I love almost everything about my Moto G. Except the signal. I would say at least 30-40% of the time it will drop to 3G. Where on my Moto X 2014 in the same area its always got a good strong LTE signal. Does the Moto G use less LTE bands thans other Moto phones?
I have a XT1540 on ATT. The signal is decent enough to not notice a weak signal, i never have searching for service and rarely on 1 bar.
But, I have noticed that in Battery use under "Cell Standby" time without signal on lte was very high(i'm not aware when this is happening). I have since switched to "3G" only and never lose signal.
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I have a huge battery drain, and i think that is because i have low signal (look at the picture).
I tried to recalibrate battery for two times, and use it for 2-3 days, but it's alway the same.
I get maybe 7h with normal use. 50% of the time with 3G/EDGE, 50% with WIFI. screen time 1h, and turned off Auto sync.
Can someone help me? I need my phone whole day, not 7h. :S
EDIT: I'm using stock 4.0.4 with matr1x kernel
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Can't really help you as cell reception is based on the quality of the carrier. I normally experience -95 dBm and I believe it is a cause for such high drain too.
The only thing I could recommend is try flashing a different radio and see if you get a better signal?
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BetterBatteryStats can let you know if it's not the radio. To test if it is the radio, try switching to 2G only.
Well, it was 3G-s fault. I switched to 2G and now there is no battery drain.
BUT, i still don't know why is there no 3G network in my house.
I have SGSII on my shelf, with the same carrier and it has 3G.
There is 3G at your house. It is just weak, much like me. A few too many concrete walls where i'm at.
Cell signals are done through waves which have to penetrate through walls and other solid objects, this vastly weakens the signal. Once you hit the ~-100dB mark your phone will start throwing more power into it's antenna to compensate, much further and it ditches 3G and goes to 2G assuming it has better coverage. Around the 100dB mark it tends to stay with 3G if data is on though which can start chewing through battery. It would be able to play around with the parameters but i don't see this happening anytime soon.
Compare the dB reading on your SGS2 and Nexus S. If it's much worse on the Nexus S, try flashing a different radio.
I have the same problem, i just switch back to 2g when i get back home and at night. for some reason, 2g networks tend to always have stronger reception
Hey guys just wanted to know how does different network/radio affect the battery life? I am on rogers.. if I am on LTE I usually only get about 10hour or less on 3G I can go for more then 2 days...
There is no easy answer to this question. Battery life is often a function of network reception, which varies drastically by location. If you are seeing such a huge difference from being on LTE, its possible you are in a fringe LTE reception zone and the phone is constantly scanning and trying to connect to LTE and draining the battery. Flashing a different radio may help, but its not necessarily a silver bullet.
Battery life always varies quite a bit from person to person, even regardless of LTE. LTE adds another level of complication. I'm on LTE all day, and I can easily get 24 hours or more before needing to charge. I think some on here have mentioned getting 2 days on LTE.
I'm on LTE 24/7 and my phone makes it through days no prob. I do charge each night while sleeping, but that's to be expected IMo.
Using: HTC One X // Paranoid Android // Tapatalk
So I'm finding that my LTE coverage is pretty spotty at best in Seattle, in Shoreline (city just north of Seattle) it barely gets a signal and is usually on 4G, but in Lynwood I get a great LTE signal... It's kind of strange that there would be a gap in coverage.
Also, has anyone noticed severe battery drainage since the LTE network went live? My phone's battery has been dying really quickly with phone standby using almost 33%, and phone idle using another 30%.
Sent from my HTC One X
hello,
I'm not sure if this applies to everyone or if it's just me/my configuration.
I've been struggling and doing tests for years to understand why the heck my battery life was good on WiFi but awful on data...I tried every single combination and battery stats but I could not find any thing.
So in the last months my carrier added LTE coverage to my area and I was able to achieve 4H of screen time with no WiFi on and that's impressive! Also the phone stayed cool.
Today I put back another SiM I had from another carrier that only has 3G coverage and the battery has been awful
... going down like crazy even on standby and the phone gets so hot I can't even touch it sometimes. Things that I didn't experience in the last months!
The signal strength is actually better for 3G than LTE so it's that.
That's why I'm thinking maybe there's an hardware reason and I was never able to realize all of this until I had wide LTE coverage.
What do you think?
Since a last update, I'm getting a lot less coverage in both 4G and 5G in same spots.
Is there a way to do a radio downgrade?
Anyone?
I don't get out a whole lot, but I haven't noticed any change in performance when using the phone. But, I also haven't been staring at the signal meeting collecting data. In my history with Sony phones, I have noticed changes in the signal meter reading some times from update to update with no change in performance. I always took it as a change to the gauge calibration.
Are you measuring network performance and link speed or just looking at the bars on the display gauage?
I drove across town yesterday and signal was just fine the whole way. Mostly 5G coverage where I live. I also walked through several hospitals and coverage was fine. I use T-Mobile.