For those who are getting lit up with 4G, did you see a plummet in 3G speeds prior to launch?
The reason I ask is that I had a massive drop in service with my t-mo phone the two weeks prior to them turning up HSPA+, then like magic all was good. I have 4G less than 10 miles from me, and the three towers by my house are now pathetically slow for data.
I am hoping there is a correlation
Gonna go for one bump and I will drop this.
Admittedley yes, my 3G speeds went from 900KBps-1MBps to 300KBps-400KBps.
4G seems to be getting faster though.
I live in an area that has 3G and 4G in certain areas im regularly in. Now Ive only used 4G a handful of times so i dont want that put into the equation at all. Out of curiosity what saves more battery a very strong wifi connection or 3G when im usually in an underground basement?
Wifi will give you much better battery life
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cool i figured as much since itd be a mucn better signal.
Curious if its worth saving battery life to just keep the network on CDMA only during the day ?
I came from Sprint and they had the 4G toggle on most Android devices, I never used it, maybe 05% of the time, WiMax was such a battery hog, and so spotty to ever a hold a solid connection anyways, just seemed like a waste. But Sprints 3G really sucked too, like 1xEdge speeds.
Does keeping the Nexus on LTE cause signal issues ? Meaning does it jump back and forth between 3G and 4G causing dropped calls if you on the phone and move into a non LTE area ?
Thanks
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I only bother to switch mine off when I am on my days off from work. I get great 4g signal at work but none at home. I haven't payed close enough attention to battery usage to notice a difference though.
As far as battery life goes, I've found there isn't much difference at all if LTE is on/off. It's the screen that kills the battery. That being the case I don't bother switching it off anymore.
I leave LTE on all day and my battery lasts all day. As long as that's the case I don't pay any attention to battery life. I also never leave 4G coverage though.
I am new to Verizon. Live in the Chicago area, I would assume a big market like this has solid LTE coverage ?
I just know from Sprint, keeping the phone on 4G was a fast battery kill. If left on WiMax you were lucky to get 4 hours on a full charge.
Hopefully LTE is better than WiMax on the battery, I know for sure it way better network coverage.
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Zorachus said:
I am new to Verizon. Live in the Chicago area, I would assume a big market like this has solid LTE coverage ?
I just know from Sprint, keeping the phone on 4G was a fast battery kill. If left on WiMax you were lucky to get 4 hours on a full charge.
Hopefully LTE is better than WiMax on the battery, I know for sure it way better network coverage.
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Yeah better coverage and probably easier to find a signal due to frequency differences.
I use ihtfp69's LTE toggle to turn off LTE/CDMA to just CDMA when I leave work. I live in a pretty poor 3g signal area, so leaving LTE on just drains my battery unnecessarily. I turn it on when I get into the LTE area, works great since it's a widget.
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Usually the issue, IMO, is if you are moving between an LTE area and a non-LTE area or if you're at the edge of LTE coverage, so your phone loses its LTE connection, searches, reconnects, etc.
If you've got a solid LTE connection and it's uninterrupted you won't drain battery as fast.
As to whether LTE usage drains your battery faster than 3G usage... I can't say.
I usually leave my lte on unless I know I have to push my battery... coming from sprint evo then photon which are complete battery hogs on 4g due to the joke they call 4g coverage...
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The key issue is whether you have a weak or non-existent LTE signal. I find that in some areas such as these if the phone is on LTE I do not get 3G service, or the service goes on and off. If I switch to CDMA only 3G will work much better. I've only used the phone for limited times in areas with strong 4G so I couldn't compare batter life when set for 4G.
I toggle lte off when home, no 4g signal does drain my battery. At work with great 4g signal I toggle it back on. Gives me an excuse to look at the beautiful battery draining screen.
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For folks in the Los Angeles area,
How is your reception with T-Mobile? Currently, I get really good 4G when I'm roaming around outside but when I step into buildings I notice a huge drop, to even 3G/2G at times, and it seems as if my phone is constantly on standby searching for a better signal which in turn is killing my battery life. Wondering if I'm the only one or if others are experiencing this as well.
I live in Salina, KS, and although the city as not been announced by Verizon to have 4G as of yet, I have had 4G service for about 2 weeks now I believe. I have been having some signal issues where the phone will have solid 4G with very fast speeds, and then later when I wake up the phone it will go from 4 bars of 4G to dropping signal entirely. Not just 4G but complete signal loss, hollow triangle. Then takes it anywhere from 20 seconds up to a minute to reestablish a connection. It seems that if I have the phone set to CDMA only, I do not have these problems. Is my Nexus' LTE radio having issues, or is it a result of Verizon testing 4G in a new area?
Edit: Forgot to include that as a result of this, horrendous battery life.
I have a logcat here if it would be helpful to anyone. Now that I'm watching it with a logcat it's not doing it (go figure). But I started a logcat and reset the radio with airplane mode. There are a ton of generic failures. If anyone would be so kind to take a look and see what they think, it would be greatly appreciated.
I see a bunch of "GENERIC_FAILURE" on the GSM radio, but I'm not experienced enough to know what most of it means.