only on 3g that I see this unusually high drain. I am running paranoidkangdroid 2.2.1 with the CPU at ~1100 max and 96 min running the smartassv2 governor if that's any help. Also, for some reason after a full shutdown and turn on it started to get incredibly hot. it went from 30 C to 50 C in 5 minutes then shutdown. I have since turned it back on and now see that this ordeal drained the battery by half. It has not however become hot again. Is this a ROM issue? Is there anything I can do to fix it without switching roms? Also, does anyone get terrible reception indoors? I get 4g everywhere where I live, unless I happen to be indoors. At which point it becomes rather selective and spotty.
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Happens to me sometimes too. I hadn't necessary attributed it to 3G, but it would make sense because it only happens at work where there's spotty 4G coverage. I thought it was just a rogue background process
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Could be the modem you're using. What version are you on now? I've heard the latest one does better with switching to 3g. See here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-modems-vrbmb1-verizon-sgs3-sch-i535-recovery-flashable/
Also, AOSP is just not as good with the 3g switching as stock. It's always been that way.
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Could be the modem you're using. What version are you on now? I've heard the latest one does better with switching to 3g. See here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-modems-vrbmb1-verizon-sgs3-sch-i535-recovery-flashable/
Also, AOSP is just not as good with the 3g switching as stock. It's always been that way.
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I had my issues before switching to aosp, so maybe mine was a different issue
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If you don't get good reception indoors change modem and rpm, each phone is different so no one is the best. Depending on what rom you are on some seem to be better than others. Look at the Radio thread and it will link you to the full thread on another forum. second when it gets hot turn on airplane mode and see if it cools if so that most likely shows its the radio connecting and disconnecting constantly to be the problem. If so changing modem is the best bet. Also on Verizon I found better signal on SynergyRom r373 and new r4?? with the latest radios (modem and rpm).
Good Luck
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Will the phone have a longer battery life if the cell modem is set to 3g vs lte?
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Yes, in my experience with the S4 it's a pretty big difference UNLESS you get a very strong LTE signal. I'm on tmobile and now have the N5 and use the 3G setting which is HSPA/+ Plenty fast for me for what I do. When I want some extra speed I'll kick on the LTE
Does anyone have a more detailed answer for this? I just got this phone yesterday so I haven't been able to find out myself yet, just with 5hour battery life from 100% to 4% on what will only be half of its normal day I'm looking for anything to help right now till I get a battery case. This phone is one of only two to have a LTE radio that is supposed to use 30% less power than usual so I'm wondering if that makes it as efficient if not more than 3G for idle in your pocket to light stuff like FlipBoard.
it would depend on the quality of the data connection. im in brooklyn nyc, and use lte on my nexus 5 exclusively, used to use it on my nexus 4 as well. with 3g(hspa+), on both my n5 and n4, i average about 4-4.5 hours screen on time. when using lte, i average about 5-6 hours screen on time on both my nexus 5 and 4. after noticing this difference, i use exclusively lte on both my devices, as i average an hour more screen on time when using exclusively lte.
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Does anyone have a more detailed answer for this? I just got this phone yesterday so I haven't been able to find out myself yet, just with 5hour battery life from 100% to 4% on what will only be half of its normal day I'm looking for anything to help right now till I get a battery case. This phone is one of only two to have a LTE radio that is supposed to use 30% less power than usual so I'm wondering if that makes it as efficient if not more than 3G for idle in your pocket to light stuff like FlipBoard.
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Serious battery drain can have many reasons. One is having LTE on, syncing on(if you just booted it up, and input your Google account and let all your apps sync and download, its gonna drain your battery fast the first time), having locations on and wifi enabled. If you are in an area with poor reception, your phone will drain more trying to find connection.
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it would depend on the quality of the data connection. im in brooklyn nyc, and use lte on my nexus 5 exclusively, used to use it on my nexus 4 as well. with 3g(hspa+), on both my n5 and n4, i average about 4-4.5 hours screen on time. when using lte, i average about 5-6 hours screen on time on both my nexus 5 and 4. after noticing this difference, i use exclusively lte on both my devices, as i average an hour more screen on time when using exclusively lte.
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Thanks for the information. That's what I was wondering but I couldn't find anyone that had already tested this with these new radios. If I get the time this weekend maybe I'll do my own test in detail to compare LTE to 3G. Am thinking of using a TV episode on Netflix and see which makes the battery drop faster over the 30 or so minutes.
Slightly off topic, does anyone's WiFi show as always on in the battery monitor even if its been off? Still trying to figure out my battery drain issue, if it even is an issue with just me, I bought this phone knowing it had a small battery.
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Thanks for the information. That's what I was wondering but I couldn't find anyone that had already tested this with these new radios. If I get the time this weekend maybe I'll do my own test in detail to compare LTE to 3G. Am thinking of using a TV episode on Netflix and see which makes the battery drop faster over the 30 or so minutes.
