I've noticed that around my house my S7 Edge shows very few bars on the signal strength indicator but as soon as a call connects it jumps to full bars/strength. I'm assuming this is a feature to save batter life right?
Meh. Don't read too much into signal bars.
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Anyone notice that after installing 2.2 (with the new radio) that the signal strength bars are wacky?
I can go from 3 bars to 0 bars and back in a few seconds while my phone says -100 in network status...
Also, I had a much higher signal strength in pre-OTA, and the leaked OTA than I do in 2.2... (At least if I track the number). This morning I had the phone off charger where before the update I had two bars and a -80 strength. Post update, 0 bars and -102 strength and under Cell Standby it had 80% signal loss....
jeffreycentex said:
Anyone notice that after installing 2.2 (with the new radio) that the signal strength bars are wacky?
I can go from 3 bars to 0 bars and back in a few seconds while my phone says -100 in network status...
Also, I had a much higher signal strength in pre-OTA, and the leaked OTA than I do in 2.2... (At least if I track the number). This morning I had the phone off charger where before the update I had two bars and a -80 strength. Post update, 0 bars and -102 strength and under Cell Standby it had 80% signal loss....
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I have been hearing that the 2.2 leaked rom is bad on battery. This is why.
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So far I am seeing better signal reliability than before. I am in an area outside of Seattle... Good signal most everywhere but I work in a building so usually got 1, maybe 2 bars of 1x. Now it is showing 2-3 bars of EV and my data connection is faster at my desk.
I did a *228, option 2 directly after loading the updated ROM.
And no idea who said 2.2 was bad on battery but I am seeing the opposite. Been playing with my phone all day, a LOT more so than normal and still over 80% charge. Usually at about 60% by now with not nearly as much use.
Agreed, I have been downloading apps, using Nexus live wallpaper, browsing internet, texting, took a video and using the HTC Flashlight as well as arranging my home screen all day. Not plugged it in once since 06:56 and I'm at 49%. This is unheard of for me on this phone.
((Admit I did the charge trick when I woke up though))
My dbm is about the same as it was before, but the signal bars are much more accurate and do not fluctuate like the OP states. I was using SkyRaider1.9b but now I just got the new radio and installed leaked OTA. We'll see about battery tomorrow.... 2.2 (no 2.x radio) in skyraider was better than 2.1 Eclair as far as battery. We'll see how 2.2 stock leak OTA works on battery. Give that a few days and then try SkyRaider 2.0.
I'm also pretty excited to see what CM6 turns out like once everything is sorted out.
Anyone else noticing also if edge has a stronger signal, phone will drop h and go to edge? ! I have 2 bars h and my phone will change to e aka edge that has 3-4 bars...
I've installed the rocketfish toggle to force 4g, anyone else noticed same thing in their service area?!?
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This only happens to me if my 4G signal gets exceptionally low, like 1 to 0 bars. Then the phone will roll back to EDGE to still maintain a signal. Otherwise at 2+ bars this does not happen to me.
Edge will almost always have a better signal than 3g. Especially because of the freq that tmo uses. They use 1.9ghz for edge compared to 2.1ghz for 3g. Higher the freq the more power needed for same distance and less penetration
I rebooted my phone for the first time yesterday evening (Camera was force closing after setting Aviate as home launcher), after that overnight phone lost 20% charge, before this reboot - phone was loosing 3 to 5% overnight.
I have not installed any new apps, also checked GSam battery monitor and didn't see any app sucking more juice. I was checking different things and noticed network signal strength is much better than normal (95-97 dbm, usually it used to be 103dbm at the same place), checked network mode and it is set as Global instead of LTE/CDMA, I remember it was LTE/CDMA before reboot and my signal was 103dbm.
During the last couple of hours also I am loosing 3 times more battery than normal, so looks like Global network mode is giving better signal compared to LTE/CDMA mode but using more battery. I am all for better signal strength but not at the expense of battery life.
Does any of you noticed similar issue? Does network mode selection has any impact on signal strength & battery life?
Mine is sort of opposite. It had defaulted to global and was at 91% battery being mostly idle for 16 hours. Just switched to CDMA/LTE/EVDO and signal went from >-100 to -97 dBm but could be normal fluctuation range. Will see how it affects battery life but so far it's still at 91% battery having switched over more than an hour ago.
I just checked mine , it showed -81 dBm for LTE. Switched to Global and it went to -75 dBm then right back to -81 dBm.
OK so I'm not sure about dpm, as far as if it's better to have a higher or lower number? But, I did however switch from Global to LTE/CDMA and I'm definitely getting the 4GLTE symbol way more than I was on Global! I was in 3g quiet a bit on Global. And Verizon has excellent reception in my area. I noticed yesterday that my wife was in lte on her iPhone while I was in 3g and we were sitting next to each other. It's much better now.
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OK so I'm not sure about dpm, as far as if it's better to have a higher or lower number? But, I did however switch from Global to LTE/CDMA and I'm definitely getting the 4GLTE symbol way more than I was on Global! I was in 3g quiet a bit on Global. And Verizon has excellent reception in my area. I noticed yesterday that my wife was in lte on her iPhone while I was in 3g and we were sitting next to each other. It's much better now.
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dBm... lower is better
Does anyone else get low cell reception on 4g and 3g? My 4g cell is around -107dbm with 35asu with 2 bars. Would only having 2 bars drain my battery? My 3g is even worse, although my previous OPO had nearly full 3g signal.
Is this a samsung hardware problem? Saerching around on Google seems like a lot of folks had problems with cell reception on their S6 too
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Has anyone else noticed a direct correlation between average or medium cellular signal from mobile data and the battery being used a lot quicker? I can almost watch my battery drain if I do not have a full five bars of cellular signal
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Yes your battery is affected by low signal greatly. The cell signal works harder to maintain a connection causing the battery drain. The lower the signal the harder the phone works to maintain that signal
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Yes your battery is affected by low signal greatly. The cell signal works harder to maintain a connection causing the battery drain. The lower the signal the harder the phone works to maintain that signal
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That makes sense and I appreciate your reply what do you think about when the phone is connected to Wi-Fi? Would a weak cellular signal still affect the battery if the phone is connected on Wi-Fi? I should have been clearer with my question
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It depends do you have wifi call enabled? If you do it wouldn't affect it as much. If you don't have it it will affect it quite a bit. The lower your reception the greater the battery drain. I know some people combat it by putting the phone into 3G; 3G usually has a broader signal compared to LTE
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It depends do you have wifi call enabled? If you do it wouldn't affect it as much. If you don't have it it will affect it quite a bit. The lower your reception the greater the battery drain. I know some people combat it by putting the phone into 3G; 3G usually has a broader signal compared to LTE
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I do believe I have Wi-Fi calling enabled I never heard about the 3G option I'll take a look at that
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