My previous 8500mah zerolemon´ed galaxy s5 had a reasonable wifi signal in house (yes even with the giant battery fitted)
However I notice the wifi signal of s7 edge is much worse..
does this happens to any of you comparing to the s5 ?
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Any one else notice better battery life on lte vs wifi? I'm on 4.4.2 but it has always been like this since I got 4g where I live. On my wifi at home I get about 3 hours screen on time(I even have it set to turn wifi off when screen is off) , vs on 4g I'm getting about 5 to 6 hours screen on time
On lte I get anywhere between 5 to 15Mb down(depending on time of day) and wifi I get about 17Mb down, I know that doesn't matter just saying anyways
Been testing my battery life for weeks and wasn't using wifi when testing lte and vice versa except when the screen was off it would revert to lte, before I got 4g where I am battery life was horrible on 3g. Maybe 2 hours screen on time and my gs4 would get hot
Anyways just seems odd that lte is more efficient than wifi so I don't even use wifi unless Sprint is having network problems.
Thanks for reading my crap lol
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Ever since I've gotten reliable LTE at home I never turn on wifi. I only use wifi when I'm in a poor signal building. My battery has never been better since going LTE all the time.
well that baffles me
i thought LTE takes the most juice
i for one always get much longer battery use if im on wifi all day instead of LTE
SayWhat10 said:
well that baffles me
i thought LTE takes the most juice
i for one always get much longer battery use if im on wifi all day instead of LTE
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maybe its based on the signal quality
I get much better battery life on wifi, lte sucks some battery! you're getting 5-6hrs screen time on lte? stock battery? most I saw was a little over 5hrs on mostly wifi
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It has to do with your signal strength. A strong LTE signal is much better than a weak Wifi signal. Beyond that, the Wifi DTIM interval can theoretically have an effect on your battery life. If you have a router that allows you to change some advanced settings or are running DD-WRT or Tomato, you can try raising the DTIM interval to maybe 3 or 5m which should improve your Wifi battery life.
scott_0 said:
I get much better battery life on wifi, lte sucks some battery! you're getting 5-6hrs screen time on lte? stock battery? most I saw was a little over 5hrs on mostly wifi
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Stock battery, guess I got really good 4g signal where I'm at. Sucks cause I'm moving soon tho lol
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Ever since they starting attaching the lte unit to the motherboard, the battery life has gotten a lot better. Though signal does effect it, battery is usually better on lte then on wifi.
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Been using my Moto G for 3 weeks and I'm seriously impressed by its ability to maintain excellent signal strength. I get signal where my previous NEXUS 4 would just give up. So far, I've have yet to see it drop below 3G; and majority of time, it maintains HSPA+ lock. Maybe it explains why the battery life can be somewhat erratic (when out and about). I'm guessing the Moto boosts the signal a lot more than other phones. After all, it is designed for developing nations in mind where the reception isn't all that great.
For the record, I live in London and reception here can be hit and miss. So it's great for Londoners also
I used to have an HTC One V, which had a good battery. However, after using this, I'm surprised especially with the bigger screen. But don't forget that battery life decreases with time I can't comment on reception since I'm in Egypt and reception is poor almost with all networks and phones
The Cortex A7 processor is extremely efficient. So power hungry apps have very little impact on battery life, which leaves the screen and radio. I keep the screen brightness fixed and from my experience, the radio has noticeable impact on the battery. When I'm at home, I get 7-8 hours. When I'm out and about, I get 5-6 hours, which is still pretty decent. I rather have decent reception than extra batt with no/weak reception.
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
Thanks
From the information I have found, it seems common that the S7 Edge has fewer bars than other devices due to that Qualcomm technology I don't remember the name.
However, what I'm finding worrisome is that, for example at the same spot, my girlfriend's S7 Edge has -120dBm 20 asu and my Moto Z Play has -100 dBm 40 asu. It's a very considerable difference, so I'm wondering whether her device is faulty or actually is the s7 edge that has so poor signal strength.
She also told me that at her workplace, where she has always had good signal on her Nexus 5, now sometimes she's not even able to make/receive calls.
I'm considering switching to ATT which requires a phone switch too. Anyway, looking to pick up as used S8 and have no ATT signal inside my house. Maybe 1 bar in some areas. In the past I would have terrible battery drain to the point of an hour of SOT with a Sony Z5C. Most battery went to cell signal. ATT stopped giving out femtocells saying Wifi calling is good enough. But... with a weak to nonexistent LTE signal, even if on great Wifi, am I going to be using up my battery searching for the LTE signal or is the S8 smart enough to no waste the battery on that? Anyone's impressions of having great wifi and no LTE on an S8 series, while using Wifi calling?