Slightly off topic, does anyone's WiFi show as always on in the battery monitor even if its been off? Still trying to figure out my battery drain issue, if it even is an issue with just me, I bought this phone knowing it had a small battery.
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go to the main phone settings, wifi, 3 dots on the bottom right, advanced, then disable scanning always available..
ill be interested in seeing your results
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go to the main phone settings, wifi, 3 dots on the bottom right, advanced, then disable scanning always available..
ill be interested in seeing your results
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Seems that's a whole other debate on weather leaving that on or turning it off helps battery life. Apparently if you turn it off then apps that want your location will turn the GPS on and waste battery (looking at you Facebook...), but if you leave it on the phone just tells the app your location from WiFi networks around you.
One thing I didn't think about is I had added my work WiFi yesterday but it wouldn't connect to it, wouldn't tell me why but I'm assuming it's because of bad signal as I'm a valet outside and the WiFi is from a bar across the street so I forgot about it but WiFi was left on with that network saved, my Nexus 7 can connect to it on most days and any laptop has no issues but with this being a phone I guess it doesn't have a big enough antenna. So I'm wondering if now that I deleted that WiFi network, and I always have my phone set to not notify me of public networks, if my battery won't die so fast today.
And now I'm just rambling but I just looked at my screenshot I took yesterday of battery use before plugging in at 4% and WiFi isn't even being shown on top six things that used the battery, lowest one being shown is a Chrome process using 3%.
EDIT: Well off to work now with my phone 100% charged, will have screen 100% (am outside in the sun), BT off, WiFi on (disconnected, no saved networks nearby, open network notifications off, always on during sleep, scanning always available, avoid poor connections, and WiFi optimization), LTE on/connected, NFC off. So lets see how things go. It will have tons of screen on time as all I do at work is read through FlipBoard, then if I run out of things on there I move to FB. Lets see how this goes...
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Nexus 5 has it and its doing its job saving battery
Sorry for digging up such an old thread, but with LTE my Nexus 6P, it switches between HSPA and 3G. When turned to 3G, nothing changes. Would that mean I would save battery?
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Hi,
I'm getting bad reception in my new Pixel 7 Pro. The phone is constantly warm (solved further in the thread) and it very easily loses connection and takes ages to get it back. I have had to manually turn airplane mode on and off in order to get coverage. Attached you will find my battery stats. Isn't it weird that mobile network sucks up so much battery?
I've installed the latest OTA and updated every app.
I'm coming from a 4 year old Pocophone F1 that had much better coverage.
Edit: I live in an area with great 5g and 4g coverage.
Edit II: the issue seems fixed with the 3.1 beta.
I would return it for a new device. I have had my P7P for 2 days now and the mobile reception and battery life have been better than my old P6P.
Yup, sounds like you have a faulty handset. I can only speak for myself, but the reception is far better than my Note 10 Plus. As an example, the phone is yet to jump onto WiFi calling in my house, something the Samsung did regularly.
As for battery life I only got the phone yesterday morning and when I powered it on it was on 70% so had enough to get me through the day. After fully charging it during the night I'm currently on my first full charge and looking at GSAM I'm on for a SOT of just under 6 hours. Nothing spectacular, but it's the first charge cycle so it's bound to get better after a week or so. Also, a lot of that SOT has been camera usage this afternoon.
No complaints so far.
Did you copy over data from your old phone? If so, time for a factory reset. It's always good practice to not restore apps, data, or settings to a new phone.
I might have found the culprit. I uninstalled the Fossil Smartwatch app (I had a Fossil Hybrid HR paired) and now the phone heats up less and I would swear it gets better coverage. Maybe the app was draining battery and the modem was trying to save power? I'll keep an eye on it in the following days.
Check if Gadgetbridge supports your watch. Most watch manufacturer's closed source software is toilet.
Gadgetbridge for android
Real life radio results
I am hoping the radio is much better than the p6p. Has anyone found specs on the radio? Edit: hopefully my title isn't too misleading. Apologies mods
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Yup, the issue persists. Excessive heating is gone but I got in the metro today, lost connection and took literally 5 minutes to regain in an area where normally I get full coverage of 5G. I will give it a couple more days of testing and hopefully waiting for an update that might solve it before returning it.
P.S.: I sent a bug report through settings for what it's worth.
Update: contacted Google technical support and apparently Google is aware of the issue.
The issue as I described it: I was in an area with no wifi and no cellular network (the metro and a basement). Then, when I got back outside it struggled to reconnect. The one in the metro happened just today. It did not reconnect until I got home (a 5 min walk). There is normally 5g connectivity the whole way.
The response: I see. We have received isolated reports about this issue from other users. Our engineers are working for a fix which will roll out on the next updates.