is Time Without Signal and Mobile Network Signal not matching? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

i just flash the new UGLA4 radio and im not sure about the results. i have some screenshots to help explain my situation. my house is in a low reception area so all the yellow in the Network Signal is very normal.
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as you can see in the second pic my time without singal is very high, but according to the first pic i only have 1 tiny red spot in the Mobile network signal indicating no signal. So which one do i believe? is the time without signal count weak signal in the 56%? Everytime i check phone status it shows that im connect to my carrier Fido. Battery usage is also very good, i lost about 3% last night and have 49mins of screen on time with this charge.
I have my signal in the status bar being reported by dBm and the lowest is 113 dBm, maybe when it hits this level the phone considers this in "Time without Singal"? But even at 113dBm is still shows that its connected to mobile network.

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JB tw rom + 12121.prl + Roaming = severe battery drain?

I noticed this back in LIH beta release, and it's also true now with a LJ7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32844247&postcount=4
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